In our previous studies,1,2,3) it was shown that the mortality from motor vehicle accident is affected by various psychosocial factors such as social mobility, high income, aging population, occupation, type of automobiles and climate . In this study, we aim at exploring neurobehavioral predictors which could distinguish the traffic accident-prone drivers from safe drivers ; eleven factors are ...

The largest U.S. population exposed to low-level radioactivity released by an accident at a nuclear power plant is composed of residents near the Three Mile Island (TMI) Plant on 28 March 1979. This paper (a collaboration of The University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Health) reports on the mortality experience of the 32,135 members in this cohort for 1979-1992. We analyzed ...

Introduction: Increasing age is one of the most important predictors of mortality among aged population. Therefore, determining the causes of death among older people could be imperative. The purpose of this study was to investigate non-communicable disease mortality among a sample of older people in Iran from 2007 to 2018. Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study that applied censu...

conclusions there was a decreasing trend in the study and the future years. it seems that implementation of some interventions in the recent decade has had a positive effect on the decline of rta fatalities. nevertheless, there is still a need to pay more attention in order to prevent the occurrence and the mortalities related to traffic accidents. results the mean age of the victims was 37.22 ...

Numerous investigations have been carried out on the possible impact of the Chernobyl accident on the prevalence of anomalies at birth and on perinatal mortality. In many cases the studies were aimed at the detection of differences of pregnancy outcome measurements between regions or time periods. Most authors conclude that there is no evidence of a detrimental physical effect on congenital ano...

OBJECTIVE To assess among seriously injured accident victims whether change of the Triage Revised Trauma Score (T-RTS) between first assessment and arrival at the hospital independently predicts mortality. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS The study analysed data on 507 trauma patients with multiple injuries and with a Hospital Trauma Index-Injury Severity Score (HTI-ISS) of 16 or hi...