objective(s):this study aims to investigate the relationship between human papillomavirus (hpv) and breast cancer using meta- analysis. materials and methods: relevant studies were identified reviewing the national and international databases. we also increased the search sensitivity by investigating the references as well as interview with research centers and experts. finally, quality assessm...

Background: Infant mortality is important as a standard indicator for the development of health, educational and social health systems in each country. Considering the fact that in different studies of the country there are different statistics on the prevalence of infant mortality in the intensive care unit and the general statistics on the prevalence of mortality in neonates in the country ar...

Background and aims: The prevalence of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in pregnant women is in Variable between 40-80% in developing countries. There are some differences among different studies on this disorder. So, this present study is been performed for evaluating the prevalence of IDA among pregnant Iranians with systematic review and meta-analysis method. Methods: This study is based on rec...

Introduction: Most of previous studies on dyslipidemia among pilots were cross-sectional surveys which cannot explore the temporal trend of dyslipidemia, and these studies were normally conducted at least five years ago. In addition, studies focusing on pilots in Southwest China are scarce. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of and trends in dyslipidemia among pilots f...

objective: we aimed to conduct a review to investigate the prevalence of anxiety disorders among iranian children and adolescents.we systematically reviewed the literature up to june 2014. method: we searched three persian databases (magiran, iranmedex and sid) and three english databases: pubmed, scopus and psycinfo. all original studies that investigated the current prevalence of anxiety in a...

background: the high prevalence of malocclusion is a public health problem in the world and the third priority in oral care. numerous primary studies have presented reports on the prevalence of malocclusion among iranian children. in combination, the results of these studies using meta‑analysis are highly valuable for health policy‑making. similarly, this study aimed at determining the prevalen...

background: blastocystis  is a zoonotic protozoan parasite habit in intestinal tract of humans and wide range of animals. because of the mysterious nature and unknown or less-known aspects of blastocystis, comprehensive information about epidemiology of this parasite is not available. the objective of this study was to investigate the available parasitology studies during the last decade in ira...