to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory diseases (WHO, 2011). Smoking is known as one of the main risk factors of cardiovascular diseases (Ezzati et al., 2005; Norum, 2005; WHO, 2011; Eriksen et al., 2012). World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that about 6 million people die annually from smoking. If current mortality trends continue, it will rise to more ...

Correction to: Effect of Motivational Interviewing, Dietary Advice, and Physical Activity on Fetal-Neonatal Outcome in Pregnant Women with Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial Farideh Mohsenzadeh-ledari1,  Zahra Motaghi2,  Ziba Taghizadeh3,  Afsaneh Keramat4,  Ali Najafi5, Mahmood Moosazadeh6, Shahla Yazdani7 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of N...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy is a worldwide problem. Studies have reported prevalence ranged 18-84% in pregnant women. Receiving adequate calcium and vitamin D during pregnancy period is necessary for calcium homeostasis, fetal growth and bone mineralization. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women and their neon...

background: burn injuries and their complications are still considered major threats to society’s health standards. the aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological profile, outcome, and factors associated with children’s burn injuries in shahroud (northeastern iran). methods: this cross-sectional study was performed over a three-year period (2013–2015) on children 12 years and under w...

Samples were collected from different regions of two provinces, Markazi and Semnan, their contamination by Aspergillus flavus was examined. The results of A. flavus colony counts in different samples of almond showed that among 20 experimented samples, 11 samples were contaminated by fungus; therefore, 8 cultivars of almond, Shahroud 6, Shahroud 21, Shahroud 12, Shahroud 8, Shahroud 17, Rabie, ...

BACKGROUND In this study we aimed to find factors affecting vasectomy acceptability in Shahroud (north eastern Iran). METHODS This study was carried out in three stages. The first stage was a survey of couples that had the vasectomy procedure during 2004-2007 in the Shahroud area. In the second stage of the study we compared characteristics of the cases (the couples who had the vasectomy proc...

BACKGROUND Precise assessment of the prevalence of illicit drug use, face various methodological challenges. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of illicit drug use among students studying at Universities in Shahroud (Northeast of Iran) through crosswise method. PATIENTS AND METHODS Participants of this cross-sectional study were 1646 students at Universities in...