BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to model the geographical variation in incidence and risk factors of seven prevalent cancers in Iran. METHODS The data for cancers of esophagus, stomach, bladder, colorectal, lung, prostate, and female breast along with their risk factors in all 30 provinces of Iran for the year 2007 were included into study. Smoking, overweight, inadequate consumption of ...


 Located in the Semna?n area (midway between Tehran and Khorasan), town of S?ahmirza?d its neighboring villages are home to speakers S?ahmirza?di, a vernacular sharply differing from other language types spoken but closely related Mazandarani across Alborz range north, along Caspian coast. This article studies S?ahmirza?di phonology, grammar, vocabulary, with look at cross-linguistic infl...

En 2009, J.-J. Thibon a publie une veritable somme sur l’œuvre de Sulam? (m. 1021) (J.-J. Thibon, L’oeuvre d’Ab? ‘Abd al-Ra?m?m al-Sulam? (325/937-412/1021) et la formation du soufisme, Damas, Institut Francais Proche-Orient, 2009). Originaire Khorasan, cette province l’Iran oriental qui joue un role fondamental dans des courants spirituels l’islam, vecu entre le xe siecle debut xie siecle, per...

abstract in order to identify plant parasitic nematodes of potato fields, 55 soil samples and a few tuber samples were collected from khorasan razavi province during 2005-2006 .soil samples were washed and nematodes were extracted by centrifugal flotation technique. the extracted nematodes were fixed and transferred to glycerin. baermann funnel method was used for extracting nematodes from tube...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the trend of changes in Cataract Surgical Rate (CSR) in the provinces of Iran during 2006 to 2010 and identify high risk areas. METHODS This report is part of the national Iranian CSR Study. The percentage change in CSR in 2010 compared to 2006 was conducted in each province, retrospectively. One hundred and ten centers were chosen from all pr...

BACKGROUND Hemophilic patients require long-life intravenous infusion of factor concentrates to treat bleedings. This could increase the risk of transmission of blood-borne infections like hepatitis C. OBJECTIVES The current study was aimed at investigating the immunity status against hepatitis A in hemophilic patients in south Khorasan and evaluating the necessity of hepatitis A vaccination ...

BACKGROUND Organ donation in Iran is common. Bojnurd (North Khorasan, Iran) is a multi-ethnic city, and people with different religions and cultures live together and that could be associated with their behavior and attitude towards health-related issues. So far, no study has taken place on brain death and organ donation in the province of North Khorasan. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was t...

BACKGROUND Eradication of malaria will depend on discovery of new intervention tools such as anti-malarial drugs. Due to the increasing interest in the application of propolis against significant clinical pathogenic agents, the aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the anti-plasmodial effect of Iranian propolis extracts against chloroquine (CQ)-sensitive Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 and...