Critical gaps in child passenger safety practices, surveillance, and legislation: Georgia, 2001

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 372-379

  Staunton, Catherine ^a,c,d   Davidson, Steve ^b   Kegler, Scott ^a   Dawson, Lisa ^b   Powell, Kenneth ^b   Dellinger, Ann ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Booster seats; Child safety seat; Legislation; Motor vehicle safety; Seating position; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NEWBORN; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; CAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 17844378505     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0530     Document Type: Article

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