TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Methodological challenges in injury epidemiology and injury prevention research
JO  - Annual review of public health
A1  - Cummings, P.
A1  - Koepsell, Thomas D.
A1  - Mueller, B. A.
SP  - 381
EP  - 400
VL  - 16
IS  - 
N2  - In the past decade there has been increasing attention to the public health importance of injuries. Public health agencies seeking to reduce injuries need methods for counting injuries, calculating injury rates, identifying the causes of injuries, and measuring outcomes of interventions. All of these areas present problems for injury epidemiologists and injury prevention programs. This paper provides a framework for classifying these problems into five categories: (a) numerator problems; (b) denominator problems; (c) causation; (d) exposure measurement problems; and (e) multiplicity. For most problems, we identify proven or potential solutions, using examples from the literature of injury epidemiology.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-7525
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.pu.16.050195.002121
ID  - ref1
ER  -