A model is developed which permits the quantitative evaluation of the health benefit of bicycle helmet laws. The efficacy of the law is evaluated in terms of the percentage drop in bicycling, the percentage increase in the cost of an accident when not wearing a helmet, and a quantity here called the “bicycling beta.” The approach balances the health benefits of increased safety against the heal...

For the first time, a comparative analysis of thyroid cancer incidence in Ukraine after the Chernobyl accident was done in a cohort that is almost as large as the general population. On the basis of thyroid doses from radioactive iodine in individuals aged 1-18 years at the time of accident, geographic regions of Ukraine with low and high average accumulated thyroid doses were established and d...

The Rockland County Child Injury Prevention Project was designed to test the effects of public health education for parents on the incidence of accidental injuries to children under 7 years of age in a controlled situation. The incidence of accidental injuries, defined as any actual or presumed trauma following an accident for which medical or dental attention was obtained, was determined in a ...

The mental health impact of Chernobyl is regarded by many experts as the largest public health problem unleashed by the accident to date. This paper reviews findings reported during the 20-y period after the accident regarding stress-related symptoms, effects on the developing brain, and cognitive and psychological impairments among highly exposed cleanup workers. With respect to stress-related...

The high incidence of accidents in H.M. Dockyard, Singapore, during 1954 led to a more detailed recording and analysis in 1955-56. The departmental accident rates per 1,000 workers were recorded, together with the circumstances of all injuries resulting in the loss of more than one shift (two per working day, lasting four and a half hours in the mornings and three and threequarter hours in the ...

background and aims: this study aimed to investigate the deaths and injuries following pedestrian traffic accidents and factors associated with death of pedestrian in tehran and alborz provinces. methods: in this cross-sectional study all traffic accidents related to pedestrians in tehran and alborz provinces reported from march 21, 2013 to march 21, 2014 by the traffic police were studied. the...

background because of occupational accidents, permanent disabilities and deaths occur and economic and workday losses emerge. objectives the purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors responsible for occupational accidents occurred in iran. patients and methods the current study analyzed 1464 occupational accidents recorded by the ministry of labor and social affairs’ offices i...

Our objective was to assess accidental injury prevention activity within Primary Care Groups/Trusts (PCG/Ts), and current knowledge and attitudes towards accidental injuries and their prevention amongst PCG/T board members. We used a cross-sectional postal questionnaire survey design. Participants were board members of 51 PCG/Ts in Trent. The main outcome measures were prioritization of acciden...

This paper assesses whether there is a systematic di¤erence between the accident rates of ...xed-term and permanent contract workers that is not just the result of a compositional e¤ect. A pure contractual e¤ect leading to a higher accident rate might exist because the short duration of the temporary contract reduces the incentives to invest in speci...c human capital or because e¤ort is higher...