Jos HM Schippers, Alvina G Lai, Bernd Mueller-Roeber and Paul P Dijkwel* Department of Molecular Biology; Institute of Biochemistry and Biology; University of Potsdam; Potsdam-Golm, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology; Potsdam-Golm, Germany; Institute of Fundamental Sciences; Massey University; Palmerston North, New Zealand Current Affiliation: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rah...

OBJECTIVES The main objective of this study is to assess the Breastfeeding Duration, Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration and other related factors among children aged less than 5 years old in rural areas of Northern Iran. METHODS This is a descriptive cross-sectional conducted on 2520 children aged 6-60 months (male: 1309, female: 1211) chosen by cluster random sampling from 20 out of 118 villag...

1Heath Information Management Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, IR Iran 2Department of Librarianship and Medical Information Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Department of Librarianship and Medical Information Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Cent...

1 School of Science, Monash University Sunway Campus, Jalan Lagoon Selatan 46150, Bandar Sunway, Selangor DE, Malaysia 2 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3 Malaysia Genome Institute, Jalan Bangi 43000 Kajang, Selangor DE, Malaysia 4 School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan...

BACKGROUND Zinc deficiency is an important problem in children, especially in developing countries. Zinc supplements have beneficial effects on multiple factors, including treatment of growth retardation and hypogonadism, and they can be used as therapeutic and prophylactic agents against infection in children. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of zinc deficiency in 6-month to 12-year-old...

House dust mites have been shown to be strongly associated with allergic respiratory diseases such as, bronchial asthma, rhinitis and atopic dermatitis in the world. The climatic conditions of Bandar-Abbas, which is located in a coastal area and has a humid subtropical climate, provide a suitable place to proliferate mites. The aim of this study was to determine the contamination rate and analy...

The Bandar Bushehr, Iran earthquake of April 9, 2013 gravely illustrates how disaster-prone areas of the world are compounding their risk of disaster and major public health emergencies when there is a geographical convergence of natural and technological hazards. Scientists must emphasize to policy makers that ever-increasing regional industrialization and the broader introduction of nuclear f...