Five things to know about child automobile restraints

This one-page article presents an overview of five things for physicians and parents to know about child automobile restraints, including: the importance of guidance from physicians; placing young children up to 2-4 years in rear-facing car seats; using booster seats for children 4-9 years of age; using the back seat for children under age 13; and the availability of Canadian clinics to learn procedures for safe installation of car seats.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=five%20things%20to%20knowchild%20automobile%20restraints
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Lee, Patricia P S
  • Howard, Andrew W
• Publication Date: 2011-6-14

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: p 1049
• Serial:
  • Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Volume: 183
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Canadian Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0820-3946
  • EISSN: 0820-3946
  • Serial URL: http://www.cmaj.ca/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Booster seats; Child restraint systems; Children; Crash injuries; Infants; Injury rates; Safety education; Seat belts; Vehicle occupants; Vehicle safety
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01359892
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 2011 11:13AM