Policy statement - Pedestrian safety

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 802-812

  Smith, Gary A ^a   Baum, Carl R ^a   Dowd, M Denise ^a   Durbin, Dennis R ^a   Quinlan, Kyran P ^a   Sege, Robert D ^a   Turner, Michael ^a   Weiss, Jeffrey C ^a   Wright, Joseph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Back overs; Pedestrian; Safe routes to school; Safety; Traffic

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEATH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVING ABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDESTRIAN; PEDIATRICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749147168     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1143     Document Type: Review

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