Seyed Taghi Heydari

Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Traffic accidents in Iran, a decade of progress but still challenges ahead

  Iran has had incremental incidence of traffic accident mortality since introduction of mechanization about a century ago. But the newest data from Iran show decrease in the absolute number of deaths, death per 10,000 vehicles and death per 100, 000 populations. Despite its huge impact on health and economy, research in the field of traffic crashes is still scant and there are still deficienci...

[ 2 ] - بررسی رشد کودکان زیر دوسال جهرم ومقایسه آن با معیارهای NCHS

زمینه و هدف: امروزه در تمام دنیا برای ارزیابی رشد فیزیکی و سلامت کودکان از شاخص هایی نظیر قد و وزن استفاده می شود، زیرا سنجش این شاخص ها ساده است. هدف از این مطالعه تعیین صدکهای قد و وزن کودکان زیر دو سال جهرمی و مقایسه آن با معیارهای جهانی NCHS می باشد. روش بررسی: در یک مطالعه طولی 597 کودک (391 پسر و 206 دختر) سالم که از تاریخ 1/2/80 تا تاریخ 1/10/80 در جهرم متولد شده بودند مورد بررسی قرار ...

[ 3 ] - Prevalence and Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in Fars Province, Southern Iran

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, which is accompanied by significant disabilities. Although there are some published data regarding the epidemiological features of MS in other parts of Iran, scarce data are available about the prevalence and demographic characteristics of MS in Fars province. The current study...