background: maintenace and promotion of health are the duties of governments. for suitable resource allocation decisions in health sector, we need measures that combine information on mortality and non-fatal health outcomes. disability adjusted life years (dalys) have above mentioned features.  breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women. it is the first cause of death in 40-44 years ol...

objective: to determine the patterns,complications and casualties of road traffic accidents in north west of iran during 2013 new year holidays. m e t h od s : one hundred and eighty one patients with trauma-related vehicle crashes were investigated in a cross sectional-descriptive study. we only included those road traffic accidents which were recorded during the 2013 iranian new year holidays...

background: â maintenance of health and its fair and just promotion in any society is the responsibility and duty of its respective government. appropriate financial allocations and prudent decisions in the health sector requires the definition of an index that would reveal the loss resulting from early deaths of any cause and originate from disabilities due to nonfatal outcomes. the disability...

abstract background and purpose:work-related accidents are causing distress and economic losses. this study was conducted to estimate the burden of occupational accidents by the use of disability-adjusted life year (daly) calculation in iranian social security organization (isso), tehran province, between 2008 and 2011 time frame. materials and methods:this descriptive analytical study was cond...

Abstract Background and purpose:Work-related accidents are causing distress and economic losses. This study was conducted to estimate the burden of occupational accidents by the use of disability-adjusted life year (DALY) calculation in Iranian Social Security Organization (ISSO), Tehran province, between 2008 and 2011 time frame. Materials and Methods:This descriptive analytical study was cond...