introduction : studying the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in low socioeconomic groups is of great importance. people who are under the supervisioin and care of imam khomeini relief foundation are the most deprived in iran. the present survey aimed at investigating the prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors among  the citizens who are under the supervision of imam khom...

background: inequality in households’ and individuals' consumption expenditures is one of the most important aspects of health status difference among households and individuals. objectives: we investigated the impact of some macro-economic factors specially inequality factors on the iranian rural health status since 1986 through 2012. patients and methods: we conducted a longitudinal ecologica...

background: the association of duration of breastfeeding (bf)  with  weight disorders remains controversial.  this study aimed to evaluate the association of bf with anthropometric measures and weight disorders in iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: using multistage random cluster sampling method, a representative sample of 25,000 school students were selected from urban an...

background: excess weight in children and adolescents is a multi-factorial phenomenon and associated with earlier risk of obesityrelated diseases. this study aims to assess the prevalence of weight disorders and the mean values of anthropometric indices according to regional, socioeconomic, and urban-rural variations among iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: this nationwide...

background type of personality and emotional intelligence affects a person’s mental function and capabilities, which can influence academic achievement. objectives this study was designed to evaluate the relationship between emotional intelligence, type of character and academic achievement. materials and methods this is a cross-sectional study on students of kashan university of medical scienc...

conclusions the research revealed that nonsmokers showed better mental health and dyadic adjustment than smokers, thus suggesting that smoking endangers and can impair the tranquility of families and that smoking also threatens the dyadic adjustment of couples. background the mental health and dyadic adjustment of smokers is a matter of serious concern which brings many demerits on mental healt...

khatib tabrizi is a famous scholar from fifth hijry century. he has been named with positive and negative characteristics. this article studies and judges the things he has been accused of or appraised for. also his scientific status and historian views about him and his role in literature are discussed in the present article.

the purpose of research was identifying the relationship between social capital and performance of agricultural extension experts, khouzestan province, iran. the method of research was a descriptive-correlative. the sample size was agricultural extension experts (n=98). a five-point likert-type scale was used as instrument to gather data in order to measure the social capital. data were analyze...

cyfluthrinm[cyano[4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl]-methyl-3-[2,2-dichloroethenyl]-2,2-dimethyl-cyclo propane carboxylate] is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, that has both contact and stomach poison action. the present study evaluated the long-term toxic effects of cyfluthrin on antioxidant status in buffalo calves. oral administration of cyfluthrin at a dose rate of 10 and 20 mg/kg/d for 11 consec...

conclusions although the high prevalence of health disorders was found among schoolchildren, these rates were lower than those of previous studies in other regions. results of the current study can help health policy makers to design educational programs concerning dental and public health interventions to deal with nutritional problems in children. materials and methods this cross-sectional st...