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1 online resource (175 pages) |
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Injury In America; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Executive Summary; INJURY: MAGNITUDE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROBLEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INJURY: THE NEED FOR MORE ADEQUATE DATA; Recommendations; PREVENTION OF INJURY; Recommendations; INJURY BIOMECHANICS RESEARCH AND THE PREVENTION OF IMPACT INJURY; Recommendations; TREATMENT; Recommendations; REHABILITATION; Recommendations; CURRENT FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FOR INJURY-RELATED RESEARCH; ADMINISTRATION OF INJURY RESEARCH; 1 Injury: Magnitude and Characteristics of the Problem |
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2 Epidemiology of Injuries: the Need for More Adequate Data HUMAN FACTORS IN INJURY CAUSATION; PRODUCT, VEHICLE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN INJURY CAUSATION; ELEMENTS OF AN INJURY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; EXISTING INJURY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC USES OF INJURY DATA; RECOMMENDATIONS; 3 Prevention of Injury ; GENERAL APPROACHES TO INJURY PREVENTION; Education; Laws; Product and Environmental Design; PREVENTION OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF INJURY; Transportation Injuries; Workplace Injuries; Recreation Injuries; Falls; Fires and Burns; Assaultive Injuries |
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Self-Inflicted InjuriesRelationship of Alcoholic Beverages To Injury; STATUS OF INJURY-PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH; RECOMMENDATIONS; 4 Injury Biomechanics Research and the Prevention of Impact Injury ; STATE OF INJURY BIOMECHANICS RESEARCH; MECHANISMS OF INJURY; RESEARCH NEEDS; In Jury Mechanisms; Measurement of Biomechanical Responses; Tolerance; Assessment of Safety Technology; Other Factors in Injury; CONCLUSIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS; 5 Treatment ; PREHOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; Shock; Neuroendocrine Response; Infection; CHARACTERISTICS OF INJURIES THAT REQUIRE TREATMENT |
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Cellular Changes That Alter FunctionPhysical Alterations That Produce Major Problems; Loss of an Organ; CONCLUSIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS; 6 Rehabilitation ; RESEARCH ISSUES AND NEEDS; Musculoskeletal Injuries; Pathophysiology of Soft-Tissue Injury and Nerve Regeneration; Fracture Healing Processes; Fracture Nonunion; Microsurgical Techniques; Structural and Ultrastructural Anatomy; Bioengineering and Biomaterials; Burns; Pathophysiology of Fire-Related Gas Inhalation; Problems in Cutaneous Debridement and Replacement; Prevention and Control of Tissue Contractures and Hypertrophic Scarring |
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Disabling PainPsychosocial Research and Prosthetic Methods; Second Injury of the Spinal Cord; Training; Transportation; Preservation of Spinal-Cord Function; Preservation of Residual Function; Nerve Regeneration; Pressure Sores; Management of Pressure Sores; Consequences of Injudicious Injury Care; Management of Sequelae; CONCLUSIONS; RECOMMENDATIONS; 7 Current Federal Expenditures for Injury-Related Research ; 8 Administration of Injury Research ; CRITERIA FOR ORGANIZING INJURY RESEARCH; FUNCTION OF A FEDERAL CENTER TO ADMINISTER INJURY RESEARCH |
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Location of a federal center to administer injury research |
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Print version record |
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Wounds and injuries.
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Public health.
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Wounds and Injuries
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Public Health
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public health.
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Public health
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Wounds and injuries
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309534086 |
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0309534089 |
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