Carpooling and booster seats: A national survey of parents

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 290-298

  Macy, Michelle L ^a   Clark, Sarah J ^a   Freed, Gary L ^a   Butchart, Amy T ^a   Singer, Dianne C ^a   Sasson, Comilla ^b   Meurer, William J ^a   Davis, Matthew M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Car seats; Child passenger safety; Parental attitudes; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAR DRIVING; CARPOOLING; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEATBELT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NORM; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EDUCATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SEAT BELTS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84858832680     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0575     Document Type: Review

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