7 results match your criteria: "Southeast University Injury Prevention Research Institute[Affiliation]"

[Risk factors for road traffic injury in agricultural vehicle drivers].

Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi

August 2017

School of Public Health, Southeast University Injury Prevention Research Institute, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.

To examine the risk factors for road traffic injury in agricultural vehicle drivers. A total of 103 drivers (who had suffered agricultural vehicle road traffic injury within the past year based on the road traffic injury registrar from the Traffic Management Bureau) who were involved in the annual agricultural vehicle inspection from December 2014 to January 2015 were randomly sampled from the Yixing Agricultural Vehicle Station as the case group for this study. Based on a 1∶2 assignment ratio and matched for sex, age, and education, a total of 206 drivers who had not suffered any agricultural vehicle road traffic injury within the past year were selected as the control group.

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Basic characteristics of road traffic deaths in china.

Iran J Public Health

March 2013

Southeast University Injury Prevention Research Institute, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China ; Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, USA.

Background: This study is to report characteristics of people killed in road traffic crashes and to describe major patterns of traffic crashes in China.

Methods: Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted. Road traffic death national data, population denominator data and motor vehicles data of 2009 were obtained from the Bureau of Traffic Management at Ministry of Public Security and National Bureau of Statistics.

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Objective: To determine the incidence of work-related acute pesticide poisoning among farmers in Jiangsu Province and to identify the risk factors.

Methods: Multi-stage stratified sampling and cluster sampling methods were used to randomly select 1490 farmers from the south (Z village), centre (Y village) and north (X village) of Jiangsu Province. The database was established by EpiData 3.

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[A case-control study on the risk factors of work-related acute pesticide poisoning among farmers from Jiangsu province].

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi

April 2012

Southeast University Injury Prevention Research Institute/School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.

Objective: To explore the risk factors on cases regarding work-related acute pesticide poisoning among farmers of Jiangsu province.

Methods: A population-based, 1:2 matched case-control study was carried out, with 121 patients as case-group paired by 242 persons with same gender, district and age less then difference of 3 years, as controls. Cases were the ones who had suffered from work-related acute pesticide poisoning.

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Road traffic injuries in the People's Republic of China, 1951-2008.

Traffic Inj Prev

December 2011

Southeast University, Southeast University Injury Prevention Research Institute, School of Public Health, Nanjing, China.

Objective: Road traffic injuries (RTIs) have become the leading cause of injury deaths in China. This article analyzed the trends in all crashes, nonfatal injuries, and fatalities from road traffic crashes from 1951 to 2008 and compared the crash frequency, crash severity, and crash patterns by provinces, types of road, and injured road users.

Methods: Road traffic crash data were obtained from the Bureau of Traffic Management at the Ministry of Public Security and National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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Work-related pesticide poisoning among farmers in two villages of Southern China: a cross-sectional survey.

BMC Public Health

June 2011

Southeast University Injury Prevention Research Institute, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

Background: Pesticide poisoning is an important health problem among Chinese farm workers, but there is a paucity of pesticide poisoning data from China. Using the WHO standard case definition of a possible acute pesticide poisoning, we investigated the prevalence and risk factors of acute work-related pesticide poisoning among farmers in Southern China.

Methods: A stratified sample of 910 pesticide applicators from two villages in southern China participated in face-to-face interviews.

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Road traffic injuries to foreigners in the People's Republic of China, 2000-2008.

J Safety Res

December 2010

Southeast University Injury Prevention Research Institute, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

Introduction: China's rapid motorization has resulted in significant challenges in road safety.

Method: Using official national statistics, this study examines road traffic injuries (RTIs) experienced by foreigners in China. The number of foreigners entering China has increased 2.

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