Restraint use among Northwest American Indian children traveling in motor vehicles

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1982-1988

  Lapidus, Jodi A ^a   Smith, Nicole H ^c   Ebel, Beth E ^b   Romero, Francine C ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; BODY WEIGHT; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27644432302     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.052514     Document Type: Review

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