Seating positions and children's risk of dying in motor vehicle crashes
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Seating positions and children's risk of dying in motor vehicle crashes.
OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of seating position, combined with restraint use and airbag status, on children's risk of dying in crashes. METHODS Using 1988-95 data from the United States Fatality Analysis Reporting System, risk of death was compared among front and rear seated passengers aged 12 and younger who were involved in fatal crashes for different categories of restraint use an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Injury Prevention
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1353-8047
DOI: 10.1136/ip.4.3.181