BACKGROUND The factors affecting the correlation between Parkinson disease (PD) and depression have remained unclear. OBJECTIVES We assessed the prevalence of depression among patients with PD and the association between PD-related variables and depression severity. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional study performed in Kermanshah Province of Iran. Sampling was based on recruitme...

Stability studies play a critical role in assuring product quality at all points in the vaccine life cycle. These studies used to determine vaccine expiry date and vaccine efficacy. Accelerated stability and long term stability study performed for three batches of trivalent oral poliomyelitis vaccine (OPV) and three batches of monovalent OPV (type1) manufactured by Razi institute. After samplin...

Hossein EBRAHIMI*, Shaban RAHIMI, Pejvak KHAKI, Jesse L. GRIMES, Sophia KATHARIOU Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Department of Microbiology and Leptospira Reference Laboratory, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Iran Prestage Department of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina Sta...

1 Department of Nursing, International Branch, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Imam Khomeini Clinical and Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Department of Hospital Infections, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4 Department of Hospital Infection Control, Farabi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sc...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a severe ongoing health crisisworldwide. Studying the socio-economic impacts of can help policymakers develop successful management plans. This paper focuses on spatial epidemiology among different social classes in Kermanshah metropolis, Iran. cross-sectional study uses data people infected with metropolis 2020, acquired from official Registry Kermanshah. results show ...

INTRODUCTION In recent decades, the development of medical and pharmaceutical science has led to a heavy financial burden on the government, insurance companies, and the general population. Due to the increasing the cost of pharmaceutical products in the Kermanshah Province, policy makers have tried to identify the factors that resulted in the increases. The aim of this study was to determine t...