BACKGROUND Iran has a uniquely catastrophic status for road traffic injury incidence and fatality. The elderly account for a substantial number of the hospitalizations and fatalities due to traffic injuries. The aim of this study was to investigate the crash mechanisms and medical outcomes of traffic fatalities among the elderly in East Azerbaijan province of Iran during the period 2006-2016. ...

Aim The aim of this study was to obtain more accurate estimates of the liver cancer incidence rate after correcting for misclassification error in cancer registry across Iranian provinces. Background Nowadays having a thorough knowledge of geographic distribution of disease incidence has become essential for identifying the influential factors on cancer incidence. Methods Data of liver canc...

Three new eriophyid species (Phyllocoptinae), Shevtchenkella denticulata sp. n., Notallus pestehae sp. n. and Echinacrus ruthenicus sp. n., were described from Eryngium thyrsoideum Boiss. (Apiaceae), Pistacia vera L. (Anacardiaceae) and Lycium ruthenicum Murray (Solanaceae), respectively. All the three new species were collected from southwest of the East Azerbaijan province, Iran in 2011. It i...

OBJECTIVES To determine the epidemiology of injuries of the motorcyclists in road traffic accidents (RTIs) between 2008 and 2014 in East Azarbayejan province of Iran. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in East Azerbaijan province in Imam Reza hospital on motorcyclists subjected to injuries in RTIs between 2008 and 2014. Demographic characteristics (age, sex), duration of hospitaliz...

background and purpose: birth outcomes and fertility measures are commonly evaluated in maternal and child health integrated program (mchip) in the field of public health. given the key role of time- trend study in the projection of current data to the future, this population-based study aimed to describe the significant changes of birth outcomes and fertility measures in the rural population o...

Background & Aims: Cancer is a major public health problem in many countries of the world and the third leading cause of death in developing countries. The most frequently diagnosed cancers in females and males are breast and lung cancers respectively. The aim of this study was to investigate the pattern of age distribution and the frequency of different cancers in East Azerbaijan province duri...

A Competency Model for the Training and Development Administrators of Local Government Organizations East Azerbaijan Province

Monitoring and Health Risk Assessment of Nitrate in Drinking Water Rural Urban Areas Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran