SafetyLit Thesaurus

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Focuses on injury prevention and safety topics. Hosted by SafetyLit, an online source for scholarly research about all aspects of injury prevention. This service is provided in collaboration with the World Health Organization. The SafetyLit website receives (or has received) partial support from the California Department of Public Health, the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association, the California Office of Traffic Safety, the US-DHHS HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the US-DHHS CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and volunteer assistance from the American Public Health Association's Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section.

General information
Vocabulary type: 
Thesaurus
Author or Editor: 
David Lawrence, San Diego State University
Vocabulary URL: 

http://www.injurypreventionthesaurus.com/

Was vocabulary created as a course project: 
No
Scope and Usage
Languages: 

English

Major subjects covered: 

Anatomy; Behavior and behavior mechanisms; Chemicals and drugs; Diseases and disorders; Disciplines and occupations; Food and beverages; Organisms; Phenomena and processes; Social phenomena; Sports, recreation, and leisure; Structures and built objects; Technology and industry

Purpose: 

To provide indexing and search capabilities for the SafetyLit database of articles relating to injury prevention and safety promotion.

Vocabulary characteristics
Type of display : 
Hierarchy
Alphabetical list
Web linked terms
Relationship types: 
Equivalence (Primary/variant terms or Preferred/non-preferred)
Hierarchical (Broader/narrower terms)
Associative (Related terms)
Number of classes: 

16

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