| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Revised edition of: The injury fact book / Susan P. Baker, Brian O'Neill, Ronald S. Karpf. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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 Differences""""Temporal 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 Factors""""Season, 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 Measures""""Chapter 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 Sex""""Race 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"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wounds and injuries -- United States -- Statistics.
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Wounds and injuries. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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| Subject |
Accidents -- United States -- Statistics.
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Accidents. |
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Mortality -- United States -- Statistics.
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Mortality. |
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Accidents. |
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Wounds and Injuries. |
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United States. |
| Indexed Term |
Humans Injuries |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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Electronic books.
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Statistics.
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| Added Author |
Baker, Susan P.
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Baker, Susan P.
Injury fact book.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Injury fact book. 2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 9780195061949 (DLC) 91007727 (OCoLC)23143900 |
| ISBN |
9780199748709 (electronic book) |
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0199748705 (electronic book) |
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0195061942 (Cloth) |
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9780195061949 |
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