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Journal articles
2016, 'Years of potential life lost and cost of lost productivity caused by road traffic crashes: Evidence during the five years in Iran (2006-2010)', International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 11, pp. 154 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/ijtmed.2016.154.158
,2015, 'Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition', The Lancet, 386, pp. 2145 - 2191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61340-X
,2015, 'Nearly 1 billion myopes at risk of myopia-related sight-threatening conditions by 2050 - time to act now', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 98, pp. 491 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cxo.12339
,2015, 'Number of people blind or visually impaired by cataract worldwide and in world regions, 1990 to 2010', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56, pp. 6762 - 6769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.15-17201
,2015, 'Towards better estimates of uncorrected presbyopia', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 93, pp. 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.156844
,2015, 'A Simple Method for Estimating the Economic Cost of Productivity Loss Due to Blindness and Moderate to Severe Visual Impairment', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 22, pp. 349 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2015.1066394
,2015, 'Estimating economic burden of cancer deaths attributable to smoking in Iran in 2012', Journal of Research in Health Sciences, 15, pp. 228 - 233
,2015, 'Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013', The Lancet, 386, pp. 743 - 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4
,2015, 'Hospital cost associated with pediatrics urinary tract infection: Before and after health sector evolution program in the west of Iran', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 733 - 738, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.4431
,2015, 'Assessment of need and access to physician and hospital beds: A cross sectional province based study in Iran', Shiraz E Medical Journal, 16
,2015, 'Determinant of road traffic crash fatalities in Iran: A longitudinal econometric analysis', Journal of Research in Health Sciences, 15, pp. 163 - 167
,2015, 'Regional disparity in physical resources in the health sector in Iran: A comparison of two time periods', Iranian Journal of Public Health, 44, pp. 848 - 854
,2015, 'Impact of socioeconomic and health system factors on infant mortality rate in Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): Evidence from 2004 to 2013', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 493 - 499, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.4087
,2015, 'Physician labor participation and unemployment rate in Iran', Shiraz E Medical Journal, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/semj23620
,2015, 'The economic burden of liver cirrhosis in iran: A cost of illness study', Iranian Journal of Public Health, 44, pp. 512 - 521
,2015, 'Macro determinants of infant mortality in ECO countries: Evidence from panel data analysis', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 441 - 447
,2015, 'Affordability of cataract surgery using the Big Mac prices', Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia, 89, pp. 21 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mexoft.2014.07.001
,2015, 'Development status and access to health care resources using numerical taxonomy and Morris Model: A case study', Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, 20, pp. 40 - 50
,2015, 'Factors associated with length of stay and hospital charges among pediatric burn injury in Kermanshah, west of Iran', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 403 - 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.3563
,2015, 'Myopia: A growing global problem with sight-threatening complications', Community Eye Health Journal, 28, pp. 35
,2015, 'Socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality in Iranian children: A longitudinal econometrics analysis', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 375 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.3760
,2015, 'Years of potential life lost and productivity costs due to premature cancer-related mortality in Iran', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 16, pp. 1845 - 1850, http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.5.1845
,2014, 'Epidemiological analysis and cost of hospitalization associated with pediatric burns in Kermanshah, Iran', International Journal of Pediatrics, 2, pp. 369 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2014.3515
,2014, 'Health sector inflation rate and its determinants in Iran: A longitudinal study (1995-2008)', Iranian Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 1537 - 1543
,2014, 'Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in diabetic patients in Tunisia, North Africa', Eye (Basingstoke), 28, pp. 986 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/eye.2014.131
,2014, 'Extent, consequences and economic burden of road traffic crashes in Iran', Journal of injury & violence research, 6, pp. 57 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v6i2.191
,2014, 'Status of Ophthalmic Education and the Eye Health Workforce in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Countries', ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, 3, pp. 74 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/APO.0000000000000037
,2014, 'Assessment of performance of the hospitals of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences by use of Pabon Lasso Model (2007-2011)', Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, 19, pp. 114 - 123
,2014, 'Complexities and challenges of surgical data collection from cataract patients: Comparison of cataract surgery rates between 2001 and 2008 in all provinces of Argentina', Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, 77, pp. 25 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0004-2749.20140008
,2014, 'Getting ready to cope with non-communicable eye diseases', Community Eye Health Journal, 27, pp. 51
,2014, 'Non-communicable eye diseases: Facing the future', Community Eye Health Journal, 27, pp. 41 - 43
,2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in central and south Asia: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 592 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303998
,2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 599 - 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304047
,2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 629 - 638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304033
,2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Latin America and the Caribbean: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 619 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304013
,2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in North Africa and the Middle East: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 605 - 611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304068
,2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Southeast Asia and Oceania: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 586 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304050
,2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 612 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304081
,2014, 'The cataract situation in Latin America: Barriers to cataract surgery', American Journal of Ophthalmology, 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2014.04.019
,2014, 'The evolution of uncorrected refractive error as a major public health issue', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 147, pp. 101 - 106
,2014, 'Visual impairment and blindness due to macular diseases globally: A systematic review and meta-analysis', American Journal of Ophthalmology, 158, pp. 808 - 815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2014.06.012
,2013, 'Causes of vision loss worldwide, 1990-2010: A systematic analysis', The Lancet Global Health, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70113-X
,2013, 'Global prevalence of vision impairment and blindness: Magnitude and temporal trends, 1990-2010', Ophthalmology, 120, pp. 2377 - 2384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.05.025
,2013, 'New systematic review methodology for visual impairment and blindness for the 2010 global burden of disease study', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 20, pp. 33 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2012.741279
,2013, 'Disability weights for vision disorders in Global Burden of Disease study', The Lancet, 381, pp. 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62081-9
,, 2013, 'Extent, nature and hospital costs of fireworks-related injuries during the Wednesday Eve festival in Iran.', Journal of injury & violence research, 5, pp. 11 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v5i1.146
2013, 'Is scores derived from the most internationally applied patient safety culture assessment tool correct?', Iranian Journal of Public Health, 42, pp. 1058 - 1066
,2012, 'Epidemiological data, outcome, and costs of burn patients in kermanshah', Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters, 25, pp. 171 - 177
,2012, 'The number of ophthalmologists in practice and training worldwide: A growing gap despite more than 200 000 practitioners', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 96, pp. 783 - 787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301378
,2012, 'Do gender inequities exist in cataract surgical coverage? Meta-analysis in Latin America', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 40, pp. 458 - 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02722.x
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