International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78021120120809Avicenna as the Forerunner of Preventive Medicine: On the Occasion of 1032nd Birth Anniversary of Avicenna (22 August 980)864864ENDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.Department of Infectious diseases and Public Health (MPH), School of Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.2012080920120809Editorialhttp://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/864http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/864/629