noise is one of the major hazardous occupational exposures and one of the occupations at risk is the transportation industry. however, few studies have measured and reported the amount of noise exposure in drivers. in this study, we evaluated noise exposure among the public transportation bus drivers of one major iranian city, kerman, southeast iran. eighty public transportation buses in the st...

1. Introduetion Congestionseverelyaffectsmostmetropolitan areasaroundthe world. Numerous instruments to tackle congestionhave been studied in the past: electronic road pricing, fuel taxation, regulatory parking policies, improving public transport, and so on. Another instrument,widelyviewedto be ableto relievepartof the congestionproblem,is the use ofnew informationtechnologies in transport net...

This study focused on the public transport risk assessment in District one of ​​Tehran through Fault Tree Analysis involving the three criteria of human, vehicle and road in Haddon matrix. In fact, it examined the factors contributing to the occurrence of road accidents at several urban black spots within District 1. Relying on road safety checklists and survey of experts, this study made an ef...

INTRODUCTION The discussion on the relationship between diabetes and driving has continued in recent years all over the world. The issue of diabetes, its treatment models, the risk of hypoglycaemia and license to drive are receiving considerable attention. Driving ability is controlled by specific regulations. Polish legislation does not provide standard procedures for dealing with the question...

background: road traffic accident is a worldwide public health issue that has its highest impact on low and middle income countries including malaysia. many previous studies concerned on the causality of the actual accidents and little attention were given to near miss incidents. hence, the current study was designed to determine the prevalence and associated factors for near miss incident amon...

OBJECTIVE To compare pedometer steps of university students who used public transport and private motor vehicles to travel to and or from The University of Western Australia (UWA). METHOD 103 undergraduate students in 2006 recruited by e-mail and snowballing wore a pedometer for five consecutive university days, and completed a travel and physical activity diary. RESULTS Compared with priva...