Community paediatricians' counseling patterns and knowledge of recommendations relating to child restraint use in motor vehicles

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-106

  Rothenstein, J ^b   Howard, A ^a,c   Parkin, P ^a,c   Khambalia, A ^a,c   Macarthur, C ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; SEATBELT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILES; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 3242792739     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2003.004168     Document Type: Article

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