Parent driver characteristics associated with sub-optimal restraint of child passengers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-380

  Winston, Flaura K ^a,b   Chen, Irene G ^a   Smith, Rebecca ^a   Elliott, Michael R ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Booster Seats; Child Passenger Safety; Child Safety Seats; Health Disparity; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVER; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PARENTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751172526     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600789143     Document Type: Article

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