Are we there yet? Canada's progress towards achieving road safety vision 2010 for children travelling in vehicles

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-237

  Snowdon, Anne W ^a   Hussein, Abdul ^b   Purc Stevenson, Rebecca ^c   Bruce, Beth ^d   Kolga, Carol ^e   Boase, Paul ^f   Howard, Andrew ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^f TRANSPORT CANADA   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child passenger safety; Child safety seats; Injury prevention

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILES; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 77049086597     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300903308308     Document Type: Article

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