Increases in booster seat use among children of low income families and variation with age

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 322-325

  Apsler, Robert ^a   Formica, S W ^b   Rosenthal, A F ^a   Robinson, K ^c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Social Science Research and Evaluation Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; PARENTING; PARENTS; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RHODE ISLAND; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1542543184     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.4.322     Document Type: Article

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