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Quercetin reduces systolic blood pressure and plasma oxidised low-density lipoprotein concentrations in overweight subjects with a high-cardiovascular disease risk phenotype: a double-blinded, placebo-controlled cross-over study.

[Usefulness of the MASCC scale in the management of neutropenic fever induced by chemotherapy in patients with solid neoplasm.]

[Cost of arterial hypertension according to levels of morbidity in primary care setting.]

Methodological considerations, such as directed acyclic graphs, for studying "acute on chronic" disease epidemiology: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease example.

A gluten-free diet score to evaluate dietary compliance in patients with coeliac disease.

A novel approach to real-time risk prediction for emerging infectious diseases: a case study in Avian Influenza H5N1.

Statistical approaches to the monitoring and surveillance of infectious diseases for veterinary public health.

Incidence and risk factors for chronic pain after caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia.

Mathematical modelling of the pandemic H1N1 2009.

Rasch analysis informed the development of a classification system for a diabetes-specific preference-based measure of health.

Categorizing continuous variables resulted in different predictors in a prognostic model for nonspecific neck pain.

Twenty-four hour dietary recalls by fourth-grade children were not influenced by observations of school meals.

Influence of respiratory function parameters on the quality of life of COPD patients.

Polymorphism of the CYP1A1*2A gene and susceptibility to lung cancer in a Brazilian population.

Prevalence of chronic pain and associated factors in the population of Salvador, Bahia.

Using Data Collected for Production or Economic Purposes to Research Production Animal Welfare: An Epidemiological Approach

Animal Welfare—Scientific Approaches to the Issues

Research and Teaching of Dairy Cattle Well Being: Finding Synergy Between Ethology and Epidemiology

Systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses: part 6 of a series on evaluation of scientific publications.

A survey-based index was validated for measuring disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease. An evaluation study.