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Leon S. Robertson, Ph.D., is a retired injury epidemiologist. During1978-98 he occupied
various positions in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University. He previously served on the faculties of Harvard University Medical School (1966- 70) and Wake Forest University (1962-65). He was also Senior Behavioral Scientist in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. (1970-78)
INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY: Third Edition (Oxford University Press, in press) Click to order
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He contributed more than 140 articles and chapters to the scientific literature. Dr. Robertson was a member of the National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Committee on Trauma Research that produced the report, INJURY IN AMERICA: A CONTINUING PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM and was vice chair of the NRC committee that reviewed the injury control program of the Centers for Disease Control. He also served on the National Research Council Panel on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics and chaired the special interest group on Injury Control
and Emergency Health Services of the American Public Health Association. He was given the
Distinguished Career Award by the latter group. |
 In Grand Canyon on "Skidmark", his favorite Sport Utility Vehicle Injury Epidemiology, Third Edition (Oxford University Press, June, 2007) Click on the chapters below to find links and updates. Chapt. 1 Injury and the Role of Epidemiology Chapt. 2 Energy Characteristics and Control Strategies Chapt. 3 Research Objectives and Usable Data Chapt. 6 National Injury Surveillance Chapt. 7 Local Injury Surveillance Chapt. 8 The Use and Abuse of Causal Analysis Chapt. 9 Research Designs and Data Analysis Chapt. 11 Evaluation of Programs to Change Human Factors Voluntarily Chapt. 12 Evaluation of Laws and Rules Directed at Individual Behavior Chapt. 13 Evaluation of Agent, Vehicle and Environmental Modifications Chapt. 14 Evaluation of Postinjury Treatment and Rehabilitation Chapt. 15 Injury Epidemiology and Economics Injuries: Preface
Chapt. 1 The Scope of Injuries as Public-Health and Research Problems
Chapt. 2 Characteristics of Agents and Vehicles of Injury
Chapt. 3 Human Vectors and Hosts
Chapt. 4 Injury-Control Options Analysis
Chapt. 5 Control Strategies: Educating and Persuading Individuals
Chapt. 6 Control Strategies: Laws and Regulations Directed at Individuals
Chapt. 7 Control Strategies: Policies Directed at Agents and Vehicles of Energy
Chapt. 8 The Economics of Injury Control
Chapt. 9 Values, Politics and the Future of Injury Control
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