Effectiveness of child safety seats vs seat belts in reducing risk for death in children in passenger vehicle crashes

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-621

  Elliott, Michael R ^a,b   Kallan, Michael J ^c   Durbin, Dennis R ^c,e   Winston, Flaura K ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 33744956007     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.6.617     Document Type: Article

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