objective: to determine the level of lipoprotein (a) in diabetic patients comparing to control group. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on the patients referred to endocrinology clinic of bu ali-sina hospital in 2009. 180 subjects including 90 diabetic and 90 healthy subjects as control group enrolled in this study. all diabetic patients had glycemic control. we me...

To investigate the high death rates for bronchitis in South Wales miners a survey of respiratory symptoms and ventilatory capacity in 90% of a random sample of 600 men between the ages of 35 and 64 and 200 women between 55 and 64 living in the Rhondda Fach was carried out. The sample of men was stratified by age and occupation, 100 miners and ex-miners, and 100 non-miners being studied in each ...

in recent decades, the fertility rate in iran has gone through dramatic changes due to different reasons. one of these reasons is women’s increasing participation in the workforce and modern employment which has imposed changes to the childbearing behavior. on the other hand, working women face different challenges regarding childbearing. the present qualitative study investigates the childbear...