Weight and age as predictors for passing the infant car seat challenge

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 526-531

  DeGrazia, Michele ^a   Guo, Chao Yu ^a   Wilkinson, Ashley Anne ^a   Rhein, Lawrence ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Car bed; Car seat; Infant car seat challenge

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREATHING DISORDER; FALLING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT CAR SEAT CHALLENGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77649101531     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1715     Document Type: Article

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