background: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) was firstly reported from california and soon became a pandemic in the world.this disease poses seriousthreats to humans’ health.in this study, we intended to examine the characteristicsof hiv-positive patients whoreferred to the behavioral diseases consultation center (bdcc) in shiraz, iran.   methods : this was a cross-sectional descripti...

background: profile of acute poisonings varies from country to country depending on the ease of availability of substances and socio-economic condition of people; however, very little information from the united arab emirates (uae) have been published, so far. this study was designed to find out the most common causes of overdose and poisoning in patients admitted to the emergency department of...

objectives in this section, we studied dietary and other factors related to the effect of lifestyle in type 2 diabetes. these factors may affect the incidence of type 2 diabetes which could be corrected by lifestyle modifications. background prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly worldwide. recent data is reprehensive of increasing diabetes prevalence from 285 millions in 2010 (6.4...

During the past several years there has been a growing interest in epidemiologic investigation, particularly in the field of non-infectious diseases. Although a few books devoted to epidemiology are available, for the most part the subject has been presented in public health and preventive medicine textbooks, in which methodology has often taken second place to a descriptive epidemiology of spe...