Determinants of vaccination in an urban population in Conakry, Guinea.

abstract：:It is usually necessary to estimate repeatability of a self-administered questionnaire from responses by subjects on just two occasions. It is shown that it is not possible to estimate false positive and false negative classification rates separately, but that an average correct classification can be calculated. This ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Chinn S,Burney PG

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burgeoning global mental health endeavors have renewed debates about cultural applicability of psychiatric categories. This study's goal is to review strengths and limitations of literature comparing psychiatric categories with cultural concepts of distress (CCD) such as cultural syndromes, culture-bound syn...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Kohrt BA,Rasmussen A,Kaiser BN,Haroz EE,Maharjan SM,Mutamba BB,de Jong JT,Hinton DE

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:This paper investigates trends in suicide rate, the reasons for and means of suicide and the occupation of deceased, to prioritize suicide prevention activities in India and to highlight the limitations to data quality for surveillance. Methods:Data available in the public domain from the National Crimes Re...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Dandona R,Bertozzi-Villa A,Kumar GA,Dandona L

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clustering of xerophthalmia in villages and in households was assessed among preschool children surveyed in the Lower Shire Valley, Malawi, and in Aceh province, Indonesia. Trachoma clustering was similarly assessed among the same children in Malawi. Trachoma clustered much more than xerophthalmia among villages a...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Katz J,Zeger SL,Tielsch JM

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many European countries have in recent decades reported growing socioeconomic differentials in mortality. While these trends have usually paralleled high unemployment and increasing income disparities, Sweden had low unemployment and narrowing income differences. This study describes trends, 1961-1990, in to...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Diderichsen F,Hallqvist J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents data on cancer incidence among 37,795 blood donors in an attempt to test the hypothesis that blood donation might be associated with cancer development. At a median follow-up time of nine years (range 5-13 years) a total of 1152 cancer cases have been diagnosed. The expected number of cancer cases ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Merk K,Mattsson B,Mattsson A,Holm G,Gullbring B,Björkholm M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality rates for cancers of 13 sites in 34 countries were analysed using two data reduction techniques, factor and cluster analysis. Factor analysis identified two independent underlying factors which appear to influence cancer mortality patterns. The first factor, which appears to be related to affluence, may repr...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Groves FD,Zavala DE,Correa P

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGOUND:The term 'joint modelling' is used in the statistical literature to refer to methods for simultaneously analysing longitudinal measurement outcomes, also called repeated measurement data, and time-to-event outcomes, also called survival data. A typical example from nephrology is a study in which the data from...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Asar Ö,Ritchie J,Kalra PA,Diggle PJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although disorders of the prostate are among the most prevalent problems in elderly males, little is known about their epidemiological characteristics. The 1986 Barcelona Health Interview Survey (BHIS), a cross-sectional study of a random sample of the noninstitutionalized population of the city, was used to estimate ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Fernandez E,Porta M,Alonso J,Antó JM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible association between Alzheimer's disease and late maternal age at index birth, we conducted a collaborative re-analysis of existing case-control data sets. Of the 11 studies participating in the EURODEM project, four were included in the analyses regarding maternal age. In all four studies, ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Rocca WA,van Duijn CM,Clayton D,Chandra V,Fratiglioni L,Graves AB,Heyman A,Jorm AF,Kokmen E,Kondo K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies suggest that increased levels of physical activity might decrease the risk of prostate cancer. We ascertained lifetime measures of activity in a population-based case-control study of prostate cancer in Shanghai, China to investigate physical activity in a population where the incidence of prostate c...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Lacey JV Jr,Deng J,Dosemeci M,Gao YT,Mostofi FK,Sesterhenn IA,Xie T,Hsing AW

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geoffrey Rose's 1985 paper, Sick individuals and sick populations, continues to spark debate and discussion. Since this original publication, there have been two notable challenges to Rose's population strategy of prevention. First, identification of high-risk individuals has improved considerably in accuracy, which s...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： McLaren L,McIntyre L,Kirkpatrick S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that small newborns who present rapid postnatal growth may have an increased risk of chronic diseases in adulthood. On the other hand, it is widely assumed that catch-up growth is desirable for low birthweight children, but the literature on this subject is limited. METHODS:Population...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Victora CG,Barros FC,Horta BL,Martorell R

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this retrospective cohort study was to assess the effect of hysterectomy on subsequent risk of cancer among 25,382 hysterectomized and a similar number of non-hysterectomized control women, registered in 1963-1976 in the Mass Screening Registry (MSR). METHODS:Cancer cases were obtained from...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Luoto R,Auvinen A,Pukkala E,Hakama M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the residential exposure to radon daughters has become a cause for concern as a contributing factor for lung cancer. In order to evaluate the population's risk consequences of different interpretations of the results of epidemiological studies in cohorts of uranium miners, a simulation model has been ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Stolwijk JA,Canny PF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In both seasonal and inter-town variation, the mortality from ischaemic heart disease in England and Wales in 1969-71 is very highly correlated with temperature. Also in the inter-town variation, IHD mortality is highly correlated with rainfall and with socio-economic index. It is postulated that the same mechanism of...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： West RR,Lowe CR

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the present historical cohort study was to enhance the understanding of the unusual mortality pattern seen among seafarers. The main object was to describe the mortality pattern of Danish seafarers in recent years with special reference to the influence of accidents in the maritime workplace and a...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Hansen HL,Pedersen G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence increasingly suggests that ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk are partly mediated by adipose tissue biology, which refers to the regional distribution of adipose tissue and its differential metabolic activity. This paper proposes a novel evolutionary hypothesis for ethnic genetic variability in adipose...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Wells JC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of diabetes, the interrelationship of blood glucose, serum insulin, and lipids, and their relationship to ischemic heart dise ase in a rural Jamaican community were investigated. The people were mo stly of West African descent. Occupations were primarily agricultural w ith much physical labor. Approx...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Florey Cdu V,McDonald H,McDonald J,Miall WE

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alcohol use is associated with breast cancer in many epidemiological studies. Most, however, have measured risk from recent consumption patterns, and only a few include analyses for duration of drinking or age that a woman started to drink. The authors studied the effect of these variables, as well as of rec...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bowlin SJ,Leske MC,Varma A,Nasca P,Weinstein A,Caplan L

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent economic growth in Papua New Guinea (PNG) would suggest that the country may be experiencing an epidemiological transition, characterized by a reduction in infectious diseases and a growing burden from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, data on cause-specific mortality in PNG are very sparse, ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Gouda HN,Hazard RH,Maraga S,Flaxman AD,Stewart A,Joseph JC,Rarau P,Wangnapi R,Poka H,Serina P,Phuanukoonnon S,Pham BN,Vano M,Lupiwa S,Sie A,Kave H,Lehmann D,Siba P,Lopez AD,Riley ID

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:An analysis of the associations between dietary and non-dietary variables and serum total cholesterol (Total-C) and high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was performed using data from the Scottish Heart Health Study--a cross-sectional survey of men (n = 5123) and women (n = 5236), aged 40-59. Subjects...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bolton-Smith C,Woodward M,Smith WC,Tunstall-Pedoe H

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between breast cancer risk and oral contraceptive use was examined in 401 breast cancer patients and 519 hospital controls interviewed in New York City during 1979-1981. Control subjects were ascertained utilizing variable ratio matching to the cases (2:1 or 1:1) by sex, age, hospital, and time of diag...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Harris RE,Zang EA,Wynder EL

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines methods for estimating the efficiency of measles and pertussis notification with particular reference to England and Wales. Crude estimates are obtained from a comparison of annual numbers of births and notifications, and this approach is modified to include detailed age-specific data. Other source...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Clarkson JA,Fine PE

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the use of the case-study or problem-solving method of teaching epidemiology, the technique of the 'blind' problem, namely the withholding of the diagnosis of the disease until the end, presents many advantages. The student is forced to confront the purely epidemiological data without being prejudiced by his precon...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Langmuir AD

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the associations of lifestyle factors with waist circumference 'Action Levels', hip circumference and body mass index. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study in a random sample of 5887 men and 7018 women aged 20-59 years, selected from the civil registries of Amsterdam, Maastricht and Doetinchem, The Netherla...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Han TS,Bijnen FC,Lean ME,Seidell JC

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The health benefits of physical activity are well established, but the overall amount of physical activity associated with cardiovascular and other health outcomes, and whether the relationships are similar in men and women and at different ages is still debated. This may be partly related to different metho...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Khaw KT,Jakes R,Bingham S,Welch A,Luben R,Day N,Wareham N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One task faced by public health surveillance practitioners is the timely identification of data patterns that might suggest the onset of an epidemic period. Many available techniques for analysis of surveillance data are based on sequential procedures, which predict expected numbers of cases and compare this estimate ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Nobre FF,Stroup DF

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-standardized cancer death rates in Puerto Rican-born males and females residing in New York City have been calculated for 1979-81, and compared with those for white non-Puerto Rican-born people. For all population groups the rates in 1979-81 have been compared with rates in 1969-71. For some cancer sites, in parti...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Rosenwaike I,Shai D

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Child mortality rates have been declining in most developing countries. We studied child and maternal mortality risk factors for child mortality in Beira city in July 1993, after a decade of conflict in Mozambique. METHODS:A community-based cluster sample survey of 4609 women of childbearing age was conduct...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Cutts FT,Dos Santos C,Novoa A,David P,Macassa G,Soares AC

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00