In the present study bacteriophages isolated from rainbow trout farms and sewage treatment plants were genetically identified and their effectiveness on Yersinia ruckeri isolates from clinical cases of red mouth disease was investigated. Fish samples suspected to red mouth disease were collected from rainbow trout farms located in west Azerbaijan. Y. ruckeri, the causative agent of red mouth di...

study of administrative obstacles of breastfeeding in infants   born from employed mothers in schools and   hygienoremedial centers of urmia city, 2004     dr. ahmadneghad, e m.d and dr. karamiyar, m     abstract     introduction: breast milk is the most complete food for infants during the first six months of their life. unfortunately, in the recent decades, they are deprived from this divine ...

Abstract The present study aimed to develop a Public-Private Partnership framework for managing the Adverse Health Effects of Environmental Disasters using drying lake Urmia case in Iran. This is qualitative with grounded theoretical approach. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed content analysis. To formulate initial framework, an expert panel was formed. Delphi ...

Iran Urmia Lake, the world second largest hypersaline lake, has been largely desiccated over the last two decades resulting in socio-environmental consequences similar or even larger than the Aral Sea disaster. To rescue the lake a new water management plan has been proposed, a rapid 40% decline in irrigation water use replacing a former plan which intended to develop reservoirs and irrigation....

Objectives. Regarding the importance of sexual desire in adolescence period and public and parental concerns about it and considering the lack of studies on sexual knowledge especially in adolescents in Iran, this study was conducted to evaluate the sexual issues in high school girls and boys. Patients and Methods. The cross-sectional study was performed on 2700 high school students. Students w...

We assessed women's satisfaction with the reproductive health services in the population laboratory of Urmia University of Medical Sciences in 2003. A random sample of 600 married women aged 15-49 years completed a satisfaction questionnaire based on Bruce's criteria. Overall 76.2% of women were satisfied and 15.8% were completely satisfied with the total reproductive health service; however 34...