in order to investigate biodiversity and production of cultivated medicinal plants in agroecosystems of qazvin province, a study was conducted during year of 2011. interviews were carried out with farmers by using semi-structured questionnaire to obtain information regarding to biodiversity and medicinal plants production systems in main regions under cultivation of medicinal plants including f...

BACKGROUND Analysis of patient mobility in a country not only gives an idea of how the health-care system works, but also can be a guideline to determine the quality of health care and health disparity among regions. Even though determination of patient movement is important, it is not often realized that patient mobility could have a unique pattern beyond health-related endowments (e.g., facil...

Aggressive periodontitis, characterized by a rapid rate of periodontal disease progression in the absence of large quantity of bacterial plaque and or calculus present, affects otherwise healthy individuals less than 30 years old. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of aggressive periodontitis among high school students in Qazvin, Iran. 780 students attending high school i...

Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is resistant to most antibiotics and is an important pathogen of nosocomial infections. Colonization with MRSA is no longer limited to hospitalized patients or persons with predisposing risk factors and at present there are several strains of community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA). Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the p...

Email: [email protected] Abstract Objective Sleep disorders are common in children; they also have a significant impact on the whole family, the parents in particular. Few studies in this field have been performed in Iran; hence the present study was carried out in order to determine sleep patterns and the prevalence of sleep disorders in school aged children in Qazvin. Material and M...