Booster seat use by children aged 4-11 years: Evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 597-598

  Fitzharris, Michael P ^a   Bowman, Diana M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; SEATBELT; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 57149118246     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02195.x     Document Type: Letter

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2. Zurynski YA, Bilston L, Elliott EJ. Booster seat use by children aged 4-11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children [letter]. Med J Aust 2008; 189: 183.
3. Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand. Child restraint systems for use in motor vehicles, AS/NZS 1754: 2004 (incorporating Amendment No. 1). Sydney: Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, 2004. http://www.saiglobal.com/PDFTemp/Previews/OSH/as/as1000/1700/ 1754-2004(+A1).pdf (accessed Sep 2008).
4. Fitzharris MP, Charlton J, Bohensky M, et al. Booster seat use by children aged 4-11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 328-331.