Factors influencing premature graduation from the use of child restraints in Japan

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 403-411

  Okamura, Kazuko ^a   Mori, Kenji ^a   Mitsui, Tatsuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Booster seat; Child restraint; Quasi induced exposure; Seat belt

Indexed keywords

BOOSTER SEATS; CHILD RESTRAINTS; CRS USE; INDUCED EXPOSURE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; REAR-END COLLISIONS; SEAT BELT; SEATING POSITION; SITUATIONAL FACTORS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; USE RATE;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 76149140457     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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