BACKGROUND The aims of this study were evaluation of exposed to xylenes in low concentration and compare urinary level of methyl hippuric acid in taxi drivers and petrol stations workers in West of Iran. METHODS This observation study was carried out on samples of the exposed men to xylenes in two occupational groups in Hamadan City (west of Iran) from March 2003 to March 2004. Subjects inclu...

Tinea unguium is a common mycosis in many part of the world including Iran. The prevalence of this mycosis varied depending on time, health level and geographical location. To stabilise the etiological, epidemiological and risk factors of tinea unguium in North-west Iran, a study of patients with suspected dermatophyte infections of their nails was carried out between 1996 and 2004. During this...

BACKGROUND Evaluation of exposition to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and compare urinary level of urinary biological exposure index in sweepers in West of Iran. METHODS This study was carried out on 40 street sweepers and 40 non-exposed as control group living in Hamadan City, west of Iran. VOC was analyzed using gas chromatography equipped with a Flame Ionization Detector (FID). The urina...

While performing a faunistic study on the superfamily Raphignathoidea of northwestern Iran, north parts east Azerbaijan and southwest west provinces during 2016-2018, total number 40 species in 13 genera belonging to were collected identified. Among them, four species: Stigmaeus luxtoni Wood, 1981; Ledermuelleriopsis sezeki Doğan, 2004; Eustigmaeus gulingensis Hu Chen, 1996 Molothrognathus kami...

© 2015 The Authors; Tabriz University of Medical Sciences This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Traffic accident injuries in a referral Orthopedic Hospital in Nor...

This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of bluetongue virus antibodies in sheep in Kurdistan province in west of Iran during 2011-2012. According to results, the seropositive rates of sheep in Kurdistan were 45.9%. The results showed that in area there is widespread presence of the bluetongue virus antibodies in the sheep population as 123 sheep’s out of 268 were affected.

Title: A Decade of Road Traffic Fatalities among the Elderly in North-West Iran Authors: Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani ([email protected]) Bahram Samadirad ([email protected]) Farnaz Moslemi ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 05 Nov 2016 Author’s response to reviews: Thanks for the comments. Following are responses. 1. Please add a statement in the manuscript indicat...