1Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Nuclear Sciences Research School, Radiation Applications Research School, Tehran, Iran 3National Radiation Protection Department, Iranian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Teheran Iran 4Nuclear Sciences Research School, Nuclear Sciences and Technology Research Institute, ...

Ammonium Chlorochromate in Solventless System Majid M. Heravi* and Maryam M. Aghayan Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Research Center of Iran. P.O. Box 14335-186, Teheran, Iran. Fax: 0098(21) 8037185, E-mail: [email protected] Z. Naturforsch. 54b, 815Ð817 (1999); received December 2, 1998 Oxidation, Alcohols, Carbonyl Compounds, Wet Alumina, Solventless System, Ammonium Chlorochromate A simp...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs of 12-year-old children living in Teheran and a rural area surrounding Esfahan. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 1,102 pupils were examined clinically for caries according to WHO criteria. One calibrated dentist examined all children. RESULTS Of the children studied, 63.8% had sound permanent dentition, 9.9% had filled t...

OBJECTIVE Influenza vaccinations are recommended for health professionals by the WHO and the CDC. Medical students are important health professionals not only as future physicians, but also due to their frequent contact with patients during their education. The aim of this study was to compare the knowledge, attitudes, motivations and influenza vaccinations of medicine students in three differe...

The prevalence of chlamydial genital infection was studied in 177 prostitutes in Iran; 100 in Teheran and 77 in the port of Bandar Abbas. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated in eight (6.9%) of 116 patients with valid cultures. Type-specific antibodies were found against C trachomatis serotypes D to K (genital serotypes) in 94.2% and against serotypes A to C (trachoma serotypes) in 2% of the pros...

Zusammenfassung Noch im Oktober 1961 konnte man den Eindruck gewinnen, dass die amerikanische Entschlossenheit, das „Amini-Experiment“ in Iran zu einem erfolgreichen Ende führen, ungebrochen ist. Im Anschluss an anglo-amerikanische Intervention zugunsten der Reformregierung schien tatsächlich ein neues, einigen Optimismus rechtfertigendes Verhältnis zwischen Ministerpräsident Amini und Mohammad...

BACKGROUND Iran is a developing and Islamic country where the consumption of alcoholic beverages is banned. However, psychiatric disorders and alcohol use disorders are often co-occurring. We used the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use and examined the psychometric properties of the test among psychiatric outpatients in Teheran, Iran. M...

1Health Education Department, Faculty of Health, Baghyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. Received: 24/04/02; accepted: 10/12/02 ABSTRACT A cross-sectional study was carried out on knowledge of and attitudes to family planning in male teachers working in the education system in Teheran. We found that 65% of the study population had acceptable knowledge rega...