This lecture introduces
the concept of injury severity and its use and importance in injury
epidemiology. It discusses various measures for identifying injury
severity.
On completion of the
lecture, readers will be able to:
Describe the importance of measuring injury severity for injury
control
Describe the various measures of injury severity
This lecture was last modified on 30 May 2008
For further information about the course, please contact Thomas Songer at tjs@pitt.edu