Volume 1, Issue 1

Effectiveness of Tobacco Control Measures in Reducing Tobacco Use among Adolescents and Young Adults in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

De Silva, Waduarachchige Don Aruna Shantha (Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2012-12-01)

Background: Sri Lanka became a signatory to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in September 2003 and ratified in November 2003. Aiming to reduce tobacco burden in Sri Lanka, National Authority on ...
Snakebite Prognostic Factors: Leading Factors of Weak Therapeutic Response Following Snakebite Envenomation

Dadpour, Bita؛ Shafahi, Azam؛ Monzavi, Seyed؛ Zavar, Abbas؛ Afshari, Reza؛ Khoshdel, Ali (Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2012-12-01)

Background: The goal of antivenom administration for snake-bitten patients is to achieve therapeutic response (initial control), which means reversal of the venom-induced effects through neutralizing the venom. ...