April 2004, Vol 94, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 522-524
© 2004 American Public Health Association
Injury Prevention Research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lynda Doll, PhD and
Sue Binder, MD
The authors are with the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Lynda Doll, PhD, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mail Stop K-02, Atlanta GA 30341-3724 (e-mail: lsd1@cdc.gov).
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INTRODUCTION
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Recognizing the critical public health burden that unintentional and violent injuries place on the United States, Congress mandated in 1992 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) create the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). NCIPC was established to coordinate research and programmatic responses to the problem of nonoccupational injuries.
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MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, AND THE COST OF INJURIES
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Violent and unintentional injuries place a severe physical, emotional, and financial burden on our communities. Injuries do not discriminate; they affect all races and ages. In fact, injuries are the leading cause of death in the first 4 decades of life.1 In 2001, the leading causes . . . [Full Text]
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NCIPC RESEARCH: GOALS AND STRATEGIES
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INJURY RESEARCH: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
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CONCLUSION
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