BACKGROUND The transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is parenteral, sexual and prenatal. Prevention of vertical transmission of HBV is extremely important, because HBV infection in early life usually results in a chronic carrier state. There has been so much debate about hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) screening in pregnant women. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the pr...

Objective: multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease with prominent neurological and behavioral and psychiatric manifestations and unknown etiology which is demarcated with inflammation and destruction of white matter of brain and spinal cord and its replacement with gliotic tissue in young aged people and particularly females. The role of trace elements in multiple sclerosis is set forth in...

BACKGROUND Prisoners are at risk of mental disorders. Therefore attention to mental health of prisoners is important. OBJECTIVES This study aimed determine to the prevalence of mental disorders among Kashan prisoners. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cross sectional study was carried out in Kashan prison (Iran). 180 Subjects were selected by using stratified random sampling and evaluated with Symp...

background : studies have shown that noise pollution has harmful effects on human health. the sound of traffic is the main source of noise pollution in cities. the purpose of this study was to determine noise pollution using a geographical information system (gis) in the main streets of kashan, iran. methods: in this study, 180 noise samples were collected from 20 regions of the main streets in...

Introduction & Objective: Parents' understanding of how to prevent diseases and treat them promptly is an influential factor in a child's development. Thus, adherence health-related behaviors depends on the awareness performance mothers. In any society, mothers children require much more health care than other age groups because their vulnerability. As result, they draw special attention th...

Introduction: The use of medicinal plants (MP) is increasing among the general population and patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Simultaneous MP cardiac medications can cause drug interactions serious complications. Objective: This study aimed to determine frequency its related factors CVD. Materials Methods: cross-sectional was conducted on 200 CVD in 2018. were consecutively recruit...

Tetanus can be only prevented by vaccination because immunity against this disease is rarely acquired, even by natural infections. To maintain long-term protective immunity against tetanus, booster immunization is essential for adolescents and adults. Most hospitalized cases and virtually all deaths occur in people over 60 years of age. The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of...