Medicolegal autopsies are a vital tool for obtaining reliable injury mortality data. In Finland,
medicolegal autopsies have increased from 13.6% of all deaths in 1970 to 23.8% in 2004. In …

Background: Although injuries at school are an important issue in public health,
environmental factors in schools and school yards have seldom been the focus of school …

Health promotion and disease prevention often take the form of population-and individual-
based interventions that aim to reduce the burden of disease and associated risk factors …

The aim of this study is to analyze the gender differences in injuries at Finnish
comprehensive schools. Nine schools reported a total of 1135 injuries to the injury register …

The main purpose of this study was to explore how the number of home, sports, and other
leisure time injuries among young people aged 15-25 years has developed in Finland in …

The aim of this study was to examine fire-related injuries leading to inpatient care in Finland.
The Finnish National Hospital Discharge Register (2000–2009) and a sample of 222 …

Background: Hospital discharge data (HDD) represent one of the most valuable information
sources for injury prevention and control. Objectives: To investigate external code of injury …

Monitahoinen yhteistyö on mahdollistanut suomalaisten turvallisuutta mittaavan laajoihin
väestöhaastatteluihin perustuvan uhritutkimuksen toteuttamisen nyt seitsemännen kerran …

Anne Lounamaa, Satu Pajala, Tapio Paljärvi 65 vuotta täyttäneiden määrä ylitti Suomessa
miljoonan henkilön rajan heinäkuussa 2012 (1). Suomi on yksi Euroopan nopeimmin …

Tehokas iäkkäille sattuvien tapaturmien ehkäisy muodostuu useista eri
osakokonaisuuksista, joissa jokaisessa on mahdollisuus hyödyntää teknologioita. Iäkkäiden …