Front versus rear seat injury risk for child passengers: Evaluation of newer model year vehicles

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-301

  Arbogast, Kristy B ^a,b   Kallan, Michael J ^b   Durbin, Dennis R ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child safety; Motor vehicle crash; Seat position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INTERVIEW; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 69149100129     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802677799     Document Type: Article

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