Child Passenger Restraints in Relation to Other Second-Row Passengers: An Analysis of the 2007-2009 National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-214

  Macy, Michelle L ^a   Freed, Gary L ^a   Reed, Matthew P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

child restraints; passenger; rear seat; side impact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873118852     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.700748     Document Type: Article

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