conclusions the findings of the current study will be beneficial in prevention of rtcs and its associated complications and hence will be vital for policy makers, health service managers and stakeholders. context despite considerable attention given to health statistics of road traffic crashes (rtcs), the epidemiological aspects of injuries resulting from rtcs are not fully understood in iran a...

BACKGROUND Many studies have recently noted a shift in the causative mechanism of facial injuries away from traffic accident to assaults. AIMS Our study aimed to investigate patterns of facial injuries in trauma patients during 13 months study of trauma patients in six general hospitals in Tehran. MATERIAL AND METHODS Trauma patients who were hospitalized for more than 24 hours and had sust...

Unintentional (accidental) injuries in childhood constitute a significant public health problem. Young children are extremely vulnerable to unintentional injuries that are vastly preventable. All cases of fatal unintentional injuries in children aged 10 years and below autopsied during 1994-2007 were retrospectively reviewed. Seventy five such cases were identified during the 14 year study peri...

background and aim: motor vehicle accidents are common cause of mortality, morbidity and disability. human factors are principle cause for frequency of motor vehicle accident. in most studies, 52-40% lower limb injuries are trauma from a motorcycle accident. these accidents cause high financial cost and harm for society. materials and methods: in this study, patients with lower limb injuries re...

BACKGROUND Evaluation of intra-city roads in terms of environmental factors of motor vehicle injuries can help us to better identify these factors and the share of each of the factors in injuries. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the high injury areas and the risk factors of motor vehicle crashes resulting in injury and death in Tehran, the capital city of Iran, from November 20...

BACKGROUND Active transportation to school has been positively associated with various health parameters whereas only sparse evidence exists on risk of injury while commuting to school. This study investigated the overall effectiveness of cycling promotion combined with structural changes on cycling to school. METHODS Interventions at public schools in three different regions in Denmark were ...