entamoeba gingivalis and trichomonas tenax are protozoans that live in/on the teeth, gums and sometimes tonsils, and may cause periodontitis and gingivitis. the aim of this research was studying the frequency of buccal protozoa in patients referred to dentistry clinics of jundishapur university of medical sciences. in this cross-sectional study, samples were collected from the mouth of 200 pati...

we aimed to clarify the status and causes of mortality and to provide a general strategy to increase the longevity and improve human health. mortality rate of under 5 years old is an important indicator of development in different communities and reveals their life quality. it was a case – control study, data was collected from all deaths of under five years that had been recorded in rural area...

Inadequate calcium intake is considered a public health problem in some vulnerable groups, especially pregnant women. The aim of this study was to determine the pattern of dietary calcium intake among urban pregnant women in Ahwaz City in south west Iran. Participants comprised 339 pregnant women (26±5.5 yrs) in the 28th-32nd week of gestation, who had attended selected urban health centres in ...

BACKGROUND One of the common side effects of cancer is fatigue that affects patients' life quality and leads to disability. Exercise has an important role in improving these patients' life quality and can be used as a complementary treatment. Moreover, there are few studies on the impact of exercise on fatigue among patients with colon cancer. Therefore, the present study investigated the effec...

BACKGROUND Using public swimming pools during different seasons and poor health behavior could be responsible in transmission of fungal disease through pool water and its environment. Therefore, this research was conducted to investigate fungal agents of indoor public swimming pools of Ahwaz, capital city of Khouzestan Province, south-west of Iran. METHODS Ten indoor swimming pools of Ahwaz w...

introduction. regarding the role of research in developing and improving a better culture, society and economics, 95% to 97% world finance in research belongs to developed countries while only 3%-5% to developing countries. although the universities as the major organizations are to do research works, it seems that there are some problems to bring this true. we tried to find out if a load of te...

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) among the household contacts. Methodology: It is a retrospective descriptive study conducted in Ahwaz a city in the southwest of Iran, between October and February 2007. Medical files and epidemiological forms of documented TB cases and their contacts in Ahwaz Health Center over the three years period from 2003 to 2005 were reviewed. ...

INTRODUCTION Modeling can be a useful tool to find out how the distributions of hospital length of stay (LOS) and the factors affecting the length of stay. The present study aims to determine factors affecting the length of stay and selecting suitable statistical models. MATERIAL AND METHOD this is a cross - sectional study of 565 patients who were treated in the intensive care unit of Imam K...