Mehdi Jafari, Arash Rashidian, Farid Abolhasani, Kazem Mohammad, Shahram Yazdani, Patricia Parkerton, Masud Yunesian, Feizollah Akbari and Mohammad Arab* Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Services Management, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Te...

1Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Mofi d Children Hospital, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran 2Molecular Immunology Research Center; and Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Research Center for Immunodefi ciencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Scie...

1 A Novel Mixed Integer Programming Formulation for Selecting the Best Renewable Energies to Invest: A Fuzzy Goal Programming Approach Masoud Rabbani, School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Mahsa Ghanbarpour Mamaghani, School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Amir Farshbaf-Geranmayeh, Schoo...

BACKGROUND Accidental exposure to blood and body secretions is frequent among health care workers (HCWs). They are at risk of acquiring blood-borne diseases. In this study, we have investigated the prevalence and risk factors of occupational exposure among the HCWs of the Emergency Departments (ED) at three teaching hospitals in Tehran. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted this observational, d...

In communities which consume rice as main food, importance of risk assessment forcontaminants is always taken into consideration by health authorities. The present study isan attempt for monitoring of 56 pesticides from different chemical groups in rice samplescollected from local markets in Tehran and estimation of daily intake of interested pesticidesthrough this monitoring. A valid method ba...

BACKGROUND Only a few studies have addressed the trimodal distribution of childhood trauma fatalities in lesser developed countries. We conducted this study to evaluate pre-hospital, Emergency Department (ED) and in-hospital distribution of childhood injury-related death for each mechanism of injury in Tehran, Iran. This information will be used for the efficient allocation of the limited injur...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Tehran Hepatitis Center, Tehran, IR Iran Corresponding author: Seyed ...

1. Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Clinical Research Development Center, Amir-Almomenin Hospital, Tehran Medical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 3. Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehr...

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Corresponding author: Maani Beigy, Students’ Scientific Research Center (SSRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. Tel: +98-2188989161, Fax: +98-21889...