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Eating disorders risk and its relation to self-esteem and body image in Iranian university students of medical sciences.
(2016)
Eating disorders are rapidly increasing in young adults. But, a few studies have examined the risk of eating disorders and body image in university students of non-Western societies. The current study aimed to assess eating ...
Estimating Economic Burden of Cancer Deaths Attributable to Smoking in Iran.
(2015)
There is a broad consensus among health policy-makers that smoking has a significant impact on both heath system and society. The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic burden of major cancer deaths caused by ...
Lack of influence of TP53 Arg72Pro and 16bp duplication polymorphisms on risk of breast cancer in Iran.
(2015)
TP53 is assumed to be a very important tumour suppressor gene, as illustrated by recent reports that have shown effects of its polymorphisms on breast cancer risk. Arg72Pro and PIN3(16bp duplication) polymorphisms are ...
Return to work and its relation to financial distress among Iranian cancer survivors.
(2015)
Return to work after treatment completion is important for both cancer survivors and society. Financial distress is one of the factors that may influence the return to work in cancer survivors. However, this relationship ...
A pilot study of synbiotic supplementation on breast milk mineral concentrations and growth of exclusively breast fed infants.
(2015)
Despite the crucial role of breast milk mineral contents for health and growth of the infants, they decrease with the duration of lactation. So, this pilot study aimed to determine the effects of synbiotic supplementation ...
Serum and tissue endothelin-1 are independent from intima-media thickness of peripheral arteries in patients with chronic kidney disease.
(2015)
We aimed to study the relationship of peripheral arteries' atherosclerosis with serum and tissue endothelin-1 in chronic kidney disease patients.Ninety patients were enrolled, including 35 patients with chronic kidney ...
Analysis of PTPN22 C1858T gene polymorphism in cases with type 1 diabetes of Azerbaijan, Northwest Iran.
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a T-cell mediated autoimmune multifactorial disease. The PTPN22 gene encodes an intracellular lymphoid-specific phosphatase (Lyp) that has been shown to play a negative regulatory role in T cell ...
Iranian cancer patient perceptions of prognosis and the relationship to hope.
(2014)
The aim of this study was to investigate Iranian cancer patient perceptions of their prognosis, factors that influence perceptions of prognosis and the effect this has on patient level of hope.Iranian cancer patients (n=200) ...
Effect of hemodialysis on pulmonary function tests and plasma endothelin levels.
(2014)
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a complex illness that involves different organs including the lungs. We studied the pulmonary function tests, arterial blood gases (ABG) and plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels to check ...
Prevalence of exfoliative toxin A and B genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical specimens.
The pathogenicity of Staphylococcus aureus is based on the production of various virulence factors. The frequency of these factors can markedly differ according to the geographical region.In this study, we investigated the ...