BACKGROUND Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by blood-borne pathogen, hepatitis C virus (HCV). OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HCV infection and associated risk factors among addicts in drug treatment centers in Lorestan Province, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional sero-behavioral survey was given to drug addicts in the drug trea...

bachground: toxic plants are an important reason for poisoning. the responsible plants are variable in different geographic spots. some areas such as lorestan province have more variety in herbal plants because of geographic condition. because of high poisoning incidence with toxic plants and mushroom, we assessed the incidence of poisoning with mushroom and toxic plants (tattore and ricinus co...

background: in diagnostic radiology there are two reasons for measuring or estimating radiation doses to patients. firstly measurements provide a means for setting and checking standards of good practice as an aid to the optimization of patient protection. secondly estimates of the absorbed dose to tissue and organs in the patients. materials and methods: a total of 2382 patients were studied t...

abstractthe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the glass ceiling on women creative ideas working in administrative province units of lorestan state with moderating of their self-concept variable. the population of this cross-correlation, stady was all women employees of administrative province.units of lorestan state. using stratified sampling,and basis of morgan 306 persons select...

abstract zinc (zn) is an essential plant nutrient. knowledge about distribution of zn between its different chemical forms is useful in understanding the chemistry of this element in soil and also in development of soil testing procedures. the present study was conducted to obtain such information about distribution of zinc forms in 20 soil samples of lorestan province by the use of a sequentia...

objective: in soil habitats, mesostigmatic mites (acari: mesostigmata) are among the most important predators of smallarthropods and nematodes. methods: a study was carried out during 2009-2010 to identify theirfauna in khorramabad county, western iran. soil samples were taken from different regions. mites were extracted by berlese-tullgren funnel and cleared in nesbit fluid. microscopic slides...

prediction of the agricultural developmental problems has ever been one of the goals of proper agricultural development, to gain more productions from the minimum resources. the goal of this research is zoning prone area of olive cultivation with two methods: gis and genetic algorithm. also the results have been compared with the current olive cultivation areas in lorestan province and the resu...

Behrouz Ezatpour, Ali Hasanvand, Mehdi Azami, Hossein Mahmoudvand, Khatereh Anbari Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran Lorestan Veterinary Organization Office, Khorramabad, Iran Skin Disease and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Kerman...