Publications by authors named "Farideh Pourtaghi"

Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the world's most common etiology of chronic liver disease. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we estimated the prevalence of NAFLD in the Iranian children and adult population.

Methods: A comprehensive search of five international databases, including PubMed, ISI/WOS, ProQuest, Scopus, and Google Scholar, was done from inception to Nov 2022.

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 Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the main risk factors affecting people's health and wellbeing in the workplace. Analysing NIHL and consequently controlling the causing factors can significantly affect the improvement of working environments. Methods: One hundred and twelve male sailors participated in this study.

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Background: hand-arm vibration is one of the typical annoying physical factors. Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is a disorder caused by vibrating working tools which vibrate hands beyond the threshold. Long-term HAVS may result in damage to blood vessels, chronic numbness in the fingers, bone injury, and muscular weakness.

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