o bjective: to explain an important  aspect of violence, the spatiotemporal pattern of trauma in victims of violence visited in emergency room of rajaei hospital, shiraz, iran m e thods: this cross-sectional prospective study comprised 109 randomly selected victims of violence visited in emergency room of rajaei hospital, a tertiary referral hospital affiliated to shiraz university of medical s...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM No published literature was found studying the people's reasons on why to choose or not to choose a dental care setting in south Iran, while understanding their attitude towards choosing their dental care center is consequential for planning a successful oral health care service system.    PURPOSE To determine the factors affecting how people of the city of Shiraz cho...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Information about the etiology and incidence of maxillofacial trauma is important for prevention and appropriate treatments of such injuries. PURPOSE The purpose of this retrospective study was to conduct an analysis of maxillofacial injuries transferred and/or referred to the department of maxillofacial Surgery at Chamran emergency hospital, Shiraz, over a 6-year period ...

Shiraz Faculty of Medicine was officially inaugurated in 1952. Indeed, it replaced the former "Medical Auxiliary Training School" (Amouzeshgah-e Alee Behdari Shiraz) that was founded in 1946. The school was intended to run a four-year course, the so-called Behdar training. The graduates of the Medical Auxiliary Training School were allowed to work only in small areas with population of less tha...

Abstract Objective (1) To analyze urbanization development pattern in Shiraz after the year 1977; (2) hospital model (3) review and prioritize location-allocation criteria for hospitals; (4) specify appropriate locations establishment of potential future general hospitals based on selected criteria. Results Although a significant expansion is seen from different geographical directions (particu...

BACKGROUND There is a shift worldwide towards a diet that is high in processed foods and low in fiber, leading to a corresponding increase in degenerative diseases. These diseases are interrelated with lifestyles and especially with diets. The aim of this study was to investigate the eating habit differences between two generations of mothers and daughters and their tendency towards modern food...

Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Herbal and Traditional Medicines Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Department of Ophthalmology, Student Research Committiee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Research Center for Non-Communicable Diseases, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences,...

BACKGROUND Numerous studies have demonstrated that early maladaptive schemas, emotional dysregulation are supposed to be the defining core of borderline personality disorder. Many studies have also found a strong association between the diagnosis of borderline personality and the occurrence of suicide ideation and dissociative symptoms. OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to investigate...

OBJECTIVES Transplanting of pancreatic grafts is an established treatment for diabetes mellitus. Polymorphisms in genes, coding for proteins involved in an immune response, may influence immunologic and nonimmunologic mechanisms that lead to allograft loss. Vitamin D receptor agonists have been shown to increase long-term allograft survival in humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-one pancreat...