road traffic injuries are known as the most prevalent childhood injury and besides being the greatest cause of child mortality, place an extraordinary burden on health care system. children’s limitation in cognitive, physical and social development makes them more vulnerable in road traffic injuries than adults. their small structure cause challenges to see and be seen and their risk taking beh...

Background and Objectives: The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) has the third highest road traffic fatality rate in the world. This article evaluates the epidemiology of road injuries and some of its main control factors in Iran and compares them with other countries of the EMR.   Methods: This study was conducted to analyze and compare traffic injuries resulting in mortality using secondar...

background: the global status report of the world health organization (who) on road safety suggested that india is leading in road traffi c accidents in the world. according to the report on road accidents in india in 2010 by the transport research wing, ministry of road transport and highways, new delhi, kerala ranked third in accidents per lakh population and second in persons injured per lak...

Road Traffic injuries are known as the most prevalent childhood injury and besides being the greatest cause of child mortality, place an extraordinary burden on health care system. Children’s limitation in cognitive, physical and social development makes them more vulnerable in road traffic injuries than adults. Their small structure cause challenges to see and be seen and their risk taki...

it’s obvious that road safety is causing large problems and costs in iran with an enormous impact on the well-being of people, economy and productivity. the yearly number of fatalities and injuries is still unchanged. motor vehicle injuries lead the list of injury deaths at the all ages during childhood and adolescence, even in children under 1 yrs of age. understanding the actual of child road...

It’s obvious that road safety is causing large problems and costs in Iran with an enormous impact on the well-being of people, economy and productivity. The yearly number of fatalities and injuries is still unchanged. Motor vehicle injuries lead the list of injury deaths at the all ages during childhood and adolescence, even in children under 1 yrs of age. Understanding the actual of chil...

background and objective : to resource allocating at national levels as results of productivity, cost calculation helps to determine the size of the problem and revealed cost benefits of injury prevention and it can also ensure the better resource using and cost benefit assessment. this study was conducted to determine the method of calculating road traffic injuries cost. materials and methods:...