Community involvement in local firearms policy is advocated to be an important component of efforts to curtail violence. This report describes the first evaluation of one such effort, a gun buy-back program conducted in Seattle, WA, during the fall of 1992. The evaluation included (a) surveys of 500 participants and a description of the firearms exchanged; (b) monitoring police reports, trauma ...

BACKGROUND Upper arm deformities secondary to massive weight loss or senile elastosis have led to an increased demand for aesthetic contouring procedures such as brachioplasty. METHODS The records of all patients who underwent a brachioplasty procedure from a multipractice medical center were reviewed. Outcomes measured included patient demographics, operative interventions, and postoperative...

Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with a large number and variety of risk conditions during pregnancy. The number and types of risk conditions per pregnancy were determined in 1,864 white and 872 black mothers delivered at the University of Kansas Medical Center between 1975 and 1978. The incidence of LBW infants increased steadily among white and black mothers as the number of risk factors ...

genetic trend for production traits were estimated in iranian holstein cattle using the first lactation data recorded by cattle breeding and dairy product improvement center of the state from 1991 to 2006. effect of some factors on genetic trend was investigated using data from 18 large herds. (co) variance components and genetic parameters were estimated, using five trait animal model and em-a...

he epidemiological study of burned patients in   west azarbalian (1382)   m. khoshkalam [1] ,m.s. jamirzadeh [2] , m.s .     abstract     introduction: bum injuries still produce a significant morbidity and mortality in iran. this study was carried out to show the epidemiology, mortality, and etiological factors of burned patients in province of west azarbaijan.   methods & materials: this stud...

The aim of this study was to describe the incidence distribution of colorectal cancer in Fortaleza, Ceará State, and Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and the time trend in the disease from 1990 to 1999. Mean annual age-adjusted incidence rates and estimated annual percent change were calculated by gender, using population-based cancer registries. EAPC showed an increase in the rat...

Background: There are still many people who do not know about the National Health Insurance itself, ease of treatment using has been fully successful, because length bureaucracy and lack facilities infrastructure to support program. Purpose: The purpose this study was see correlation between services quality satisfaction BPJS Patients. Methods: A correlational methodology used with a group To o...