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Farid Najafi

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Farid Najafi

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Prospective epidemiological research studies in Iran (the PERSIAN Cohort Study): rationale, objectives, and design

…, MH Somi, F Mansour-Ghanaei, F Najafi… - American journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for 76% of deaths in Iran, and this number is
on the rise, in parallel with global rates. Many risk factors associated with NCDs are …

[HTML][HTML] The global, regional, and national burden of stomach cancer in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2017

…, A Mosapour, M Naderi, G Naik, F Najafi… - The lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Stomach cancer is a major health problem in many countries. Understanding
the current burden of stomach cancer and the differential trends across various locations is …

Meta-analysis of studies of passive smoking and lung cancer: effects of study type and continent

R Taylor, F Najafi, A Dobson - International journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background To calculate a pooled estimate of relative risk (RR) of lung cancer associated
with exposure to passive smoking in never smoking women exposed to smoking spouses. …

PSOSCALF: A new hybrid PSO based on Sine Cosine Algorithm and Levy flight for solving optimization problems

SN Chegini, A Bagheri, F Najafi - Applied Soft Computing, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of the meta-heuristic algorithms for solving the optimization problems and
constrained engineering problems is one of the topics of interest to researchers in recent …

[HTML][HTML] Using insights from behavioral economics to mitigate the spread of COVID-19

M Soofi, F Najafi, B Karami-Matin - Applied health economics and health …, 2020 - Springer
The outbreak of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency
of international concern. The number of COVID-infected individuals and related deaths …

The effect of prepregnancy body mass index on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and dose‐response meta‐analysis

F Najafi, J Hasani, N Izadi… - Obesity …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of the prepregnancy BMI on the risk of
gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Five electronic databases, including PubMed, Scopus, …

Understanding the 'epidemic of heart failure': a systematic review of trends in determinants of heart failure

F Najafi, K Jamrozik, AJ Dobson - European journal of heart …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aims We conducted a systematic review of recent studies investigating trends in the epidemiology
of heart failure (HF). Methods and results We fitted simple linear regression models of …

Application of a new EWT-based denoising technique in bearing fault diagnosis

SN Chegini, A Bagheri, F Najafi - Measurement, 2019 - Elsevier
The vibration signal analysis is a popular method for extracting sensitive fault features. The
vibration signals are usually contaminated by noise, and therefore the extracted features …

Cohort profile: Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease cohort study: the first cohort study in a Kurdish population

Y Pasdar, F Najafi, M Moradinazar… - International journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The increase in the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases is one of the greatest
challenges that health care systems face today. Modern lifestyles and increased longevity have …

Epidemiological pattern of pediatric trauma in COVID-19 outbreak: Data from a tertiary trauma center in Iran

MH Nabian, F Vosoughi, F Najafi, SS Khabiri, M Nafisi… - Injury, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction In Iran, like most other countries, COVID-19 has had a deep impact on children's
lives. Our hypothesis was that, a significant change in the number of pediatric injuries has …