Background and aims:Nowadays cardiovascular disorders are the most common cause of death in worldwide. Several studies have shown that ischemic cardiovascular diseases are more common in drivers, especially professional drivers, but underlying causes have not beencompletely understood.Methods:This study was a cross sectional, descriptive-analytic study. 1120 professional divers who worked with ...

Assessment of exposure to whole body vibration in Yazd city taxi drivers Samoori-Sakhvidi F (MSc)* Barkhordari A (PhD)** Dehghani A (PhD)*** Tavakoli-Manesh S (MSc)**** *Corresponding Author: MSc Student in Department of Occupational Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran ** Professor, Department of Occupational Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences,...

Background and aims: More than 40 percent of deaths of pedestrians in traffic accidents happen in Tehran. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of human factors was associated with an increased intensity of pedestrian traffic.   Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 6323 traffic injuries and 99 traffic deaths resulted from traffic accidents in pedestrian during 2013 in Tehr...

Background: Drivers with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are at 2 to 3 times increased risk of being involved in motor vehicle crashes. Also sleepiness and low sleep quality is a major contributing factor in the frequency of highway vehicle crashes. This study is aim to assessment of correlation among traffic accident with drivers with high risk of OSA and sleep quality. Methods: this article wa...

Abstract Background: Each year many people lose their lives resulting from driving accidents. This can cause irreparable mental, physical and psychological loss for the survivals. Driving sleeping is referred to as one of the causes requiring a research on the relationship between driving accidents and damages resulted from with the sleep quality of the truck drivers. Methods: In this descrip...

Background: Noise-induced hearing loss is a sensorineural hearing loss, which is associated with exposure to high levels of sound. Since train drivers exposed to high noise levels and the use of hearing protection devices is relatively difficult and they also need to hear the radio communications, this study examines the hearing status of train drivers of Yazd Railway Company. Methods: This i...

Introduction: increasing rate of deaths and losses caused by driving violations has drawn attention of researchers. In this regard, this study was conducted to compare offenderdrivers with non-offender drivers in Tehran considering their emotion regulation, stress, aggression and coping strategies. Method: this was a causal-comparative study; statistical population consisted of all drivers in d...