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UNINA9910817881103321 |
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Autore |
Robertson Leon S |
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Titolo |
Injury epidemiology : research and control strategies / / Leon S. Robertson |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-029534-1 |
0-19-773771-4 |
1-281-16380-5 |
9786611163808 |
0-19-974836-5 |
1-4356-1759-2 |
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Edizione |
[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Wounds and injuries - United States - Epidemiology |
Wounds and injuries - Epidemiology - Research - Methodology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Formerly CIP. |
Previously issued in print: 2007. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Injury and the role of epidemiology -- Energy characteristics and control strategies -- Research objectives and usable data -- Injury severity -- Injury statistics -- National injury surveillance -- Local injury surveillance -- The use and abuse of causal analysis -- Research designs and data analysis -- Human factors -- Evaluation of programs to change human factors voluntarily -- Evaluation of laws and regulations directed at individual behavior -- Evaluation of agent, vehicle and environmental modifications -- Evaluation of post-injury treatment and rehabilitation -- Injury epidemiology and economics -- Summation of principles. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Using a progressive, step-by-step analysis, this text illustrates how to pose research questions and design the best research studies to answer those questions. This third edition includes new case studies. |
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