background: the purpose of this study was to explore any gender-related differences in prevalence of and condition-associ­ated factors related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) amongst police population in taipei, taiwan. methods: we studied a total of 1016 healthy adults with police work (972 males and 44 females) voluntarily admitted to physical check-up between january 2006 and de...

background: chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (copd) are planned to rank fifth in burden of disease and third with respect to mortality by 2020. carrying out research regarding different aspects of copd is mentioned as important health priorities by academic institutions and governments. the burden of lung disease (bold) initiative was designed a decade ago to develop robust models that ca...

background: northeast iran has one of the highest rates of esophageal cancer in the world which is mainly squamous cell carcinoma (e scc). celiac disease (cd) has been identified as a risk factor for escc. the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of cd in gonbad at northeast iran and probable relation between celiac and escc. materials and methods: fourteen hundred inhabitants of no...

background: with the growing trend of unhealthy behaviors in the community, the likelihood of transmission of hepatitis b virus from infected people to society is increasing. so, early detection for preventing disease progression in patients and preventing the spread to the community has an important role. the aim of this study is assessment of risk factors in patients with chronic hepatitis b ...

background: various studies on prevalence of celiac disease in patients with irritable bowel syndrome in iran is available that chiefly, the prevalence of this disease and its association with several factors have been investigated. in order to gain a better perspective of iran and spread across the heterogeneity, all studies included in the systematic review, the findings were analyzed and use...

Background and aims: Many workers face significant hazardous workplace exposures, especially indeveloping countries. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of occupational riskfactors and common occupational diseases in Kerman.Methods: This study was based on data from occupational risk factor and disease monitoring systemsavailable at Kerman Provi...

  Background:To determine the prevalence of incidental Kienböck disease.   Methods: A retrospective analysis of 150,912 radiological reports or images obtained over a five year period was performed of 76,174 patients who underwent a radiograph or computed tomography scan which included the wrist, in Edinburgh and Lothian, UK. Results: There were 5 cases of incidental Kienböck disease and 13 cas...