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| H B WeissSummaryAffiliation: Center for Injury Research and Control Country: USA Publications
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Incidence of dog bite injuries treated in emergency departmentsH B Weiss
Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Injury Research and Control, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
JAMA 279:51-3. 1998..Dog bites that result in injuries occur frequently, but how frequently dog bite injuries necessitate medical attention at a hospital or hospital admission is unknown...
Pregnancy-associated injury hospitalizations in Pennsylvania, 1995H B Weiss
Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Violence and Injury Control, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ann Emerg Med 34:626-36. 1999..To estimate the frequency of pregnancy-associated injury hospitalization and compare rates between pregnant women and all women of reproductive age by age, race, injury mechanism, intent, and other variables...
Fetal deaths related to maternal injuryH B Weiss
Center for Injury Research and Control, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Lothrop St, Suite B400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
JAMA 286:1863-8. 2001..However, systematic exclusion from US injury surveillance programs of even the most severe outcome, fetal/neonatal death, has led to a lack of understanding about frequency, causes, and prevention...
Characteristics of pregnant women in motor vehicle crashesH B Weiss
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Injury Research and Control, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Inj Prev 8:207-10. 2002..Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of hospitalized trauma during pregnancy. Maternal injury puts the fetus at great risk, yet little is known about the incidence, risks, and characteristics of pregnant women in crashes...
The potential of using billing data for emergency department injury surveillanceH B Weiss
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Emergency Medicine, PA 15213, USA
Acad Emerg Med 4:282-7. 1997..To determine the availability of and sample statewide ED injury information obtained from hospital billing data for the purpose of demonstrating the feasibility of information acquisition for subsequent data linkage...
The epidemiology of traumatic injury-related fetal mortality in Pennsylvania, 1995-1997: the role of motor vehicle crashesH B Weiss
Center for Injury Research and Control, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582, USA
Accid Anal Prev 33:449-54. 2001..The major role that motor vehicle injuries have on reported traumatic fetal injury deaths was shown and a significant new challenge for child passenger safety advocates is indicated...
The US National Violent Death Reporting System: domestic and international lessons for violence injury surveillanceH B Weiss
Center for Injury Research and Control, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, USA
Inj Prev 12:ii58-ii62. 2006..This article reviews and comments on the development, strengths and limitations of the US National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) from a variety of domestic and international perspectives...
Incomplete and biased perpetrator coding among hospitalized assaults for women in the United StatesH B Weiss
Center for Injury Research and Control, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Inj Prev 10:119-21. 2004..n) identifying perpetrator relationship. Completeness and characteristics of the use of these codes have not been studied on a multistate level among states with complete E coding...
National Injury & Violence Prevention Research Conference a resounding successH Xiang
Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
Inj Prev 14:68. 2008
