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...

â  background: the relationship between subfertiltiy and celiac disease has been well described and may be the only presenting feature of celiac disease. therefore, this study was designed to show the prevalence of celiac disease in unexplained infertility among iranian patients in tehran, iran. â  methods: this case-control study includes 125 patients with primary unexplained infertility and 1...

conclusions higher prevalence of t. gondii in patients with ad compared to controls showed the possible impact of this parasite in ad, which may exacerbate symptoms, and this requires special attention of specialists and patient families. results the overall prevalence of t. gondii infection in patients with ad and the control group, using elisa assay, was obtained as 66.6% (58/87) and 56.32% (...

background hiv/aids and tuberculosis (tb) are major contributors to the burden of disease in sub-saharan africa. the two diseases have been described as a harmful synergy as they are biologically and epidemiologically linked. control of tb/hiv co-infection is an integral and most challenging part of both national tb and national hiv control programmes, especially in contexts of instability wher...