conclusions due to the high rate of self-immolations in this area, solutions for improvement of life quality and social norms should be reviewed and implemented. results 350 self-immolations resulting in death were reported in this study; these subjects were 16-25 years old, 67.25% female, 63.55% elementary school education, 74.20% married, 69.10% housewife, 61.05% resident of saravan, 93.35% o...

introduction: as a result of aging process, oral mucosa becomes susceptible to oral diseases. having knowledge about prevalence and distribution of geriatric oral diseases is essential for prevention and treatment planning. this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of geriatric patients' oral biopsies in specimens obtained in medical centers of zahedan university of medical sciences. methods:...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) describes itself as " an independent federal agency that conducts foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the United States " (http://www.usaid.gov). The explicit nationalism in this mission statement raises a problem that stretches far beyond any particular ideology: How should the...

background elimination of suicide attempts is impossible, but they can be reduced dramatically by an organized planning. the present study aimed to survey the suicide trends in fars province (iran), during 2004-2009 to better understand the prevalence and status of suicide.   methods this survey was a cross-sectional study. the demographic data were collected from the civil status registry betw...

In this issue of the Journal, two different articles present epidemiologic evidence supporting the hypotheses that environmental exposures to particulate air pollution or higher temperatures modestly increase the risk of preterm birth. In this commentary, the author discusses environmental epidemiologic methods through the lens of these two papers with respect to the causal question, measuremen...

The overall trend of cancer mortality in Japan has been decreasing since the 1960s (agestandardized death rates for ages 30-69), some 20-30 years earlier than in other industrialized countries. Cancer mortality was heavily influenced by Japanese post-war economic recovery, which led to improved living conditions and better control of some common forms of cancer (stomach, cervical) largely cause...