Systemic lupus erythematosus in Portugal: diagnosis and disease awareness from 1970 to 2001.

abstract：:The level of toxigenic moulds and mycotoxins were analyzed in 62 samples of medicinal plant material and 11 herbal tea samples. The most predominant fungi detected were: Aspergillus, Penicillium, Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia, Alternaria, Cladosporium and Trichoderma. Aspergillus flavus, a known producer of the aflatoxin m...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Halt M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the PROCAM study hypertriglyceridaemia was much more common among men (18.6%) than women (4.2%). Prevalence increased with age in women, but remained nearly constant at about 20% in men aged 35 years or more. In a multiple regression analysis a strong negative correlation between triglycerides and HDL cholesterol w...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Assmann G,Schulte H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone Paget's disease is heterogeneously distributed and several foci of high prevalence have been reported in Spain. The aim of the present work was to determine the prevalence of the disease in a zone situated in the northwestern sector of the Province of Salamanca (Spain) using a cross sectional epi-demiological stu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mirón-Canelo JA,Del Pino-Montes J,Vicente-Arroyo M,Sáenz-González MC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify predictors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity and assess the relation between COPD severity and risk of cardiovascular outcomes. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:A cohort of patients with diagnosed and treated COPD was compiled from the Saskatchewan Health longitudinal databases. We...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Curkendall SM,Lanes S,de Luise C,Stang MR,Jones JK,She D,Goehring E Jr

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elusive relationship between underlying pathology and clinical disease hampers diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and preventative intervention development. We seek to understand the relationship between two classical AD biomarkers, amyloid-β1-42 (Aβ1-42) and total-tau (t-tau), and define their trajectories acr...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ower AK,Hadjichrysanthou C,Gras L,Goudsmit J,Anderson RM,de Wolf F,Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the prevalence of infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV) in general practice, and to investigate attitudes to screening for HCV, a specific questionnaire was sent to the sentinel general practitioners (SGPs) of the French Sentinel Network. From the figures reported by SGPs, the number of anti-HCV tests perfo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Massari V,Retel O,Flahault A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas cepacia has occasionally been identified as an epidemic and endemic nosocomial pathogen. In outbreaks, usually one clinical site predominates but many may be involved. Detailed investigations have usually implicated a contaminated liquid reservoir or moist environmental surface as the source. Liquid source...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Martone WJ,Tablan OC,Jarvis WR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between number of missing teeth and all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality as well as morbidity and to explore whether socio-economic factors mediate this association. An ongoing prospective cohort study of 1462 Swedish women included a dental survey...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cabrera C,Hakeberg M,Ahlqwist M,Wedel H,Björkelund C,Bengtsson C,Lissner L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper studies prostate cancer mortality in Italy from 1950-1979 to evaluate its importance in relation to total cancers, examine the time trend for forecasting future mortality trends, and makes an attempt to interpretate mortality by analyzing demographic and risk factors. In the Authors' opinion findings from c...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： La Rosa F,Cresci A,Orpianesi C,Saltalamacchia G

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last case of poliomyelitis due to transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus occurred in Italy in 1982. To achieve the certification of the eradication of poliomyelitis in Italy, an active surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the population aged less than 15 years was set up following the World Health ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Fiore L,Novello F,Simeoni P,Amato C,Vellucci L,De Stefano D,Grandolfo ME,Luzzi I

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility of 206 H. influenzae isolates was evaluated by disk diffusion method for 11 antimicrobial agents. No isolates were found to be resistant to third-generation cephalosporins, amoxicillin+clavulanic acid, gentamicin and ciprofloxacin. Four untypable isolates (1.9%) were beta-lactamase producing ampicillin-...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zanchi A,Mencarelli M,Sansoni A,Rossolini A,Cellesi C

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) are a heterogeneous group regarding their body mass index (BMI) levels at the time of diagnosis. To address the heterogeneity of CVD, we examined the trajectories of change in body mass index (BMI) and in other cardio-metabolic risk factors before CVD diagnosis. The study inc...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dhana K,van Rosmalen J,Vistisen D,Ikram MA,Hofman A,Franco OH,Kavousi M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune status against polioviruses was investigated in a population of 545 students aged 11-20 years residing in the Neapolitan area, who had completed the vaccination cycle with four doses of OPV 5 to over 15 years before. Assuming as unprotected those individuals without detectable neutralizing antibodies at the...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Triassi M,Ribera G,Barruffo L,Barbone S,Medda E,Grandolfo ME

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental and atmospheric factors have been associated with meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa but not in the northern hemisphere. An epidemic of meningitis caused by different agents occurred in a health district in northern Italy during the first quarter of 2003: there were 50 cases compared to the expec...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Michele M,Alberto M,Liana S,Francesco D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize possible Trichophyton rubrum phenotypes, which circulate in two Brazilian localities, we tested 53 isolates of this dermatophyte for their ability to assimilate several carbon sources, for keratinase, proteinase, phospholipase, lipase and desoxiribonuclease (DNase) secretions, and for their susceptibil...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dos Santos JI,Vicente EJ,Paula CR,Gambale W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human anthrax vaccines currently licensed in the United States and Western Europe consist of alum-precipitated or aluminum hydroxide-adsorbed supernatant material from fermentor cultures of toxigenic, nonencapsulated strains of Bacillus anthracis. These vaccines have several drawbacks, including the need for frequent ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ivins BE,Welkos SL

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External causes of death are important in the pediatric population worldwide. We performed an analysis of all injury-fatalities in children between ages zero and 17 years, between January 2000 and December 2006, in San Diego County, California, United States of America. Information was obtained from the County of San ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Fraga AM,Fraga GP,Stanley C,Costantini TW,Coimbra R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-reactive protein (CRP) was proposed as a stronger predictor of cardiovascular events than low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C); however, these associations may differ between myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke. We compared statistically the associations of CRP and LDL-C levels with risk of MI versus stroke...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pischon T,Möhlig M,Hoffmann K,Spranger J,Weikert C,Willich SN,Pfeiffer AF,Boeing H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate completeness of tuberculosis notification in Bichat Claude-Bernard University Hospital and to evaluate whether misclassification of atypical mycobacterial infection could have contributed to the inaccuracy of tuberculosis notification. Data from Microbiology Laboratory of the hosp...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Denic L,Lucet JC,Pierre J,Deblangy C,Kosmann MJ,Carbonne A,Bouvet E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of Plesiomonas shigelloides among diarrhoeal patients attending the Dhaka Treatment Centre of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) from January through December 1987, has been reported. Using bile peptone broth (pH 8.8) as an enrichment medium and Salmonella-Shi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Rahim Z,Ali A,Kay BA

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption and glycosuria were found to be associated (p less than 0.001) in a population of 6571 salaried employees who underwent a systematic examination. The prevalence of glycosuria was found to range from 1.3% among 2609 non-drinkers to 5% among 816 heavy drinkers (six glasses or more of alcoholic bevera...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lombrail P,Lang T,Degoulet P,Aime F,Devries C,Fouriaud C,Jacquinet-Salord MC

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differing pathological haemodynamics in cardiac malformations lead to varying modes and timings of presentation. This study identifies historical trends in presentation of congenital heart disease in a population-based study. All patients diagnosed as having congenital heart disease in Malta between 1960-1994 were inc...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Grech V

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccinations and infections are possible triggers of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). However, studies on GBS after vaccinations during the influenza A(H1N1)pmd09 pandemic in 2009, show inconsistent results. Only few studies have addressed the role of influenza infection. We used information from national health data-ba...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ghaderi S,Gunnes N,Bakken IJ,Magnus P,Trogstad L,Håberg SE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers are considered as tools to enhance cardiovascular risk estimation. However, the value of biomarkers on risk estimation beyond European risk scores, their comparative impact among different European regions and their role towards personalised medicine remains uncertain. Biomarker for Cardiovascular Risk Asse...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zeller T,Hughes M,Tuovinen T,Schillert A,Conrads-Frank A,Ruijter Hd,Schnabel RB,Kee F,Salomaa V,Siebert U,Thorand B,Ziegler A,Breek H,Pasterkamp G,Kuulasmaa K,Koenig W,Blankenberg S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the validity--estimated as the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values--of questionnaire-based parental reporting on Danish children's use of asthma drugs. Within a population-based cross-sectional study on the association between asthma and dental anxiety, we compared pare...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Wogelius P,Poulsen S,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This hospital-based case-control study was designed to investigate the association of low dietary vitamin A and beta carotene consumption with epidermoid lung cancer. Cases were patients with histologically confirmed epidermoid lung cancer diagnosed in six selected hospitals of southwestern France in 1983-84. Controls...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dartigues JF,Dabis F,Gros N,Moise A,Bois G,Salamon R,Dilhuydy JM,Courty G

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the NYU Children's Health and Environment Study (CHES) are to evaluate influences of prenatal non-persistent chemical exposures on fetal and postnatal growth and pool our data with the US National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program to answer collaborative ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Trasande L,Ghassabian A,Kahn LG,Jacobson MH,Afanasyeva Y,Liu M,Chen Y,Naidu M,Alcedo G,Gilbert J,Koshy TT,NYU Children’s Health and Environment Study Team.

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five-hundred-seventy-seven, 6 year old schoolchildren from Rome were examined. 67.8% of them harboured 1 x 10(5) or more Streptococcus mutans CFU per milliliter of saliva. This value was higher than values reported by other Authors. However, the caries prevalence of the subjects in this study was lower than values sho...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Petti S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between marital status and blood pressure, and to assess the risk of hypertension in adult Polish men, after adjustment for BMI. Material comprised the data of 2,271 healthy men, aged 25-60, occupationally active inhabitants of Wroclaw (south-western Poland). Arter...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lipowicz A,Lopuszanska M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality rates for coronary heart disease (CHD) experience a longstanding decline, attributed to progress in prevention, diagnostics and therapy. However, CHD mortality rates vary between countries. To estimate whether national patterns of causes of death impact CHD mortality, data from the WHO "European detailed mor...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stolpe S,Kowall B,Stang A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00