SP3-21 Landmine victims in Iran Kurdistan; demographic features and accident characteristics

Statistical Analysis of Landmine Fatalities in Kurdistan

Statistical Analysis of Landmine Fatalities in Kurdistan This study analyzes mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) victim data in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the period of the 1960s to 2005. In addition to descriptive analysis of the data, we use regression analysis to identify the determinants of the probability of getting killed by a mine or UXO and to estimate the determinants impacts....

Demographic and Clinical Features of Mycosis Fungoides in Tabriz, Iran

Dear Editor, Mycosis fungoides is the most common type of cutaneous T cell lymphoma with a reported incidence of 0.5 cases per 100,000 people per year.1 The cause of mycosis fungoides is still unknown; however genetic and environmental factors have been implicated as possible pathologic factors.2 The disease might also be associated with human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1,3 which is endemic...

Rehabilitation of landmine victims--the ultimate challenge.

Antipersonnel landmines are often used indiscriminately and frequently result in injury or death of non-combatants. In the last 65 years, over 110 million mines have been spread throughout the world into an estimated 70 countries. Landmine victims use a disproportionately high amount of medical resources; the vast majority of incidents occur in regions and countries without a sophisticated medi...

Accident-proneness in Attempted Suicide and in Automobile Accident Victims.

Physiologic, demographic and mechanistic factors predicting New Injury Severity Score (NISS) in motor vehicle accident victims.

BACKGROUND Current literature on motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) has few reports regarding field factors that predict the degree of injury. Also, studies of mechanistic factors rarely consider concurrent predictive effects of on-scene patient physiology. The New Injury Severity Score (NISS) has previously been found to correlate with mortality, need for ICU admission, length of hospital stay, an...