The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of positive patch test reaction to different contact allergens according to patients age, sex, occupation and clinical features. Between 1999 and 2003, patch testing was performed in 3,293 patients with respective clinical diagnoses. Patch testing was done by the standard technique proposed by the International Contact Dermatitis Research Grou...

background: sociodemographic characteristics of nurses who work in hospitals may impact on their quality of life. this study aimed to assess the relationship between quality of life of nursing staff with chronic nonspecific low back and their sociodemographic characteristics.   materials and methods: this study was a cross section study. a total of 119 nurses were participated in this study. th...

results the mean age of the respondents was 52.27 years (sd = 3.84). the average scores of their vasomotor, psychosocial, physical, and sexual dimensions were 3.86, 2.30, 2.44, and 1.35, respectively. sociodemographic dimensions, such as smaller age, being married, having a lower education level, and having a higher number of children, were related to sexual symptoms. vasomotor symptoms were re...

Background: Infertility about half of the men. Some factors affecting infertility is related to genetic and environmental factors. This study examined demographic characteristics of men with infertility were referred to the Shariati Hospital Infertility Clinic. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. 200 eligible patients were enrolled with written consent Face-to-face interview...

Maxime Lenormand, Thomas Louail, 3 Oliva G. Cantú-Ros, Miguel Picornell, Ricardo Herranz, Juan Murillo Arias, Marc Barthelemy, 6 Maxi San Miguel, and José J. Ramasco Instituto de F́ısica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Campus UIB, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA-CNRS (URA 2306), F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Géographie-Cités, CNRS-Pari...

INTRODUCTION Most epidemiological studies of skin cancer have been performed in countries with very different population and geographic characteristics to Spain. Investigation of this disease in the Spanish population would therefore be of interest. METHOD Over a 12-month period, this prospective study recorded the types of skin cancer in consecutive patients who attended a dermatology clinic...

Understanding the sociodemographic factors that are related to adolescent health insurance status is key to unraveling the problem of those who are uninsured. Parent’s insurance status, poverty and family income, who adolescents live with, race and ethnicity, parent’s marital status and education, region and residence, and parent’s work status, and employment characteristics are all related to ...