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Prevention of childhood injury

Background paper prepared for the Accidental injury task force on accidents among children and young people

  • Document type:
    Publication
  • Author:
    Dr Elizabeth Towner, Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Published date:
    1 September 2002
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    2002
  • Pages:
    43
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

A major threat to the health and well-being of children in England and in the rest of the UK today is that of unintentional injury. Injuries are, however, preventable and the great variations between different groups suggests that there is considerable score for improvement and intervention.

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