The investigation of the impacts of major disasters, on the basis of the Van earthquake (October 23, 2011, Turkey), on the profile of the injuries due to occupational accidents

The investigation of the impacts of major disasters, on the basis of the Van earthquake (October 23, 2011, Turkey), on the profile of the injuries due to occupational accidents

Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the impacts of major disasters, on the basis of the Van earthquake (October 23, 2011, Turkey), on the profile of the injuries due to occupational accidents. In this study, we evaluated 245 patients of occupational accidents who were admitted to emerg...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of forensic and legal medicine 2015-10, Vol.35, p.19-25
Hauptverfasser: Hekimoglu, Yavuz, Dursun, Recep, Karadas, Sevdegul, Asirdizer, Mahmut
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accidents, Occupational - statistics & numerical data
Adolescent
Adult
Disasters
Earthquakes
Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization
Humans
Impact analysis
Industry - statistics & numerical data
Injuries
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Occupational accidents
Occupational health
Occupational Injuries - epidemiology
Pathology
Turkey - epidemiology
Work safety
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the impacts of major disasters, on the basis of the Van earthquake (October 23, 2011, Turkey), on the profile of the injuries due to occupational accidents. In this study, we evaluated 245 patients of occupational accidents who were admitted to emergency services of Van city hospitals in the 1-year periods including pre-earthquake and post-earthquake. We determined that there was a 63.4% (P 
ISSN:1752-928X
1878-7487
DOI:10.1016/j.jflm.2015.06.017