Risk factors of hepatitis C virus infection in patients on hemodialysis: a multivariate analysis based on a dialysis register in Central Italy.

abstract：:A total of 136 cases of men with urinary bladder cancer and 272 matched hospital controls were examined for potential exposure to diesel exhaust. A lifetime occupational history was obtained for all subjects in the study and assessment of exposure to diesel exhaust was based on the job titles of the subject and self-r...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Iyer V,Harris RE,Wynder EL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites adhere to and lyse target cells are reviewed from the perspective of pathogenesis. Adherence via the galactose and N-acetyl-galactosamine inhibitable amebic lectin and possible additional amebic adhesin molecules is followed by target cell death. Inhibition of...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Petri WA Jr,Ravdin JI

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of rickettsial infections is aimed at individual control and epidemic measures (especially in epidemic typhus), vector and rodent control, milk pasteurization (in Q fever), chemoprophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis. In vector and rodent control, the main obstacle is the rise in resistance to insecticides and r...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kazár J,Brezina R

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out an epidemiological study on 2717 patients seen on a regular basis at Italian Cystic Fibrosis Centers with the aim of defining the prevalence of multiresistant Gram-negative strains in Italy. We found 272 multiresistant strains out of 1560 Gram-negative strains isolated in 1012 Italian cystic fibrosis pa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Taccetti G,Campana S,Marianelli L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the epidemiological profile of urolithiasis in Kuwaiti patients and the associated metabolic abnormalities favouring stone formation in this patient population. Between 1986 and 1994, a total of 421 Kuwaiti patients were studied in Al-Amiri renal stone laboratory. The mineral comp...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： el-Reshaid K,Mughal H,Kapoor M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of faecal excretion of Vibrio cholerae was studied over a duration of eight months among 13 cholera convalescents by two-weekly surveillance cultures. Stools and rectal swabs were cultured on Thiosulphate citrate bile salts sucrose (TCBS) agar for the recovery of vibrio pathogens. Clinical phase and conval...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Utsalo SJ,Eko FO,Umoh F,Asindi AA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early life is an important window of opportunity to improve health across the full lifecycle. An accumulating body of evidence suggests that exposure to adverse stressors during early life leads to developmental adaptations, which subsequently affect disease risk in later life. Also, geographical, socio-economic, and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jaddoe VWV,Felix JF,Andersen AN,Charles MA,Chatzi L,Corpeleijn E,Donner N,Elhakeem A,Eriksson JG,Foong R,Grote V,Haakma S,Hanson M,Harris JR,Heude B,Huang RC,Inskip H,Järvelin MR,Koletzko B,Lawlor DA,Lindeboom M,

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is generally asymptomatic in children. The aim of this study was to examine the influence of HCV RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) on the clinical course of CHC considering age at the time of infection, length of infection, hepatitis virus C (HCV) genoty...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kowala-Piaskowska A,Mozer-Lisewska I,Figlerowicz M,Słuzewski W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of serologic evidence of hepatitis B virus infection in various populations in Greece was examined to provide data for formulating cost-effective strategies for prevaccination screening. Markers were detected in 17.5% of 320 healthy persons, 73.3% of 273 multiply transfused patients and 61.0% of 146 hae...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Papaevangelou G,Roumeliotou-Karayannis A,Tassopoulos N,Richardson SC,Stathopoulou P,Papadoyannakis N,Tsantoulis N,Politi K,Tassiopoulou A

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the relationship between duration of preoperative stay and the risk of nosocomial infection, we studied 449 patients who underwent surgery at the University Hospital of Granada during the first six months of 1986. Patients were chosen from two cross-sectional surveys. Nosocomial infection was studied throu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bueno Cavanillas A,Rodrìguez-Contreras R,Delgado Rodriguez M,Moreno Abril O,López Gigosos R,Guillen Solvas J,Gálvez Vargas R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined factors associated with increased mortality in a cohort of 85,203 adults with a history of imprisonment in New South Wales, Australia, between 1988 and 2002. Information on death was collected through linkage to the Australian National Death Index. The influence of demographic and criminological factors on...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kariminia A,Law MG,Butler TG,Corben SP,Levy MH,Kaldor JM,Grant L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Field trials were conducted using an inactivated rotavirus vaccine for prevention of calf neonatal diarrhea. For the trials, 458 pregnant cows from 26 herds were involved. In each herd, cows which had been inseminated within a period of two months were selected and randomly subdivided in two groups. Cows in one group ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Castrucci G,Frigeri F,Angelillo V,Ferrari M,Cilli V,Aldrovandi V

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between certain human papillomaviruses (HPV) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is well documented, but still unknown among Croatian women. In 1995, women between the age of 17 and 64 with cytomorphologically abnormal smears (CIN I-IV) were tested for the presence of HPV. Consensus and specif...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Grce M,Husnjak K,Magdić L,Ilijas M,Zlacki M,Lepusić D,Lukac J,Hodek B,Grizelj V,Kurjak A,Kusić Z,Pavelić K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationships between body size and fatness and blood pressure are generally acknowledged. The majority of the few studies that have examined the effect of fat distribution and maturation rate on blood pressure have used secondary sex characteristics as the measure of maturity. The aim of the present stu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kozieł S,Kołodziej H,Ulijaszek S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bonander C,Strömberg U

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GB virus C subtype (GBV-C) seems to share the same routes of transmission as other parenteral transmitted viruses. We have evaluated the prevalence of GBV-C in 247 patients with potential risk for GBV-C infection and in 91 healthy blood donors. The presence of GBV-C RNA was examined by polymerase chain reaction in ser...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Quirós E,Piédrola G,Maroto MC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoans of the genus Cryptosporidium may cause serious diarrhoeal illness in immunocompromised hosts and especially in HIV-infected patients. In this study we have evaluated the frequency of Cryptosporidium in stools of 51 HIV-infected patients with diarrhoea. Laboratory diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis was performed...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Brandonisio O,Maggi P,Panaro MA,Bramante LA,Di Coste A,Angarano G

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the associations between 21 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of eight lipid metabolism genes and lipid levels in a Chinese population. This study was conducted as part of a population-based study in China with 799 randomly selected healthy residents who provided fasting blood and an in-person intervi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Andreotti G,Menashe I,Chen J,Chang SC,Rashid A,Gao YT,Han TQ,Sakoda LC,Chanock S,Rosenberg PS,Hsing AW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid and continuing progress in gene discovery for complex diseases is fuelling interest in the potential application of genetic risk models for clinical and public health practice. The number of studies assessing the predictive ability is steadily increasing, but they vary widely in completeness of reporting and...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Janssens AC,Ioannidis JP,Bedrosian S,Boffetta P,Dolan SM,Dowling N,Fortier I,Freedman AN,Grimshaw JM,Gulcher J,Gwinn M,Hlatky MA,Janes H,Kraft P,Melillo S,O'Donnell CJ,Pencina MJ,Ransohoff D,Schully SD,Seminara D,

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse selective factors associated with an unexpectedly low response rate. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The baseline questionnaire survey of a large prospective follow-up study on the psychosocial health of the Finnish working-aged randomly chosen population resulted in 21,101 responses (40.0%) in 1998. The non...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Korkeila K,Suominen S,Ahvenainen J,Ojanlatva A,Rautava P,Helenius H,Koskenvuo M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance, low HDL-cholesterol and microalbuminuria are important components of the metabolic syndrome as defined by WHO. Insulin resistance and low HDL-cholesterol are also common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but it is not clear whether they are early or late phenomenons in the development of renal failu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kronborg J,Jenssen T,Njølstad I,Toft I,Eriksen BO

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the first case-control study to investigate the role of wider environmental and socioeconomic factors upon human cryptosporidiosis. Using GIS the detailed locations of 3368 laboratory-confirmed cases were compared to the locations of an equal number of controls. All cases were genotyped enabling Cryptospo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lake IR,Harrison FC,Chalmers RM,Bentham G,Nichols G,Hunter PR,Kovats RS,Grundy C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general objective of randomized clinical trials is to assess if the treatment effect on a given population is clinically meaningful. In this way, one obtains an average estimate of the treatment effect over the trial population. However, a growing need for medical practitioners is to be able to predict with suffic...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Li W,Boissel JP,Cucherat M,Gueyffier F,Boutitie F

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A broad review is given of the general principles underlying study design with emphasis on applications in medical and epidemiological contexts. The main theme of the paper is that, while the distinction between interventionist studies, that is experiments, and purely observational ones is important, there are many co...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cox DR

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight gain after smoking cessation can lessen the health benefits of, and reduce the incentives for, quitting smoking. Randomized clinical trials of smoking cessation have estimated this weight gain only over short periods of follow-up. We provide an estimate of long-term post-cessation weight gain in the Framingham ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jain P,Danaei G,Robins JM,Manson JE,Hernán MA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study of 107 colon cancer cases and 486 controls from an oncological clinic in Istanbul was conducted to examine the association between occupational physical activity and colon cancer in Turkey, where incidence of this disease is low. Only two of the four activity measures showed evidence of an increas...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Vetter R,Dosemeci M,Blair A,Wacholder S,Unsal M,Engin K,Fraumeni JF Jr

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EUROCAT Northern Netherlands registers children born with a birth defect in the Northern Netherlands. Data used to be collected via a notification form, which is filled out by the notifier and, if necessary, completed by the general practitioner. To increase the amount of information, EUROCAT started using new methodo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Reefhuis J,de Walle HE,de Jong-van den Berg LT,Cornel MC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a Dot-ELISA system for the rapid, specific and reliable assessment of a subject's antitetanus immune status. The conditions for Dot-ELISA were selected to give positive reactions only for sera with antitetanus antibody titers equal to or higher than 0.06 I.U./ml, considered to represent protection when usi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mastroeni P,Leonardi MS,Gazzara D,Bizzini B

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory health effects of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution have been examined in 120 'asthma-like' school-aged children in some areas of Emilia-Romagna (urban-industrial and rural area). They kept a daily diary, through 12 weeks, for respiratory symptoms, PEF measurements, drug consumption and daily ac...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ranzi A,Gambini M,Spattini A,Galassi C,Sesti D,Bedeschi M,Messori A,Baroni A,Cavagni G,Lauriola P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptive epidemiological and genealogical data obtained by prospective and retrospective studies on CJD in Slovakia and in patients emigrating from CJD clusters were analysed. Observations contradictory to an exclusively genetic etiology of temporo-spatial accumulation of CJD are presented. Data indicating a geneti...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mitrová E

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00