The effectiveness of child safety seat laws in the fifty states

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 163-184

  Houston, David J ^a   Richardson, Lilliard E ^b   Neeley, Grant W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 5544312263     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2001.tb00972.x     Document Type: Article

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