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Resources

Suggested Reading

• Rivara FP, Cummings P, Koepsell TD, Grossman DC, Maier RV. Injury Control; a guide to research and program evaluation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001.
• Institute of Medicine. Reducing the Burden of Injury. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1999.
• Robertson LS. Injury Epidemiology, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998.
• Baker SP, O'Neill B, Ginsburg MJ, Li G. The Injury Fact Book, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1992.
• Berger LR, Mohan D. Injury Control: A Global View. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996.
• William Haddon. Advances in the Epidemiology of Injuries as a Basis for Public Policy. Public Health Reports 1980; 95(5):411-421.

Helpful Resources on the World-Wide Web

Agencies and Organizations

• World Health Organization
• The World Bank Home Page
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Centers for Disease Control
• National Safety Council

Injury Publication Sites

• Injury Control Resource Information Network, A comprehensive listing of sites with injury-related information
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, The injury center at the CDC
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, Safety & Health Statistics, This site has the reports on work injuries in the United States.

Selected Injury Data Sources

• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Health Interview Survey
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Fatality Analysis Reporting System
• General Estimates System
• Health and Safety Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Census of Fatal Occupational Injury
• National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities Surveillance System
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Aviation Safety Reporting System
• Uniform Crime Reporting System
• National Incident Based Reporting System
• National Crime Victimization Survey data
• National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
• Utah Hospital Admissions data
• Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System

Transportation Injuries

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, The library has a collection of public data and consumer information on highway safety issues
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The past home of William Haddon. Highway Safety from an insurance point of view.
• Traffic Safety Facts 1999, the most recent crash statistics from FARS and GES
• 0.08 Blood Alcohol Content Limit, resources regarding the recent initiative for a national 0.08 BAC law
• Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria

Intentional Injuries and Violence

• GunInfo, resources and references on violence from guns
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service, items on crime-related violence
• CDC Injuries and Violence Page, includes some short items on homicides and suicides
• Children's Safety Network, includes resources on the prevention of injuries and violence in kids
• Safety Net, a good compilation of web documents and data on domestic violence

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