The injury fact book / / Susan P. Baker [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 362.1/971/00973021
• Soggetto topico: Wounds and injuries - United States; Accidents - United States; Mortality - United States
• Altri autori: BakerSusan P
• Note generali: Rev. ed. of: The injury fact book / Susan P. Baker, Brian O'Neill, Ronald S. Karpf.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Epidemiology and Prevention""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""Chapter 2 Injuries in Relation to Other Health Problems""; ""Injuries as a Cause of Death""; ""Trends in Mortality from Injuries and Other Causes""; ""Societal Costs""; ""Physician Contacts""; ""Hospital Admissions""; ""Chapter 3 Overview of Injury Mortality""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Race and Per Capita Income""; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences""; ""Temporal Variation""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Chapter 4 Unintentional Injury""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Race and Per Capita Income"" ; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences"" ""Temporal Variation""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Chapter 5 Suicide""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Race and Per Capita Income""; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences""; ""Temporal Variation""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Chapter 6 Homicide""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Race and Per Capita Income""; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences""; ""Temporal Variation""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Chapter 7 Sports and Recreation""; ""Preventive Approaches""; ""Chapter 8 Aviation and Rail Transportation""; ""Aviation""; ""Characteristics of Crashes""; ""Age, Sex, and Race"" ; ""Geographic Factors"" ""Season, Day, and Time""; ""Time Trends and Preventive Measures""; ""Railroads""; ""Age, Sex, and Race""; ""Season""; ""Historical Trends and Preventive Measures""; ""Chapter 9 Occupational Injury""; ""Nonfatal Injury""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Per Capita Income and Race""; ""Geographic Differences""; ""Temporal Variation""; ""Occupation and Industry""; ""Historical Trends and Preventive Measures""; ""Chapter 10 Falls""; ""Place of Injury""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Race and Per Capita Income""; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences""; ""Historical Trends"" ; ""Preventive Measures"" "Chapter 11 Firearms""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Race and Per Capita Income""; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences""; ""Season and Type of Weapon""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Preventive Measures""; ""Chapter 12 Fires, Burns, and Lightning""; ""Housefires""; ""Clothing Ignition""; ""Scalds and Other Burns""; ""Lightning""; ""Chapter 13 Drowning""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Race and Per Capita Income""; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences""; ""Temporal Variation""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Preventive Measures""; ""Chapter 14 Asphyxiation by Choking and Suffocation"" ; ""Age and Sex"" ""Race and Per Capita Income""; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences""; ""Season and Day of Week""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Preventive Measures""; ""Chapter 15 Poisoning""; ""Carbon Monoxide""; ""Opiates and Cocaine""; ""Other Drugs""; ""Alcohol""; ""Childhood Poisoning""; ""Chapter 16 Introduction to Motor Vehicle Crashes""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Race and Per Capita Income""; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences""; ""Historical Trends""; ""Chapter 17 Motor Vehicle Occupants""; ""Age and Sex""; ""Urban/Rural and Geographic Differences""; ""Season, Day, and Time""; ""Types of Crashes""
• Titolo autorizzato: The injury fact book
• ISBN: 0-19-770724-6; 1-280-52445-6; 9786610524457; 0-19-974870-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780614303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II