Effectiveness of child safety seats vs safety belts for children aged 2 to 3 years

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-68

  Zaloshnja, Eduard ^a   Miller, Ted R ^a   Hendrie, Delia ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD SAFETY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT INJURY; SITTING; TODDLER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845991165     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.1.65     Document Type: Article

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