Faculty Association [10] The Faculty Association is the representative for all persons employed by the University of Guelph in the City of Guelph, at the Kemptville campus in the Municipality of North Grenville, at the Ridgetown campus in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, at the Vineland Research Station in Relevant documents are available through the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (A...

Faculty Association [10] The Faculty Association is the representative for all persons employed by the University of Guelph in the City of Guelph, at the Kemptville campus in the Municipality of North Grenville, at the Ridgetown campus in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, at the Vineland Research Station in Relevant documents are available through the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (A...

Background and Aims: Data for small-area studies in Italy are available at census tract and municipality level. The aim of the present contribution is to ascertain whether an ad hoc developed Deprivation Index (DI) can adjust for deprivation in SENTIERI, a multicentric small-area study at municipality level in Italian Polluted Sites – IPS. Methods: The DI adopted in SENTIERI is based on four so...

BACKGROUND International research shows that medical errors (MEs) are a major threat to patient safety. The present study aimed to describe MEs and barriers to reporting them in Shiraz public hospitals, Iran. METHODS A cross-sectional, retrospective study was conducted in 10 Shiraz public hospitals in the south of Iran, 2013. Using the standardised checklist of Shiraz University of Medical Sc...

Background: The injection of retrobulbar block is associated with significant pain and discomfort. Therefore a short-acting IV analgesic before retrobulbar injection has been advocated. Objective: To compare remifentanil, alfentanil and fentanyl in providing analgesia for retrobulbar block injection. Methods: 69 patients were enrolled randomly into three groups of 23 each to receive either Remi...

Background: Abdominal tumors are still a diagnostic problem in children. This study was conducted to assess the presentation and types of childhood intra abdominal tumors in children in Shiraz. Materials and Methods: Participants of this historical cohort study consisted of 298 children aged between 1.5 months to 15 years old who were diagnosed with abdominal mass between March 2003 and March 2...

BACKGROUND Nitrite (NO2-) and nitrate (NO3-) contaminations of groundwater are considered as one of the major health challenges in recent decades. This study aimed to evaluate the nitrite and nitrate concentrations in the drinking groundwater of Shiraz, South-central Iran by statistical models. METHODS From 43 active wells of Shiraz drinking water supplies, 344 samples were collected in the h...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed to identify the spatial distribution of tuberculosis and determine the TB control program parameters in the regions supervised by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2006-2012. METHODS The present ecological study was performed on 1797 TB patients in Shiraz University in 2006-2012 which were recorded by health centers using TB Register software. The stu...

BACKGROUND Young children in Sweden have good general health in comparison to children in other European countries. In contrast, teenagers display poorer mental health. Parental support is now being made available on a universal level in Sweden in order to promote youngsters general psychological health. The aim of this study was to examine (1) to what extent the parents were interested in vari...

BACKGROUND Pesticide use is widespread in agriculture. Several studies have shown that pesticides used in agricultural fields can contaminate the domestic environment and thus be an important source of pesticide exposure of populations residing nearby. Epidemiological studies that have examined the health effects of in utero pesticide exposure from residence near agricultural activities suggest...