Comparison of motor vehicle occupant injuries in restrained and unrestrained 4- to 14-year-olds☆
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Presented in part at the 117th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, October 22–26, 1989, Chicago, IL. This study was supported in part by the California State Office of Traffic Safety (Peter O'Rourke, director), the US Department of Transportation, and a grant from the Centers for Disease Control. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the funding agencies.