Injury prevention. Second of two parts

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 613-618

  Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b,c   Grossman, David C ^a,b,c   Cummings, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DROWNING; DRUG OVERDOSE; FIRE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCALD; SMOKING; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; BURNS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DROWNING; FIREARMS; HUMANS; POISONING; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030854612     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199708283370907     Document Type: Review

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