as the chief communication channel between eastern and western civilizations, the  silk road has played the significant role in the history of northeastern iran. the  silk road has provided a communicative way for commercial exchanges in one hand, and was in used by invader nomads in order to plunder of northeastern iran during many decades in other hand. the contacts have led to interaction be...

Background: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects 58 million people globally. The frequency of HCV in the general Iranian population is less than 0.5%; however, a concentrated epidemic was reported among who use drugs, particularly those with history drug injection. Objectives: This cross-sectional study performed to assess prevalence high-risk groups outside prison northeastern Ira...

Abstract Background The prevalence of psychiatric disorders by demographic characteristics in elderly people is poorly understood, at least the northwest Iran. We aimed to estimate various population East Azerbaijan Province, Tabriz. A total 1000 aging were randomly selected from general population. Data collected using valid structured instruments and face-to-face interviews trained psychologi...

Background: Defense mechanisms are essential to personality and behavior that help individuals deal with stress. These might act in different ways, rendering medical students caring physicians or egoistic individuals, thus, a good understanding of defense can contribute the efforts made improve psychological well-being students. Objectives: We studied prevalence generalized anxiety disorder (GA...