Teen drivers and the risk of injury to child passengers in motor vehicle crashes

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-17

  Chen, I G ^a   Elliott, M R ^b   Durbin, D R ^a,b   Winston, F K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LAW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEAT; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 13844265703     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.007617     Document Type: Article

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