BACKGROUND Specimens from aviation accident pilot fatalities are submitted to the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) for toxicological analyses. Trends of fatal amateur-built aircraft accidents and toxicological findings in the associated pilot fatalities have not been examined. METHODS Fatal amateur-built aircraft accidents that occurred during 1990-2009 were evaluated by retrieving in...

Background: Awareness of the overall status of incidents and accidents and also the relevant causes can be extremely fruitful in preventing them. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of incidents and accidents in Dayyer, Province of Bushehr, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 838 incident cases obtained from the registered data from ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between health, behaviour, and superstition surrounding Friday 13th in the United Kingdom. DESIGN Retrospective study of paired data comparing driving and shopping patterns and accidents. SUBJECTS Drivers, shoppers, and residents. SETTING South West Thames region. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Numbers of vehicles on motorways; numbers of shoppers in supermarket...

Understanding the characteristics and magnitude of accidents and violence due to external causes in children from 0 to 9 years of age is becoming ever more important in Public Health. The scope of this paper was to analyze emergency care for accidents due to external causes in children. The Sentinel Urgency and Emergency Services of the Violence and Accident Vigilance System (VIVA Survey), perf...