Trip characteristics of vehicle crashes involving child passengers

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 219-224

  Chen, I G ^a   Durbin, D R ^a,b   Elliott, M R ^b   Kallan, M J ^b   Winston, F K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; NEWBORN; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERIODICITY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 23844473722     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.006767     Document Type: Article

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