Effects of Seating Position and Appropriate Restraint Use on the Risk of Injury to Children in Motor Vehicle Crashes
Open Access
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in PEDIATRICS
- Vol. 115 (3), e305-e309
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2004-1522
Abstract
Background. Currently, many states are upgrading their child restraint laws to include provisions for the use of age-appropriate restraints through 6 to 8 years of age, with some also requiring rear seating for children, enabling the laws to be in closer alignment with best-practice recommendations.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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