BACKGROUND Once considered as the main public health problem in developed countries, obesity has become a major problem throughout the world and developing countries, like Iran, are joining the global obesity pandemic. We determined the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and hypertension in a large cohort of Iranians and compared age-adjusted rates with the rates in the US. METHODS Golestan C...

he 10 National Congress on Cardiovascular Update, organized by the Iranian Society of Atherosclerosis, was held in Tehran, Iran (June 11 – 14, 2008). A variety of issues related to advances in diagnostics and treatment in cardiovascular medicine were covered during the congress. Current problems of atherosclerosis, the role of platelets, and inflammatory biomarkers in its accelerated course wer...

earthquake has always endangered cities. this article mainly focuses on the question “whether seismic damages could be diminished through the presentation a preventive operational pattern dealing with physical and nonphysical features of civil defense”. tehran, the most populous metropolis among iranian cities is to the south of alborz mountain range, located on potentially dangerous fault- lin...

earthquake has always endangered cities. this article mainly focuses on the question “whether seismic damages could be diminished through the presentation a preventive operational pattern dealing with physical and nonphysical features of civil defense”. tehran, the most populous metropolis among iranian cities is to the south of alborz mountain range, located on potentially dangerous fault- lin...

objective: to compare immunogenicity of a recombinant hepatitis b (hb) vaccine in two groups of neonates born in two cities of iran with different geographic and ethnic backgrounds.   materials and methods: ten micrograms of a recombinant hb vaccine was administered under field condition to iranian healthy neonates at 0, 1.5 and 9 months intervals. the subjects consisted of two groups of 290 an...

Summary In order to establish the normative curves for BMD in Iranian individuals, we measured BMDs at the lumbar spine and femoral regions of 760 women and 632 men using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. This study provides a baseline normative for Iranian individuals. BMD values of Iranian subjects were generally lower than those of the American population. Introduction In order to establish ...

Knowledge of high resolution Y-chromosome haplogroup diversification within Iran provides important geographic context regarding the spread and compartmentalization of male lineages in the Middle East and southwestern Asia. At present, the Iranian population is characterized by an extraordinary mix of different ethnic groups speaking a variety of Indo-Iranian, Semitic and Turkic languages. Desp...

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the rate of Iranian researchers collaboration with their colleagues in other countries in science citation index (SCI). In addition, it seeks to investigate the visibility of publications by Iranian researchers, and particularly the visibility of papers resulting from international collaboration. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the survey ...