Volume & Issue: Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2017 
The Expression of STAT3 and STAT5A Genes in Severe Refractory Asthma

Pages 1-8

Kayvan Saeedfar; Mehrdad Behmanesh; Esmaeil Mortaz; Mohammad Reza Masjedi


Treatment Delay and Total Delay among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in the North of Iran: Application Survival Data Analysis

Pages 13-21

Jamshid Yazdani-Charati; Mohammad Sadegh Rezai; Afsane Fendereski; Soraya Mohammadi; Nadia Alipour


Item Selection and Content Validity of the Risk Factors of Post-Intubation Tracheal Stenosis Observation Questionnaire for ICU-Admitted Patients

Pages 22-33

Roya Farzanegan; Behrooz Farzanegan; Maryam Alehashem; Mahdi Zangi; Sharareh R. Niakan Kalhori; Kambiz Sheikhy; Habib Emami; Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr


Cognitive Impairment among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Compared to Normal Individuals

Pages 34-39

Mitra Samareh Fekri; Seyed-Mehdi Hashemi-Bajgani; Ahmad NaghibzadehTahami; Fateme Arabnejad


Relationship between Plasma Levels of Zinc and Clinical Course of Pneumonia

Pages 40-45

Parviz Saleh; Alireza Sadeghpour; Mohammad Mirza-Aghazadeh-Attari; Mohammad Hatampour; Mohammad Naghavi-Behzad; Aidin Tabrizi


The Effect of Wood Aerosols and Bioaerosols on the Respiratory Systems of Wood Manufacturing Industry Workers in Golestan Province

Pages 53-59

Phateme Badirdast; Mansour Rezazadeh Azari; Soussan Salehpour; Ali Ghadjari; Soheila Khodakarim; Davod Panahi; Moslem Fadaei; Abolfazl Rahimi


Pulmonary Functions and Health-Related Quality of Life among Silica-Exposed Workers

Pages 60-67

Hamzeh Mohammadi; Somayeh Farhang Dehghan; Farideh Golbabaei; Saman Roshani; Reza Pakzad; Parvin Foroughi; Roohalah Hajizadeh


Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome

Pages 76-79

Sonia Toujani; Amani Ben Mansour; Meriem Mjid; Abir Hedhli; Jouda Cherif; Yassine Ouahchy; Majed Beji


Adalimumab-Responsive Refractory Sarcoidosis Following Multiple Eyebrow Tattoos: A Case Report

Pages 80-83

Alireza Mirzaei; Mohamad Mehdi Joharimoghadam; Mozhdeh Zabihiyeganeh


Treatment of Esophageal Perforation with Primary Closure and Reinforcement Using TachoSil

Pages 84-87

Abolghasem Daneshvar Kakhki; Seyed Reza Saghebi; Farahnaz Sadegh Bigee