INJURY CONTROL - ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND OTHER APPROACHES TO REDUCTION OF INJURY
THE BOOKLET IS A REPRINT OF A CHAPTER FROM "PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH," 10TH EDITION, 1972. IT PRESENTS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE INJURY PROBLEM, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS, MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM, EPIDEMIOLOGY, ROLE OF PUBLIC AGENCIES, AND CHOICE AND EVALUATON OF COUNTERMEASURES. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE RESULTS OF ACUTE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MAN AND THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL HAZARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THE CONCEPTS ARE EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO LONG-TERM INTERACTIONS AND TO BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS. THE CHAPTER ALSO ADDRESSES ADVERSE RESPONSES TO DRUGS AND INJURIES TO TISSUES, SUCH AS DROWNING AND CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, THAT RESULT FROM INTERFERENCE WITH NORMAL ENERGY EXCHANGES.
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Corporate Authors:
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
1005 North Glebe Road
Arlington, VA United States 22201 -
Authors:
- Baker, S P
- Publication Date: 1972
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: 32 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Control; Crash injury research; Injuries; Mathematical models; Traffic crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Models
- Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00221866
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-012 138, HS-014 082
- Files: HSL, TRIS
- Created Date: May 29 1983 12:00AM