A comparison of booster seat use in canadian provinces with and without legislation

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-233

  Snowdon, A ^a   Rothman, L ^b   Slater, M ^b   Kolga, C ^c   Hussein, A ^a   Boase, P ^d   Howard, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c St Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology   (Canada)

^d TRANSPORT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SEAT BELTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 71549151639     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.020537     Document Type: Article

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