Hazardous use of car seats outside the car in the United States, 2003-2007

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 352-357

  Parikh, Shital N ^a   Wilson, Lindsay ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AAP; Car seat; Head injury; Injury prevention; NEISS

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CAR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NECK INJURY; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955489490     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0333     Document Type: Article

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