Introduction : Preterm delivery is defined as delivery before 37 weeks of gestation, approximately two-thirds of infant deaths in the first year of life is involved and is still considered as one of the major health problems. Incidence of preterm delivery in different studies mentioned , this study determined the frequency of this type of delivery in women admitted to health centers of Mashhad ...

background: there are millions of working children worldwide. several causes are suggested for this social evil of which poverty plays a significant role in whether a child will work. objective: to determine the morbidity profile in the working children of gem polishing units of jaipur, india and assess some of its associated socio-economic factors. methods: the present cross-sectional study in...

background: children and adolescent smoking is one of the most important health problems in the world. there is a major concern that child labor may generate a pseudo maturity syndrome, including smoking.the current survey focus on smoking behavior, knowledge and attitude of child labor are working in tehran. m aterials and methods: the study adopted a cross-sectional design, based on a primary...

background: this study aimed to calculate the child labor rate and establish the factors affecting this phenomenon in the less developed provinces of iran. methods: this study has used the secondary data of population and housing census gathered by iranian statistical center in 2011. the data belonged to 14859 children between 10 and 14 of 9 less developed provinces of iran. a multiple regressi...

Child Labor and Household Wealth: Theory and Empirical Evidence of an Inverted-U Some studies on child labor have shown that greater land wealth leads to higher child labor, thereby casting doubt on the hypothesis that child labor is caused by poverty. This paper argues that the missing ingredient is an explicit modeling of the labor market. We develop a simple model which suggests an inverted-...