Citation

Blumenthal M. Public Health Rep. (1896) 1966; 81(6): 569-572.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1966, U.S. Public Health Service)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4957045

PMCID

PMC1919809

Abstract

Accident prevention has lagged far behind other health fields in recognizing the potential contribution of research. In 1963, traffic accidents with a leading cause of death in the United States of persons between the ages of one and 37. Yet, in 1965, private and governmental sources allocated only US$ 16.5 million for research in traffic accident prevention, as compared with a total expenditure for medical and health related research of approximately US$ 1.85 billion. Various explanations have been proposed for the apparent neglect of accident prevention research. Many of these are discussed in this report.

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