background adolescence and youth are life-threatening stages of development when a range of unsafe behaviors can harmfully affect a person’s health and their social and educational performance. objectives the present study aimed to determine the incidence and prevalence of high-risk behaviors related to intentional and unintentional harm in adolescents of zahedan (iran). patients and methods th...

background: echinococcosis or hydatidosis, caused by the larval stage of echinococcus granulosus (e. granulosus), is an important public health problem in many areas of the world  and  iran is a country of endemic situation for hydatidosis in the present study, we evaluated epidemiological, complications and clinical characteristics of hydatidosis at three university medical centers in tehran o...

unfortunately, we do not know how many perinatally (human immunodeficiency virus) hiv-infected pepole are living in contries today, while knowing these informations is necessary. unaids reports that there are 3.4 million children under 15 years of age with hiv and 2 million adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age. although the vast majority of children were perinatally infected, older childr...

background:  hand injuries are among the most common childhood injuries. no study has been performed regarding the epidemiology of hand injuries in the pediatric population of iran. this study aimed to examine the epidemiology of hand injuries among children in southeast of iran.   methods:  this cross-sectional study was performed via census sampling on patients, aged 16 years or less, with a ...

background pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pnets) are rare tumors with variable malignant potential, prognosis, and survival. we aimed to assess the characteristics of patients with non- functional pnet  in our hospital . methods from nov 2010 to nov 2013 , all patients who came to endosonography unit of shariati  hospital , tehran , iran , and   had pancreatic lesions were assessed . tumor s...

i ntroduction: the incidence and etiology of maxillofacial fractures vary widely between different countries. understanding the cause and pattern of these injuries can assist in establishing clinical and research priorities for more effective treatment and prevention of maxillofacial injuries. the study aimed to  evaluate  the  etiology  and  pattern  of  maxillofacial  fractures  in  trauma pa...

conclusions health disobedience and neglect of local residents were the causes of water pollution that was controlled with preventional measures, with performing daily chlorination of brick kilns drinking water and diarrheal disease treatment of the patients. results a total of 120 workers were studied (60 cases and 60 controls) who were the same from age and sex point of view. clinical signs o...

background in iran, brucellosis mainly is transmitted from animals to humans of non-occupational ways, thus its prevalence in children is equal to adults or higher than them, thus in view of etiology and public health studying the epidemiological pattern of brucellosis in children is important. present study aimed to investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of brucellosis in children under...

Concerns have been raised about the quality of reporting in nutritional epidemiology. Research reporting guidelines such as the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement can improve quality of reporting in observational studies. Herein, we propose recommendations for reporting nutritional epidemiology and dietary assessment research by extending the...

epidemiology and clinical study of phenylketonuria (pku) patients in khorasan province; norteast iran background: phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive disease. early diagnosis is a important public health intervention to prevent neurological impairment .this study was designed to describe characteristics of phenylketonouria patients in khorasan ,northeast of iran. methods: we included all ...