Age-specific parental knowledge of restraint transitions influences appropriateness of child occupant restraint use

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-163

  Bilston, L E ^a   Finch, C ^b   Hatfield, J ^a   Brown, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTING; PARENTS;

EID: 45249096901     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2007.017608     Document Type: Article

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