@article{ref1,
title="Where children sit in cars: the impact of Rhode Island's new legislation",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2001",
author="Graham, J. D. and Hingson, R. and Levenson, Suzette and Glass, R. and Wittenberg, Eve and Segui-Gomez, Maria",
volume="91",
number="2",
pages="311-313",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the impact of Rhode Island's legislation requiring children younger than 6 years to sit in the rear of motor vehicles. METHODS: Roadside observations were conducted in Rhode Island and Massachusetts in 1997 and 1998. Multivariate regression was used to evaluate the proportion of vehicles carrying a child in the front seat. RESULTS: Data were collected on 3226 vehicles carrying at least 1 child. In 1998, Rhode Island vehicles were less likely to have a child in the front seat than in 1997 (odds ratio = 0.6; 95% confidence interval = 0.5, 0.7), whereas no significant changes in child passenger seating behavior occurred in Massachusetts during that period. CONCLUSIONS: Rhode Island's legislation seems to have promoted safer child passenger seating behavior.",
language="",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}