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STUDY EXAMINES FIREWORKS-RELATED INJURIES IN IRANWednesday, June 16, 2010
 For a study on fireworks-related injuries during the Last
Wednesday Eve Festival in Iran, researchers interviewed 2475 households in
greater Tehran in 2007. Nineteen households had at least one of its members
sustain a fireworks-related injury during the festival, and personal property
damage, costing an average of US$ 36.60, was reported from forty-five
households. Households with at least one
injured member spent an average of US$ 441.90. This study, co-authored by Dr.
Gary Smith, was published in the July issue of the journal of Injury.
Read the PubMed abstract
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