The authors assessed changes in the health status of US 1991 Gulf War-era veterans from a 1995 baseline survey to a 2005 follow-up survey, using repeated measurement data from 5,469 deployed Gulf War veterans and 3,353 nondeployed Gulf War-era veterans who participated in both surveys. Prevalence differences in health status between the 2 surveys were estimated for adverse health indices and ch...

this article aims to conduct a comparative cross-cultural study of the educational status of women in terms of different aspects of human and gender development, and its relationship with the health, economic, and political indices. the research covers countries with different degrees of development in educational indices. the study makes use of quantitative methodological approach, and seconda...

Cerebral language lateralization can be assessed in several ways. In healthy subjects, functional MRI (fMRI) during performance of a language task has evolved to be the most frequently applied method. Functional transcranial Doppler (fTCD) may provide a valid alternative, but has been used rarely. Both techniques have their own strengths and weaknesses and as a result may be applied in differen...

BACKGROUND Existing comorbidity indices were not developed for adolescent and young adults (AYA) 15 to 39 years of age. The aim of this study was to assess impact of comorbidities on health care service needs and health status among AYA cancer survivors using the newly developed AYA HOPE comorbidity index in comparison with the existing indices. METHODS Data on comorbid conditions were obtain...

Pirialam R1, Shams khorramabadi Gh2, Shahmansouri MR3, Farzadkiya M4 1. MSc in Environmental Health, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran 3. Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University o...

Gingivitis and pedodontitis are usually reve~ible conditions in children and should be detected early and treatment rendered promptly. Hence appropriate clinical indices must be available to record these conditions accurately and to assess treatment success or failure. This paper reviews the existing gingival and periodontal indices and discueses their potential for clinical use in children. In...

OBJECTIVES This study was performed to consider the association between Internet using time for non-educational purposes and adolescent health, and to examine how health status differs between Internet users and non-users. METHODS We analyzed 2009 data from the Korea Adolescent Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, conducted on a nationally representative sample of students in grades 7 to 12. A tot...