Injury epidemiology : research and control strategies / Leon S. Robertson.

Author/creator Robertson, Leon S.
Format Book
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Descriptionviii, 248 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Injury and the role of epidemiology -- Energy characteristics and control strategies -- Research objectives and usable data -- Injury severity -- Injury statistics -- National injury surveillance -- Local injury surveillance -- The use and abuse of causal analysis -- Research designs and data analysis -- Human factors -- Evaluation of programs to change human factors voluntarily -- Evaluation of laws and regulations directed at individual behavior -- Evaluation of agent, vehicle and environmental modifications -- Evaluation of post-injury treatment and rehabilitation -- Injury epidemiology and economics -- Summation of principles.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006035245
ISBN9780195313840 :
ISBN0195313844