Seating patterns and corresponding risk of injury among 0 to 3-year-old children in child safety seats

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kalian, Michael J ^a,b   Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b   Arbogast, Kristy B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Car seats; Child passenger safety; Injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT; SITTING; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION STUDY; EQUIPMENT; INFANT; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44449124761     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1512     Document Type: Article

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