OBJECTIVE Malnutrition, overweight and obesity are major health concerns in modern societies and especially among children. Overweight and obesity affect children's current and future health. It is known that the prevalence of overweight differs by race, sex, and geographic location. METHODS In a cross-sectional study 30092 Iranian children aged 7-18 years in six ethnic groups were selected b...

Despite concerns of a diabetes epidemic in the Middle East, internationally published data on national estimates of prevalent type 2 diabetes in Iran do not exist. In this article we document a dramatically high prevalence of diabetes in Iran based on the results of the first Survey of Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases (SURFNCD) of Iran, 2005. In this national cross-sectional survey rec...

One of the most popular data mining areas, which estimate future trends of data, is classification. This research is dedicated to predict Iranian passenger train delay with high accuracy over Iranian railway network. A hybrid method based on neuro-fuzzy inference system and Two-step clustering is used for this purpose. The results indicate that the hybrid method is superior over the other commo...

1. Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Clinical Research Development Center, Amir-Almomenin Hospital, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 3. Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehr...

ABOUT PIVOTAL MATTERS IN IRANIAN HEALTH SYSTEM ARE MADE Leila Doshmangir, Arash Rashidian. Department of Health Services Management, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Tabriz Health Services Management Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department...

IRANIAN PATIENT RIGHT CHARTER FROM THE MEDICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY Soraya Samadi, Vahideh Zarea Gavgani. Faculty member and head Department of Library and Information Science, Institute of Nabi Akram(SW), Tabriz, Iran; Associate Professor of Medical Library & Information Science, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management; Department of Medical Library & ...

This paper is an attempt to distinguish and discuss the Iranian (as distinct from the Turkish, Arabic and Islamic) elements in the present pattern of kinship and marriage practice in Persia in their historical context. This will entail also a discussion of what can be known of the pre-Islamic Iranian system. Disciplines Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences This journal article is avail...

Morteza Arab-Zozani, Zahra Vahdatimanesh, Edris Kakemam, Mobin Sokhanvar, Djavad Ghoddosineghad, Edris Hasanpoor. Ph. D. Student of Health Policy, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of management and medical informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran ; MSc of Health Economics, Performance Monitoring and Budgeting Center, Hamedan university of Medical...

This epidemiological review was carried out to display the magnitude and the geographic distribution of scorpion envenomation in Iran with focus on the southwestern region of Iran, particularly. The Iranian recognized scorpions belonging to two families, including Buthidae and Scorpionidae. Buthidae family consists of 14 genuses, 26 species, and 18 sub-species, while Scorpionidae family has thr...

It has been proposed that genetic factors account for 30%–50% of the risk for cocaine and heroin addiction. The present study was aimed to find out the impact of μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) rs1799971 A > G and rs9479757 polymorphisms on heroin dependence in a sample of southeast Iranian population. This case-control study was done on 123 heroin addicts and 140 non-addicts Iranian male. Genom...