title: Pediatric injury prevention.
abstract: Pediatric injuries are the leading cause of childhood death and disability and are responsible for more childhood deaths than all other diseases combined. The panel summarized the principles of pediatric injury prevention and reviewed the incidence, epidemiology, and prevention of six common pediatric injuries.
authors.affiliation: Division of Trauma, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37212.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hazinski
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Francescutti
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Lapidus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Micik
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Rivara
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000367:Age Factors; D001642:Bicycling; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003376:Counseling; D004332:Drowning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control