Leon S. Robertson, Ph.D. -- Books and background information:
This page provides links to Leon Robertson's publications and downloads of
a free book, the 2022 update of the 4th edition of "Injury Epidemiology".
Injury
Epidemiology is the 2022 update of the fourth edition of the textbook and each chapter can be downloaded by
clicking on the chapter in the second column of this page.
ROADS TO COVID-19 CONTAINMENT AND SPREAD (Austin Macauley Publishers, 2023).
Click to order
(Also available after March 2, 2023 on Kindle, Nook, and the IPad; just Google the title)
INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY: THIRD EDITION (Oxford University
Press,2007)
INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY: RESEARCH AND CONTROL STRATEGIES (Oxford University
Press,1998)
INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY (Oxford University Press,1992)
INJURIES: CAUSES, CONTROl, STRATEGIES AND PUBLIC POLICY(D.C. Heath,1983)
Leon S. Robertson, Ph.D., is a Professor Adjunct at Yale University. During 1978-98 he
occupied various positions in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and
the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale. He previously
served on the faculties
of HarvardUniversityMedicalSchool (1966- 70) and WakeForestUniversity (1962-65).
He also conducted statistical research on injuries in the Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety. (1970-78)
Dr. Robertson contributed 164 articles and chapters to
the scientific literature. He 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.