| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Epidemiology and Prevention -- Organization of the Book -- Chapter 2 Injuries in Relation to Other Health Problems -- Injuries as a Cause of Death -- Trends in Mortality from Injuries and Other Causes -- Societal Costs -- Physician Contacts -- Hospital Admissions -- Chapter 3 Overview of Injury Mortality -- Age and Sex -- Race and Per Capita Income -- Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences -- Temporal Variation -- Historical Trends -- Chapter 4 Unintentional Injury -- Age and Sex -- Race and Per Capita Income |
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Urban/Rural and Geographic DifferencesTemporal Variation -- Historical Trends -- Chapter 5 Suicide -- Age and Sex -- Race and Per Capita Income -- Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences -- Temporal Variation -- Historical Trends -- Chapter 6 Homicide -- Age and Sex -- Race and Per Capita Income -- Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences -- Temporal Variation -- Historical Trends -- Chapter 7 Sports and Recreation -- Preventive Approaches -- Chapter 8 Aviation and Rail Transportation -- Aviation -- Characteristics of Crashes -- Age, Sex, and Race |
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Geographic FactorsSeason, Day, and Time -- Time Trends and Preventive Measures -- Railroads -- Age, Sex, and Race -- Season -- Historical Trends and Preventive Measures -- Chapter 9 Occupational Injury -- Nonfatal Injury -- Age and Sex -- Per Capita Income and Race -- Geographic Differences -- Temporal Variation -- Occupation and Industry -- Historical Trends and Preventive Measures -- Chapter 10 Falls -- Place of Injury -- Age and Sex -- Race and Per Capita Income -- Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences -- Historical Trends |
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Preventive MeasuresChapter 11 Firearms -- Age and Sex -- Race and Per Capita Income -- Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences -- Season and Type of Weapon -- Historical Trends -- Preventive Measures -- Chapter 12 Fires, Burns, and Lightning -- Housefires -- Clothing Ignition -- Scalds and Other Burns -- Lightning -- Chapter 13 Drowning -- Age and Sex -- Race and Per Capita Income -- Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences -- Temporal Variation -- Historical Trends -- Preventive Measures -- Chapter 14 Asphyxiation by Choking and Suffocation |
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Age and SexRace and Per Capita Income -- Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences -- Season and Day of Week -- Historical Trends -- Preventive Measures -- Chapter 15 Poisoning -- Carbon Monoxide -- Opiates and Cocaine -- Other Drugs -- Alcohol -- Childhood Poisoning -- Chapter 16 Introduction to Motor Vehicle Crashes -- Age and Sex -- Race and Per Capita Income -- Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences -- Historical Trends -- Chapter 17 Motor Vehicle Occupants -- Age and Sex -- Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences -- Season, Day, and Time |
| Analysis |
Humans Injuries |
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United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Wounds and injuries -- United States -- Statistics
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Accidents -- United States -- Statistics
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Mortality -- United States -- Statistics
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Accidents.
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Wounds and injuries.
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Wounds and injuries -- United States -- Statistics
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Accidents -- United States -- Statistics
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Accidents
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Wounds and Injuries
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accidents.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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Accidents
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Mortality
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Wounds and injuries
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| SUBJECT |
United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics
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Statistics.
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Statistiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baker, Susan P.
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Baker, Susan P.
Injury fact book
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| ISBN |
9780199748709 |
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0199748705 |
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1280524456 |
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9781280524455 |
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9786610524457 |
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6610524459 |
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