background: population‑based estimates of traffic accidents (tas) are not readily available for developing countries. this study examined the contribution of socioeconomic status (ses) to the risk of ta among iranian adult s. methods: a total of 64,200people aged ≥18years were identified from 2008 urban health equity assessment and response tool (urban heart) survey. 22,128 households were inte...

Background: In order to describe the patients and evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for widow spider envenomation, investigators require a reliable assessment tool. In this paper, the development of a clinical index for measuring the widow spider bite severity, Latrodectus Envenomation Severity Score (LESS), is described. Methods: According to the valid methods for index development, a D...

One of the primary objectives transportation engineering is to increase safety road infrastructure. This study seeks determine relationship between geometric design parameters in relation accident criteria based on hotspots Jordan’s Desert Highway. The data (from 2016 2019) were collected from Jordan Traffic Department. spatial pattern was identified using a GIS tool named Getis-Ord Gi* severit...

Construction industry involves the highest risk of occupational accidents and bodily injuries, which range from mild to very severe. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify the factors associated with accident severity rate (ASR) in the largest Iranian construction companies based on data about 500 occupational accidents recorded from 2009 to 2013. We also gathered data on safety ...

This paper describes an attempt to shed some light on road safety in Asia Pacific region by characterizing and assessing its road accidents. The relevant national road accident data were extracted from centralized data sources of international agencies. Due to data incompleteness and missing values, 21 Asia Pacific countries, presenting more than half of the world’s population, were selected fo...

INTRODUCTION Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in improving bus safety operations worldwide. While in the United States buses are considered relatively safe, the number of bus accidents is far from being negligible, triggering the introduction of the Motor-coach Enhanced Safety Act of 2011. METHOD The current study investigates the underlying risk factors of bus accident severity...

purpose: to assess the relationship between the severity of coronary arteries involvement and the extent and pattern of myocardial scars in cardiac magnetic resonance of patients with history of remote myocardial infarction. materials and methods: the cardiac magnetic resonance images of sixty patients with history of remote st segment or non-st segment elevation myocardial infarction were revi...

background: quality of life (qol) is increasingly recognized as an important outcome measure in dermatology. psoriasis has a great impact on qol of patients, and has a strong effect on social relations, psychological status, and daily activities. this study describe and compare the impact of different grades of severity of psoriasis on qol of patients in north of iran. methods: this cross‑secti...