Factors associated with front row seating of children in motor vehicle crashes

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-349

  Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b   Chen, Irene ^a   Elliott, Michael ^b   Winston, Flaura 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; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; INCIDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT BELTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142667748     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000120046.09966.a8     Document Type: Article

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