BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most prevalent kind of cancer among women in Iran. Regarding the importance of cancer prevention and considerable variation of breast cancer incidence in different parts of the country, it is necessary to recognize regions with high incidence of breast cancer and evaluate the role of potential risk factors by use of advanced statistical models. The present study ...

BACKGROUND Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease with global prevalence, which causes considerable health problems and economic losses throughout the world. The aim of this study was to assess the seroepidemiology of CE in Doroud City, Lorestan Province, Iran, considered a neglected endemic location. METHODS An ELISA was performed using recombinant AgB from Apr to Jul 2015 in Lores...

Mahmoud Bahmani, Hannaneh Golshahi, Kourosh Saki, Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei*, Bahram Delfan, Tahereh Mohammadi Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Medical Plants Research Center, Shahr...

the study of stressful factors in clinical education for nursing students studying in nursing and midwifery college in khorramabad     saki m [1] *, gholami m [2] , jariani m [3] , asti p [4] , saki m [5]     received: 23 oct , 2011 accepted: 5 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : clinical education is the main part of nursing education and without it training efficient and competent n...

BACKGROUND Hyalomma anatolicum is the well-known hard tick, which is one of the most important livestock and human pathogens vector, wide range in host and distributed in all over the Hyalomma geographic fauna as well as in Iran. Taxonomy of the Hyalomma ssp. is debatable whereas their identification is a problematic work. The reasons for this claim is time consuming Delpy's researches in Iran ...

INTRODUCTION Iran is one of the ten most earthquake prone countries in the world. Earthquakes not only cause new psychological needs among the population but particularly so when one considers vulnerable groups. This in - depth study was conducted with the aim of assessing psychosocial needs six months after an earthquake happened in the west of the county in Lorestan province. METHODS This i...

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to compare scientific production by providing quantitative evaluation of science output in five Western Iranian Medical Universities including Hamedan, Ilam, Kermanshah, Kurdistan and Lorestan University of Medical Sciences using scientometrics indicators based on data indexed in Scopus for period between the years 2010 to 2014. METHODS In this scientometric stud...