background: due to the increase in the elderly population in different societies, their primary needs, physical and mental health, and quality of life, is important. this study aimed to estimate the overall mean score of the qol based on the qol-brief questionnaire in the elderly population of iran. methods: the international and national databases, including; medline, scopus, science direct, m...

the children aged under 5 years from vast african areas badly suffer from falciparum malaria and many of them die of this disease. therapeutic efficacy of anti-malaria drugs, especially pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (ps) and chloroquine (cq) to falciparum malaria is frequently evaluated and reported in recent 10 years. unfortunately, to date, these widespread materials and researches have not been ...

background due to the high number of road accidents in iran, pre-hospital care plays a vital role in saving the lives of trauma patients. although several studies have been conducted on the pre-hospital emergency status and its indicators, there are no comprehensive studies presenting its status. objective therefore, this review examines iranian studies conducted on pre-hospital emergency statu...

background and purpose: investigation of the seasonal pattern of brucellosis occurrence may help us to determine the etiology of disease. seasonal pattern of brucellosis in different parts of iran has been reported by several studies. combining the results of these studies provide a reliable estimation of a total seasonal pattern of this zoonosis disease. this study aims to determine the overal...

we typically think of acutely and chronically mentally ill patients as those who belong in psychiatric hospitals and the latter category of patients belonging in “regular” hospitals, but the intersection of physical and mental illness draws attention to important challenges for policy-makers and organizational leaders. this article illuminates some broad trends in the health status of people wi...

context islamic lifestyle encompasses a wide and pervasive field of different and complex aspects of today human life. this investigation aims to gather and review some of the active websites on islamic lifestyle systematically and to define and conclude some in different countries. the true fact is that the original and modernized and developed humankind has been separated from the divine life...

background: early puberty is a common worldwide problem. different parameters as genetics, metabolic diseases, obesity, as well as environmental factors may affect the age of puberty. this systematic review aims to survey the related literature on the effects of environmental pollutants and especially organohalogens and phthalates on early puberty. materials and methods: a systematic review of ...

background: during recent years, there have been many advances in different types of pharmacological and non‑pharmacological tobacco control treatments. in this study, we aimed to identify the most effective smoking cessation methods used in quit based upon a review of the literature. methods: we did a search of pubmed, limited to english publications from 2000 to 2012. two trained reviewers in...

background: we are living in an era in which different branches of science are growing very rapidly. therefore, retrieving and summarizing all new valid findings on a specific subject is one of the most important priorities of scientists. the aim of the present article is to categorize different review studies within the health domain based on their approach to retrieving and summarizing origin...

student organizations are active at social, political, cultural and welfare areas of student life. they have individual and systematic functions in those areas of student life. they have individual and systematic functions in that area too. their presence in university is necessary. this article describes their important functions. student organizations are active at social, political, cultural...