OBJECTIVE: To assess the incidence of breathing difficulty and tinnitus in children involved
in motor vehicle crashes with and without passenger airbag (PAB) deployment, and its …

Traumatic brain and skull injuries are the most common serious injuries sustained by
children in motor vehicle crashes. To address head protection for children, regulations …

Passenger air bags experienced considerable design modification in the late 1990s,
principally to mitigate risks to child passengers. This study utilized Data from the Partners for …

Background: The objective of the study was to determine the constellation of injury patterns
in rear-seated, seat-belt-restrained children using data-driven latent class methodology …

Previous studies have demonstrated that booster seats reduce the risk of abdominal injuries
by improving the fit of the seat belt on young children and encouraging better posture and …

Abstract From 1999 to 2002, 32% fewer US children between 9 and 36.4 kg (20–80 lb) were
restrained inappropriately in seat belts and the most prevalent form of restraint shifted from …

Driscoll et al in this issue make creative use of a survey of time spent on household tasks to
develop exposure measures for their analysis of fatal injuries resulting from unpaid work at …

Lap and shoulder belts have been required in rear outboard positions since 1989. A recent
congressional mandate encouraged the requirement of a lap and shoulder belt in the center …

Little is known about the mechanism of pelvic injury in the pediatric population, an age
range over which the pelvis undergoes tremendous structural change. We hypothesize that …

Objective: To correlate the accuracy of information on children's restraint usage and crash
characteristics recorded with medical data using in-depth crash investigation. Restraint and …