pistachio is one of the most important export items in iran, comprising more than 23% of iran non-oil exports. yazd is considered as the second biggest province of iran from the viewpoint of pistachio production, standing after kerman province. since frostbite phenomenon, especially, strong spring frostbite, has incurred many damages into pistachio gardens of this area, it is necessary to study...

BACKGROUND The current study's objectives were to find any possible spatial patterns and hotspot of cardiovascular events and to perform a correlation study to find any possible relevance between cardiovascular disease (CVE) and location of industrial installation said above. METHODS We used the Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) hospital admission record in three main hospitals in Yazd, Yazd ...

agricultural land conversion (alc) has been introduced as one of the most important factorsaffecting ecosystem. this type of conversion has led to several challenges in agricultural development andhuman life. monitoring alc plays a crucial role when dealing with such challenges. the main objective of thisstudywas to monitor the trend ofalc in theqazvin province located in northwest iran from 19...

conclusions pine trees can be used as a worthy bio-indicator for hms pollution monitoring in the ambient air in areas with extensive vegetation of pine trees. results iron had the highest concentration (345.0053 mg/kg) in leaves when compared with other hms. the concentration of zn, cu, pb and cd were 26.1384, 5.5905, 2.9963 and 0.7383 mg/kg, respectively. spatial mapping indicated that industr...

Background and aims: The study investigated mortality rates of children in west area of Isfahan province in 2006-2012. Methods: This cross- sectional study performed in a seven- years period by using information received from Isfahan Health center on neonatal mortality rate, infant mortality rate,under 5 years mortality rate in the west of Isfahan provinc...

today, unemployment has become a major problem in national level as well as in yazd province. the presence of high unemployment has caused considerable amount of wastage of active human resources of the society which otherwise could have been used in various prosperous activities. as a result this situation may lead to poverty, corruption, unequal income distribution and other negative conseque...

Background: Pediculosis capitis is a common parasitic infection of children. In this study we assessed the prevalence of head pediculosis among the middle schoolchildren in the urban and rural areas of Fars province, southern Iran.Methods: All middle schoolchildren ages 11-14, in all the urban and rural areas of the province were screened for head lice infestation by examining their hair and sc...

objectives : to estimate the disabled-adjusted life years ( dalys) of road traffic accidents in patients referred to hospitals in yazd province, central iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in yazd province during 2010. to calculate the years of life lost (yll) due to premature death and to calculate the incidence of non-fatal injuries and years lost due to disability (yld), ...