Anthropometric indices as predictors of survival in AIDS adults. Aquitaine Cohort, France, 1985-1997. Groupe d'Epidémiologie Clinique du Sida en Aquitaine (GECSA).

abstract：:The aetiology of childhood cancers remains largely unknown. Space-time clustering of cases might imply an aetiological role of infections. We aimed to review the evidence of space-time clustering of specific childhood cancers. We searched Medline and Embase for population-based studies that covered a pre-defined study...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kreis C,Doessegger E,Lupatsch JE,Spycher BD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking patterns were examined in 2500 individuals, aged 14-70 years living in Castille and Leon (Spain) in the fall of 1992. Of these, 39.6% were regular smokers, 7.2% were occasional smokers, 14.8% were former smokers, and 30.4% were non-smokers. Sex differences were striking: there was a higher prevalence of regula...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： del Río MC,Alvarez FJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PAQUID is an epidemiological cohort which aims to study cerebral and functional factors of ageing. We have examined the relationship between dyspnea level at entrance into this cohort and mortality occurring during the subsequent 8 years. Dyspnea was evaluated by a questionnaire derived from a Fletcher's five-degree s...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tessier JF,Nejjari C,Letenneur L,Filleul L,Marty ML,Barberger Gateau P,Dartigues JF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is a ubiquitous sporeforming Gram-positive rod that is associated with foodborne outbreaks as well as several opportunistic infections. Inspite of the prevalence of B. cereus associated foodborne outbreaks, subtyping of the species using molecular typing assays was not attempted. In this study we have ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Matar GM,Slieman TA,Nabbut NH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of the problem of gastrointestinal (GI) helminthiases in Zimbabwe is given in terms of prevalence, distribution, clinical significance of individual parasites and their transmission patterns. Although data on these aspects are incomplete, the available information and the results of studies conducted elsew...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Chandiwana SK

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-allergen antibodies were searched for by an Enzyme Immunoassay in the sera obtained from 60 patients with a clinical diagnosis of asthma. Allergic rhinitis was also present in 28 patients. The diagnosis of asthma was based on clinical criteria that include history and clinical evidence of airflow obstruction. Ten...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ramadan F,Hamadeh F,Abdelnoor AM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Language is an important determinant of health, but analyses of linguistic inequalities in mortality are scant, especially for Canadian linguistic groups with European roots. We evaluated the life expectancy gap between the Francophone majority and Anglophone minority of Québec, Canada, both over time and across major...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Auger N,Harper S,Barry AD,Trempe N,Daniel M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of 34 general practitioners (GP) working in solo practices in six Local Health Units were assessed, as a preliminary step of a main study, to evaluate and possibly improve the quality of GP professional performance using peer review and feed-back information. A wide interpractice variation was observed in...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Taroni F,Stiassi R,Traversa G,Raschetti R,Menniti-Ippolito F,Maggini M,Spila-Alegiani S

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of systemic lupus erythematosus patients was carried out in Portugal. The length of time from disease appearance to diagnosis remained unchanged over the 1970-2001 study period, while awareness of the disease increased considerably in the population in the mid-1990s, apparently as a result of an awareness cam...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Moriarty T,O'Sullivan M,Tam A,Gonçalves RM,Wall JG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial socioeconomic inequalities in breast cancer survival persist in England, possibly due to more advanced cancer at diagnosis and differential access to treatment. We aim to disentangle the contributions of differential stage at diagnosis and differential treatment to the socioeconomic inequalities in cancer ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Li R,Daniel R,Rachet B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Self-rated health (SRH) is widely used to compare population health across countries, but comparability is often hampered by the use of different versions of this item. This study compares the WHO recommended version (ranging from 'very good' to 'very bad') with the US version (ranging from 'excellent' to 'po...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jürges H,Avendano M,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 53,753 coal miners was undertaken at the Instituto Nacional de Silicosis (INS) in Asturias, Spain, during the period 1971 to 1985. This included a complete medical history, physical examination, pulmonary function tests, and intensive search for pulmonary tuberculosis. A total of 1,136 new cases...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mosquera JA,Rodrigo L,Gonzálvez F

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of Q-fever has recently been isolated from sheep in southern Sweden. In this region 24-30% of sheep farmers have been exposed to the organism as shown by serological measurements. In veterinarians, another group with high risk of exposure to C. burnetii, about 12% have antibodi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Macellaro A,Akesson A,Norlander L

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied a population of 5634 students from various continents to determine possible correlations between risk factors and seroprevalence of HIV infection. In the African sample the seroprevalence rate was 3.5%; the age range from 19 to 30 years was most affected; prevalence differences between the sexes we...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Adele B,Carla Z,Angela MR

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:In this paper we have analyzed several risk factors for developing nosocomial infections at a Surgical Service of the Hospital Clinico Universitario "San Cecilio", based on a retrospective follow-up program designed specifically for this study. Of all patients admitted to the Service from January 1 to June 17, 1987, w...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Delgado-Rodríguez M,Cueto-Espinar A,Rodríguez-Contreras R,Gálvez-Vargas R

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report and discuss the characteristics of 22 women who discovered their HIV seropositivity while pregnant. Most of the women had never been tested for HIV and this occurred not only for 'not at risk' women but also for sexual partners of HIV-infected men. Several infections were diagnosed late in pregnancy...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Favia A,Fiore JR,Pastore G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), which has been established in order to investigate the relations between nutrition and cancer, was initiated in 1990 and involves 10 European countries with heterogeneous dietary patterns and differing cancer incidence rates. This manuscript pres...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Boker LK,van Noord PA,van der Schouw YT,Koot NV,Bueno de Mesquita HB,Riboli E,Grobbee DE,Peeters PH

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for efficiently identifying subjects with constantly acidic pH in epidemiological and clinical studies have not been assessed. We recruited 30 volunteers to estimate the minimum number of urine pH measurements using pH strips needed to identify subjects with "constantly acidic urine pH". Spearman's correlation...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Alguacil J,Pfeiffer RM,Moore LE,Del Fresno MR,Medina-Lopez R,Kogevinas M,Vermeulen R,Dosemeci M,Silverman DT,Rothman N,García-Closas M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The follow-up of the French cohort of uranium miners has been extended to 1994, and a new source of information for causes of death has been used. The paper presents the new results regarding the risk of death among the cohort, and analyses the impact of the methodological changes on these results. The extension of th...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Laurier D,Tirmarche M,Mitton N,Valenty M,Richard P,Poveda S,Gelas JM,Quesne B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response involved in each phase of type 2 diabetes (T2D) development might be different. We aimed to identify novel inflammatory markers that predict progression from normoglycemia to pre-diabetes, incident T2D and insulin therapy. We used plasma levels of 26 inflammatory markers in 971 subjects from the Ro...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Brahimaj A,Ligthart S,Ghanbari M,Ikram MA,Hofman A,Franco OH,Kavousi M,Dehghan A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of saprophytic moulds in indoor environments and their potential hazards to human health are discussed. In addition to mesophilic species, xerophilic moulds appear to be common, often developing together with mites. Allergic and non-allergic symptoms are reported when patients are exposed to moulds in h...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Samson RA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unmatched, hospital-based case-control study was performed, to determine, whether respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) etiology in hospitalized young children can be predicted clinically. Children under 2 years of age admitted with a lower respiratory tract infection in three hospitals in northern Germany were include...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Weigl JA,Puppe W,Schmitt HJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and lower socio-professional status have in common a series of risk factors for ill health such as sedentary lifestyle, weight excess, heavy alcohol and tobacco consumption. We hypothesised that SDB will be more prevalent in lower socio-professional groups. A total of 496 male middle a...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mayeux L,Teculescu D,Montaut-Verient B,Virion JM,Michaely JP,Hannhart B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a computer simulation for a series of births subject to various congenital malformations, the surveillance performance of the Multicommunity Sets Technique (MST) was compared to that of the Cumulative Sum Technique (CUSUM). Increases in malformation frequencies were simulated in (i) 6 out of 6 centres and (ii) o...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Barbujani G,Ceccherini I,Russo A

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 89 cases of measles were diagnosed in southeastern France between January and June 2003. Nation-wide epidemiological investigations suggested that this outbreak was restricted to southeastern France, and most likely reflected the endemic circulation of measles virus due low vaccination coverage. Genetic ana...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zandotti C,Jeantet D,Lambert F,Waku-Kouomou D,Wild F,Freymuth F,Harle JR,de Lamballerie X,Charrel RN

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We respond to criticisms of Mendelian randomization (MR) by Mukamal, Stampfer and Rimm (MSR). MSR consider that MR is receiving too much attention and should be renamed. We explain how MR links to Mendel's laws, the origin of the name and our lack of concern regarding nomenclature. We address MSR's substantive points ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Davey Smith G,Holmes MV,Davies NM,Ebrahim S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza related mortality rates have been established in many countries; nevertheless, studies focusing on the Central European population have been rare to date. We assess mortality attributable to influenza by comparing all cause mortality and mortality due to diseases of the circulatory system during influenza ep...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kyncl J,Prochazka B,Goddard NL,Havlickova M,Castkova J,Otavova M,Kriz B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, data have been accumulated to examine excess mortality in the first half of 2020. Mortality in the preceding year or years is used to calculate the expected number of deaths, which is then compared with the actual number of deaths in 2020. We calculated weekly age- and sex...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Gianicolo EAL,Russo A,Büchler B,Taylor K,Stang A,Blettner M

更新日期：2021-01-25 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