Incorporating the AIHW National Injury Surveillance Unit
Injury Issues Monitor

The Monitor is published approximately three times annually providing a clearinghouse for information about developments in injury surveillance and prevention. It currently has a circulation of around 2000 individuals representing a diverse range of organisations and sectors with an interest in injury issues.

Note: The Injury Issues Monitor is produced in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. The Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from the Adobe website.

Issue: No 20 - November 2000.


In this issue...

  • Injury 2000 Conference
  • Commonwealth news
  • This year's RCIS work program
  • Horse-related injury-new study on eventing
  • Worldwide response to drowning
  • Cheap hip protectors
  • NSW babywalker standard
  • Driveway runovers
  • Growing problem of elderly falls
  • Safety alfresco-a crash barrier to protect pedestrians
  • ICD Update
  • In the journals: some recent Australian injury research
  • Health and safety of Australia's farming community
  • Injury news from abroad
  • NHMRC Translational Grants

Download the PDF (~230kb).


Back issues


Back issues of the monitor can be downloaded directly from the dropdown list below. A list of all issues with tables of contents is available by selecting publication series from our publications page. Please note that issues prior to May 1998 are based on scanned from hardcopy and consequently, are larger files.


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