Risk factors for death among older child and teenaged motor vehicle passengers

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-260

  Winston, Flaura Koplin ^a,b   Kallan, Michael J ^a,b   Senserrick, Teresa M ^a   Elliott, Michael R ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEAT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40349102068     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2007.52     Document Type: Article

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