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Weiss H. 1989 (ca.). Wisconsin Comprehensive Childhood Injury Prevention Project [Final report]. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Division of Health,

Annotation: The goal of the project was to institutionalize child injury control as an ongoing function of State and local public health services in Wisconsin. The project sought to establish a State and local health agency commitment to injury prevention by creating an injury control focus within the traditional public health delivery services through training, consultation, education, surveillance, and investigation. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Amputation, Child, Coroners, Education of Health Professionals, Health Professionals, Injuries, Injury Prevention, Injury prevention Adolescents, Mortality

Furman B. 1962. Progress in prosthetics: A summary under sponsorship of the Prosthetics Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; for sale by U.S. Government Printing Office, 163 pp.

Annotation: This book discusses the history of amputation and summarizes progress in prosthetics since World War II. Development of prosthetics is discussed by region of the United States. A discussion of future prospects in prosthetics concludes the book.

Keywords: Amputation, Prostheses
   

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