Methods
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Cassady CE, Orth DA, Guyer B, et al. Measuring the implementation of injury prevention programs in state health agencies. Inj Prev 1997;3:94–9.
Harrison M, Shepherd JP. Facial protection conferred by cycle safety helmets—use of digitized image processing to develop a new nondestructive test. J Trauma 1997;43:78–82.
Macarthur C, Dougherty G, Pless IB. Reliability and validity of proxy respondent information about childhood injury: an assessment of a Canadian surveillance system. Am J Epidemiol 1997;145:834–41.
Potts R, Martinez IG, Dedmon A, et al. Brief report—cross-validation of the injury behavior checklist in a school-age sample. J Pediatr Psychol 1997;22:533–40.
Rutledge R, Hoyt DB, Eastman AB, et al. Comparison of the injury severity score and ICD-9 diagnosis codes as predictors of outcome in injury: analysis of 44,032 patients. J Trauma 1997;42:477–87.
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General
Anonymous. Role of emergency physicians in the prevention of pediatric injury. American College of Emergency Physicians. Ann Emerg Med 1997;30:125.
Bablouzian L, Freedman ES, Wolski KE, et al. Evaluation of a community based childhood injury prevention program. Inj Prev 1997;3:14–16.
Baker SP. Advances and adventures in trauma prevention. J Trauma 1997;42:369–73.
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Coody D, Banks JM, Yetman RJ, et al. Eye trauma in children: epidemiology, management, and prevention. J Pediatr Health Care 1997;11:182–8.
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Thomasgard M, Metz. Parental overprotection and its relation to perceived child vulnerability. Am J Orthopsychiatry 1997;67:330–5.
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Towner E, Jarvis S. The Childhood Injury Prevention and Promotion of Safety Programme (CHIPPS). Inj Prev 1997;3:67–8.
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WHO cross-national survey reports on children's health. Public Health Rep 1997;112:Jan/Feb.
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Traffic
Assailly JP. Characterization and prevention of child pedestrian accidents—an overview. J Appl Dev Psychol 1997;18:257–62.
Blazar PE, Dormans JP, Born CT. Train injuries in children. J Orthop Trauma 1997;11:126–9.
Borgialli DA. Bicycle helmet laws: a current perspective [review]. J Am Osteopath Assoc 1997;97:399–402.
Campbell H, Macdonald S, Richardson P. High levels of incorrect use of car seat belts and child restraints in Fife—an important and under-recognised road safety issue. Inj Prev 1997;3:17–22.
Ekman R, Schelp L, Welander G, et al. Can a combination of local, regional and national information substantially increase bicycle-helmet wearing and reduce injuries—experiences from Sweden. Accid Anal Prev 1997;29:321–8.
Galski T, Ehle HT, Williams JB. Off-road driving evaluations for persons with cerebral injury: a factor analytic study of predriver and simulator testing. Am J Occup Ther 1997;51:352–9.
Graham JD, Thompson KM, Goldie SJ, et al. The cost-effectiveness of air bags by seating position. JAMA 1997;278:1418–25.
Laffoy M, Kelly S, Byrne G, et al. Use of seat belts in a Dublin area. Irish Med J 1997;90:103–4.
Moyano-Diaz E. Evaluation of traffic violation behaviors and the causal attribution of accidents in Chile. Environment and Behavior 1997;29:264–82.
Narayan KV, Ruta D, Beattie T. Seat restraint use, previous driving history, and non-fatal injury—quantifying the risks. Arch Dis Child 1997;77:335–8.
Pelletier A. Deaths among railroad trespassers. The role of alcohol in fatal injuries. JAMA 1997;277:1064–6.
Powell EC, Tanz RR, Discala C. Bicycle-related injuries among preschool children. Ann Emerg Med 1997;30:260–5.
Rao R, Hawkins M, Guyer B. Children's exposure to traffic and risk of pedestrian injury in an urban setting. Bull N Y Acad Med 1997;74:65–80.
Reeder AI, Chalmers DJ, Marshall SW, et al. Psychological and social predictors of motorcycle use by young adult males in New Zealand. Soc Sci Med 1997;45:1357–76.
Rivara FP, Thompson DC, Thompson RS. Epidemiology of bicycle injuries and risk factors for serious injury. Inj Prev 1997;3:110–14.
Scuffham PA, Langley JD. Trends in cycle injury in New Zealand under voluntary helmet use. Accid Anal Prev 1997;29:1–9.
See LC, Lo SK. Cycling injuries among junior high school children in Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc 1997;96:641–8.
Spellicy MJ, White GL, Nenstiel RO. Medical perspectives child motor vehicle safety: a primer. Physician Assist 1997;177:119–20.
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Home
Laffoy M. Childhood accidents at home. Ir Med J 1997;90:26–7.
Lee AW, Fong D. Epidural haematoma and stroller-associated injury. J Paediatr Child Health 1997;33:446–7.
Loder RT, Brown KL, Zaleske DJ, et al. Extremity lawn-mower injuries in children. J Pediatr Orthop 1997;17:360–9.
Rabban JT, Blair JA, Rosen CL, et al. Mechanisms of pediatric electrical injury—new implications for product safety and injury prevention. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1997;151:696–700.
Smith GA, Bowman MJ, Luria JW, et al. Babywalker-related injuries continue despite warning labels and public education. Pediatrics 1997;100:256.
School
Maitra A. School accidents to children—time to act. J Accid Emerg Med 1997;14:240–2.
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Burns and scalds
Brown RL, Greenhalgh DG, Warden GD. Iron burns to the hand in the young pediatric patient: a problem in prevention. J Burn Care Rehabil 1997;18:279–82.
Fernandezmorales E, Galvezalcaraz L, Fernandezcrehuetnavajas J, et al. Epidemiology of burns in Malaga, Spain. Burns 1997;23:323–32.
Forjuoh SN, Coben JH, Dearwater SR, et al. Identifying homes with inadequate smoke detector protection from residential fires in Pennsylvania. J Burn Care Rehabil 1997;18:86–91.
Huyer DW, Corkum SH. Reducing the incidence of tap-water scalds: strategies for physicians. Can Med Assoc J 1997;156:841–4.
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Sheridan RL, Hoey ME, Daley WM, et al. Childhood burns in camping and outdoor cooking accidents: a focus for prevention. J Burn Care Rehabil 1997;18:369–71.
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Poisoning and ingestions
Bautista CA, Estevez ME, Varela CR, et al. A retrospective analysis of ingestion of caustic substances by children. Ten-year statistics in Galicia [review]. Eur J Pediatr 1997;156:410–14.
Burda AM, Burda NM. The nation's first poison control center: taking a stand against accidental childhood poisoning in Chicago [review]. Vet Hum Toxicol 1997;39:115–9.
Day LM, Ozanne-Smith J, Parsons BJ, et al. Eucalyptus oil poisoning among young children: mechanisms of access and the potential for prevention. Aust N Z J Public Health 1997;21:297–302.
Espeland KE. Updates and kidbits. Inhalants: the instant, but deadly high. Pediatr Nurs 1997;23:82–6.
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Woolf A, Wieler J, Greenes D. Costs of poison-related hospitalizations at an urban teaching hospital for children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1997;151:719–23.
Drowning
Denicola LK, Falk JL, Swanson ME, et al. Submersion injuries in children and adults [review]. Crit Care Clin 1997;13:477–502.
DeVivo MJ, Sekar P. Prevention of spinal cord injuries that occur in swimming pools. Spinal Cord 1997;35:509–15.
Rauchschwalbe R, Brenner RA, Smith GS. The role of bathtub seats and rings in infant drowning deaths. Pediatrics 1997;100:715.
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Sports and recreation
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Blanksby BA, Wearne FK, Elliott BC, et al. Aetiology and occurrence of diving injuries. A review of diving safety. [review]. Sports Med 1997;23:228–46.
Clarnette TD, Beasley SW. Handlebar injuries in children—patterns and prevention. Aust N Z J Surg 1997;67:338–9.
Ferron C, Michaud PA, Narring F, et al. Sports activities of Swiss youths—practices, motivations and links to health [French]. Arch Pediatr 1997;4:568–76.
Goldberg B. Injury in youth football. ASTM Special Technical Publication No 1305, 1997:34.
Key JD. Illness and injuries at summer camp. South Med J 1997;90:489–92.
Lillis KA, Jaffe DM. Playground injuries in children. Pediatr Emerg Care 1997;13:149–53.
Lehrer MS, Bozentka DJ, Partington MT, et al. Pediatric hand injuries due to exercise bicycles. J Trauma 1997;43:100–2.
Metz MM, Jackson RI, Williams JM, et al. An analysis of skiing injuries in West Virginia. W V Med J 1997;93:68–71.
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Nattiv A, Armsey TD Jr. Stress injury to bone in the female athlete. Clin Sports Med 1997;16:197–224.
Okoye BO, Losty PD, Lloyd DA, et al. Air gun injuries in children—a continuing cause for concern. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1997;42:353–4.
Pieter W, Zemper ED. Injury rates in children participating in Taekwondo competition. J Trauma 1997;43:89–95.
Rampton J, Leach T, Therrien SA, et al. Head, neck, and facial injuries in ice hockey: the effect of protective equipment. Clin J Sport Med 1997;7:162–7.
Rodd HD, Chesham DJ. Sports-related oral injury and mouthguard use among Sheffield school children. Community Dent Health 1997;14:25–30.
Tator CH, Carson JD, Edmonds VE. New spinal injuries in hockey. Clin J Sport Med 1997;7:17–21.
van Amerongen R, Rosen M, Winnik G, Horwitz J. Ventricular fibrillation following blunt chest trauma from a baseball [review]. Pediatr Emerg Care 1997;13:107–10.
Wolfe JM, Anderson R. Human body surfing: a new way to incur injury at spectator events. Am J Emerg Med 1997;15:97–8.
Occupational
Dufort VM, Kotch JB, Marshall SW, et al. Occupational injuries among adolescents in Dunedin, New Zealand, 1990–1993. Ann Emerg Med 1997;30:266–73.
Hartling L, Pickett W, Dorland J, et al. Hospital costs associated with agricultural machinery injuries in Ontario. Am J Ind Med 1997;32:502–9.
Violence and suicide
Alpert EJ, Cohen S, Sege RD. Family violence: an overview. Acad Med 1997;72:S3–6.
Brener ND, Krug EG, Dahlberg LL, et al. Nurses logs as an evaluation tool for school-based violence prevention programs. J Sch Health 1997;67:171–4.
Crandall C, Olson L, Fullerton L, et al. Guns and knives in New Mexico: patterns of penetrating trauma, 1978–1993. Acad Emerg Med 1997;4:263–7.
Cummings P, Grossman DC, Rivara FP, et al. State gun safe storage laws and child mortality due to firearms. JAMA 1997;278:1084–6.
Grufman M, Berg-Kelly K. Physical fighting and associated health behaviours among Swedish adolescents. Acta Paediatr 1997;86:77–81.
Kharasch SJ, Yuknek J, Vinci RJ, et al. Violence-related injuries in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care 1997;13:95–7.
Mcmanus BL, Kruesi MP, Dontes AE, et al. Child and adolescent suicide attempts—an opportunity for emergency departments to provide injury prevention education. Am J Emerg Med 1997;15:357–60.
Price JH, Conley PM, Oden L. Training in firearm safety counseling in pediatric residency programs. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1997;151:306–10.
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