background: anthropometric indices are widely used to assess the health and nutritional status of children the aim of the present study was determination of malnutrition and compare estimates of under nutrition among young children under 2 years of age from birjand city of iran using who growth standard and the national center for health statistics (nchs) references. methods: the cross‑sectiona...

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Associated Professor of Emergency Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [email protected] 2. Associated Professor of Emergency Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [email protected] 3. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicin...

Objective: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents is increasing worldwide. The main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight among adolescent students11-19 year old in Birjand, east of Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study in 2012 was conducted on 2453 students (1296 girls and 1157 boys) who had been selected through multi s...

background: during recent years, overpopulation, increase of wastewater, and drop in water tables has led to high concentration of salts in underground water, which is an important environmental pollutant. if concentration of salt in drinking water exceeds the limits, it will be dangerous for health. the aim of this study was to measure physical and chemical parameters in drinking water of rura...

1Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran 2Faculty of Veterinary Science, Shahrekord Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran 3Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 5Departmen...

1Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Shahid Behes...

conclusions the strengthening of spiritual and religious attitudes among drug users encourages them to engage in and justify actions that are relevant to their health. when this happens, their quality of life increases significantly. objectives the aim of this study was to compare the spiritual health of addicts and people with a normal quality of life in the city of birjand, iran. patients and...

Background: Coronavirus, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in humans, mainly causes respiratory and gastrointestinal manifestations that can range from a simple cold to severe clinical symptoms or death. On the other hand, COVID-19 patients’ hospitalization intensive care unit (ICU) have serious problems, which affect their mortality; therefore, awareness of these problems has main role deci...