unintentional injury

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unintentional
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪnˈten.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌʌn.ɪnˈten.ʃən.əl/
not ...
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injury
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/us
/ˈɪn.dʒər.i/
physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or ...
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Here we find no effect of stimulants across several types ofunintentionalinjury.
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Public beliefs about the preventability ofunintentionalinjurydeaths.
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Researchers use the termunintentionalinjuryto refer to injuries that are nonvolitional but preventable.
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The protection is intended to reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted forunintentionalinjuryor wrongful death.
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Poisoning of adults is on the rise in our nation and only stands behind motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause ofunintentionalinjurydeaths.
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Unintentional injuries account for more than half of all deaths among children ages 1 - 14 years, claiming the lives of more than 10,000 children annually.
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It is unclear why expansions should raise arrests and unintentional injuries.
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We recognize that many other factors are likely to be associated with rates of these outcomes, particularly crime and unintentional injuries.
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Preventing unintentional injuries in children and young adolescents.
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Tooley et al. further argue that parental vigilance is not as highly engaged in stepparents as genetic parents, therefore placing stepchildren at greater risk forunintentionalinjury.
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Death can be attributed to factors such as, inadequate access to proper medical care, biological malformations, maternal complications, and/or accidents and unintentional injuries.
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There were, instead, very large numbers of dead by road accidents and unintentional injuries.
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During these years, unintentional injuries account for more deaths than the next nine leading causes of death combined.
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In 1960, unintentional injuries caused 93,803 deaths; 41% were associated with motor-vehicle crashes.
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Leading causes included cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, unintentional injuries, diabetes, and certain infectious diseases.
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Unintentional injuries were relatively infrequent in the medieval period.
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In 2010 falls resulted in 540,000 deaths up from 350,000 in 1990, making them the second most common cause of death from unintentional injuries after motor vehicle collisions.
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