Overview of Injury Epidemiology
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Injury is the number one killer of 1 to 34-year olds in the United States. [1] As many Americans are killed every year in motor vehicle crashes as were killed during the Vietnam War, at a yearly economic cost of over $60 billion. [2] Injury exacts a greater toll in potential years of life lost than cancer and cardiovascular disease combined. [3] Yet, in 1985, the National Research Council of the Institute of Medicine reported that for every dollar spend on cancer research, the federal government spent about 11 cents for injury research. [4]
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تاریخ انتشار 2011