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Hazard is the bi-annual journal of the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU) (formerly VISAR). Information about injuries and their prevention is disseminated through this publication. The issues reviewed in Hazard are chosen because of a combination of the severity, frequency and preventability of the injury type.
If you would like more information about Hazard , please contact
Janneke Berecki-Gisolf - Associate Director VISU
Browse the Hazard index by issue.
Hazard Edition Index TOPIC Hazard edition [pdf] MUARC reports Other Consumer products 61 , 75 83 , 162 , 168 Consumer product safety websites
http://www.productsafety.gov.au/content
http://www.cpsc.gov/ Regional profiles 46 , 54 - Hume 95 , 131 - Injury Prevention 2002;8:18-22 - Latrobe Valley 9 , sp1 , sp2 113 , 114 , 151 , 190 - Injury Prevention 2001;7:66-69 School injury 10 , 29 , 53 Socio-economic status and injury 49 , 70 Sports 8 , 9 , 15 , 30 , 51 , 66 , 74 Sports injury countermeasure reports - baseball - Brochure - basketball 51 - Brochure - boating related 56 Marine Safety in Victoria 2008-2009 – VISU research report
Marine Safety in Victoria 2007-2008 – VISU research report
Follow up of hospital treated boating injury – VISU research report
Follow up of hospital treated boating injury: the longer term effects – VISU research report
Review of the literature – VISU research report
- cricket 51 - Brochure - cycling (incl. BMX) 2 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 10 , 31 , 34 , 44 , 51 , 65 2 , 32 , 45 , 51 , 59 , 64, 75 , 76 - IP abstract - exercise equipment 5 , 9 , 50 VISU Fact Sheet -exercise bikes
VISU Fact Sheet - treadmills
- football (AFL) 51 - Brochure - golf - Brochure - hockey - Brochure - horse related sports 7 , 51 103 - in line skating 15 , 25 , 31 , 51 133 - Brochure - lawn bowls - Brochure - martial arts 11 - netball 51 - Brochure - running - Brochure - scooter riding 44 , 78 - Injury Prevention 2001; 7-:165-167 - skateboarding 51 , 78 - Brochure - snow sports 66 - Brochure - cross country
- Brochure - downhill skiing
- Brochure - snowboarding
- soccer 51 - Brochure - softball - Brochure - surfing 56 - tennis VISU Fact Sheet
VISU Fact Sheet
- trail bike riding 31 , 51 - trampolines 13 , 42 , 44 , 61 ,75 - volleyball - Brochure - yoga - Brochure Surveillance system/ data developments 1 , 2 , 26 , 28 , 30 , 40 , 43 , 50 72, 113
Subject Edition Other Resources Asphyxia 60 Assaults 55,73,79 Babywalkers, update 16,20,25,34 Baseball 30 Boating - related recreational injury 56 Bunkbeds 11,75 MUARC Report 123 Button Batteries 75 Bicycles - Bicycle related 6,31,34,44,65 Cyclist Head Injury Study 2,7,8,10 Burns - Scalds, Burns prevention 3,12,25 Unintentional burns and scalds in vulnerable populations 57 Child Care settings 16,76 Client survey results 28 Co-morbidity analysis 80 Cutting and piercing (unintentional) 52 , 55 MUARC Report 158
Subject Edition Other Resources Data base use, interpretation& example form 2 Deaths from Injury (Victoria) 11,38,76,80 Dishwasher machine detergents - Update 18 DIY maintenance injuries 41 Prevention of injuries associated with DIY DIY Brochure Dog Bites, dog related injuries 3,12,25,26,34,69 Injury Prevention Domestic architectural glass 7,22,25 Domestic Violence 21,30,79 63 Drowning/near drowing, including updates 2,5,7,30,34,55 Family Friendly Beaches Victoria Elastic luggage straps 43 VISU Fact Sheet Escalator 24 Exercise bicycles, update 5,9 Falls - Child, Older Persons, Home, Bunk Beds 44,45,48,59,65,75,77,78,80 Farm, Tractors 30,33,24,47,68 Rural Injury Prevention Preventing Farm Injuries 155 Finger jam (hand entrapment) 10,14,16,25,59 Fireworks 47 Injuries associated with fireworks in Victoria: an epidemiological overview
Subject Edition Other Resources Geographic regions of injury 46 Health Service Areas 76 Home 14,32,59,65,76,80 MUARC Report 158 Horse related 7,23 Infants - injuries in the first year of life 8 Injury surveillance developments inc. ICD10 coding 30,43 Intentional 13,79 Latrobe Valley - First 3 months, Injury surveillance and prevention 9 Ladders 63 Lawnmowers 22 , 52 VISU Fact Sheet
Subject Edition Other Resources Marine animals 56 Martial arts 11 Mobility scooters 62 Motor vehicle related, non-traffic, vehicle jack injuries 20,63 Motorcycles 64,65,81 Needlestick injuries 11,17,25 Nursery furniture 37,44 Keeping Kids Safe Older people 19, 45 , 48 , 50 , 62 , 67 , 80 MUARC Reports 57 , 118 , 162 Off-street parking areas 20 Pedestrians 71,72 Playground equipment 3 , 10 , 14 , 16 , 25 , 29 , 44 , 51 , 61 , 65 , 77 , 193 Poisons - Domestic chemical and plant poisoning 28 Drug safety and poison control 2 , 4 , 27 , 39 , 47 Dishwasher detergent, update 10,6 Early Childhood, Child resistant closures 27,2,47 Unintentional poisoning hospitalisations among young children in Victoria Adult overview 39 Other poisoning agents 6 , 10 , 18 , 28 MUARC Report 139 Power saws, Chainsaws 22 , 28 , 52 Residential Institutions 76 Road injury 36,65,76 Roller Blades, Skateboards, Scooters 2,5,25,31,44,78
Subject Edition Other Publications School 10,76 Settings for Injury 76 Shopping trolleys 22,25,42 VISU Fact Sheet Smoking-related 21,25,29,44 Socio-economic status and injury 49,70 Sports - child, adult, surf, snow 8,9,44,15,51,56,66,74,76 Suicide - motor vehicle exhaust gas 11,20,25,41 MUARC Reports 139 Trade and service areas 76 Trail bikes 31 Trampolines 13,42,61,75 Vapouriser units 43 VISU Fact Sheet Venomous bites and stings 35 VISU Fact Sheet VISS: How it works, progress, A decade of Victorian Injury Surveillance 1,26,40 VISAR: Celebration of VISAR achievements, VISAR name change to VISU 50,61 Work-related 17,18,58,76
