Tipping the scales: Obese children and child safety seats

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1197-1202

  Trifiletti, Lara B ^a,c   Shields, Wendy ^b   Bishai, David ^b   McDonald, Eileen ^b   Reynaud, Florence ^b   Gielen, Andrea ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child safety seats; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; CAR; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN;

AUTOMOBILES; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; OBESITY;

EID: 33646384150     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1379     Document Type: Article

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