Biomass fuel and risk of tuberculosis: a case-control study from Northern India.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of psychosocial risk factors in discriminating between individuals at higher and lower risk of coronary heart disease, using risk prediction equations. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Scotland. PARTICIPANTS:5191 employed men aged 35 to 64 years and free of coronary heart...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Macleod J,Metcalfe C,Smith GD,Hart C

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI; ICD9-CM 410*) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world, and its community surveillance is essential to monitor variation in the occurrence of the disease. Between the late 1990s and the early 2000s more sensitive and specific biomarkers of myocardial ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Barchielli A,Balzi D,Naldoni P,Roberts AT,Profili F,Dima F,Palmieri L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study are to generalise the concept of gap length between partners and to estimate the duration of four types of measures for heterosexual partnerships, called status lengths: (1) time spent as single before becoming monogamous (S-M, positive gap), (2) duration of concurrency before monogamy...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Castillo-Guajardo D,García-Ramos G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is now recommended irrespective of CD4 count. However data on the relationship between CD4 count at ART initiation and loss to follow-up (LTFU) are limited and conflicting. METHODS:We conducted a cohort analysis including all adults initiating ART (2008-2012) at three...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Grimsrud A,Cornell M,Schomaker M,Fox MP,Orrell C,Prozesky H,Stinson K,Tanser F,Egger M,Myer L,International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa Collaboration (IeDEA-SA).

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To empirically test the impact of dietary intake at several time points in childhood on children's school attainment and to investigate whether any differences in school attainment between children who ate packed lunches or school meals was due to who these children were, their pre-school dietary patterns, o...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Feinstein L,Sabates R,Sorhaindo A,Rogers I,Herrick D,Northstone K,Emmett P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many youth deaths occur in the first year of life, from prematurity and anomalies. Detailing mortality after age 1 year may differentially guide preventive strategies in children, adolescents and young adults. METHODS:A cohort study in Ontario, Canada comprised 3 139 698 children born from 1990 to 2016. Adj...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ray JG,Guttmann A,Silveira J,Park AL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Smokefree Class Competition, the largest school-based smoking prevention programme in Europe, aims to create a class climate that denormalises smoking. An analysis was carried out to assess whether it increases bullying or perception of isolation. METHODS:A cluster randomised controlled trial was conduc...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hanewinkel R,Isensee B,Maruska K,Sargent JD,Morgenstern M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression is an important contributor to the global burden of disease. Besides several known individual-level factors that contribute to depression, there is a growing recognition that neighbourhood environment can also profoundly affect mental health. This study assessed associations between three neighbou...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cohen-Cline H,Beresford SAA,Barrington WE,Matsueda RL,Wakefield J,Duncan GE

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In Italy the law on industrial risk has emphasised the necessity of building a local information process to answer people's questions on safety and provide greater community participation in risk management. The aim of this research is to analyse the local population's ideas and expectations of a participator...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mereu A,Sardu C,Minerba L,Sotgiu A,Contu P

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A promising concept in cardiovascular disease prevention (the polypill) was introduced in 2003. Although the polypill may seem as an effective intervention, data on its costs and cost effectiveness remain unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the maximum price of the polypill for it to be a cost ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Franco OH,Steyerberg EW,de Laet C

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Innovative strategies beyond the health system are required to reduce the prevalence of smoking. Early child development interventions are examples of interventions that can help set children on positive social and educational trajectories, which in turn may also reduce the prevalence of smoking. The aim of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： D'Onise K,Lynch JW,McDermott RA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to examine (1) trends concerning financial assistance from the national government to local governments, (2) trends regarding death rates and life expectancies among prefectures, and (3) the effect of the national financial adjustment policy in equalising both the reve...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Takano T,Nakamura K

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressing public policies that improve health equity requires understanding and addressing the creation, use and distribution of power. This glossary provides an overview of some of the most relevant conceptualisations of the dynamics of power in policy with implications for health equity. The aim is to provide an a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Harris P,Baum F,Friel S,Mackean T,Schram A,Townsend B

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the most appropriate surrogate indicator and its cut off point for identifying low birthweight babies in northern India. STUDY SETTING:A secondary level hospital at Ballabgarh. The patients were from nearby rural and urban areas and mostly belonged to lower and middle socioeconomic strata....

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kapoor SK,Kumar G,Anand K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to examine a cohort of cases of childhood cancer occurring in a defined geographical area to try to identify clustering and possible causative factors. DESIGN:Data were analysed using the close pair method developed by Knox for signs of clustering in relation to date and place ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Morris V

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reliable data on clinical biomarkers are necessary in order to assess the health risks of populations and especially in assessing long-term trends related to disease incidence. METHODS:Ten European laboratories participated in a two-phase quality control exercise of total cholesterol (TC) and high-density l...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Alfthan G,Sundvall J,Råman L,Kuulasmaa K,Tolonen H,European Health Examination Survey Pilot Project.

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To explore risk factors for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OAK) in women, which included wearing high heeled shoes. DESIGN:Matched case-control study. Exposure information obtained by interview, included details about past footwear. Self reported weight and height data obtained representing when wome...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Dawson J,Juszczak E,Thorogood M,Marks SA,Dodd C,Fitzpatrick R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the potential for substituting alternative forms of care for admission to an acute hospital in particular groups of patients. DESIGN:A screening tool, the intensity-severity-discharge review system with adult criteria (ISD-A), developed for hospital utilisation review in the USA, was used in ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Coast J,Inglis A,Morgan K,Gray S,Kammerling M,Frankel S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders are common diseases, but little is known about familial clustering in these diseases. This is, to our knowledge, the first systematic family study carried out on these diseases. METHODS:Familial risks for siblings who were hospitalised for nerve, nerve root and plexus ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hemminki K,Li X,Sundquist K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between blood pressure and subsequent stroke was examined in a four-year follow-up study of a geographically defined population sample of 2704 people aged 65 and over resident in South Tyneside in 1975. In men there was a significant relation between stroke and a history of diagnosed high blood pressure a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Evans JG

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to estimate the likely burden of cervical cancer in New Zealand over the next two decades, according to whether cervical screening services are made more effective. DESIGN:The study was based on national mortality and incidence data for the periods 1954-87 and 1954-86, respectively. An age-...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cox B,Skegg DC

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The death of a young child is so devastating that it can increase the risk of mortality in the grieving parent. Little is known about the impact of an adult child's death on the health of parents. METHODS:The authors conducted a follow-up study between 1980 and 2002 based on a linked-registers database that...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rostila M,Saarela J,Kawachi I

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metabolic syndrome (MS) has an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, whether the concept of MS, applying the new joint interim statement definition, has a greater impact on incident CVD than its individual components is debated. METHODS:The authors related MS and its component...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hadaegh F,Zabetian A,Khalili D,Safarkhani M,Philip T James W,Azizi F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep plays an important role in health and varies by social determinants. Little is known, however, about geographic variations in sleep and the role of individual-level and neighbourhood-level factors. METHODS:We used a multilevel modelling approach to quantify neighbourhood variation in self-reported sle...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fang SC,Subramanian SV,Piccolo R,Yang M,Yaggi HK,Bliwise DL,Araujo AB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic factors may influence changes in hip fracture (HF) incidence over time. We analysed HF temporal trends during the Bone and Joint Decade in Portugal (BJD-Portugal), 2000-2010, by regional socioeconomic status (SES), sex and age. METHODS:We selected registers of patients aged 50+ years with HF (...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oliveira CM,Alves SM,Pina MF

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a house-to-house study of 994 urban Zulus the prevalence of hypertension according to WHO criteria was 25% (23% men, 27% women). In a rural Zulu study of 987 the prevalence age corrected to the urban distribution was 9.4% (8.7% men, 10% women). Thus there was a pronounced difference between the prevalence of hypert...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Seedat YK,Seedat MA,Hackland DB

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following essay outlines the intervention and presents a framework that will serve as a guide in the evaluation of the different effects of the Superblocks. Superblocks consist of amalgamations of blocks throughout the city, with the goal of improving the habitability of public spaces, advancing sustainable mobili...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mehdipanah R,Novoa AM,León-Gómez BB,López MJ,Palència L,Vasquez H,Díez È,Borrell C,Pérez K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to identify any social class differences in health and care in the year before death emerging from a wider study of life before death. DESIGN AND SETTING:Data were collected at interviews, mainly of close relatives, with those who knew most about the people's lives in the year before they d...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cartwright A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asylum seekers are assumed to be a vulnerable group with respect to sexual and reproductive health. The objective of this study was to quantify induced abortion and teenage birth indicators for this group. METHODS:The population comprised all female asylum seekers aged 15-49 in The Netherlands between Septe...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Goosen S,Uitenbroek D,Wijsen C,Stronks K

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to determine whether induced abortions could increase the risk of secondary infertility. DESIGN:This was a case-control study; cases were women with secondary infertility, individually matched to two controls who were currently pregnant. Each participant was interviewed by one of two medica...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tzonou A,Hsieh CC,Trichopoulos D,Aravandinos D,Kalandidi A,Margaris D,Goldman M,Toupadaki N

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00