cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is an endemic disease in iran that is caused by leishmania parasite and transmits to human by phelebotumus sand flies. the lysis of the skin cells occurs by the parasite with the presentation of a dry sore in the rural areas and a wet sore in the urban areas. in this study, the frequency and epidemiologic parameters of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients were studied i...

background exclusive breastfeeding as the most important part of children's lifeline has the most efficacy in health promotion and prevention of diseases in children. several lines of evidence emphasis on positive effects of breastfeeding on physical and mental child growth. the aim of this study was determinate prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and related factors in children attending hea...

Background & Aims of the Study: Air pollution is currently one most important industry challenges for countries. Much progress has been made in modeling air pollution, which AERMOD model, based on Gaussian model. This study investigates temporal changes NO2 , SO2 and CO pollutants emitted from stack turbines gas furnaces Maroon oil facilities Omidieh City, Iran. Materials Methods: First, co...

exposure to welding gases can cause health adverse effects. risk assessment is a useful tool for good assessment of exposed workers. the purpose of this study was to determine the risk levels for exposed welders to welding gases. welders (n=239) were selected from iranian natural gas transmission pipelines industry from four regions in iran including assaluyeh, omidieh, loshan, and borujen. ozo...

introduction regional inequality on social and economic grounds is one of the important obstacle in economic development. thus, one of the main issues for policy making and planning in designing a comprehensive social and economic plan is the balanced development in different regions. the recognition of each region situation in relation to other cases is a necessary factor in decreasing inequal...

introduction: the early blight of tomato caused by alternaria alternata is one of the most important and destructive diseases in khuzestan province. study genetic structure of a. alternata populations provides different levels of information in the management of early blight disease in tomato farms. short sequence repeat (ssr) markers were used to determine the genetic structure and estimate ge...