1National Reference Laboratory of Iran, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, Biochemistry Trace Elements Analysis Laboratory, Bou-Ali Hospital, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran (Correspondence to M. Aliasgharpour: [email protected]). 2Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. Received: 09/02/04; accepted: 17/...

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between urbanization and risk factors of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) according to the World Health Organization stepwise approach to surveillance of NCDs. This study is part of a NCD risk factor surveillance of 10 069 individuals in all provinces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, aged over 20 years, during 2011. By utilizing 2011 census da...

Context: The millennium development goals (MDG) are global committed efforts to provide anti-poverty and disparity document. During the past 15 years and based on MDGs, nearly all countries have made efforts to achieve its related goals. Therefore, the current narrative review aimed to analyze the MDGs’ challenge and achievements with the focus on Islamic Republic of Iran. Evidence Acquisition:...

in this paper we try to give a description of the juridical status of religious minorities, muslim or otherwise, in the constitution of the islamic republic of iran. we also deal with the question of whether non-muslim minorities are free to perform their religious practices and the extent of their freedom.

several differing figures exist pertaining to the boarders and boundaries of the islamic republic of iran, with different computed areas. therefore, based on the geographical forces, mission and organization, with the aim of preventing any disagreements, taking relative consensus, scientific literature, research and development into consideration, it is proposed for the first time to determine ...

health impact assessment (hia) is a relatively young field of endeavour, and hence, future progress will depend on the planning, implementation and rigorous evaluation of additional hias of projects, programmes and policies the world over. in the june 2014 issue of the international journal of health policy and management, fakhri and colleagues investigated underlying principles of hia through ...

BACKGROUND In this study, the nature of food commercials in children's television (TV) was monitored and analyzed; simultaneously, the relationship between recalling TV food commercials and children's interest in them and in the consumption of the same food products was evaluated. METHODS A total of 108 h children's programs broadcast on two channels (Two and Amouzesh) of Islamic Republic of ...

1Department of Physiology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, IR Iran 2Department Of Biology, Qom branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, IR Iran 3Department of chemistry, Qom branch, Islamic Azad university, Qom, IR Iran *Corresponding author: Ramesh Ahmadi, Department of chemistry, Qom branch, Islamic Azad university of Qom, 15 Khordad St, Qom, IR Iran. Tel:+98-2537780001, Fax:+982137770...

The Islamic Revolution of Iran has included symbolic aspects. The fundamental question of the article is that, what are the symbolic aspects of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and why the Islamic Republic of Iran has used these features to influence Islamic countries? Since the bearers of the word and the symbolic goods have the most legitimacy in social and political fields, this revolution has...