growing population and increasing urbanization has led to the expansion of informal settlements. informal settlements in developing countries, more than other urban tissues are exposed to various risks and natural disasters. this type of settlements, often develop and spread without regard to natural hazards, with no specific plan and no attention to regulations. expansion of informal settlemen...

background:   due to importance and fatal affect of red-back spiders, latrodectus hasselti , a f a unistic survey for presence of this spider in bandar abbas has been conducted. this animal is considerably the most medically importance spiders all over the world. methods: live adult spider specimens were collected from bandar abbas town using hand catch conventional method and transferred to th...

Background: Diarrheal diseases are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in developing countries second most common cause death children under five years. The main objective study was to determine prevalence intestinal parasites diarrheal patients Bandar Abbas, Southern Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional conducted assess parasitic infections associated factors among with diarrhea hospita...

BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) is a common medical problem among nurses. A better understanding of nurses' experiences about LBP may help to develop preventative approaches. The study aimed to explore risk perceptions of nonspecific LBP among nurses in Bandar Abbas City, southern Iran. METHODS This qualitative study conducted as directed content analysis in 2013. Private semi-structured inter...

BACKGROUND Self immolation is a heinous way to commit suicide which is mostly prevalent in individuals who attempt to escape a stressful situation and is considered as a strange and unusual method. OBJECTIVES This study examined demographic characteristics and mental health in self immolation attempters in the city of Bandar Abbas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two groups are involved in this enqui...

the objective of this study was to assess the relationship betweenvegetation, landform and physicochemical properties of soil. at the first terrainmap unit were provided using the landsat thematic mapper (tm) satellite images,aerial photograph, topographical and geology map. field sampling was done in therepresentative area using plot sampling. 104 plots 100 m2 were sampled in eachplot landform...

background: traffic noise is one of the major sources of environmental pollution that can cause permanent or temporary loss of hearing in drivers. the purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hearing loss among professional long-distance drivers in bandar abbas freight terminal. methods: one thousand long distance occupational drivers in bandar abbas freight terminal not certifie...

Black pomfret Parastromateus niger is a commercially important fishery resource in the Persian Gulf but harvesting its stocks lacks genetic identification of populations. AFLP technique was applied to analyze genetic diversity and population structure of 32 fish from coastal waters of Bandar Abbas, Bushehr and Abadan with 7 EcoRI/MseI primer pair combinations. In total, 381 bands were produced ...