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David C. Schwebel

Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Publications -  395
Citations -  123784

David C. Schwebel is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Injury prevention. The author has an hindex of 72, co-authored 358 publications receiving 93565 citations. Previous affiliations of David C. Schwebel include University of California, Los Angeles & University of Iowa.

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Trends in traumatic brain injury mortality in China, 2006-2013: A population-based longitudinal study.

Peixia Cheng, +10 more
- 11 Jul 2017 - 
TL;DR: A population-based longitudinal analysis to examine TBI mortality, and mortality differences by sex, age group, location (urban/rural), and external cause of injury, from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2013 in China found TBI constitutes a serious public health threat in China.
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The burden of unintentional drowning: global, regional and national estimates of mortality from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study.

Richard C. Franklin, +144 more
- 01 Oct 2020 - 
TL;DR: There has been a decline in global drowning rates, and this study shows that the decline was not consistent across countries, reinforcing the need for continued and improved policy, prevention and research efforts, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.
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Child Pedestrian Injury A Review of Behavioral Risks and Preventive Strategies

David C. Schwebel, +2 more
- 01 Jul 2012 - 
TL;DR: This article reviews the literature on behavioral risk factors for child injury, and discusses parent instruction strategies, school-based instruction strategies (including crossing guards), and streetside training techniques for child pedestrian injury prevention.
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Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Spencer L. James, +633 more
- 01 Oct 2020 - 
TL;DR: Injuries are an important cause of health loss globally, though mortality has declined between 1990 and 2017, and future research in injury burden should focus on prevention in high-burden populations, improving data collection and ensuring access to medical care.

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition

Christopher J L Murray, +611 more
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age-sex groups, and countries as discussed by the authors.