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background: accidents, such as domestic accidents, and the resulting injuries are presently a matter of concern in communities. some factors such as urbanization cause an increase in the incidence of accidents for recognized and unrecognized reasons. the aim of the present study was to investigate the incidence of domestic accidents among a group of families who had migrated to the determined u...

accidents allocate more than 30 percent causes of mortality and are the most common reason of mortality in children after one year old. thus, in order to provide children health, education of road safety is essential and children should be more aware about road safety necessities and learn  the methods of life maintenance proportionate with own age and needs. there is a significant note that ed...

conclusion tf-cbt for patients with acute stress disorder has been shown to be efficacious in reducing the likelihood of subsequent development of ptsd. despite the impressive level of empirical support for tf-cbt, many professionals remain unaware of its advantages and many children and parents who could benefit do not receive such treatment. further more, in iran, there may not yet be any tf-...

Every year there are about 5500 fatal accidents in British homes (some two fifths of all fatal accidents). A further 2 2 million people have non-fatal accidents at home needing hospital treatment, and another 900 000 are dealt with by general practitioners. The cost of domestic accidents to the health service in England and Wales is about £300 000 a year.' Statistical information about non-fata...

Objective To analyse the circumstances of fatal and non-fatal mountain hiking accidents caused by falls. Methods The study was designed as a retrospective analysis. Mountain hiking accidents caused by falls were documented during a 9-year period (2006-2014). After screening of all data for potential exclusion criteria the final sample size of 5368 accidents and 5665 victims was included into ...

The aim of this study was to geographically analyse the traffic casualties in pedestrians in downtown of Tehran City. Study population consisted of pedestrians who had traffic injury accidents from April 2014 to March 2015 in Tehran City. Data were extracted from the offices of traffic police and municipality. For analysis of environmental factors and site of accidents, Ordinary Least Square (O...

OBJECTIVE Previous research has indicated that there is an increased risk of fatal accidents in veterans of military operations and that such accidental deaths may be related to mental health problems. This study was conducted to investigate fatal accidents in Norwegian former peacekeepers. METHODS A subgroup of alcohol-related fatal accidents was identified. Interview data with next of kin, ...

background: construction work (building houses, roads, workplaces, and repairing and maintaining infrastructures) is a dangerous land-based job. this includes many hazardous tasks and conditions such as working at the following conditions: height, excavation, noise, dust, power tools and equipment. construction work has been increased in developed and underdeveloped countries over the past few ...