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Risk of Injury to Restrained Children from Passenger Air Bags

Dennis R. Durbin Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Michael Kallan Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Michael Elliott Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Rebecca A. Cornejo Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kristy B. Arbogast Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Flaura K. Winston Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pages 58-63 | Published online: 15 Sep 2010

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