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EDITORIALS:

I B Pless

From the editor’s desk
Inj Prev 2002 8: 173-174. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.173 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

COMMENTARIES:

L R Berger

Injury prevention and indigenous peoples
Inj Prev 2002 8: 175-176. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.175 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K K Christoffel

Guns in the world: old news and new news
Inj Prev 2002 8: 177-180. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.177 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NEWS AND NOTES:

News and notes
Inj Prev 2002 8: 181-184. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.181 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ORIGINAL ARTICLES:

M H Nguyen, J L Annest, J A Mercy, G W Ryan, and L A Fingerhut

Trends in BB/pellet gun injuries in children and teenagers in the United States, 1985–99
Inj Prev 2002 8: 185-191. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L E Smith, M A Greene, and H A Singh

Study of the effectiveness of the US safety standard for child resistant cigarette lighters
Inj Prev 2002 8: 192-196. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Petridou, A Browne, E Lichter, X Dedoukou, D Alexe, and N Dessypris

What distinguishes unintentional injuries from injuries due to intimate partner violence: a study in Greek ambulatory care settings
Inj Prev 2002 8: 197-201. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Cryer, A Knox, D Martin, and J Barlow

Hip protector compliance among older people living in residential care homes
Inj Prev 2002 8: 202-206. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H B Weiss and S Strotmeyer

Characteristics of pregnant women in motor vehicle crashes
Inj Prev 2002 8: 207-210. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L R Cercarelli and M W Knuiman

Trends in road injury hospitalisation rates for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Western Australia, 1971–97
Inj Prev 2002 8: 211-215. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.211 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K J Phelan, J Khoury, D C Grossman, D Hu, L J D Wallace, N Bill, and H Kalkwarf

Pediatric motor vehicle related injuries in the Navajo Nation: the impact of the 1988 child occupant restraint laws
Inj Prev 2002 8: 216-220. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S P Baker, E R Braver, L-H Chen, G Li, and A F Williams

Drinking histories of fatally injured drivers
Inj Prev 2002 8: 221-226. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.221 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M H Swahn, B J Hammig, and R M Ikeda

Prevalence of youth access to alcohol or a gun in the home
Inj Prev 2002 8: 227-230. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.227 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J C Posner, E Liao, F K Winston, A Cnaan, K N Shaw, and D R Durbin

Exposure to traffic among urban children injured as pedestrians
Inj Prev 2002 8: 231-235. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOARD MEMBER BIOGRAPHY:

Richard J Waxweiler, PhD, MSIE
Inj Prev 2002 8: 220. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.220 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BRIEF REPORTS:

J P May, D Hemenway, and A Hall

Do criminals go to the hospital when they are shot?
Inj Prev 2002 8: 236-238. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.236 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R M Eime, C F Finch, C A Sherman, and A P Garnham

Are squash players protecting their eyes?
Inj Prev 2002 8: 239-241. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.239 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FEATURED PROGRAM EVALUATION:

R F Tamburro, R I Shorr, A J Bush, S B Kritchevsky, G L Stidham, and S A Helms

Association between the inception of a SAFE KIDS Coalition and changes in pediatric unintentional injury rates
Inj Prev 2002 8: 242-245. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] Web-only Appendix  

METHODOLOGIC ISSUES:

I Sutherland, V Sivarajasingam, and J P Shepherd

Recording of community violence by medical and police services
Inj Prev 2002 8: 246-247. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Moeller, L Berger, J G Salvador, and D Helitzer

How old is that child? Validating the accuracy of age assignments in observational surveys of vehicle restraint use
Inj Prev 2002 8: 248-251. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.248 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Barber, D Hemenway, J Hochstadt, and D Azrael

Underestimates of unintentional firearm fatalities: comparing Supplementary Homicide Report data with the National Vital Statistics System
Inj Prev 2002 8: 252-256. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.252 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RESEARCH LETTER:

A Greene, P Barnett, J Crossen, G Sexton, P Ruzicka, and E Neuwelt

Evaluation of the THINK FIRST For KIDS injury prevention curriculum for primary students
Inj Prev 2002 8: 257-258. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.257 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS:

L A Fingerhut, L Aharonson-Daniel, E J Mackenzie, A Ziv, V Boyko, A Abargel, M Avitzour, and R Heruti

The Barell matrix
Inj Prev 2002 8: 259. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.259 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Q Ivers, R G Cumming, and P Mitchell

Visual impairment and risk of falls and fracture
Inj Prev 2002 8: 259. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.259-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SPLINTERS & FRAGMENTS:

A Guard

Splinters & Fragments
Inj Prev 2002 8: 260. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.260 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LACUNAE:

LACUNAE
Inj Prev 2002 8: 174. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.174 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LACUNAE
Inj Prev 2002 8: 180. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.180 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LACUNAE
Inj Prev 2002 8: 210. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.210 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LACUNAE
Inj Prev 2002 8: 230. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.230 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LACUNAE
Inj Prev 2002 8: 235. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.235 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LACUNAE
Inj Prev 2002 8: 251. doi:10.1136/ip.8.3.251 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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