The cost effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Iran.

Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhea leading to hospitalization or disease-specific death among young children. Effective vaccines have recently been approved and successful vaccination program implemented. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost effectiveness of mass rotavirus vaccination program in Iran.

Evaluation of cause of deaths' validity using outcome measures from a prospective, population based cohort study in Tehran, Iran.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of cause of death stated in death certificates in Tehran using outcome measures of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS), an ongoing prospective cohort study.

Methods: The cohort was established in 1999 in a population of 15005 people, 3 years old and over, living in Tehran; 3551 individuals were added to this population three years later. As part of cohort's outcome measures, deaths occurring in the cohort are investigated by a panel of medical specialists (Cohort Outcome Panel--COP) and underlying cause of death is determined for each death.

Cost of care for lung cancer in the first year after diagnosis in Iran.

Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the cost of lung cancer treatment in the first year after diagnosis in Iran.

Materials And Methods: Patients from two referral hospitals providing all lines of treatment to cancer patients in Tehran were sampled. The direct cost included the costs that patients and other payer' s (insurance, NGO's, or other source of payment services) paid for the services received since their first confirmed diagnosis of cancer for the duration of one year.

The state of cancer epidemiology curricula in postgraduate schools worldwide.

The study aimed to describe the cancer epidemiology curricula in postgraduate schools worldwide. Using a stepwise approach, information on the cancer epidemiology curricula were abstracted through an internet search of medical or public heath schools worldwide. The common scientific outline (a scholarly developed classification of cancer-related topics) was used to describe the extents that cancer epidemiology and its scientific domains are incorporated into postgraduate degrees in the epidemiology.

Estimating the incidence of leukemia attributable to occupational exposure in Iran.

Objective: The aim this study was to estimate the fraction of leukemia incidence in Iran attributable to occupational exposure to benzene, ionizing radiation, and ethylene oxide.

Methods: Nationwide exposure to each of these leukemogens was estimated using workforce data available at the ILO (International Labor Organization) website. The prevalence of exposure to leukemogens in each industry was estimated using exposure data from the CAREX (CARcinogen EXposure) database.

Estimating the incidence of lung cancer attributable to occupational exposure in Iran.

Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the fraction of lung cancer incidence in Iran attributed to occupational exposures to the well-established lung cancer carcinogens, including silica, cadmium, nickel, arsenic, chromium, diesel fumes, beryllium, and asbestos.

Methods: Nationwide exposure to each of the mentioned carcinogens was estimated using workforce data from the Iranian population census of 1995, available from the International Labor Organization (ILO) website. The prevalence of exposure to carcinogens in each industry was estimated using exposure data from the CAREX (CARcinogen EXposure) database, an international occupational carcinogen information system kept and maintained by the European Union.