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Joseph L. Annest
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 57
Citations - 5209
Joseph L. Annest is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Injury prevention. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 57 publications receiving 4873 citations.
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National surveillance of emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events.
Daniel S. Budnitz,Daniel A. Pollock,Kelly N. Weidenbach,Aaron B. Mendelsohn,Thomas J. Schroeder,Joseph L. Annest +5 more
TL;DR: Adverse drug events among outpatients that lead to emergency department visits are an important cause of morbidity in the United States, particularly among individuals aged 65 years or older, and Ongoing, population-based surveillance can help monitor these events and target prevention strategies.
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Sports and recreation related injury episodes in the US population, 1997–99
TL;DR: As physical activity continues to be promoted as part of a healthy lifestyle, SR injuries are becoming an important public health concern for both children and adults and prevention efforts aimed at reducing SR injuries need to go beyond focusing on children and also consider physically active adults.
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Firearm injuries in the United States
TL;DR: Firearm injuries are an important public health problem in the United States, contributing substantially each year to premature death, illness, and disability and a science-driven approach to understand risk and protective factors and identify effective solutions is key to achieving measurable reductions in firearm violence.
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Surveillance for fatal and nonfatal injuries--United States, 2001.
TL;DR: A summary report of fatal and nonfatal injuries that combines death data from National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and non-fatal injury data from NEISS-AIP is presented in this article.
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National estimates of nonfatal firearm-related injuries. Beyond the tip of the iceberg.
TL;DR: A national surveillance system is needed to provide uniform data on firearm-related injury morbidity and mortality for use in research and prevention efforts and NEISS can be useful to monitor the number of nonfatal firearm- related injuries in the United States.