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Background Burn injuries are considered one of the most preventable public health issue among children; however, are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality in Iran. The aim of this study was to assess individual-level predictors of severe burn injuries among children leading to hospitalization, in East Azerbaijan Province, in North-West of Iran. Methods The study was conducted through a...
The aim of this study was to map out some epidemiological aspects of unintentional burn injuries among Iranian victims using a national injury registry data.Injury data were taken from a national injury surveillance system over the period 2000–2002. The study population comprised 31.5% of Iran's population. Burn-injury cases were retrieved and analysed.Of all the grossly 307,000 home injuries reported...
The approach to burn prevention, to be effective in a particular area, should be based on sound knowledge of etiological patterns of burns injuries and must take into account the geographical variations and socioeconomic differences in burn epidemiology. Although many articles are published on burns epidemiology in Iran, a holistic view of burn epidemiology in Iran is not well presented in literature...
Samovars are the main tea-making devices in some Eastern countries. In part of a joint Iran–Sweden research project on epidemiology and prevention of burns, 265 households in a rural area were entered into a cross-sectional study in which safety status of samovars used and unsafe behaviours in using them were assessed.Samovars were the main device used to boil water for making tea in 75% of the households;...
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