Crossing busy city roads by pedistrian school-bound children: how vulnerable they remain for fatal RTAS in Bangladesh!

Vulnerable and marginalized children: Who are they and how can we help?

The Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, Quebec Correspondence: Dr Saleem Razack, The Montreal Children’s Hospital, 2300 Tupper Street, Room C-808, Montreal, Quebec H3H 1P3. Telephone 514-412-4475, fax 514-412-4311, e-mail [email protected] Accepted for publication March 25, 2009 Before I proceed with the present commentary, which is broadly in the field of social paediatrics, I h...

Anthropometric Indices in Primary School Children of Iranshahr City, Iran

Background: Malnutrition, as a serious health problem in children, has an increasing prevalence in the developing countries. This study aimed to evaluate the anthropometric indices of primary school children in Iranshahr, a city in central region of Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 1000 6-14 year-old primary school children ...

Urban Roads of Bhopal City

Quality evaluation of urban environment is an integral part of efficient urban environment planning and management. The development of fuzzy set theory (FST) and the introduction of FST to the urban study field attempts to incorporate the gradual variation and avoid loss of information. Urban environmental quality assessment pertain to interpretation and forecast of the urban environmental qual...

Proximity of California public schools to busy roads.

Residential proximity to busy roads has been associated with adverse health outcomes, and school location may also be an important determinant of children's exposure to traffic-related pollutants. The goal of this study was to examine the characteristics of public schools (grades K-12) in California (n = 7,460) by proximity to major roads. We determined maximum daily traffic counts for all road...

The Most Vulnerable Children: Who They Are and Why They Are at Risk