Vital Signs: Restraint use and motor vehicle occupant death rates among children aged 0-12 years - United States, 2002-2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 113-118

  Sauber Schatz, Erin K ^a   West, Bethany A ^a   Bergen, Gwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893536714     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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