BACKGROUND Burns are among the most common injuries affecting a great number of people worldwide annually. In Iran, especially in its western region and in Kermanshah province, burns have a relatively high incidence. The present study was aimed at investigating epidemiological characteristics in Western Iran. METHODS Within a cross-sectional study, the data on all patients attending the Burns...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between unwanted pregnancy and health-related quality of life in pregnant women. STUDY DESIGN Case-control study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Community Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran, from October 2013 to July 2014. METHODOLOGY Of the pregnant women who presented to primary healthcare centers of K...

Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch, Qom, Iran 2 Department of Chemistry, Teacher Training University, 15614, Tehran, Iran 3 Department of Chemistry, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran 4 Institute of Materials Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria 5 Department of Chemistry, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran 6 Department of Chemistry, Razi Universi...

1 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord 88186-34141, Iran 2 Department of Mathematics, School of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah 67149, Iran 3 Department of Mathematics, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland 4 Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, Florida I...

BACKGROUND The factors affecting the correlation between Parkinson disease (PD) and depression have remained unclear. OBJECTIVES We assessed the prevalence of depression among patients with PD and the association between PD-related variables and depression severity. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional study performed in Kermanshah Province of Iran. Sampling was based on recruitme...

In present study 30 groundwater samples were collected from Sarpol-e Zahab area, Kermanshah province of Iran in order to assess the quality of groundwater in subjected area and determining its suitability for drinking and agricultural purposes. Also the variations in the quality levels of groundwater were compared over the years of 2015 and 2016. Statistical analyses including Spearman correlat...

coriandrum sativum l. is one of the most important plants compared to the other herbs and medicinal plants as a planted covered area in kermanshah province. for a suitable irrigation management programming, the awareness of crop coefficient and water requirement in different plant stages is essential. the ratio of actual evapotranspiration to reference crop evapotranspiration is defined as crop...

abstract aims: the reason of selecting self-immolation as a mean to commit suicide is unclear. this study was designed to compare 2 groups of people with and without intention to suicide that had self-immolated. instrument & methods: all 227 self-immolated patients who had been admitted to the burn unit of imam khomeini hospital of kermanshah city, iran, during 2003 to 2004  participated in thi...

BACKGROUND As students' hookah use has become a widespread problem in the developing countries, it is time to understand the cognitive determinants of students' decisions to do so. This study aimed to investigate the roles of psychological and demographic factors associated with hookah use among male high school students. METHODS This descriptive-analytical study was performed among 601 high ...

the aim of this study was to determine motivational priorities of participationin wrestling among wrestlers (greco-roman and freestyle) in kermanshah city.the statistical population consisted of 4612 wrestlers of kermanshah city. 242wrestlers in different age groups (99 adolescents, 56 juniors and 87 seniors) wereselected as a sample with random sampling method. personal informationquestionnair...