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Epidemiol Rev 2003;25:1-2
Copyright © 2003 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Preface: The Role of the Epidemiologist in Injury Prevention and Control—An Unmet Challenge

Stephen B. Thacker1 and Ellen J. MacKenzie2

1 Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
2 Department of Health Policy and Management, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Received for publication April 22, 2003; accepted for publication April 22, 2003.

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More young people in the United States aged 1–34 years die from injuries than from all other causes of death combined. Injuries, the fourth leading cause of death, kill nearly 150,000 US residents each year (1). They account for approximately 25 percent of all premature deaths before age 65 years in this country, 10 times the number of premature deaths from the human immunodeficiency virus. As outlined by Segui-Gomez and MacKenzie (2) . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Reprint requests to Dr. Stephen B. Thacker, Epidemiology Program Office, MS C08, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333 (e-mail: sbt1@cdc.gov).


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