Injury Prevention and Control

By Dinesh Mohan

Presenting a multifaceted examination of injury cause and prevention, this book focuses on transportation, workplace, sport and leisure, and domestic sectors. It contains presentations from the Fifth World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control and explores the legal, medical, environmental, safety and governmental issues. An eye-opening introduction to the field, the book covers topics such as trends in gerontological traffic safety research, demands to vehicle design and test procedures for injury control of vulnerable road users, adolescents' risk-taking behavior, and achievements in consumer product safety and the challenges of globalization.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748409599
• ISBN13: 9780748409594
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"