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The epidemiology of nonfatal injuries among US children and youth.

Peter C. Scheidt, Yossi Harel, A C Trumble, Diane H. Jones, M D Overpeck, Polly E. Bijur

American Journal of Public Health · 1995 · 287 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Approximately one fourth of US children experience a medically attended injury each year, but the risks vary considerably depending on the characteristics of subgroups and the injury cause.

References

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The incidence of injuries among 87,000 Massachusetts children and adolescents: results of the 1980-81 Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program Surveillance System.

S. S. Gallagher, Karl Finison, Bernard Guyer et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 1984 · 357 citations · Full text

Safety Science, Injury Prevention, Surveillance System +19

Injury prevention: Meeting the challenge

Bernard Guyer, Kelly Acree, Phyllis F. Agran et al. · 1989 · 287 citations

Preventive Medicine, Sport Injury Prevention, Safety Science +8

The Epidemiology of Accidents

John E. Gordon · American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health · 1949 · 287 citations

Public Health Education, Occupational Health Sciences, Epidemiologic Research +18

The effects of recall on estimating annual nonfatal injury rates for children and adolescents.

Yossi Harel, M D Overpeck, Diane H. Jones et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 1994 · 270 citations

Low-income neighborhoods and the risk of severe pediatric injury: a small-area analysis in northern Manhattan.

Maureen S. Durkin, Leslie L. Davidson, Louise Kuhn et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 1994 · 215 citations · Full text