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Misuse of child restraints cars and potential hazards from such misuse
Author(s) -
NYGRE A.,
TINGVALL C.,
TURBELL T.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1987.tb10585.x
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , injury prevention , environmental health , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , medical emergency , pediatrics , pathology
By observational studies in which cars were stopped at random by the police, misuse of child restraints in private cars was investigated. Misuse of several types among different kinds of child restraint systems was found to occur in Sweden. Some selected types of improper use were tested in barrier sled collisions with dummies arranged according to European child restraint regulations and were found to alter the dummy kinematics. It is concluded that misuse should be decreased in order to reduce potential risks af lowering the efficacy of otherwise effective child restraints.