Child safety seat counseling: Three keys to safety

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 473-480

  Biagioli, Frances ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY SEAT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COUNSELING; HUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT WELFARE; PARENTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244467104     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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