This study proposes to develop methodologies for public water supply quality control by implementing evaluation and control mechanisms and enhancing environmental health surveillance decision-making. These objectives were based on data for waterborne diseases recorded at the Rio de Janeiro State Health Department. We selected the following neighborhoods: Posse (1st Township) and Caioaba (5th To...

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introduction one of the most important environmental hazards that is happening in recent years in iran is the sudden reduction of water level of oromiye lake. because of different reasons such as civil projects, repetitive droughts, an increase in the average temperature in the region, and the resulted inhancement in the evaporation of the lake’s water, it has been susceptible to going dryand h...

BACKGROUND Hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (HrCLM) is a neglected tropical skin disease associated with significant clinical pathology. Little knowledge exists about prevalence and risk factors of HrCLM in endemic regions. METHODOLOGY/ PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To understand the epidemiology of HrCLM in Amazonia, we conducted a cross-sectional study in a resource-poor township in Manaus, Br...

The First Look Survey (FLS) is the first scientific product to emerge from the Spitzer Space Telescope. A small region of this field (the verification strip) has been imaged very deeply, permitting the detection of cosmologically distant sources. We present Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) observations of this region, encompassing a ∼ 1 sq. deg field, centred on the verification stri...

purpose of study : the present research was carried out to study the prevalence of mental retardation among the youth and children of savojbolagh region, and to study its probable causes. method: the study comprised two phases. in the first phase, 1229 girls and boys, aged 5 to 18, were selected from among the children and youth of the urban and rural areas of savojbolagh, through cluster sampl...

life quality of all people in society has been the ultimate aim of development programs, thus, the present research deals with the spatial analysis and evaluation of inductor of development in township of fars provinces. the quantitative- analytical method has been used in this research. the statistical society of the research included 24 township of fars provinces in 1385 and 43inductor were u...

drought, known as one of the serious natural disasters, has adversely affected climatic equilibrium of the countries during recent years, bringing about various economic and social losses. the purpose followed in this study was to assess the effective factors involved in the adoption of the type of management wheat farmers of varamin township choose to alleviate the situation. the methodologica...