Abstract Context Evidence-based knowledge is crucial for place-based production and learning towards sustainable landscapes through stewardship integrated spatial planning. Objectives We focus on the landscape service concept as a tool, three fundamental challenges its use: (1) how to monitor benefits provided by different landscapes; (2) demonstrate trade-offs synergies among in landscape; (3)...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a public health problem that has raised concern worldwide. Numerous epidemiological studies have been showed the relationship between obesity, abdominal fatness and risk of a wide range of illnesses (i.e. diabetes). Obese people experience health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) impairments. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of BMI on Quality of Life, amon...

The aim of this study was to assess Knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacists regarding oral healthcare and oral hygiene products in Qazvin, Iran. This is a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study conducted in Qazvin, Iran. The study group was included of 147 pharmacists who recruited to participate in this study. A self-administered structured validated closed-ended questionnair...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Airborne fungi are one of the most important agents responsible for triggering allergicreactions such as rhinitis and severe asthma. This study was conducted to analyze and monitor the prevalence and distribution patterns of atmospheric fungal aerosols in the air of Qazvin during winter of 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the current descriptive study, the incidence and d...

BACKGROUND Evidence shows that mental disorders among adolescents are associated with suicide, drug abuse, acute infectious diseases and low educational performances. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of depression and anxiety and their associations with body mass index (BMI) among high school students in Qazvin, Iran in 2013-2014. METHODS A descriptive and analytical cross-sectional st...

OBJECTIVES We conducted this study to assess the seroprevalence of Varicella zoster virus (VZV) antibodies in a group of Iranian medical sciences students that were at risk of Varicella and the value of self-reported history as a predictor of immunity. MATERIAL AND METHODS 255 medical, nursing and obstetrics students who had not entered as a student or worked in a hospital from 3 different sc...

BACKGROUND The Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire-50 (NOSACQ-50) was developed by a team of Nordic occupational safety researchers based on safety climate and psychological theories. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Persian version of NOSACQ-50 and assess the score of safety climate on a group of workers in a steel company in Iran. METHODS The Persian version of NOSACQ-5...

The Influence of Structural Setting and Lithology on Landslide Type Pattern in Qazvin-Rasht Freeway

A. Karimi, F. Golbabaei, M. Neghab, M. R. Mehrnia, K. Mohammad, M. R. Pourmand, and A. Nikpey Occupational Health Department, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Occupational Health Department, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Occupational Health Department, School of Public Health and Nutrition, Shiraz University of...