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. 2016 Feb 9;315(6):609-11.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.15564.

Major Causes of Injury Death and the Life Expectancy Gap Between the United States and Other High-Income Countries

Andrew Fenelon  1 , Li-Hui Chen  1 , Susan P Baker  2
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Major Causes of Injury Death and the Life Expectancy Gap Between the United States and Other High-Income Countries

Andrew Fenelon et al. JAMA. .
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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest and none were reported.

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