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Original Articles

Using local injury surveillance for community-based injury prevention: an analysis of Scandinavian WHO Safe Community and Canadian Safe Community Foundation programmes

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Pages 35-43 | Received 12 Dec 2005, Accepted 12 Mar 2006, Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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