Motor vehicle crashes associated with alcohol: Child passenger injury and restraint use

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-323

  Schlotthauer, Amy E ^a   Guse, Clare E ^a   Brixey, Suzanne ^a   Corden, Timothy E ^a   Hargarten, Stephen W ^a   Layde, Peter M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; WISCONSIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79951734638     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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