1Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Shahid Behes...

BACKGROUND In the past 10 years, 13 fatal earthquakes have occurred in Iran and led to death of 30,000 people whom most of them were killed in the earlier hours of the disaster. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams are groups of trained medical and non-medical personnel with various combinations that on the optimal conditions are deployed just within 8 hours of notification and are able to work se...

During disasters, especially following earthquakes, health systems are expected to play an essential role in reducing mortality and morbidity. The most significant naturally occurring disaster in Iran is earthquakes; they have killed >180,000 people in the last 90 years. According to the current plan in 2007, the disaster management system of Iran is composed of three main work groups: (1) Prev...

OBJECTIVE To assess the perceived HIV/AIDS related stigma a comprehensive and well developed stigma instrument is necessary. This study aimed to assess validity and reliability of the Persian version of HIV/AIDS related stigma scale which was developed by Kang et al for people living with HIV/AIDS in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thescale was forward translatedby two bilingual academic members ...

1. Dept. of Nephrology, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy-International Campus, FCRDC, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Dept. of Nephrology, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4. Dept. of Radiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical...

1. Dept. of Nutrition, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Oncopathology Research Center, Dept. of Hematology-Oncology, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Dept. of Hematology-Oncology, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4. Dept. of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, ...

1 Full Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran; and is the corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] 3 Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Scienc...