EPI2670

Injury Epidemiology

Injury Surveillance Resources

Suggested Reading

• Christoffel T, Scavo Gallagher S. Injury Prevention and Public Health. Aspen Publishers, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, 1999.
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 12
• Robertson LS. Injury Epidemiology; Research and Control Strategies, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998.
• Chapter 3
• Graitcer P. Injury Surveillance Lecture; Emory University.
• Aziz Ismail. Capture-Recapture Lecture; Epidemiology Supercourse.

Web Sites

• International Classification of External Causes of Injury, E-codes from an international perspective.
• Recommended Framework for Presenting Injury Mortality Data, A discussion on how to tabulate and analyze injury data.
• Surveillance of Deaths Associated with Head or Neck Injuries, an example of a surveillance system from a public health perspective.
• The Northern Territory Injury Surveillance Program, Another example of an injury surveillance system in the community.
• How States are Collecting and Using Cause of Injury Data, A survey of state-based injury surveillance in the United States.
• E-codes, A brief overview of external cause of injury codes.

 

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