Classifying external causes of injury: History, current approaches, and future directions

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-16

  McKenzie, Kirsten ^a   Fingerhut, Lois ^b   Walker, Sue ^a   Harrison, Adam ^c   Harrison, James E ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

accidents; classification; public health, wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ASPHYXIA; ASSAULT; AUTOMUTILATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALLING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CAUSALITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84855484906     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxr014     Document Type: Review

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