@article{ref1,
title="The pediatrician and traffic safety",
journal="Jornal de Pediatria",
year="2005",
author="Waksman, Renata D. and Pirito, Regina M. B. K.",
volume="81",
number="5 Suppl",
pages="S181-8",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To instruct children and teenagers about safe transportation and about their behavior as cyclists and pedestrians. SOURCES OF DATA: The MEDLINE and LILACS databases were searched, using the following terms, from 1995 to 2005: traffic accidents, child, adolescent, morbidity, mortality, age, and gender. Scientific articles on morbidity and mortality from traffic accidents, children in a pedestrian situation, as cyclists or as motor vehicle passengers, were selected. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS: More than 300 scientific articles were found, but only the studies that addressed those issues in a broad manner were selected. CONCLUSIONS: Traffic-related mortality rates are still very high and show the necessity to intensify educational campaigns for community awareness, in addition to encouraging investments in effective pedestrian safety. The pediatrician s role is to decrease the number of children and adolescents who get involved in traffic accidents by providing them with traffic guidance and education.",
language="",
issn="0021-7557",
doi="10.2223/JPED.1406",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2223/JPED.1406"
}