The effect of seating location on the injury of properly restrained children in child safety seats

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-439

  Lund, Ulric J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child safety seats; Children; Injury; Logistic regression; Seating position

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATA REDUCTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILD SAFETY SEATS; CHILDREN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SEATING POSITION;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 14844363906     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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