A journey to and through injury epidemiology
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This brief commentary describes key events in the development of Dr. Jess Kraus’s professional career in injury epidemiology from the 1950s to the 2000s. It highlights the interactions with Dr. William Haddon Jr. and other researchers that were instrumental to his contributions to the field of injury epidemiology.
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