BACKGROUND Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is a worldwide public health problem. In Nepal, the prevalence of HBV is found to be low (0.9%), although high prevalence (≥8%) of HBV infection is depicted among subgroup/population in the mountain region by various studies. This study assessed the prevalence and the risk of HBV infection among mothers, as well as among the youngest child under 5 ye...

A large proportion of two parent households transition into single parent households upon marital disruption. Single parent households, especially female headed households face an increase in the risk of poverty. This study focuses on whether widow status in India influences the likelihood of household headship in India. This study is based on the most recent National Family Health Survey 1998-...

1 Department of Radiology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2 Radiotherapy Physics Unit, Radiotherapy Department, Namazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3 Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 4 Department of Nuclear Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiraz Universi...

aSchool of Medicine, Shiraz University of medical science, Shiraz, Iran. bSchool of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. cNamazi hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Copyright © 2017 by School of Pharmacy Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Rese...

1. Medical Physics Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2. Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3. Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 4. Tangestan Health Network, Bushehr University of Medical Sci...

1Department of Midwifery, Maternal–fetal Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2Department of Midwifery, Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Centre, Fatemeh Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Student Research Committee, Facu...

Study of Pulsatile Non-Newtonian Blood Flow Through Abdominal Aorta and Renal Arteries Incorporating FluidStructure Interaction Mortazavinia Z.1, Goshtasbi Rad E.2, Emdad H.3, Sharifkazemi M. B.4, Zare A.5, Mehdizadeh A. R.*6 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, ÉcolePolytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada 2School of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 3School of Mecha...

emigration and cultural differences in host countries is the cause of the mental disorders increase in emigrants. the purpose of the present study was to assess the mental health status of afghan emigrants living in shiraz. in this study 81 afghan emigrants were selected randomly and were assessed by the general health questionnaire (ghq-2b). data were analyzed using hest, x2, pearson correlati...