1Department of Basic Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Medical Basic Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Sina Hospital, Te...

Sina Ebrahimi, Alireza Ghoreifi, Behnam Shakiba, Arash Azaripour, Hamid Deldadeh, Amir Reza Elahian, Mazaher Hadi, Parvin Emadi, Hamed Rajaee, Mehdi Dehghani, Lily Nosraty. Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; Urology Department, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Students’ Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I...

1Department of Iranian Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Anesthesiology, Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine (RICM), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, IR Iran 4The Research Institute fo...

Mehdi Ghazanfari, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran Adel Alaeddini, Corresponding Author, Adel Alaeddini, Ph.D. student, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran Kazem Noghondarian, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Sci...

1Department of Molecular Biology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Bacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; 3Department of Microbial Biotechnology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; 4Infectious Diseases ward, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 5Infectious Diseases ward...

BACKGROUND Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are human-made chemicals widely spread in the environment and produced by petrochemical industries and petroleum refineries. The aim of this research was to evaluate the distribution of VOCs in the ambient air of Mahshahr Petrochemical Complex, Iran. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional research performed in 2009. We used the method numbered 15...

BACKGROUND & AIMS The presence of pathogenic microorganisms in the dust storm can cause diseases such as Asthma, Pneumonia, and respiratory infections. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between air-borne particles with airborne microorganisms in normal and dusty days in Sanandaj, a city located in the west of Iran. MATERIALS & METHODS Air sampling was conducted during th...

Characterizing the spatial variation of traffic-related air pollution has been and is a long-standing challenge in quantitative environmental health impact assessment of urban transportation planning. Advanced approaches are required for modeling complex relationships among traffic, air pollution, and adverse health outcomes by considering uncertainties in the available data. A new hybrid fuzzy...

A self-efficacy instrument should be condition-specific. There are several instruments for measuring self-efficacy, but none are air pollution-specific. This study aimed to develop a self-efficacy measure for assessing pregnant women's responses to air pollution hazards. A random sample of pregnant women aged between 18 and 35 years attending three prenatal care centers were entered into the st...

The present study aimed to investigate the applicability of Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) as an innovative and science-based index in public health researches, in occupational heat stress assessment. All indoor and outdoor workers (200 people) of Brick industries of Shahroud, Iran participated in the research. First, the environmental variables such as air temperature, wet-bulb tempera...