9 articles in this issue
Mojgan Firouzbakht,Aram Tirgar,Abbas Ebadi,Hamid Sharif Nia,Tuula Oksanen,Anne Kouvonen,Mohammad Esmaeil Riahi
Background: The workplace social capital is one of the important features of clinical work environment that improves the productivity and quality of services and safety through trust and social participation. Evaluation of workplace social capital require... see more
Carlos Alberto Ramirez,Manuel Pérez-Martinot,Delia Gil-Huayanay,Diego Urrunaga-Pastor,Vicente A Benites-Zapata
Background: Formation of pterygium has been mainly attributed to exposure to the ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Other factors such as dry weather, wind exposure and microtrauma with dust particles, have been linked to development of pterygium.Objective: To d... see more
Yi-Chieh Kuo,Francis Fu-Sheng Wu,Ying-Chung Lee,Theodore Rong-Yei Lin,Julian Crane,Robert Siebers
Betel (areca) nuts are extensively chewed in many countries. This has been associated with respiratory symptoms. We aimed to determine whether betel nut chewing is associated with acute changes in fractional exhaled nitric oxide, a non-invasive marker of ... see more
Hwee-Soo Jeong
Background: Metabolic syndrome, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, is recognized as an important health problem.Objective: To investigated whether the workplace environment was associated with metabolic syndrome.Methods: This stu... see more
Iraj Alimohammadi,Fakhradin Ahmadi Kanrash,Jamileh Abolghasemi,Hanieh Afrazandeh,Kazem Rahmani
Background: Noise pollution is one of the important harmful physical factors in work environment in developed and developing countries. It not only causes a variety of physiological effects, but also accounts for psychological disorders.Objective: To inve... see more
Hamed Jalilian,Masoud Neghab,Mohsen Tatar,Shekoufeh Taheri
Background: Recently concern has been raised regarding possible health effects resulting from exposure of a group of pesticide retailers to chemicals they handle.Objective: To investigate the prevalence of respiratory and dermal symptoms, as well as bioma... see more
Farrokh Habibzadeh
[No abstract available]