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. 2005 Mar;59(3):182–185. doi: 10.1136/jech.2003.017715

Injury prevention: a glossary of terms

I Pless 1, B Hagel 1
PMCID: PMC1733021  PMID: 15709075

Abstract

The main focus of this glossary is on injury prevention epidemiology and deals largely with terms about which there is some debate.

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