background: is the third cause of death. the present study aimed at providing the incidence rates (crude and agestandardized)of different types of cancers in sistan and baluchestan province (southeastern of iran).cancer is the second leading cause of death in developing countries. in iran, cancermethodsregistry center of health heputy for sistan and baluchestan province. common cancers weredefi...

Our goal was to identify and describe factors relating to quality of life (QOL) in subjects with low vision and blindness in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan Province. This cross-sectional study was carried out in randomly selected subjects with vision disability who were covered by the Zahedan Welfare Organization in Zahedan, Iran. The following factors related to visual impairment were evaluated...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have revealed significant differences between populations for genotypic frequencies of glutathione S-transferase T1 (GSTT1) and M1 (GSTM1) polymorphisms. In order to find the frequency of the null genotypes of GSTM1 and GSTT1 in Iranian populations, the present study was carried out. METHODS The total study subjects consisted of 1340 unrelated healthy Muslims/Irani...

OBJECTIVE To enhance knowledge and behaviour of Community Health Workers (CHWs) regarding adequate educational content of malaria. METHODS A quasi-experimental study was undertaken in 2003 in Sistan va Baluchestan province, Islamic Republic of Iran. Sixty-four CHWs were selected in both intervention and control groups. A questionnaire consisting of 17 open-ended questions was developed to ass...

1Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran 2Analytical Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran 3English Department, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran 4Department of Environmental Health, Graduate School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ...

BACKGROUND The clinical manifestations of celiac disease (CD) have changed in the past decades. There are currently little data describing the initial clinical manifestations of CD in children in Iran. This study describes the initial presentation of children with suspected CD from a geographically defined region in Iran. METHOD Medical records of children seen in 2007 - 2015 from Sistan and ...