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Original Articles

• Motor vehicle and fall related deaths among older Americans 1990–98: sex, race, and ethnic disparities (1 December, 2002)

  J A Stevens, A M Dellinger
• Lipid-lowering agents and the risk of hip fracture in a Medicaid population (1 December, 2002)

  W A Ray, J R Daugherty, M R Griffin
• Population based study of hospitalised fall related injuries in older people (1 December, 2002)

  N M Peel, D J Kassulke, R J McClure
• Child passenger safety: potential impact of the Washington State booster seat law on childcare centers (1 December, 2002)

  B A Chang, B E Ebel, F P Rivara
• Assessing community child passenger safety efforts in three Northwest Tribes (1 December, 2002)

  M L Smith, L R Berger
• Effectiveness of Ford’s belt reminder system in increasing seat belt use (1 December, 2002)

  A F Williams, J K Wells, C M Farmer
• Role of individual and contextual effects in injury mortality: new evidence from small area analysis (1 December, 2002)

  C Borrell, M Rodríguez, J Ferrando, M T Brugal, M I Pasarín, V Martínez, A Plaséncia
• Childhood injury prevention practices by parents in Mexico (1 December, 2002)

  C Mock, C Arreola Rissa, R Trevino Perez, V Almazan Saavedra, J Enrique Zozaya, R Gonzalez Solis, K Simpson, M Hernandez Torre
• Fatal occupational electrocutions in the United States (1 December, 2002)

  A J Taylor, G McGwin, F Valent, L W Rue
• Association of rates of household handgun ownership, lifetime major depression, and serious suicidal thoughts with rates of suicide across US census regions (1 December, 2002)

  D Hemenway, M Miller
• New Zealand bicycle helmet law—do the costs outweigh the benefits? (1 December, 2002)

  M Taylor, P Scuffham
• Identification and characteristics of victims of violence identified by emergency physicians, triage nurses, and the police (1 December, 2002)

  A Howe, M Crilly
• Effect of helmet wear on the incidence of head/face and cervical spine injuries in young skiers and snowboarders (1 December, 2002)

  A J Macnab, T Smith, F A Gagnon, M Macnab