Fatalities of children 0-7 years old in the second row

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-237

  Viano, David C ^a   Parenteau, Chantal S ^a  

^a PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Safety; Crashes; Fatalities; Injury Prevention; Injury Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 45849084240     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580801957671     Document Type: Article

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