This study investigates the possibility providing gully erosion map by the supervised classification of satellite images (ETM) in two mountainous and plain land types. These land types were the part of Varamin plain, Tehran province, and Roodbar subbasin, Guilan province, as plain and mountain land types, respectively. The position of 652 and 124 ground control points were recorded by GPS respe...

BACKGROUND We aimed to determine the status of strongyloidiasis in mentally disabled population in the institutional places in Rasht City, the capital of Guilan Province, northern Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in 8 institutions for mentally retarded population in Rasht in 2013. Before collecting the samples, a questionnaire was filled out for each participant by an ex...

guilan province is located in north of iran. it plays an important natural, economic and strategic role in iranian history due to its geographical location between the caspian sea and the alborz mountain. this particular characteristic of guilan has made it one of the most important political centers in its history and in the history of its struggles against the central government of iran. iran...

Introduction: Breast cancer is multifactorial therefore more recognition of risk factors is important in its prevention. Objective: This study was conducted in order to determine the factors influencing breast cancer in women referred to health centers in Guilan province in 2015-2016. Method: In a case- control study, 225 women with breast cancer were investigated. The control group consisted o...

An investigation was carried out during April to December 2000 to study mosquito fauna and ecology in Guilan Province of northern Iran. The mosquito larvae were collected by dipping method and larval habitat characteristics recorded according to hydro-ecological features. In total, 3937 larvae of the genus Culex from 92 larval breeding sites were collected. Six species of the genus Culex; Cx. m...

Mandana Shirazi, Sagar V. Parikh, Ideh Dadgaran, Charlotte Silén Education Development Center, Medical Education Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Departments of LIME and Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Langroud Nursing and Midwifery...

forests of iran located on the southern border of the caspian sea cover 1.9 million hectares. the caspian forests are divided into four separate forestry areas. one of these being guilan influx area with total area of 565000 hectares. about 30 to 40 percent of guilan province forests are suitable to short rotation forestry for afforestation. slash pine (pinus elliottii) is one of the main exoti...