@article{ref1,
title="Seating position and patterns of severely injured body parts among child passengers in motor vehicle crashes: Japan as a distinct case",
journal="International journal of injury control and safety promotion",
year="2018",
author="Takahashi, Hiroki and Fujita, Takashi and Nakahara, Shinji and Sakamoto, Tetsuya",
volume="25",
number="4",
pages="427-432",
abstract="This study describes injury patterns and outcomes related to the seating position of child passengers involved in motor vehicle crashes in Japan. Using data obtained from a national trauma registry database, we compared the occurrence of injuries by body parts, length of hospital stay and in-hospital deaths between front-seating and rear-seating among children. We analysed 166 children aged 0-5 years and 205 children aged 6-12 years. No significant differences were observed between front- and rear-seating for injured body parts, length of hospital stay or in-hospital deaths in the 0-5-year-old victims. Among those aged 6-12 years, rear-seating was associated with a higher incidence of head and chest injuries but the length of stay or in-hospital deaths did not differ. These findings contrast those of previous studies, which found that rear-seating reduces injury risk, possibly attributed to low age-appropriate restraint use among school-aged children in Japan.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1745-7300",
doi="10.1080/17457300.2018.1456469",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2018.1456469"
}