Youth injuries in British Columbia: type, settings, treatment and costs, 2003-2007.

Ebola Treatment and Prevention are not the only Battles: Understanding Ebola-related Fear and Stigma

Treating hand fractures: population-based study of acute health care use in British Columbia.

OBJECTIVE To examine trends in use of acute health care services for hand fractures in a large diverse population across a range of medical settings. DESIGN Retrospective review of data from the British Columbia Linked Health Dataset on patients who had been treated for hand fractures between May 1, 1996, and April 30, 2001. SETTING British Columbia. PARTICIPANTS A total of 72 481 British...

Long and Short Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Training Courses in Afghanistan: A Cross-sectional Cohort Comparison of Post-Course Knowledge and Performance

Background In 2003 the Afghan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) adopted the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) for delivering child health services in primary care facilities. Key problems were subsequently identified: high cost of training, frequent health worker turnover and poor quality of IMCI implementation by those trained – specifically in the use of job aids and protocols ...

Incidence and cost of injury among youth in agricultural settings, United States, 2001-2006.

OBJECTIVE Estimate the annual US incidence and cost of fatal and nonfatal youth injury in agricultural settings. METHODS We used 2001-2006 Childhood Agricultural Injury Survey data to estimate the incidence of nonfatal injury and 2001-2006 Multiple Cause of Death data to estimate the incidence of fatal injury. To estimate the costs for injuries suffered by youth working/living in agricultural...

Effect of Co-existing Heavy Metals and Natural Organic Matter on Sorption/Desorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil: A Review

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), abundant in mixed contaminant sites, often coexist with heavy metals. The fate and remediation of PAHs depend heavily on the sorption and desorption behavior of these contaminants. The sorption behavior can in turn be highly affected by certain soil components and properties, such as soil organic matter (SOM) and the presence of heavy metals. Through rev...