Children at risk: Predictors of car safety seat misuse in Ontario

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1418-1423

  Snowdon, Anne W ^a   Hussein, Abdulkadir A ^b   Ahmed, S Ejaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child passenger safety; Child safety seats; Injury prevention

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; SURVEYS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

CHILD SAFETY SEATS; ELSEVIER (CO); HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HIGH RISK (HR); LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS (LRA); NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA); ONTARIO (CO); SERIOUS INJURIES; TRAFFIC SAFETY; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; URBAN AREAS; WASHINGTON;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PARENTS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 46149099109     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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