Mortality among medical students, 1947-1967

Mortality among medical students and young physicians.

Neurophobia among medical students

OBJECTIVE To assess the attitude of medical students and junior physicians toward neurology. METHODS A self-administered, previously validated, questionnaire was distributed among 422 students and junior physicians at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from September to December 2012. In this cross-sectional study, the questionnaire included demographic data and 12 statements to ...

Depression among undergraduate medical students.

BACKGROUND Psychological stress is common in medical school and associated with depression. Medical education is grooming in Nepal, but only few studies are done concerning mental health of medical students. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of depression among medical students at different levels of education and find about their stressors. METHODS A cross sectional, questionnaire-based s...

Sharp Injuries Among Medical Students.

INTRODUCTION Sharp injuries threaten the health of healthcare employees. They cause the transmission of many diseases such as hepatitis B and C, AIDS, etc., which can increase the associated costs associated with them. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of sharp injuries among the students of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. METHOD This cross-sectional study was c...

Mortality from Copper Smelter Emissions Circa 1967

Pope et al. (2007) found lowered monthly mortality rates during a 1967–1968 copper smelter strike, coincident with and attributed to widespread reduced airborne sulfate levels. The authors cited three “intervention” studies associating particulate emissions reductions with mortality reductions as supportive. Evidence below suggests that mortality reductions in the study by Pope et al. and “inte...