Role of environmental interventions in injury control and prevention

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue , 2003, Pages 77-89

  Peek Asa, Corinne ^a   Zwerling, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENT; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INJURY; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CRIME; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FIRES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0041903692     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxg006     Document Type: Review

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