Compulsory child restraint seat law and motor vehicle child occupant deaths and injuries in Japan 1994–2005

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-97

  Desapriya, E ^a,b   Fujiwara, T ^a,c   Scime, G ^b   Babul, S ^a,b   Pike, I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre for Community Child Health Research   (Canada)

^c National Centre for Child Health and Development   (Japan)

Author keywords

child occupant injuries and fatalities; CRS; CRS misuse rate; front seating; legislation; time series Poisson regression model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 54049147334     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300802080602     Document Type: Article

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