Technical report - Child passenger safety

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Durbin, Dennis R ^a   Gardner, H Garry ^a   Baum, Carl R ^a   Dowd, M Denise ^a   Ebel, Beth E ^a   Ewald, Michele Burns ^a   Lichenstein, Richard ^a   Limbos, Mary Ann P ^a   O'Neil, Joseph ^a   Powell, Elizabeth C ^a   Quinlan, Kyran P ^a   Scholer, Seth J ^a   Sege, Robert D ^a   Turner, Michael S ^a   Weiss, Jeffrey ^a   Weinberg, Stuart ^a   Gilchrist, Julie ^b   Haverkos, Lynne Janecek ^c   Midgett, Jonathan D ^d   Sinclair, Alexander S ^e   Yanchar, Natalie L ^f   Kozial, Bonnie ^a   more..

^a Partnership for Policy Implementation ^*

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d Directorate for Epidemiology   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^f CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air bag; Booster seat; Car safety seat; Child passenger safety; Child restraint system; Motor vehicle crash

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRBAG; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ALGORITHM; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT; INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AIR BAGS; ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953314685     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0215     Document Type: Review

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