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Editorial
International
The International Society for Violence and Injury Prevention
  1. E Krug
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr E Krug
 WHO, Director, Injuries and Violence Prevention Department, Geneva, Switzerland; kruge{at}who.ch

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip.2006.013300c

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