Citation

Ommaya AK. Public Health Rep. (1974) 1987; 102(6): 587-588.

Affiliation

George Washington University Medical Center, Chevy Chase, MD, USA

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Association of Schools of Public Health)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

Injuries are, by any logical definition, a class of disease; yet some scientists, science writers, and many persons in the public still view injuries as accidents, that is, chance happenings. This attitude will prevail until we find ways to make people pay attention to the evidence that supports the classification of injury as a disease.