Injury Control: A Global View - Hardcover

Berger, Lawrence R.; Mohan, Dinesh

9780195636802: Injury Control: A Global View

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195636805 ISBN 13: 9780195636802

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Explaining in clear and concise style the principles which safety professionals must be familiar with to do work in the area of injury control, this book provides an overview of injury problems from an international perspective. The extensive experience of the authors as researchers in the fields of biomechanics, epidemiology, and community interventions has been incorporated in this extensive survey of the current state of knowledge on the subject. The book reviews approaches to analyzing injury data and offers concise summaries of topics vital to injury prevention such as biomechanics, developmental and social aspects of injuries, epidemiologic research and strategies for injury control and prevention.

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About the Author:

Lawrence R. Berger, Research Scientist, Institute for Health and Population Research, Lovelace Institute, Albuquerque. Dinesh Mohan, Professor and Head, Centre for Biomedical Engineering, IIT, New Delhi.

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