background: radon (222rn) measurement in the residential environments is very important because of its effecting on human health and causing cancer in the respiratory system. 222rn is individually responsible for half of the natural radiation received in humans and influences on human by breathing. hence, this study was undertaken to access the 222rn level in the dormitories of kerman universit...

In table 1 I report mean values of selected student characteristics that are determined prior to university attendance, separately by tracking/random assignment period and by dormitory/non-dormitory status. I report p-values from testing if these means are equal across dormitory students in the tracking and random assignment periods (column 4) and across non-dormitory students in the tracking a...

this research was designed to investigate the eating disorders among the female students residing in the dormitory of kermanshah university of medical sciences. in this cross sectional research, 578 of female students residing in the dormitory of kermanshah university of medical sciences were chosen by stratified random sampling. based on the eating disorders diagnosis scale, (0.2%) of the part...

Background Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a frequent, costly, and potentially disabling gastrointestinal disorder. Medical education is among the most challenging and the most stressful education, and this may predispose to high rates of IBS. Objective To determine the prevalence and predictors of IBS among medical students and interns in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Meth...

the increase in substance abuse among youths and its complications form one of the most pressing health problems among students as an important and vulnerable group in society. the purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude of dormitory students of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences  regarding substance abuse in 2013. this is a descriptive-analytic cross sectional...

Background: Radon (222Rn) Measurement in the residential environments is very important because of its effecting on human health and causing cancer in the respiratory system. 222Rn is individually responsible for half of the natural radiation received in humans and influences on human by breathing. Hence, this study was undertaken to access the 222Rn level in the dormitories of Kerman ...

background : students encounter many stressful factors during their educational time. stress can result in different physical and mental disorders such as depression. one intervention is using purposeful activity of gardening. the goal of this research is to investigate the effect of using purposeful activity (gardening) on depression of female resident in golestan dormitory of ahvaz jundishapu...

BACKGROUND National media reported a febrile illness among dormitory residents of a boys' religious school. We investigated the outbreak to identify cause. METHODS Individuals with fever (>100°F) and cough or sore throat between 1 and 13 August 2011 were influenza-like-illness (ILI) case-patients. We collected histories and specimens from hospitalized case-patients and visited campus to explo...