Effects of seating position and appropriate restraint use on the risk of injury to children in motor vehicle crashes

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b   Chen, Irene ^a   Smith, Rebecca ^a   Elliott, Michael R ^b   Winston, Flaura K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child restraint; Injury; Motor vehicle accidents; Seating position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEAT; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; INJURY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AIR BAGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20344394693     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1522     Document Type: Article

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