Several studies have suggested that low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with a higher risk of oral cancer, but the association with oral premalignant lesions has not yet been explored. The aim of this study was to examine the association of education, occupation, income and SES index with oral premalignant lesions. A case-control study was conducted with data from the baseline screenin...

Highland Hmong farmers in Thailand have abandoned shifting cultivation of subsistence crops and turned to chemical-intensive cultivation of non-narcotic permanent field cash crops. Three highland communities and Hmong in urban Chiang Mai were studied. Most rural study participants applied chemicals, primarily to control insects, weeds, and fungus, by backpack and machine sprays and by hand. Hmo...

objective: although metabolic diseases individually are rare ,but overall have an incidence of 1/2000 and can cause devastating and irreversible effect if not diagnosed early and treated promptly. selective screening is an acceptable method for detection of these multi presentation diseases.method: using panel neonatal screening for detection of metabolic diseases in 650 high risk iranian patie...

materials and methods one hundred sixty five units which provide mammography examination services were included in the audit. samples of mammographic examinations conducted between july 1st and december 31st, 2012 were evaluated. auditors completed web-based evaluation forms, including quality parameters and descriptive statistics on the patients and institutions. conclusion the audit showed si...

objectives: monitoring development in infancy results in early detection of developmental delay, and early intervention can prevent sever complications of developmental disorders. the purpose of this study was to determine quality of developmental screening of 3-12 months infants referred to tehran health centers, through comparing with screening by bayley infant neurodevelopmental screener ii ...

BACKGROUND Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 5% of children worldwide and results in significant impairments in daily functioning. Few community-ascertained samples of children with ADHD have been studied prospectively to identify factors associated with differential outcomes. The Children's Attention Project is the first such study in Australia, examining th...

In Australian, cricket is the most popular sport, as in many other Commonwealth countries. The pace of cricket, hazards of the play and expectations of the players have all increased over time. Although strictly a non-contact sport, injuries in cricket can result in a number of ways. A direct blow from a cricket ball during delivery or fielding may result in fractures, bruising, or worse, while...

Eriodictyol-7-O-glucoside, a flavonoid isolated from Dracocephalum rupestre, is among the most potent free radical scavenger. In the present study, we identified eriodictyol-7-O-glucoside as a novel nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) activator using a high-throughput cellular screening method. This compound activated Nrf2 signaling pathway and was able to stabilize Nrf2 by delaying Nrf2 ...

Functional screening of expression libraries in vivo would offer the possibility of identifying novel biotherapeutics without a priori knowledge of their biochemical function. Here we describe a procedure for the functional selection of tissue-protective factors based on the in vivo delivery of arrayed cDNA libraries from the mouse secretome using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. Applicati...