Heavy industrialization has resulted in the contamination of soil by metals from anthropogenic sources in Anniston, Alabama. This situation calls for increased public awareness of the soil contamination issue and better knowledge of the main factors contributing to the potential sources contaminating residential soil. The purpose of this spatial epidemiology research is to describe the effects ...

objective: substance misuse is a major public health threat in iran. the total number of addicts in iran is estimated to be between 700,000 and 4,000,000. a few limited household studies on the prevalence of substance misuse have been performed in iran. method: the residents of the sixth district of the municipality of tehran who were over the age of 15 were selected as the study population. th...

a retrospective cohort study, in the context of household transmission, to estimate the serial interval (si) of ph1n1 influenza in the island of tierra del fuego was carried out.we collected data from the epidemiological surveillance system during disease outbreak in ushuaia and rio grande, the two main cities of the southernmost province of argentina. only the records of patients and household...

background: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) was firstly reported from california and soon became a pandemic in the world.this disease poses seriousthreats to humans’ health.in this study, we intended to examine the characteristicsof hiv-positive patients whoreferred to the behavioral diseases consultation center (bdcc) in shiraz, iran.   methods : this was a cross-sectional descripti...

background: profile of acute poisonings varies from country to country depending on the ease of availability of substances and socio-economic condition of people; however, very little information from the united arab emirates (uae) have been published, so far. this study was designed to find out the most common causes of overdose and poisoning in patients admitted to the emergency department of...

objectives in this section, we studied dietary and other factors related to the effect of lifestyle in type 2 diabetes. these factors may affect the incidence of type 2 diabetes which could be corrected by lifestyle modifications. background prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly worldwide. recent data is reprehensive of increasing diabetes prevalence from 285 millions in 2010 (6.4...

CONTEXT The prevalence of obesity has risen sharply in the United States in the past few decades. Etiologic links between obesity and substance use disorders have been hypothesized. OBJECTIVE To determine whether familial risk of alcohol dependence predicts obesity and whether any such association became stronger between the early 1990s and early 2000s. DESIGN We conducted analyses of the r...