Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 90-102 , June 2003

Showing (motor vehicle) restraint: a primer for emergency physicians

  • Kristy B Arbogast, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Kristy B. Arbogast, PhD, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, 3535 TraumaLink, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
    • TraumaLink, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Rebecca A Cornejo, MHS

      Affiliations

    • TraumaLink, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Shannon D Morris, BS

      Affiliations

    • TraumaLink, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Flaura K Winston, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • TraumaLink, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Dennis R Durbin, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • TraumaLink, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • The Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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PII: S1522-8401(03)00017-X

doi: 10.1016/S1522-8401(03)00017-X

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 90-102 , June 2003