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190980 Booster seat and seat belt effectiveness among children ages 4-8

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Thomas M. Rice, MPH, PhD , Department of Environmental Health Services, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Craig L. Anderson, DHSc, PhD , Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe a matched-set cohort study 2. Describe the associations between booster seat use and seat belt use with the risk of death among children ages 4-8 during severe traffic collisions 3. Identify collision and vehicle factors that influence the effectiveness of booster seats among children ages 4-8

Keywords: Children, Motor Vehicles

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I designed, obtained funding for, and directed the research.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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