Effect of booster seat laws on appropriate restraint use by children 4 to 7 years old involved in crashes

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-275

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

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847640083     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.3.270     Document Type: Article

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