| Injury in America: A Continuing Public Health Problem Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Earth and Life Studies (Author), Institute of Medicine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309074592 ISBN-13: 9780309074599 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1985 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Medical | Public Health |
| Dewey: 362.197 |
| Physical Information: 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Injury is a public health problem whose toll is unacceptable, claims this book from the Committee on Trauma Research. Although injuries kill more Americans from 1 to 34 years old than all diseases combined, little is spent on prevention and treatment research. In addition, between $75 billion and $100 billion each year is spent on injury-related health costs. Not only does the book provide a comprehensive survey of what is known about injuries, it suggests there is a vast need to know more. Injury in America traces findings on the epidemiology of injuries, prevention of injuries, injury biomechanics and the prevention of impact injury, treatment, rehabilitation, and administration of injury research. |