The prevalence of conduct disorder was assessed in 77 young people in 4 juvenile detention centres in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The prevalence of conduct disorder was 24.7%, and recidivism, as indicated by repeat admissions to the centres, was found to be associated with conduct disorder. Having a diagnosis of conduct disorder was associated with a lower educational and occupational level...

Food resources are limited in arid countries such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE); salinity of groundwater, together with a lack natural fresh water sources and arable land, force country to import most its food. However, seaweed could play an important role providing locally available food resource, it does not require land grow. The traditional use several species has been documented Asia A...

OBJECTIVE To describe incidence of Down syndrome in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 63,398 newborn babies in Dubai (24,250 UAE nationals and 39,148 non-UAE) during a 5-year period of 1999-2003 were routinely examined by experienced nurses, neonatologists, pediatricians and/or general practitioners for symptoms of Down syndrome. Those suspected with Down synd...

Introduction: Among the United Arab Emirates (UAE) population more and more people now consider travelling abroad. This is potentially problematic because travelling enhances exposure between hosts and pathogens and so people that travel are putting their health at risk. This concern makes it necessary that public education is provided to inform people of the risks of travellin...

BACKGROUND The Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) is one of the most commonly used tools in epidemiologic studies to assess long-term nutritional exposure. The purpose of this study is to describe the development of a culture specific FFQ for Arab populations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait. METHODS We interviewed samples of Arab populations over 18 years old in UAE and Kuwait as...

In this article, I try to find out what are the effects of financial variablessuch as ratio of private sector deposits to GDP and ratio of bank credit toprivate sector to GDP and value of stocks trade in Tehran stockexchange to total current value of stocks and private sector liquidity toGDP on total investment.We use two models to test our hypothesis the first is a model for Iranand the second...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, human brucellosis remains an important and widespread infection. In the past, there were limited data on the occurrence of human brucellosis in the United Arab Emirates and the reported incidence appeared to be low compared with similar areas. In 2009, a new web-based infectious disease surveillance system was introduced in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. This paper reports data...

BACKGROUND Although vitamin D deficiency has been studied in various adult populations, there are few data on the prevalence of this nutritional deficiency among healthy adolescents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and to examine its correlates in adolescents aged 15 to 18 years. METHODS This was a cross-sectional ...