conclusions applying this information can be useful to policy makers and managers for planning and implementing special interventions to prevent and limit future accidental deaths. background traffic accidents are the main cause of deaths in developing countries. fatalities due to traffic accidents are assessed through a three-year time series forecast. objectives the aim of this study is to us...

To test our hypothesis that the onset of the menopause would be associated with an increased number of underfoot accidents in the female population for both fracture and non-fracture injuries, we analysed 90061 accidents recorded by the Home Accident Surveillance System and classified them as to (a) whether a fracture resulted, and (b) whether they were 'underfoot'. We defined 'underfoot' accid...

Highway construction zone safety has been a research focus inmany countries formany decades. In the United States, regardless of the research efforts devoted, highway construction zones remain a serious safety concern for government agencies, legislatures, the highway industry, and the traveling public. In this study, the fatal and injury accidents between 1992 and 2004 inKansas highway constru...

Organizational accidents are increasingly being studied using system dynamics (SD) tools. However, as compared to social research of organizational accidents, most of the SD studies conducted so far lack grounding in actual data. Ironically, organizational accidents usually have available data in the form of inquiry reports and other public reports. This study reviews SD studies of organization...

PURPOSE Road traffic accidents are one of main problems in Iran. Multiple factors cause traffic accidents and the most important one is sleepiness. This factor, however, is given less attention in our country. Road traffic accidents relevant to sleepiness are studied. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, all road traffic accidents relevant to sleepiness, which were reported by police, were ...

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accidents allocate more than 30 percent causes of mortality and are the most common reason of mortality in children after one year old. thus, in order to provide children health, education of road safety is essential and children should be more aware about road safety necessities and learn  the methods of life maintenance proportionate with own age and needs. there is a significant note that ed...

conclusion tf-cbt for patients with acute stress disorder has been shown to be efficacious in reducing the likelihood of subsequent development of ptsd. despite the impressive level of empirical support for tf-cbt, many professionals remain unaware of its advantages and many children and parents who could benefit do not receive such treatment. further more, in iran, there may not yet be any tf-...

Objective To analyse the circumstances of fatal and non-fatal mountain hiking accidents caused by falls. Methods The study was designed as a retrospective analysis. Mountain hiking accidents caused by falls were documented during a 9-year period (2006-2014). After screening of all data for potential exclusion criteria the final sample size of 5368 accidents and 5665 victims was included into ...