background: the fertility experience in iran suggests that the family planning programs had an effective role in the fertility reduction. this study aimed to specify patterns of marriage in iran and especially in a northern city of iran and to investigate the association between patterns of marriage and contraceptive use before first pregnancy and current contraceptive use. methods: in this cro...

research findings suggest that the family context and communication patterns have high correlation with adolescent’s mental health indicators such as anxiety. therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the mediator role of coping strategies in relation between family communication patterns and students social anxiety. 140 students of shiraz guidance schools were studied they completed th...

this study investigated the antibacterial resistance among enterococci isolated in tehran hospitals. a total of 277 enterococcus faecalis, 123 enterococcus faecium and 13 isolates of other enterococcal strains were collected from 1 march 2002 to 15 april 2004 from three teaching hospitals of tehran university of medical sciences. the minimum inhibitory concentrations (mic) of tested antibiotics...

background: increasing prevalence of obesity is a major health concern. lifestyle behaviors and diet play an important role in developing childhood obesity. the aim of this study was to determine the association between major dietary patterns and overweight/obesity in a group of iranian school‑aged children. methods: this cross‑sectional study was conducted in isfahan, iran with 637 elementary ...

acinic cell carcinoma arising in salivary glands is a rare tumor, accounting for 2% to 5% of the primary neoplasms of the parotid gland. when these tumors are well-differentiated, the neoplasia has innocuous aspect, due to the similarity to normal parotid tissue. this makes the diagnosis difficult. initially the malignancy of this tumor was uncertain; however, recent studies have declared it as...

Background: Exclusive breastfeeding is the best pattern for feeding infants in the first 6 months of life. On the other hand, lactation patterns may be influenced by cultural factors. The present study aimed to determine relationships of Hofstede's cultural dimensions and lactation patterns in lactating mother. Material...

background & aim: nowadays tuberculosis (tb) is one of the public health concerns in iran. the present study aimed to examine the clinical epidemiology and treatment findings of tuberculosis in babol, northern iran. methods & materials: this cross-sectional study was carried out on medical records of tuberculosis registry pertained to health center of babol, mazandaran province, iran. the inves...

osteoporosis as a skeletal disorder characterize by compromised bone strength predisposing a person to an increased risk of fracture. all people should be encouraged to take efforts to prevent bone loss and fractures. nutrition is one of several factors that can be modified to reduce osteoporosis risk. the purpose of this review article is assessment the role of the other nutrients the exceptio...

results of 1818 hcv rna positive samples, hcv genotypes pcr fragments were detected in 1552 (85.5%) samples. hcv genotype 3a was the predominant genotype (39.4%) followed by genotype 2a (24.93%). hcv genotype 3 was the predominant genotype in punjab and sindh regions, while genotype 2 was the most predominant genotype in khyber pakhtunkhwa region and the second predominant genotype after genoty...