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Chairman & Editor-in-Chief:
Dariush D. Farhud, MD, Ph.D., MG.
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Vol 6 No 3 (1977)
Articles
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The DMF index of 2000 school children (1000 boys, 1000 girls) 10 to 15 years old is reported. Cases were selected randomly among the school children of different schools, situated in various economic zones of Isfahan city. Almost 50000 permanent teeth have been examined for healthy, decayed (D), missed (M), and filled (F), and recorded as the DMF index. The mean DMF index of boys and girls under study was found to be 5.44 and 5.52 respectively, with an overall mean DMF index of 5.47; there was no significant difference between the DMF indices of boys and girls.
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For detection of mild to moderate degrees of malnutrition, mid- arm-head circumference ratio of 458 of low income children of Isfahan were studied. The percentage bf children with a mid-arm-head circumference ratio of above 0.310, between 0.310 and 0.280, between 0.279 and 0.250, and less than 0.250 were 31.00, 51.75, 15.28 and 1.97 respectively. A significant correlation was found between the weight of children and their ratio of arm circumference to head circumference.
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The paper is based on a study conducted in three different industries on 84.4 on their employees to determine the effect of over all noise intensity, length of employment and rest periods among them. It was found that the mentioned factors have direct effect on the induced hearing loss among the exposed workers. High noise level and long period of employment adversely affect the hearing ability while the breaks taken during daily working hours have prevented the expected defect.
