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April 2004, Vol 94, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 522-524
© 2004 American Public Health Association

EDITORIAL

Injury Prevention Research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lynda Doll, PhD and Sue Binder, MD

The authors are with the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Lynda Doll, PhD, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 4770 Buford Hwy, Mail Stop K-02, Atlanta GA 30341-3724 (e-mail: lsd1@cdc.gov).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


   INTRODUCTION
 
Recognizing the critical public health burden that unintentional and violent injuries place on the United States, Congress mandated in 1992 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) create the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). NCIPC was established to coordinate research and programmatic responses to the problem of nonoccupational injuries.


   MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, AND THE COST OF INJURIES
 
Violent and unintentional injuries place a severe physical, emotional, and financial burden on our communities. Injuries do not discriminate; they affect all races and ages. In fact, injuries are the leading cause of death in the first 4 decades of life.1 In 2001, the leading causes . . . [Full Text]


   NCIPC RESEARCH: GOALS AND STRATEGIES
 

   INJURY RESEARCH: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
 

   CONCLUSION
 



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