Serosurvey of human metapneumovirus infection in Croatia.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the accuracy of eye color prediction based on six IrisPlex single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in a Slovenian population sample. METHODS:Six IrisPlex predictor SNPs (HERC2 - rs12913832, OCA2 - rs1800407, SLC45A2 - rs16891982 and TYR - rs1393350, SLC24A4 - rs12896399, and IRF4 - rs12203592) of 105 ind...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Kastelic V,Pośpiech E,Draus-Barini J,Branicki W,Drobnič K

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the administration of antipyretics to children with upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) by their parents or guardians without consultation with physicians, and compare epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients who received antipyretics and of untreated patients. METHODS:A prospecti...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Andabaka T,Globočnik T,Vukelić D,Esposito S,Baršić B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) are useful forensic DNA markers in investigation of sexual assault cases when a mixture of male and female DNA (e.g., in vaginal swabs) is present in a sample, especially when DNA of the male contributor is present only in very small amount compared to the DNA of the female ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Parson W,Niederstätter H,Köchl S,Steinlechner M,Berger B

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop an automated, high throughput extraction protocol in order to produce database eligible profiles from fingerprints and other low copy number (LCN) DNA sources. METHODS:Extraction of either purified control DNA or buccal cells, for example, with commercial kits was compared to extraction with a simple di...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Schiffner LA,Bajda EJ,Prinz M,Sebestyen J,Shaler R,Caragine TA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether and in what concentrations the underground waters, stream waters, spring water, and tap water from the Zagreb area contain phthalates -- compounds used as plastic softeners, which have recently been ascribed carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects. METHOD:The presence of dimethyl phth...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Mihovec-Grdić M,Smit Z,Puntarić D,Bosnir J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Academic medicine integrates three of the most honorable human activities: treating the ill, teaching, and research. The quality that all three share is persistent quest for truth. However, there is reluctance of academic medicine today to openly defend scientific truth by challenging the arguments and the very existe...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Marusic M

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the changes in the expression level of gonadal steroid, insulin, and leptin receptors in the brain of adult Sprague-Dawley female rats due to ovariectomy and/or chronic stress. METHODS:Sixteen-week-old ovariectomized and non-ovariectomized female Sprague-Dawley rats were divided in two groups and expos...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ivić V,Blažetić S,Labak I,Balog M,Vondrak L,Blažeković R,Vari SG,Heffer M

更新日期：2016-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the relationships between body mass index (BMI), dietary habits, and cardiovascular risk factors in isolated Adriatic island populations of Croatia. METHODS:Random sample of subjects (n=1001) was interviewed, using a validated questionnaire developed for this research program. Dietary habits were as...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pucarin-Cvetković J,Mustajbegović J,Doko Jelinić J,Senta A,Nola IA,Ivanković D,Kaić-Rak A,Milosević M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the level of job satisfaction of nursing professionals in Slovenian hospitals and factors influencing job satisfaction in nursing. METHODS:The study included 4 hospitals selected from the hospital list comprising 26 hospitals in Slovenia. The employees of these hospitals represent 29.8% and 509 employ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Lorber M,Skela Savič B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the quality of the 2008 cancer mortality data of the Istanbul Directorate of Cemeteries (IDC) with the 2008 data of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), and discuss the suitability of using this databank for estimations of cancer mortality in the fu...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Ulus T,Yurtseven E,Cavdar S,Erginoz E,Erdogan MS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the ability to work and employability of individuals taking part in opioid substitution treatment programs (OSTP). METHODS:The study was composed of two surveys. In the first survey, 237 of 480 patients enrolled in OSTP responded to the questionnaire about their employment status, opinion about employmen...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Bilban M,Kastelic A,Zaletel-Kragelj L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine why the demand for substitutive voluntary health insurance in Germany is low. METHOD:A comparison of the benefits and costs of statutory and voluntary health insurance in Germany, based on a review of literature published in academic journals and books as well as gray literature. RESULTS:Employees in G...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Thomson S,Busse R,Mossialos E

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To make a survey of children's health and psychosocial needs after the 1992-1995 war in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS:Representative samples of school-age children (n=310) from 6 public schools in the Sarajevo Canton, their parents (n=280), and teachers (n=156) were surveyed by means of self-administer...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Baràth A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There may be valuable research going on in the developing and financially less-privileged countries, but it usually does not reach international visibility, in spite of a large number of scientific journals in these countries. Such journals are not only invisible but, by perpetuating a vicious circle of inadequacy, ma...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Marusić M,Marusić A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine factors influencing voluntary counseling and premarital testing on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Malawi. METHOD:We analyzed the data collected by the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) 2000 to determine the likelihood of Malawi population to accept HIV testing. The MDHS was a nationwi...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Misiri H,Muula AS

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the usefulness of dental methods in the identification of victims in the railway accident in Zagreb (August 30, 1974) and midair collision of a British and a Slovenian airplane near Vrbovec (September 10, 1976). METHODS:There were 152 people killed in the railway accident, and 176 fatalities in the pl...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Dumancić J,Kaić Z,Njemirovskij V,Brkić H,Zecević D

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the influence of psychological and social factors on health risk behaviors, such as smoking, alcohol and psychoactive drug consumption among adolescents and to determine the prevalence of consuming various psychoactive substances. METHODS:The survey was conducted among adolescents in the Primorsko-g...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Malatestinić D,Mićović V,Kendel G,Baricev-Novaković Z

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the human Y-chromosome haplogroup backgrounds of intermediate-sized variant alleles displayed by short tandem repeat (STR) loci DYS392, DYS449, and DYS385, and to evaluate the potential of each intermediate variant to elucidate new phylogenetic substructure within the human Y-chromosome haplogroup tree...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Myres NM,Ritchie KH,Lin AA,Hughes RH,Woodward SR,Underhill PA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To asses prevalence of essential arterial hypertension in family members of soldiers killed in 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS:The study enrolled 1144 subjects who lost a family member in the war and 582 of their close neighbors who experienced no such loss. Data on their medical history and habit...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Santić Z,Lukić A,Sesar D,Milicević S,Ilakovac V

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate molecular mechanisms of tissue-protective effects of antioxidants selenomethionine (SeMet) and D-pantethine (D-Pt) applied in combination with doxorubicin (Dx) in B16 melanoma-bearing-mice. METHODS:Impact of the chemotherapy scheme on a survival of tumor-bearing animals, general nephro- and hepatotoxic...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Panchuk RR,Skorokhyd NR,Kozak YS,Lehka LV,Moiseenok AG,Stoika RS

更新日期：2017-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the ability of two standard quality of life (QOL) questionnaires - The Short Form (36-item) Health Survey (SF-36) and The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ C30) to evaluate QOL in patients with chronic graft-vs-host disease (cG...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Perić Z,Desnica L,Duraković N,Ostojić A,Pulanić D,Serventi-Seiwerth R,Prenc E,Basak G,Vrhovac R,Pavletic SZ,Nemet D

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate scientific production among research fellows employed at the Zagreb University School of Medicine and identify factors associated with their scientific output. METHOD:We conducted a survey among research fellows and their mentors during June 2005. The main outcome measure was publication success, defin...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Polasek O,Kolcić I,Buneta Z,Cikes N,Pećina M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To elucidate whether Raman spectroscopy aided by extensive spectral database and neural network analysis can be a fast and confident biomarking tool for the diagnosis of various types of cancer. METHODS:Study included 27 patients with 11 different malignant tumors. Using Raman microscopy (RM) a total of 540 Raman ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Pavićević A,Glumac S,Sopta J,Popović-Bijelić A,Mojović M,Bacić G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the quality of diabetes care provided by family medicine teams in primary health centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) through a medical audit, addressing the extent to which clinical practice complied with pre-determined explicit criteria of long-term management. METHOD:Retrospective analysis included ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Novo A,Jokić I

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyze the haplotype of the Ezhava population of Kerala, south India, using 8 short tandem repeat (STR) loci on the Y chromosome and trace the paternal genetic lineage of the population. METHODS:Whole blood samples (n=104) were collected from unrelated healthy men of the Ezhava population over a period of one ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Nair SP,Geetha A,Jagannath C

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test antinociceptive properties of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) in rats with carrageenan- and capsaicin-induced pain and inflammation. METHODS:Pain was provoked with carrageenan (1%) or capsaicin (0.1%) injection into the plantar surface of the rat paw-pad. The effect of BTX-A 5 U/kg on carrageenan- and capsa...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Bach-Rojecky L,Lacković Z

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate if there is an association between M235T polymorphism of angiotensinogen gene and myocardial infarction (MI) risk and perform a meta-analysis and an in silico approach. METHODS:This case-control study included 340 participants (155 MI patients and 185 controls) examined at Kashan University of Medic...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Raygan F,Karimian M,Rezaeian A,Bahmani B,Behjati M

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the economic justification for introducing ultrasound screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip in Croatia. METHODS:The analysis was based on the two formulas: that cost-benefit equals benefit/cost, and that net benefit equals benefit minus cost. Screening costs were expressed as a sum of trainin...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Bralić I,Vrdoljak J,Kovacić L

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Croatian Pharmaceutical Sector Reform Project was one component of a larger Health Reform Project financed by the World Bank. The Croatian government was concerned that Croatia appeared to spend more money on medicinal drugs than most other countries in the region; that the price of drugs purchased in Croatia was ...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Harvey K,Kalanj K,Stevanović R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the prevalence and characteristics of bullying between two towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina-Stolac, which was exposed to firearm conflict during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Posusje, which was outside of the active combat zone. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, we included 484 pr...

journal_title：Croatian medical journal

authors： Cerni Obrdalj E,Rumboldt M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00