Increasing Seat Belt Use Among 8 - to 15 - Year - Olds Volume I Findings
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Injuries to belted older children in motor vehicle crashes.
CONTEXT The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration currently recommend that, unless they are under 57in. in height, 8-12-year-old children use seat belts and all should ride in the rear seats of vehicles. These recommendations assume that the vehicle seat belt should provide adequate protection for these older children in the event of a crash. OB...
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تاریخ انتشار 2003