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THE NEED FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ROAD TRAUMA
Author(s) -
WlGGLESWORTH E. C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb04935.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , multidisciplinary approach , medicine , public health , medical emergency , management science , pathology , engineering , social science , sociology
This paper discusses the application of epidemiological methods to the public health problem of road trauma. The complex nature of the system is stressed, and some consequent difficulties in the formulation of appropriate hypotheses are outlined. Examples are given. To solve these problems, the paper proposes the formation of multidisciplinary full‐time epidemiological research teams.