Background and Purposes: Several indices are involved in determining the levels of development in a country or a region. Among them, the most important is believed to be the health equity. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of health equity in selected cities in Mazandaran province, Iran, 2014. Materials and Methods: A descriptive-analytic research was carried out in five citi...

  According to importance of education and training of semi-skilled labors for employing in various production and services sectors and also importance of pre and post researches on performance of such training, this research aimed to evaluate the entrepreneurship of agricultural specialized training in the technical and vocational training organization according to the standards of the In...

Background and purpose: Metabolic syndrome or X syndrome is a term that refer to a set of metabolic abnormalities including insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia and central or visceral obesity. There is a high prevalence and increased risk of atherosclerotic disease and mortality. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Health Network personnel i...

Background and purpose: Head and neck cancers are amongst the most common cancers in the world with increasing incidence rate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life in patients with head and neck cancers in Babolsar, Iran 2016-2017. Materials and methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 65 patients with head and neck cancers attending Babolsar Shahid...

Background and purpose: Beta-thalassemia is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by reduction or complete absence of beta-globin gene expression. This study aimed to find out and determine the spectrum of beta-globin gene mutations and especially rare mutation in beta-carrier couple in Babolsar, north region of Iran. This is very important in perinatal diagnosis of thalassemia. Materia...

Introduction and purpose: Lifestyle is one of the most important factors affecting the quality of life, including cardiovascular diseases. Regarding this, the aim of this study was to investigate the association of abdominal obesity with demographic factors and cardiovascular fitness in Babolsar, Iran. Methods: This study was conducted on 150 women and men residing in Babol...

One of the major issues in the contemporary world is climate change. The behavior and characteristics of parameters affecting climate change can cause them to be seen and hidden. As one of the effective ways to detect overt and covert behaviors for periodic climatic data series, Spectral analysis can be used. It is the analysis of each of the wavelengths series, making this behavior clear. Acco...

Background and purpose: Pesticides are used in agriculture to increase crop production. Organophosphate pesticides are used more than other pesticides since they are inexpensive and more influential on a wide range of pests. Fish containing pesticides have significant human health consequences. In this study, three types of most consumed fish in the Caspian Sea were evaluated for Diazinon organ...