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Junkins, Edward P., Jr.; Knight, Stacey; Lightfoot, Amy C.; Cazier, Calvert F.; Dean, J. Michael; Corneli, Howard M. – Journal of School Health, 1999
Describes an epidemiology of school injuries in Utah's public schools, analyzing 1990-97 school injury data from a standardized Student Injury Report form. Results find that 85 percent of the state's 44,565 school injuries were evaluated at a medical facility. High risk students were males and students in 4th-6th grades. Contributing factors…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Epidemiology