background: 7-lif: mg,cu,p (gr-207a) is one kind of thermo-luminescent dosimeters (tld) which can be used in diagnostic radiology and radiotherapy applications. because of having suitable properties such as good sensitivity, small size and being tissue equivalent, thermo-luminescent dosimetry has been one of the most important techniques in medicine over many years. choosing a correct energy fo...

the arthroscopic study of knee joint is of outstanding interest in assessment of knee complaints. the present article describes the results of arthroscopic examination of 100 patients (mean age 29.4 years 82% male) evaluated from 1996 to 1997 in imam khomeini hospital of tehran. sport injury was the most prevalent cause of referral (40%). the 2 most frequent complaints were knee pain (94%) and ...

Correlation analysis of mid-arm circumference (MAC), weight-for-age and weight-for-height obtained from 807 Malay preschool children aged 12-71 months show that MAC had a relatively low correlation with weight-for-age (r = 0.59, P < 0.001) and weight-for-height (r = 0.63, P< 0.001). MAC percentiles and sensitioity-specificity analysis indicate that when weight-for-age and weight-for-height were...