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Epidemiologic Studies (4):
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Epidemiologic Studies
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We cover the principal developments since the original development of the S-K method....
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PMID: 21819856
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the distribution of the Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in Taipei and other Asian cities. A total of 323 MTB isolates were analyzed by spacer oligonucleotide typing (spoligotyping) and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit (MIRU...
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PMID: 21851415
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Background Studies from the Women's Health Initiative have reported an increased risk of breast cancer in users of estrogen plus progestogen. Among users of estrogen alone an increased risk was not observed. Objective To evaluate the evidence for unopposed estrogen. Methods In a rela...
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PMID: 21642263
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The Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) is a unique research infrastructure in which the medical records of virtually all persons residing in Olmsted County, Minnesota, for over 40 years have been linked and archived. In the present article, the authors describe how the REP links me...
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PMID: 21430193
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Due to antioxidant properties linked to their polyphenolic structure, dietary flavonoids are supposed to protect the organism against deleterious effects of environmental oxidants. Indeed prospective epidemiologic studies on cohorts have shown inverse correlations between consumption of some foods or...
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PMID: 21440100
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To assess the methodological value of studies that signaled one or more selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) as teratogenic agents.
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PMID: 21261600
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We review the remaining difficulties in the use of DRG data for epidemiological purposes and we consider a longitudinal approach based on analysis of database over several years. We also discuss limitations of this approach. DIFFICULTIES: The main problems are related to a lack of quality of adminis...
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PMID: 21251779
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The exact overall incidence of sarcoma and sarcoma subtypes is not known. The objective of the present population-based study was to determine this incidence in a European region (Rhone-Alpes) of six million inhabitants, based on a central pathological review of the cases....
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PMID: 21826194
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The article deals with the problem of economical analysis of public health activities at mass gatherings. After presentation of elementary review of basic economical approaches to cost analysis author tries to analyze applicability of those methods to planning of mass gatherings. Dif...
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PMID: 21735828
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A mesiodens is a supernumerary tooth located in the palatal midline between the two maxillary central incisors. The overall prevalence varies between 0.15 and 1.9%. The present study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of mesiodens in the pediatric population.
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PMID: 21521916
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The epidemiological investigation was carried out among 228 children selected from two schools of similar socioeconomic strata in and around Chennai city.
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PMID: 21521914
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Environmental Health (10)1 2011
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We aim to illustrate a quantitative approach to combining data from human and animal studies after adjusting for bias in human studies. For our purpose we use the example of the association between exposure to diesel exhaust and occurrence of lung cancer....
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PMID: 21481231
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The routine health services collect large amount of samples for biobanking, particularly in clinical laboratory medicine, mainly for clinical diagnostic purposes. These samples provide a large-scale and clinically relevant biobanking infrastructure that can be used for research if these conditions a...
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PMID: 20949385
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A review is given on design options to be considered in epidemiologic studies on cancers or other chronic diseases in relation to risk factors, the measurement of which is based on stored specimens in large biobanks. The two major choices for valid and cost-efficient sampling of risk factor data fro...
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PMID: 20949387
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The Nordic countries have a long tradition of register-based epidemiologic studies. Numerous population-based specialized registers offer high-quality data from individuals, and the extensive use of register data further improves the quality of the registers. Unique personal identity codes given to...
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PMID: 20949386
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Although suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, clinicians and researchers lack a data-driven method to assess the risk of suicide attempts. This study reports the results of an analysis of a large cross-national epidemiologic survey database that estimates the 12-month prevalence of suicida...
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PMID: 20816034
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Obstetrics & Gynecology (116)5 2010
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Foot & Ankle International (31)11 2010
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Epidemiology (21)6 2010
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit (16)11 2010
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of acute hepatitis in many developing countries. This study describes an outbreak of HEV infection in Al-Sadr city, Baghdad. Blood samples obtained from patients with jaundice attending 19 primary health care centres in AI-Sadr city during a 6-month period in...
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PMID: 21218735
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To assess the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women in Brazil.
A systematic literature review was conducted with an active search in PubMed and Virtual Health Library databases using the terms "human papillomavirus," "HPV," "prevalence," and "Brazil". Of 155 articles retrieved,...
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PMID: 20877926
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We aimed to investigate the impact of personal phone use on exposimeter readings and to evaluate different exposure assessment methods potentially useful in epidemiological studies. We collected personal exposimeter measurements during one week and diary data from 166 study participants. Moreover, w...
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PMID: 20538340
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Ophthalmic Epidemiology (17)5 2010
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To study the epidemiology of ocular trauma among the elderly in a developing country.
This is a multi-center retrospective clinical study of patients aged 65 years and above managed for ocular trauma between 2001 and 2007 at 4 hospitals in southwestern Nigeria. Age, sex, occupation, residential addr...
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PMID: 20868258
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1,3-Butadiene (BD) is a multisite carcinogen in laboratory rodents following lifetime exposure, with mice demonstrating greater sensitivity than rats. In epidemiology studies of men in the styrene-butadiene rubber industry, leukemia mortality is associated with butadiene exposure, and this associati...
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PMID: 20868266
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In Australia, the majority of dental patients attend the private sector, while those with means tested eligibility for government assistance may attend the public sector. The aims of this study were to compare dental caries among persons who last visited private and public clinics, controlling for ag...
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PMID: 20880030
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We studied the number of ILI subjects visiting sentinel and non-sentinel healthcare facilities during the 2008-09 season in Saku, Nagano prefecture, obtaining the numbers of cases from sentinel and non-sentinel facilities. Most ILI subjects visited internal and pediatric facilities, and some visited...
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PMID: 20960936
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Acta Diabetologica (47)3 2010
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The aim of the study was to report the prevalence of obesity indices in individuals with diabetes and find out their association with diabetic retinopathy in the urban Indian population. Subjects (n = 1,414) were recruited from Sankara Nethralaya Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology And Molecular Genet...
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PMID: 19326040
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Epidemiology (21)5 2010
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Epidemiology (21)5 2010
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Epidemiology (21)5 2010
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Epidemiology (21)5 2010
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The criteria used to identify persons with asthma in epidemiologic studies are varying and, depending on the method used, can be challenging and resource consuming.
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PMID: 20800786
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Psychiatric disorders are more prevalent among individuals reporting past-year discrimination experiences. Certain responses to discrimination, particularly not disclosing it, are associated with psychiatric morbidity....
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PMID: 20558791
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Similar to clinical practise, population-based studies with a clinical-epidemiological focus include imaging techniques to identify manifest disease and to assess subclinical disease. Even population-based cross-sectional studies offer various options to address scientific questions of great clinica...
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PMID: 20648408
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit (16)7 2010
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We determined the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in 755 patients with digestive complaints identified from laboratory records at the Pasteur Institute, Morocco from 1998 to 2007. Epidemiological factors and gastrointestinal conditions associated with this infection were also studied. Al...
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PMID: 20799536
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Epidemiology (21)Supplement 2010
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We develop estimation approaches for these regression models. We demonstrate through simulations that there are efficiency advantages of measuring the second assay in at least a fraction of cases in which the first assay is above LOD. We illustrate the methodology by using data from a study examinin...
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PMID: 20386105
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Epidemiology (21)Supplement 2010
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We illustrate our model on calibration data for fat-soluble vitamins, focusing particularly on beta-cryptoxanthin. Prediction intervals for values above the LOQ are wide, and the width increases with the measured value. Prediction intervals below the LOQ provide more information than the statement t...
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PMID: 20526201
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Epidemiology (21)Supplement 2010
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Experimental approaches and example statistical procedures are given for determination of LOB, LOD, and LOQ. These quantities are reported for each measured analyte. CONCLUSION: For many analyses, there is considerable information available below the LOQ. Epidemiologic studies must understand the na...
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PMID: 20220523
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Epidemiology (21)Supplement 2010
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Younger age, higher body mass index, higher systolic blood pressure, diabetes, thicker central corneal thickness, and steeper corneal curvature were significantly correlated with higher IOP. The present results confirm that IOP is associated with systemic and ocular biometric factors and may define...
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PMID: 20570236
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American Surgeon (65)7 2011
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National estimates of the upcoming diabetes epidemic are needed to understand the distribution of diabetes risk in the population and to inform health policy.
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PMID: 20515896
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Several risk factors for hand OA have been identified; however, their interrelationship is not clearly understood. The development of preventive strategies and future research goals is needed.
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PMID: 19482338
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Ethnicity & Health (15)3 2010
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit (16)6 2010
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In 2007 there was an epidemic of cholera in Iraq with 4667 cases. The first case in Baghdad was diagnosed on 19 September 2007 and the last case on 13 December 2007. In all, 136 cases were reported (2.9% of the country total) in 6 of the 13 districts of Baghdad. The median age of the cases was 11 ye...
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PMID: 20799583
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Postgraduate Medicine (122)3 2010
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Contemporary clinical decision making is well supported by a wide variety of information sources, including clinical practice guidelines, position papers, and insights from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Much of our fundamental understanding of cardiovascular risk factors is based on multiple...
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PMID: 20463433
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The attraction of being able to use the internet for the recruitment of an epidemiologic cohort stems mainly from cost efficiency and convenience. The pregnancy planning study ('Snart-Gravid')-a prospective cohort study of Danish women planning a pregnancy-was conducted to evaluate the feasibility a...
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PMID: 20148289
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We performed a population analysis of all HF hospitalization and mortality data from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 2008 in New Zealand. The main outcome measures were: days alive and out of hospital, age standardized hospitalization rates, and mortality after an index hospitalization for HF. The num...
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PMID: 20194215
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This paper reviews the epidemiology of childhood stroke. Stroke is an important condition in children. It is one of the top ten causes of childhood death and there is a high risk of serious morbidity for the survivors. Epidemiological data are an integral part of disease understanding and high quali...
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PMID: 19879783
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Epidemiology (21)3 2010
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Patients with double primary malignancies are a very important underused resource for cancer epidemiologic investigation. Such patients are especially useful for broad genome-wide discovery studies, and for studies of rare, strong risk factors such as high penetrance genes....
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PMID: 20299982
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Epidemiology (21)3 2010
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Given the considerable discrepancy between the results obtained by direct questioning and by using the randomized-response technique, we propose that this technique be considered for use in epidemiologic studies of sensitive behaviors....
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PMID: 20386172
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Epidemiology (21)3 2010
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We would benefit from a steadfast focus on the goal of advancing science and public health. We should draw on outside evaluators to judge the merits of continued investigation, anticipate the need to explain succinctly in future publications how this work represents an advancement on a worthy topic,...
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PMID: 20386168
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La Revue du praticien (60)4 2010
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Our results confirm the relative stability of reading measurement across time in poor readers from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Their behavior are similar to the classic dyslexic population. The predictive variables are different depending on whether reading or spelling or comprehension is conside...
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PMID: 20207090
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Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of COPD worldwide but other risk factors have been recognized. Air pollution is one of them, but its exact role in the development of COPD is hard to demonstrate. Its physiological effects on lung function have only been studied since the nineties by long and ted...
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PMID: 20403545
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