abstract background: malaria is one of the most serious diseases in pregnant women as well as children less than 5 years around the world. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of health education based on the protection motivation theory on malaria preventive behaviors in the households of ghale ganj, kerman, iran in 2011. methods: the present quasi‑experimental study was conducted...

Ultramafic rocks of the ophiolitic complexes are prone to alteration and degradation, and therefore, ease of mobility of heavy metals such as nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), lead (Pb), and vanadium (V), resulting in environmental hazards. The ultramafic rocks of the ophiolitic realm of Kurdistan province, west of Iran, show field and compositional evidence for such hazardous conditions...

background: this study was proposed to monitor the situation of asymptomatic malaria among the native population and afghani and pakistani immigrants in kahnooj and ghale-ganj districts from kerman province, southeastern iran. methods: a number of 180 and 120 individuals from kahnooj and ghale-ganj respectively were registered and considered based on a cross-sectional surveillance method. from ...

Ophiolitic rocks in the southeastern part of the Zagros Orogenic Belt can be separated from southwest to northeast, into two groups: the Neyriz ophiolites and the Naien–Shahrebabak–Baft ophiolites. The southeast sector of Sanandaj-Sirjan wasdelimited by the two nearly synchronous ophiolitic belts in its southwestern and northeastern margins. In this study, new ophiolitic formation models were u...