AIM To determine the use of most popular forms of complementary and alternative medicine(CAM), sociodemographic characteristics of CAM users, and communication between CAM users and their physicians by adult Iranian in Khorramabad city. METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out on clients who were at least 15 years in age referring to health centers and hospitals in Khorramabad town ...

BACKGROUND Unwanted pregnancy not intended by at least one of the parents has undesirable consequences for the family and the society. In the present study, three classification models were used and compared to predict unwanted pregnancies in an urban population. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 887 pregnant mothers referring to health centers in Khorramabad, Iran, in 2012 were selected...

backgrounds: iodine deficiency disorder is a major public health problem in areas where there is a lack of iodine in drinking water, soil, and food. this study was carried out to assess the prevalence of goiter among school children in the age group of 6-10 years in khorramabad city. also, the level of urine iodine was evaluated.   methods: the study was conducted from january 2012 to january 2...

Background: Lipases are one of the most important catalysts in detergent, dairy, and textile industries due to their biocatalytic activity aqueous non-aqueous media. Lipase-producing bacteria effectively produced used various by screening different habitats optimizing fermentation parameters. The present study aimed isolate identify lipase-producing investigate characteristics importance findin...

Mohammad Hasan Imani Nasab, Hesam Seyedin, Reza Majdzadeh, Bahareh Yazdizadeh, Masoud Salehi. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran; Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Knowledge Utilization Research Center, Sch...

This study was conducted in 2017 with the aim of determining distribution heavy metals lead, nickel, cadmium, vanadium and parameters acidity, electrical conductivity organic matter surface soils city Khorramabad. Sampling performed monthly from 12 stations repeated 3 times autumn. The highest amount cadmium observed soil samples industrial areas two sampling periods October December to be 7 pp...

Background: Due to usually late diagnoses, breast cancer is accompanied by a high mortality rate. Breast self-examination increases the success of treatment and survival rates. This study aimed evaluate knowledge practice postmenopausal women residing in Khorramabad, Iran, about self-examination. Materials Methods: The present descriptive-analytical was performed on 333 referring health centers...

Mahmoud Bahmani, Hannaneh Golshahi, Kourosh Saki, Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei*, Bahram Delfan, Tahereh Mohammadi Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Medical Plants Research Center, Shahr...