Effects of a booster seat education and distribution program in child care centers on child restraint use among children aged 4 to 8 years

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-267

  Thoreson, Sallie ^a   Myers, Lindsey ^a   Goss, Cynthia ^b,c   DiGuiseppi, Carolyn ^b,c  

^a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; PARENTS;

EID: 61449114868     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.564     Document Type: Article

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