Association between different restraint use and rear-seated child passenger fatalities: A matched cohort study

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1085-1089

  Du, Wei ^a   Hayen, Andrew ^a,b   Bilston, Lynne ^a   Hatfield, Julie ^a   Finch, Caroline ^c   Brown, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAR SEATED CHILD PASSENGER; RESTRAINT USE; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; UNITED STATES; VEHICLES;

EID: 57349166211     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.11.1085     Document Type: Article

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