BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to provide a scientific method based on Geographical Information System (GIS) regarding all sustainable development measures to locate a proper landfill for disposal of hazardous wastes, especially industrial (radioactive) wastes. METHODS Seven effective factors for determining hazardous waste landfill were applied in Qom Province, central Iran. These crit...

Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of the most important health problems in many areas of Iran. There are two forms of the disease in Iran, anthroponotic and zoonotic CL. This study conducted to assess the epidemiological situation of CL in an endemic area of Qom Province, central Iran from Apr to Nov 2015. Methods The sticky paper traps and aspirating tubes were used for collecti...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) in Qom Province, central Iran using ELISA test. METHODS Overall, 1564 serum samples (800 males and 764 females) were collected from selected subjects by randomized cluster sampling in 2011-2012. Sera were analyzed by ELISA test using AgB. Before sampling, a questionnaire was filled out for eac...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B is the most common chronic viral infection in humans and the most common cause of death among viral hepatitis. As 70% to 80% of chronic hepatitis cases are caused by HBV in Iran, this virus alone is considered the most important cause of liver diseases and the major cause of mortality arising from viral hepatitis cases in Iran. OBJECTIVES We planned this study to determ...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have demonstrated controversial results and somewhat increased frequency of multiple sclerosis (MS). We reevaluated the files of MS patients from Qom Province of Iran in order to investigate the epidemiology of the disease. METHODS Demographic and clinical records of 592 MS patients were reviewed, which included; age, sex, date of birth, marital and occupation status...

AIM To correct the misclassification in registered gastric cancer incidence across Iranian provinces in cancer registry data. METHODS Gastric cancer data is extracted from Iranian annual of national cancer registration report 2008. A Bayesian method with beta prior is implemented to estimate the rate of misclassification in registering patient's permanent residence in neighboring province. Ea...

background: the presence of heavy metals in dialysis water which enters patients’ body through haemodialysis can cause various problems such as acute poisoning, brain damage, osteoarthritis etc. therefore, applying the standards for dialysis water is indispensable. this study was carried out to determine the heavy metals of the enterence water of dialysis machines and its comparison with aami a...

the shift in the axis of development in final decade of 20th century changed its centrality from social sphere to the cultural sphere. nowadays, cultural development is a precondition to achieve other components of development and those countries that are able to achieve cultural development will be regarded successful at individual and societal levels. the present paper reviews the situation a...

mycoplasma capricolum subsp capricolum (mcc) is one of the etiological agents of contagious agalactia(c.a) in goats which can cause significant economic losses. the aim of this study was to detect mcc from goats of qom province in iran. a total of 111 samples were collected from suspected goats to c.a and cultured in pplo broth supplemented for mcc isolation. the bacteria dnas were extracted fr...