BACKGROUND & AIM While most of the published researches have reported the amount of inequity in geographical distribution of important health resources, only a small number of studies have focused on the trend of inequality in the distribution of these resources. The purpose of this study was to determine the trend of inequality in the distribution of intensive care beds in Iran during 2010 to ...

Bibi Shahin Shamsian*1, MD; Mohammad Thaghi Arzanian1, MD; Raheleh Kaviani1, MD; Samin Alavi1, MD; Mona Hedayat2,3, MD; Nima Rezaei2,3, MD, PhD 1. Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Research Center for Immunodeficiencies, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran, Iran 3...

Road traffic injuries (RTIs) leading to death need the most essential concern for low, middle and high income societies. Mortality rate due to traffic injuries is considerable in Iran particularly during the last decade along with the industrialization process. The present study considered the trend of traffic injuries leading to death in Iran for a period of seven-years which started from Marc...

The genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) was studied from northern Iran. Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011. A total of 13 species and identified, which six are recorded for the first time Iran: M. cebes Nixon, 1970, docilis eremitus Reinhard, 1880, kaszabi Papp, 1980, pallidipennis Tobias, 1964 varipes (Ruthe, 1860). Two new recor...