Title: Child health must include injury prevention
Abstract: Injuries are currently a leading cause of death and disability in the world and account for more than 5 million deaths each year. 1 WHOWorld health report 2002: reducing risks, promoting healthy life. http://www.who.int/whr/2002/en/whr02_en.pdfDate: 2002 Google Scholar Globally, injuries are among the ten leading causes of death and disease burden at ages 0–4, 5–14, and 15–29 years. 2 Peden M McGee K Sharma G The injury chart book: a graphical overview of the global burden of injuries. 2002http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/publications/other_injury/chartb/en/index.html Google Scholar Despite the size of this burden and the known potential for prevention, the lack of global attention to injuries in terms of both policies and resource investments in public health is surprising.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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