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Discrimination and Psychological Distress: Gender Differences among Arab Americans.

Frontiers in psychiatry

Assari S, Lankarani MM.
PMID: 28265246
Front Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 20;8:23. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00023. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: Despite the existing knowledge on the association between discrimination and poor mental health, very few studies have explored gender differences in this association in Arab Americans.OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed to investigate whether gender moderates the association between...

Lessons learned from past cholera epidemics, interventions which are needed today.

Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Lankarani KB, Alavian SM.
PMID: 24379835
J Res Med Sci. 2013 Aug;18(8):630-1.

No abstract available.

Liver Transplantation for Quality as well as Quantity of Life.

Hepatitis monthly

Lankarani KB.
PMID: 24348642
Hepat Mon. 2013 Oct 01;13(10):e14890. doi: 10.5812/hepatmon.14890. eCollection 2013.

No abstract available.

Stressful Life Events and Risk of Depression 25 Years Later: Race and Gender Differences.

Frontiers in public health

Assari S, Lankarani MM.
PMID: 27047914
Front Public Health. 2016 Mar 24;4:49. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00049. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: Although stressful life events (SLEs) predict subsequent risk of developing a major depressive episode (MDE), limited information exists on whether or not race and gender alters the predictive role of SLE on risk of MDE over a long-term...

Does Multi-morbidity Mediate the Effect of Socioeconomics on Self-rated Health? Cross-country Differences.

International journal of preventive medicine

Assari S, Lankarani MM.
PMID: 26445632
Int J Prev Med. 2015 Sep 03;6:85. doi: 10.4103/2008-7802.164413. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: This study explored cross-country differences in how multi-morbidity explains the effects of socioeconomic characteristics on self-rated health.METHODS: The study borrowed data from the Research on Early Life and Aging Trends and Effects. Participants were 44,530 individuals (age >...

Symptoms of anxiety and depression: A comparison among patients with different chronic conditions.

Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Bayat N, Alishiri GH, Salimzadeh A, Izadi M, Saleh DK, Lankarani MM, Assari S.
PMID: 22973345
J Res Med Sci. 2011 Nov;16(11):1441-7.

BACKGROUND: Although patients with chronic diseases are at high-risk for symptoms of anxiety and depression, few studies have compared patients with different chronic conditions in this regard. This study aimed to compare patients with different chronic medical conditions in...

The association of health-promoting lifestyle with quality of life among the Iranian elderly.

Iranian Red Crescent medical journal

Rakhshani T, Shojaiezadeh D, Lankarani KB, Rakhshani F, Kaveh MH, Zare N.
PMID: 25593729
Iran Red Crescent Med J. 2014 Sep 05;16(9):e18404. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.18404. eCollection 2014 Sep.

BACKGROUND: As individuals live a longer life, health-promoting lifestyle (HPL) becomes even more essential, particularly with regard to maintaining functional independence and improving quality of life (QoL).OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the association between QoL and HPL in...

Race and Urbanity Alter the Protective Effect of Education but not Income on Mortality.

Frontiers in public health

Assari S, Lankarani MM.
PMID: 27242992
Front Public Health. 2016 May 20;4:100. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00100. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: Although the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on mortality are well established, these effects may vary based on contextual factors such as race and place. Using 25-year follow-up data of a nationally representative sample of adults in the...

Somalia Famine, another Predictable Disaster in the New Millennium.

Iranian Red Crescent medical journal

Lankarani KB.
PMID: 22737535
Iran Red Crescent Med J. 2011 Sep;13(9):608-9. doi: 10.5812/kowsar.20741804.2311. Epub 2011 Sep 15.

No abstract available.

Mortality from Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in Iran.

Iranian Red Crescent medical journal

Gouya MM, Nabavi M, Soroush M, Haghdoust AA, Ghalehee S, Hemmati P, Nasr Dadras M, Fallahzadeh MK, Lankarani KB.
PMID: 22737407
Iran Red Crescent Med J. 2011 Oct;13(10):698-701. Epub 2011 Oct 01.

BACKGROUND: Due to worldwide spread of influenza A (H1N1) virus, the World Health Organization declared the first pandemic of influenza in four decades. This study aims to report the mortality from pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in Iran population and...

Religious Beliefs May Reduce the Negative Effect of Psychiatric Disorders on Age of Onset of Suicidal Ideation among Blacks in the United States.

International journal of preventive medicine

Assari S, Lankarani MM, Moazen B.
PMID: 22708032
Int J Prev Med. 2012 May;3(5):358-64.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the possible interaction between religious beliefs and psychiatric disorders among Black Americans.METHODS: In this study, we used data of 5181 adult Black Americans who had participated in National Survey of American Life (NSAL) from February 2001...

Associates of poor physical and mental health-related quality of life in beta thalassemia-major/intermedia.

Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Azarkeivan A, Hajibeigi B, Alavian SM, Lankarani MM, Assari S.
PMID: 21772908
J Res Med Sci. 2009 Nov;14(6):349-55.

BACKGROUND: Using two logistic regression models, we determined the associates of poor physical and mental health related quality of life (HRQoL) among beta thalassemia patients.METHODS: In this cross-sectional study which was conducted during 2006 and 2007 in outpatient adult...

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