background opium addiction is a major issue amongst burn-patients in iran. a few studies have addressed interactions between burn and addiction. objectives the aim of the present study was to compare mortality and morbidity between addicted and non-addicted patients with burn injuries. patients and methods this research was a prospective paired matched-cohort study that was conducted from octob...

background children that livingwith addicted parents are at risk for intentionally and unintentionally poisoning. present study aimed to evaluate the effect of parental addiction on unintentional childhood poisoning. materials and methods: totally, 140 admitted children with poisoning in loghman hospital, tehran-iran, as referral center were recruited from march 2013 to july 2014. cases were ma...

gluten associated disorders and the question around these associations has recently attracted attentions of many health professionals. this is because of high prevalence of undiagnosed gluten related disorders presenting with a multitude of symptoms and complications inside and outside small bowel. while the environmental factors associated with a complex genetics are leading to destructions of...

doubtlessly one of the major problems in iran is drug abuse or substance abuse. the transmission of hiv/aids has made the problem so complicated that has created an urgent need for a campaign against this awful phenomenon. the objective of this study-that was carried out through the cross-sectional method- is considering the situation of the addict death and the related factors. the target popu...

background: in asia pacific (ap) region, the exact picture of the alcohol use problems has remained relatively obscure. in this study, the profile of alcohol consumption and alcohol related disorders in ap countries are presented.     methods: official statistics on average alcohol consumption (alcohol per capita consumption, apc), alcohol related health variables, income group and alcohol poli...

background tramadol is an opioid analgesic indicated for the treatment of moderate and severe pains. in the case of long administration, tramadol has a potential to cause dependency, tolerance and drug abuse. objectives this study aimed to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with tramadol abuse among college students based on the theory of planned behavior (tpb) as a theoretical f...

conclusions lower agreeableness, decreased conscientiousness, higher neuroticism, diminished openness, low socio-economic status, and male sex might make university students more inclined to substance abuse. thus, it is reasonable to show the importance of these factors in tailored prevention programs. results being male sex and neuroticism had a significant positive role in predicting positive...

conclusions as literature research is one of the most important stages of research, it's better for researchers, especially substance-related disorders scholars to use different search engines with the best recall, preciseness and importance in that subject field to reach desirable results while searching and they don’t depend on just one search engine. results results have shown that the ...