Background and Objective: Asthma is a major health problem and a high-burden disease in the world. Unfortunately the prevalence of asthma in adult populations in Iran is not determined precisely. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of asthma symptoms and it’s relation with ages, gender and smoking behaviour in city of Tehran. Methods: A telephone interview survey was conducted am...

OBJECTIVE Overweight has become a public health problem in most developing countries. Evidence suggests that adolescence is a critical period in determining adulthood obesity and its complications. The present study was carried out to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among secondary school students. DESIGN AND SETTING This descriptive study was conducted in Tehran city, 2000-20...

we aimed to investigate the effect of competent academic management and job satisfaction and organizational commitment of faculty and staff in the universities of khorramabad city. the population of this survey was all the 1240 faculty members and employees of the universities of khorramabad city using cochran formula, 293 subjects were selected as sample. to assess the management competencies,...

Seismic fragility analysis of bridges can be used to identify the probability different damage states under earthquake hazards. This study aims generate curve highway in Tehran, Iran, where these curves are not provided yet. To derive new curves, from studies all around world has been classified into categories, based on their structural designs, bridge materials, country, and analytical method...

globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. the aspects of globalization can be classified in four dimensions: social and cultural globalization, economic globalization, political globalization and globalization of law. a review of recent urban and regional studies shows that these studies has affected from globalization literature in ...

BACKGROUND There are no population-based data available for cancer in Tehran, a city that includes almost 10% of the Iranian population. This is the first report of cancer incidence in Tehran from a population-based cancer registry for the period of 1998-2001. METHODS The cancer registry collects data on all new cases of cancer diagnosed in the resident population of Tehran metropolitan area....