OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of an intervention to reduce fall hazards in the homes of older people. DESIGN The intervention was administered to the 570 subjects in the experimental arm of a randomized controlled trial, with follow-up of subjects for 1 year. SETTING Community-based seniors living in Perth, Australia. PARTICIPANTS People age 70 and older. INTERVENTION Registered nur...

Globally, illicit drug policy is largely based on two central olicy objectives. The first is to reduce the demand for illegal rugs mainly through criminalisation, drug prevention and reatment, and the second is to reduce the supply of illegal rugs primarily through law enforcement initiatives (Health anada, 2005; National Research Council, 2002; Office of ational Drug Control Policy, 2006). Sup...

Handwoven carpets as one of the main export items Iran during Qajar period underwent significant integration with world economy after a series foreign companies were established. As result, design, pattern, dyeing, and even weaving techniques changed significantly. There have not been enough considerations all these effects so far. We investigate such process had on Iranian (patterns, sizes, co...

High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtered vacuum cleaners are recommended by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for cleaning lead-contaminated house dust. We performed a randomized field study to determine whether a conventional (non-HEPA) vacuum cleaner could achieve cleaning results comparable with those of a HEPA vacuum cleaner. We compared the lead loading reductions...

OBJECTIVE Isolation of potentially pathogenic bacteria from carpets in hospitals has been reported earlier, but not from carpets in mosques. The aim of the present study is to determine the pathogenic and potentially pathogenic bacteria that may exist on the carpets of mosques in Tripoli, Libya. METHODS Dust samples from carpets were collected from 57 mosques in Tripoli. Samples were examined...

BACKGROUND Several chemical treatments have been recommended for reducing mite and other allergen levels in carpets, including the protein-denaturing agent tannic acid (TA). OBJECTIVE We evaluated the efficacy of TA and other treatments on mite and cat allergens in carpets within houses. The effects of TA were assessed on Der p 1 and Der f 1, on group II mite allergens, and on the major cat a...

BACKGROUND The prevalence and morbidity of asthma vary greatly among different ethnic communities and geographical locations, but the roles of environmental and genetic factors are not fully understood. The differences in prevalence of adult asthma among Chinese, Malay, and Indian ethnic groups in Singapore were examined, and the extent to which these could be explained by personal and environm...