Disparities in age-appropriate child passenger restraint use among children aged 1 to 12 years

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 262-271

  Macy, Michelle L ^a,b   Cunningham, Rebecca M ^a,b   Resnicow, Ken ^b   Freed, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child restraint systems; Health behavior; Socioeconomic factors; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; SEAT BELTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893267776     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1908     Document Type: Article

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