bdomen, arms and legs. Used properly, however, infant and baby car seats have been proven to be effective at preventing injuries and death, “If used and installed properly, child safety seats decrease the risk of death by 69 percent for children under age 1 and by 47 percent for children ages 1-4” (MacDonald, 1995, 1).
Manufacturers bear some of the blame when it comes to infant and baby car seat deaths and injuries. In a way, it is not so much their seats are poorly manufactured as it is that chang
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