Interventions for promoting booster seat use in four to eight year olds travelling in motor vehicles

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Ehiri, John E ^a   Ejere, Henry OD ^b   Magnussen, Lesley ^c   Emusu, Donath ^c   King, William ^c   Osberg, Scott J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Hode Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEATBELT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILES; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 33645516744     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004334.pub2     Document Type: Article

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