introduction it has long been known that ionizing radiation can lead to detrimental effects in normal cells. in this light, radioprotective chemicals have been used to decrease morbidity or mortality caused by ionizing irradiation. this study aimed to evaluate the radio-protective effect of n-acetylcysteineagainst radiation-induced mortality in male mice. materials and methods 52 healthy male m...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of the present study was to compare the associations of state-referenced and federal poverty measures with states' infant and child mortality rates. METHODS Compressed mortality and Current Population Survey data were used to examine relationships between mortality and (1) state-referenced poverty (percentage of children below half the state median income) and (2) perce...

Different Electric-Mat-Device (EMD) vaporizers and bioallethrin impregnated mats were evaluated for the knockdown and mortality in the adults of Culex quinquefasciatus, Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti. Percentage knockdown of 80-100 was recorded throughout the test period of 11 hours. However, the percentage mortality observed was not appreciable in all types of EMD vaporizers. Device "A"...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between the magnitude, and the relative importance of unintentional child injury mortality with socioeconomic development, and to conceptualise the dynamic changes in injury mortality within the framework of epidemiological transition. DESIGN Ecological cross sectional study using data on 51 countries. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The relationship between tot...

introduction: health care providers and health policy managers need updated and valid information regarding causes of death (cod) for development the health care facilities, directing primary prevention, assigning funds, and promoting public health. the major causes of death and its burden have not been yet appropriately identified in iran. although several studies had been carried out in this ...