Agricultural accidents are a frequent cause of severe injury. Sixty-four patients with such injuries were seen from October 1981 through September 1984. The patients ranged in age from 2 to 73 years. The highest incidence of injury occurred during spring planting (May through June) and fall harvesting (September through October). The tractor and grain auger were the most common injuring agents....

BACKGROUND Patients education is considered a valuable mean to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This cross-sectional study aims to assess declared practices of healthcare workers (HCWs) regarding the delivery of information about HAIs to patients. METHODS A 14-item multiple-choice questionnaire was designed to assess the attitudes and declared practices of HCWs (ph...

Introducing a concept of real, as opposed to nominal, inequality of income or wealth suggests some historical reinterpretations, buttressed by a closer look at consumption by the rich. The purchasing powers of different income classes depend on how relative prices move. The influence of relative prices on real inequality was greater in the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries than in the twen...