Injury Topic Links and Related Sites

The Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center is not responsible for the contents of these links. The links are provided only as a resource for information and research.

Injury Prevention Databases and Bibliographies

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - HazDat Database
HazDat, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database, is the scientific and administrative database developed to  provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations.

American Psychiatric Press, Inc. - DSM-IV Library
Click on the "books" link on the left for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) and related books.

Australian Injury Prevention Database, University of Queensland
A database of injury-related health promotion programs implemented throughout Australia since 1988.

Bureau of Justice Statistics - DoJ
BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to Federal, State, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data - BLS
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics - DoT
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is an operating administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). BTS compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the Nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas as needed; and works to enhance the quality and effectiveness of government statistics.

Canadian Injury Data
Data on Injury mortality and hospitalizations, injury mortality trends and tables of leading
causes of death at different ages.

Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE)
A software system designed to provide individual decision-makers within the traffic and aviation safety communities direct access to accident and incident information.

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library is the best single source of reliable evidence about the effects of health care

Cochrane Injuries Group
A division of the Cochrane library focused on injury-related information.

Database Service, Newcastle University
The database service gives specialist advice about software used for all kinds of data management for academic work.

Early Prevention of Violence Database - Great Lakes Area Regional Resource Center
The Early Prevention of Violence database consolidates information on resources related to the early prevention (0-6) of violence in one place. As a user of this database, you are aware of the need for effective programs and strategies that target this young population.

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) contains data on all vehicle crashes in the United States that occur on a public roadway and involve a fatality in the crash. This Web site provides instant access to FARS data via the Query Engine, Wizard, and Reports Library.

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) - Highway Statistics Summaries
summaries of selected statistical tabulations relating to highway transportation in three major areas: (1) highway use--the ownership and operation of motor vehicles; (2) highway finance--the receipts and expenditures for highways by public agencies; and (3) the highway plant--the extent, characteristics, and performance of the public highways, roads, and streets in the Nation.

Health Statistics - Emory
Information on health statistics provided by Emory University.

HealthGate Home Page
A gateway for general health information.

Healthlinks, Health Science Library, University of Washington
The University of Washington health library gateway.

Healthlinks, UW, Public Health Databases
University of Washington's health database gateway.

Healthtouch® - Drug Information
Find information about more than 10,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications.

HealthWeb- Reference Resources- Dictionaries
On-line health reference resources.

ICD-10: The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth revision, inclding an electronic version.

Internet Medical Terminology, Germany
A source for medical and health terminology information.

Justice Information Center
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international community of policymakers and professionals. NCJRS is a collection of clearinghouses supporting all bureaus of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: the National Institute
of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the OJP Program Offices. It also supports the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Lexis®-Nexis® Academic Universe
Database of legal information.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics - BLS
Unemployment statistics by state, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Marian Law Library Catalog - University of Washington
Gateway to the Law library at the University of Washington.

Mayo Clinic- Search
General health search engine.

MedExplorer - Health-Medical Information Center
Health and medical metasite.

MedWebPlus.Com- Health Science Information Index
General health search engine.

Medical Subject Headings Thesaurus (MeSH Headings), NLM
The Medical Subject Headings comprise NLM's controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles, for cataloging books and other holdings, and for searching MeSH-indexed databases, including MEDLINE. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve information that may use different terminology for the same concepts.

Merriam-Webster-Medscape Dictionary
Medical dictionary. Requires registration to Medscape.

Multilingual Glossary of Medical Terms in 9 Languages, Belgium
A project commissioned by The European Commission (DG III) and executed by Heymans Institute of Pharmacology and Mercator School, Department of applied Linguistics.

National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH), United Kingdom
The National electronic Library for Health was created as a program of the NHS Information Authority. The aims of the NeLH are to: provide easy access to best current knowledge and improve health and healthcare, clinical practice and patient choice in the United Kingdome.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. This is accomplished by setting and enforcing safety performance standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, and through grants to state and local governments to enable them to conduct effective local highway safety programs. It also investigates safety defects in motor vehicles, sets and enforces fuel economy standards, helps states and local communities reduce the threat of drunk drivers, promotes the use of safety belts, child safety seats and air bags, investigates odometer fraud, establishes and enforces vehicle anti-theft regulations and provides consumer information on motor vehicle safety topics. NHTSA also conducts research on driver behavior and traffic safety, to develop the most efficient and effective means of bringing about safety improvements

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) State Data
A summary of motor vehicle traffic crashes from State crash data files.

National Library of Medicine
Access to several databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, Space Life Sciences Meetings, and HSRProj.

Office of Financial Management (State of Washington): Population/Data
OFM provides the executive branch, the Legislature, and the public with estimates, forecasts, and reports on the state's population, demographic characteristics, economy, and state revenues.

Other Health Resources on the Internet
State departments of health links provided by the CDC.

Pub Med - National Library of Medicine
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 10 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals.

Public Health Information Sources on the WWW
A gateway for public health resources provided by Emory University.

Social Security Death Index - SSDI, by Ancestry.com
A powerful and up to date Social Security Death Index on the internet. The collection is available free. The database contains very up to date information provided by the Social Security Administration and contains 63,501,998 records.

STN International- The Scientific and Technical Information Network
Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe is a non-profit organization set up to provide information and information services for academic and industrial research & development, as well as for business and administration. In cooperation with its partners in the USA and Japan, FIZ Karlsruhe is operating the host STN International, offering public access to databases with scientific, technical, and supplementary business information.

TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network)
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.

University of Washington Libraries Catalog
Gateway to the local University of Washington libraries.

University of Washington Library Information Gateway
Gateway to ALL University of Washington Databases and Libraries

U.S. Census Bureau
The Bureau is the preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and
economy of the United States.

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
The world's largest medical library and creator of Medline.

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