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Archives

Volume 11, Issue 1 - Spring 2008 (read online)

Volume 10, Issue 1 - Spring 2007 (read online)

Volume 9, Issue 1 - Fall 2006 (download PDF)

  • Director's Message
  • Lifetime Injury Costs
  • CDC Collaboration Fact Sheet
  • Recent Publications
  • Small Grants Awards
    Staff Notes
  • National Safety Summit
  • SAVIR
  • Epidemiology Seminar Series

Volume 8, Issue 2 - Winter 2005 (download PDF)

  • Director's Message
  • CDC Research Agenda
  • New Research Projects and Collaborations
  • Visiting Scholar/Professor
  • Publications
  • Small Grants Announcement
  • Small Grants Awards
  • 2006 Injury Conferences
  • SMARTRISK Catalogue
  • New Faculty and Staff

Volume 8, Issue 1 - Winter 2005 (download PDF)

  • Director's Message
  • CIRCL Establishes Community Project Fund
  • Trends in Youth Violence
  • Funded Project Wins Abstract Award
  • Trauma Main Contributor in Health Spending Increase
  • LOLA Award Winners
  • CIRCL Co-Sponsors Car Seat Safety Check with Children's Hospital
  • Abusive Head Trauma in Young Children
  • Small Grants Announcement
  • Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean
  • New Injury Book
  • Publications
  • CIRCL Hires New Administrator

Volume 7, Issue 1 - Spring 2004 (download PDF)

  • Training and Community Service Projects
  • PA Trauma Center Prevention Coordinator Training Program
  • Coroner Internship Program
  • Regional Community-Initiated Project Fund
  • Injury Control Awards
  • CIRCL Small Grants Awarded
  • Recent Injury-Related Publications
  • Upcoming Webinars

Volume 6, Issue 2 - Fall 2003 (download PDF)

  • CDC Funds CIRCL For Another Five Years
  • CIRCL's New Projects:
  • Improving the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Inflicted Head Trauma in Infants
    • The Impact of Neuroendocrine Hormones and Pathophysiology & Outcomes
    • After TBI
    • Managing Return-to-Play Decisions Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
    • The Impact of Pregnancy-Associated Crashes on Birth Outcomes and Infant Survival
    • Infant Head Injury Risk in Falls Using Experimental and Computational Models
  • CIRCL Small Grants Program
  • CIRCL Celebrates 10 years with Research Symposium
  • A Tribute to Peter J. Safar, MD
  • Elluminate Live!™ Software and Real Time Webinars
  • CIRCL Calendar of Events

Volume 6, Issue 1 - Spring 2003 (download PDF)

  • Pregnancy Exemption Survey of International Seat Belt Laws
  • Analysis of the Age, Period and Cohort Effects on Violent Trends
  • New Faces at CIRCL

Volume 5, Issue 1 - Spring 2002 (download PDF)

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research in Understudied Populations
  • An Important Effect of Gender on Oxidative Damage in Severe TBI
  • Gender Influences of Excitotoxic and Ischemic Injury
  • Age-Related Differences in TBI

Volume 4, Issue 4 - Winter 2002 (download PDF)

  • Finding New Scientific Approaches to Child Abuse
  • Is the Injury Really Accidental?
  • What is the Psychological Impact of Child Abuse?
  • What is the Economic Burden of Maltreatment?

Volume 4, Issue 3 - Fall 2001 (download PDF)

  • Tracking Hospitalizations to Improve Injury Control
  • Crash Outcome Data Evaluation Systems
  • Allegheny County Injury Surveillance System

Volume 4, Issue 2 - Spring 2001 (download PDF)

  • Forging a Path Toward a Workforce Trained in Injury Prevention and Control
  • Internet-Based Training Materials and Courses
  • Small Grants Program at CIRCL
  • Federal Training Programs
  • Injury Seminar Series Now Available Online
  • Noteworthy CIRCL Events

Volume 4, Issue 1 - January 2001 (download PDF)

  • All-Terrain Vehicles: Particularly Dangerous to Children
  • Director's Message
  • Think First for Kids Promotes Early Safety Habits
  • Think First Program Coordinator Delivers Safety Message
  • Preventing Sledding Injuries
  • CDC Community Sourcebook Addresses Youth Violence
  • CIRCL Seminar Series

Volume 3, Issue 4 - October 2000 (download PDF)

  • Project Update: Wheelchair Seating System Crashworthiness
  • Manual Wheelchair Durability and Injuries
  • Firefighting: Reducing the Risk of an Inherently Dangerous Occupation
  • CIRCL Welcomes Dr. Anthony Fabio
  • Injury Epidemiology Seminar Series

Volume 3, Issue 3 - July 2000 (download PDF)

  • Director's Message
  • Womansplace
  • Allegheny Safe Kids Coalition
  • The Watchful Shepherd Program
  • Residential Fire Protection Programs
  • Allegheny County Traffic Safety Education Project
  • AAA Child Safety Seat Endeavors
  • Pittsburgh Bicycle Helmet Coalition

Volume 3, Issue 2 - April 2000 (download PDF)

  • Epidemiology: The First Step in Injury Prevention
  • Improving Injury Surveillance
  • Economic Aspects of Child Abuse
  • Graduate Student Investigates Child Maltreatment
  • Injury-Related Hospitalizations in PA
  • Wheelchair Study Wins Award

Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 2000 (download PDF)

  • Director's Message
  • Editorial: Learning from Our Patients
  • Amantadine Pharmacotherapy in Patients with TBI
  • CIRCL Establishes Cerebrospinal Fluid Bank from Children with TBI
  • Fellowship Trainee Investigates Brain's Chemical Response to Shaken Baby Syndrome
  • CIRCL Lecture Series Schedule

Volume 2, Issue 4 - October 1999 (download PDF)

  • Director's Message
  • Editorial: Maximizing Mobility
  • Crashworthiness of Wheelchairs Used as Motor Vehicle Seats
  • Graduate Student Studies Biomechanical Aspects of Injury
  • $7.5 Million Grant Establishes Center of Excellence for Wheelchairs and Related Technology
  • CIRCL Sponsors Injury Seminars

Volume 2, Issue 3 - July 1999 (download PDF)

  • The High Price of "Freedom" Part 2
  • Guns & Violence: Food for Thought
  • Youth & Violence: Facts about Violence among Youth and Violence in Schools
  • Domestic Violence: Western Pennsylvania Domestic Violence Initiative
  • Update: Pennsylvania Motorcycle Helmet Law
  • CIRCL News: Interpersonal Violence is Focus of Graduate Student Researcher
  • Dr. Rory Cooper Receives Award

Volume 2, Issue 2 - March 1999 (download PDF)

  • The High Cost of "Freedom"
  • Programs: Think First for Kids
  • Research: Health Care Costs of Violence in Pennsylvania
  • Research: Injury & Violence During Pregnancy
  • CIRCL Activities

Volume 2, Issue 1 - August 1998 (download PDF)

  • Director's Message
  • Acute Care Research
  • CIRCL Additions
  • Research Finds Toxic Levels of Neurochemicals in Shaken Babies
  • Intimate Partner Violence Screening Investigation
  • Rehabilitation Research: Motor Vehicle Seating Systems for Wheelchairs
  • Washington DC Epidemiology Conference
  • Think First for Kids
  • 10 Leading Causes of Death
  • The Medical Costs of Child Abuse
  • NHTSA Sponsored Child Safety Seat Course
  • Youth Violence Initiative
  • Recorded Recall and Safety Information
  • CIRCL Mission

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