Alcohol-associated injury visits to emergency departments in Pasto, Colombia in 2006 Victoria Espitia-Hardemana; Dan Hungerfordb; Holly A. Hilla; Carmen E. Betancourtc; Alba N. Villarealc; Luz D. Caycedoc; Carlos Portilloc a Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA b Division of Injury Respon...

Grade Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Rates in an Era of Decreasing Screening Deven Patel, MPH; Mary Scahill; Susan Hariri, PhD; Lauri Markowitz, MD; Edwin VanWijngaarden, PhD; Gary Hollick, PhD; Nancy M. Bennett, MD; Center for Community Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY;...

Weizhong Yang*, Zhongjie Li*, Yajia Lan, Jiaqi Ma*, Lianmei Jin*, Shengjie Lai*, Yilan Liao, Wei Lv, Qiao Sun, Jinfeng Wang *Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China Sichuan University, Chengdu, China University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Health a...

in recent decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of colorectal cancer in iran, especially in patients less than 50 years old. a national colorectal cancer screening program is the best solution for identifying patients in high risk populations. the research center of gastroenterology and liver disease of shahid beheshti university, m.c., in collaboration, with the ministry...

background: the advent of new technologies with widespread dissemination of information has caused a fundamental change in information and educational resources. on the other hand, selection of an appropriate and valuable source of information in the field of health education is essential. therefore, this study was designed and implemented with the objective of comparing health center’s staff o...

Xin-Hua Yao, Hai-Lin Zhang, Pi-Yu Wang, Maimaitijiang Wumaier, Xue-Yan Yuan, Ming-Hua Li, Chang-Zhong Zhu, Li-Ping Fu, and Guo-Dong Liang Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China (Z. Lu, S.-H. Fu, C.-J. Tang, M.-H. Li, G.-D. Liang); National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (Z. Lu, S.-H. Fu, C.-J. Tang, M....

introduction: job stress is one of the main characteristics of modern life which is increasing and has been recognized as an important risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. the present study was conducted to determine the association between job stress at work environment and cardiovascular diseases. materials and methods: a number of 300 persons including 150 cases and 150 controls were cons...

ihd as a modern epidemic of our age is one of the main causes of mortality in iran. this research was done in order to determine the relationship between place of residence and place of occupation (as indicator of air pollution exposures) and other risk factors with ihd. this is a case- control study of ihd involving 191 men aged 45 -70 years. the cases were 91 male patients with myocardial inf...

abstract background: schistosoma haematobium is a parasite that is carried by freshwater snails and induces gastrointestinal and urinary disease, depending on its species. in khoozestan, one of the provinces in iran, schistosomiasis was endemic. this study reports the results of schistosomiasis control in this region. methods: from 1981 to 2001 nearly 650 villages and 20 cities were under surve...