Abstract:
:Multilevel analysis is today considered a more appropriate way to monitor health care performance, as it allows a less biased estimation of uncertainty, and can also separate and quantify contextual (as opposed to individual) effects. Multilevel analysis should be applied as the standard methodology for hospital comparisons. A greater awareness of this question in future Journal articles may be in order.
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Eur J Epidemioljournal_title
European journal of epidemiologyauthors
Merlo Jdoi
10.1007/s10654-005-2065-9keywords:
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2005-01-01 00:00:00pages
737; author reply 738issue
8eissn
0393-2990issn
1573-7284journal_volume
20pub_type
评论,信件abstract::Obstetric and neonatal complications have been associated with completed and attempted suicide (suicidal acts) in young offspring. Maternal smoking is one of the most important risk factors for obstetric complications, but the association between prenatal smoking exposure and offspring risk of suicidal acts is unknown...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-011-9556-7
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-011-9576-3
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between alcohol consumption and occurrence of peripheral arterial disease in the general population. During 1988 in a cross sectional survey, the Edinburgh Artery Study, 1,592 men and women aged 55-74 years were selected at random from the age-sex registers of te...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01719940
更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::To test the hypothesis that osteoporosis, which results partly from long-term estrogen deficiency, is associated with a lowered risk of breast cancer, a population-based cohort study was performed in Amiens. To ascertain the incidence of breast cancer, 1300 women were followed through after a first hip fracture. Overa...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1007579112855
更新日期:1999-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1010910821431
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Infectious etiologies have been hypothesized for acute leukemias because of their high incidence in early childhood, but have seldom been examined for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We conducted the first large cohort study to examine perinatal factors including season of birth, a proxy for perinatal infectious exposur...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-015-0063-0
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Despite a rapid increase in immigration from low-income countries, studies on immigrants' mortality in Italy are scarce. We aimed to describe differences in all and cause-specific mortality among immigrants and Italians residing in Turin and Reggio Emilia (Northern Italy), two cities participating in the Italian Netwo...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-016-0177-z
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Various methods of estimating food consumption, such as food balance sheets (FBS) and household surveys (HS), have been developed over the years and have been used to inform, monitor and evaluate nutrition policies. Because these methods vary in their objectives and data collection procedures, the objective of this st...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00145299
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00143119
更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We conducted a surveillance program on epidemic and/or endemic Shigella strains in Asturias (Spain), their frequency and dispersion in our community, and their R-plasmids. We analyzed initial isolates of Shigella sonnei from two epidemic outbreaks using antibiotic resistance patterns and plasmid profile analysis as ep...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00144744
更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-015-0004-y
更新日期:2015-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1987-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1024213400297
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02427390
更新日期:1992-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF00239748
更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Increased fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) concentrations have emerged as a novel risk factor for heart failure and stroke but not for myocardial infarction (MI). Yet, most studies on MI were conducted in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients and the elderly. Evidence is unclear in subjects without CAD and for str...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-014-9982-4
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Infection with Hepatitis C virus is a significant public health problem that has important clinical and financial consequences. Understanding of the epidemiology of HCV is needed to help define future therapeutic and preventive strategies. So far, the importance and characteristics of the epidemics have been best appr...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1023/a:1007430812081
更新日期:1998-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1007635104096
更新日期:2000-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF00145678
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00145053
更新日期:1989-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-006-9058-1
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-010-9539-0
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-011-9611-4
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-010-9526-5
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of the study was to assess the performance of weight related nutritional markers [reported involuntary weight loss (WL) greater than 10%, measured WL and body mass index (BMI)] in predicting survival at AIDS stage. The three anthropometric indices were used as time dependent variables in Cox models to predict ...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/a:1007696530440
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10654-018-0456-y
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::While irregular menstruations have been associated with lower cumulative exposure to the ovarian steroids, shorter regular cycles have been postulated to increase the cumulative exposure. Epidemiological correlates with menstrual patterns were analyzed among 4900 premenopausal women aged 45 or younger from the New Yor...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1023/b:ejep.0000040453.13914.48
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::To date, non-pharmacological interventions (NPI) have been the mainstay for controlling the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. While NPIs are effective in preventing health systems overload, these long-term measures are likely to have significant adverse economic consequences. Therefore, many countries are ...
journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of epidemiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00144420
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00