Background: Seasonality in suicide has been investigated from the early 19th century to explore the productive environmental variables. Seasonality studies can provide information on prevention and interventions in suicide. In this study, we examined seasonality in suicide and aimed to explore the differences in seasonality between rural and urban areas, mental disorders, and genders. Methods: ...

Background: Every year many people are killed or injured in road accidents. The first step in planning to reduce accidents is to identify the causes of accidents. This study aimed to investigate and identify the causes and factors affecting the incidence and the severity of road accidents as a major issue in Ilam Province, Iran. Materials and Methods: This research is a descriptive study with ...

BACKGROUND Suicide by aggressive physical methods such as firearms, hanging, and jumping is well known; however, different factors may influence a person while selecting a particular method. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological factors involved in the selection and use of different physical methods for suicide over a long-term period in Ilam province, Iran. METHODS The...

The north of Ilam Province in Iran has a great variety geodiversity features, and the presence resources, along with other geological geomorphological values, enriched area. purpose present study is to evaluate Province. main indices for assessing include geology, geomorphology, geomorphosites, paleontology, pedology, hydrology, mineral fossil species. In addition geodiversity, hazard maps area...

Aim The aim of this study was to obtain more accurate estimates of the liver cancer incidence rate after correcting for misclassification error in cancer registry across Iranian provinces. Background Nowadays having a thorough knowledge of geographic distribution of disease incidence has become essential for identifying the influential factors on cancer incidence. Methods Data of liver canc...

background: hydatidosis is a zoonotic disease of global prevalence. it causes considerable health problems and economic losses throughout the world, including iran. the objective of this study was to assess the current status of echinococco-sis/hydatidosis in the province of ilam (western iran). methods: from april to september 2011, 65 stray dogs were collected from urban and rural areas of il...