Improvement in booster seat use in Tennessee

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Gunn, Veronica L ^a   Phillippi, Rhonda M ^a   Cooper, William O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Booster seats; Child passenger safety; Injury prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; CAUCASIAN; EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MOTOR VEHICLES; SEAT BELTS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 33846909079     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1876     Document Type: Article

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