Heavy metals have the properties of biological accumulation, toxicity and environmental stability, hence consumption of drinking water containing heavy metals can jeopardize human health. One of these heavy metals is cadmium that its long-term exposure causes kidney diseases, osteoporosis, cancer and cardiovascular disease. In this cross-sectional study which was conducted in Minab, 100 samples...

as special depositional environments which are adjacent to the seas, deltas have provided a field for human habitat establishment. geomorphic features of deltas are in constant transformation due to their dynamic features. constructing dams on rivers can intensify these changes and cause either negative or positive consequences. minab delta in hormozgan province of iran is a round or crescent-s...

the prevalence of various intestinal helminthiasis have been determined by the examination of 8109 inhabitants of 20 villages located in the mountainous and coastal regions of the bandar abbas and minab areas in southern iran. a portion of people infected with each parasite were treated with the appropriate drug i and the worms expelled were collected, identified and counted. the results indica...

This study was conducted to determine Pb (Pb) and Cd (Cd) concentrations in the liver and muscle of Platycephalus indicus (flathead) in Minab, Qeshm Island and Khamir Port in the Northeastern Persian Gulf. Moreover, the influences of season (winter and summer) and target tissue (liver and muscle) on the Pb and Cd concentrations in flathead were investigated and compared with FAO/WHO standards f...

a one year faunistic study was carried out in minab area, starting january 1982, to investigate the possible hazards of the newly constructed minab dam in increasing the mosquito transmitted diseases. in view of this, a baseline data was gathered by sampling 4th instar mosquito larvae from different kinds of breeding sites, present in minab area as well as the 4 districts surrounding it. in thi...

Fashion and mode among the youth is a kind of social values and trends. Parentship conflict and generation gap make a great distance between parents and children. This paper tries to study the high school girls attitudes toward fashion in Minab. The present survey uses theories frameworks like, Bourdiou, Zimel and Veblen. More than 312 high-school girls were analyzed as sample group in Minab. T...