Factors associated with rear seating of children in motor vehicles: A study in two low-income, predominantly Hispanic communities

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 621-626

  Greenberg Seth, Jennifer ^a   Hemenway, David ^a   Gallagher, Susan S ^b   Lissy, Karen S ^a   Ross, Julie B ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airbags; Child passenger safety; Hispanics; Motor vehicle; Rear seating; Safety belt use

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; EDUCATION; RISKS;

MOTOR VEHICLES; REAR SEATING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1942505340     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00070-8     Document Type: Article

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