Booster seat laws and fatalities in children 4 to 7 years of age

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 996-1002

  Mannix, Rebekah ^a   Fleegler, Eric ^a   Meehan III, William P ^a,b   Schutzman, Sara A ^a   Hennelly, Kara ^a   Nigrovic, Lise ^a   Lee, Lois K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

Legislation; Motor vehicle collisions; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; CHILD SAFETY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870481844     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1058     Document Type: Article

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