Preventing injury and injury-related disability in children and adolescents.

@article{Pressley2004PreventingIA,
  title={Preventing injury and injury-related disability in children and adolescents.},
  author={Joyce C Pressley and Barbara Barlow},
  journal={Seminars in pediatric surgery},
  year={2004},
  volume={13 2},
  pages={
          133-40
        }
}
Injury is the leading cause of death and a prevalent source of disability and excess health expenditures in children and adolescents. There are predictable patterns to injury that provide clues to prevention. Epidemiologically-based theoretical frameworks are available to guide development of injury prevention strategies, to add structure to our observations, and focus to our prevention activities. While all-cause injury mortality rates have decreased in children and adolescents over the last… 
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