TY - JOUR T1 - Development and use of a population based injury surveillance system: the All Wales Injury Surveillance System (AWISS) JF - Injury Prevention JO - Inj Prev SP - 83 LP - 86 DO - 10.1136/ip.8.1.83 VL - 8 IS - 1 AU - R A Lyons AU - S Jones AU - A Kemp AU - J Sibert AU - J Shepherd AU - P Richmond AU - C Bartlett AU - S R Palmer Y1 - 2002/03/01 UR - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/1/83.abstract N2 - This report details the development and use of a population based emergency room surveillance system in the UK. Despite some difficulties in accessing high quality data the system has stimulated a considerable number of research and intervention projects. While surveillance systems with high quality data collection and coding parameters remain the gold standard, imperfect systems, particularly if population based, can play a substantial part in stimulating injury prevention initiatives. ER -