Child passenger restraint use and emergency department-reported injuries: A special study using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program, 2004

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-31

  Lee, Karen C ^a,b,c   Shults, Ruth A ^a,b   Greenspan, Arlene I ^a   Haileyesus, Tadesse ^c   Dellinger, Ann M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CDC

Author keywords

Child passengers; Motor vehicles

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY ROOMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CHILD PASSENGERS; HOSPITALIZATION; MOTOR-VEHICLE CRASHES (MVC); SEATBELTS;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40149088587     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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