Influenza vaccination in elderly residents in nursing homes: immune response to trivalent and monovalent inactivated influenza virus vaccine in the season 1986-87.

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

authors： Rodríguez-Artalejo F,Banegas JR,Graciani A,Hernández-Vecino R,del Rey-Calero J

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study comprised 130 cases affected by chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the same number of individually matched controls, with accidental injuries as a cause of hospitalization. Matching criteria were: sex, age, type of settlement, and area of residence. Both leukemias and all cancers were more frequent ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Radovanovic Z,Markovic-Denic L,Jankovic S

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to increase the amount of organs available for transplantation, many countries have implemented presumed consent for organ donation. Presuming a wish to contribute to medical advances through biobank research on previously taken tissue samples could similarly improve health and wellbeing. In this article ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Forsberg JS,Eriksson S,Hansson MG

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence point to a possible relationship between vitamin D and cardiovascular disease. Animal experiments and observational studies in humans suggest vitamin D to be arteriotoxic and an association of high intake of vitamin D with increased incidence of ischemic heart disease (IHD). The major source ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Rajasree S,Rajpal K,Kartha CC,Sarma PS,Kutty VR,Iyer CS,Girija G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was carried out in order to monitor the epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease in the Padua Health District over the period 1985-1996 with a view to the situation in some population subgroups. The average annual rate per 100,000 persons per year was 7.9 with a peak in 1994 (15.6 per 100,0...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Baldo V,Menegon T,Zannoni F,Angelopoulos A,Majori S,Piron L,Renzulli G,Trivello R

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EUROCAT Northern Netherlands registers children born with a birth defect in the Northern Netherlands. Data used to be collected via a notification form, which is filled out by the notifier and, if necessary, completed by the general practitioner. To increase the amount of information, EUROCAT started using new methodo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Reefhuis J,de Walle HE,de Jong-van den Berg LT,Cornel MC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare attitudes and management concerning hyperlipidaemia and risk factors for coronary heart disease among doctors in northern and in southern Europe, a questionnaire study was undertaken among doctors in primary health care and departments of internal medicine in Sicily and Stockholm. The regions diffe...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Danielsson B,Vancheri F,Aberg H,Strender LE

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of sexual transmission in the diffusion of HCV infection, was studied through the seroprevalence of anti-HCV antibodies in the heterosexual habitual partners of 83 anti-HCV positive subjects. The index cases were represented by 10 dialysed subjects, 31 patients with chronic liver disease and 42 healthy carrie...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Scotto G,Savastano AM,Fazio V,Conte PE,Ferrara S,Mangano A,Tantimonaco G

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Associations of cognitive function assessed in adulthood with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke might reflect a causal effect or could be explained by residual confounding or a common underlying pathology (atherosclerosis) that links both declines in cognitive function and increased risk of cardiovascu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lawlor DA,Batty GD,Clark H,McIntyre S,Leon DA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome "Traveller's Diarrhea" (TD) is important for tourists travelling to warm-climate countries. In this study a worldwide survey on the clinical features of enteritis among 1,455 Austrian tourists is reported. The clinical parameters of TD show that this disease exhibits a very uniform clinical course which i...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kollaritsch H

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study of 107 colon cancer cases and 486 controls from an oncological clinic in Istanbul was conducted to examine the association between occupational physical activity and colon cancer in Turkey, where incidence of this disease is low. Only two of the four activity measures showed evidence of an increas...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Vetter R,Dosemeci M,Blair A,Wacholder S,Unsal M,Engin K,Fraumeni JF Jr

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study on the characteristics of alcoholics attending the "Alcoholics in treatment" clubs, a community and family-oriented programme against alcoholism, has been conducted in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Northeastern Italy. A total of 598 individuals (93% of those contacted) completed the questionnaire, 431 (72%...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Barra S,Franceschi S,Maccioni A,Bidoli E

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between certain human papillomaviruses (HPV) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is well documented, but still unknown among Croatian women. In 1995, women between the age of 17 and 64 with cytomorphologically abnormal smears (CIN I-IV) were tested for the presence of HPV. Consensus and specif...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Grce M,Husnjak K,Magdić L,Ilijas M,Zlacki M,Lepusić D,Lukac J,Hodek B,Grizelj V,Kurjak A,Kusić Z,Pavelić K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging plays an important role in etiologic research on neurological diseases in the elderly. The Rotterdam Scan Study was initiated as part of the ongoing Rotterdam Study with the aim to unravel causes of neurological disease by performing neuroimaging in a population-based longitudinal setting. In 1995 and 199...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ikram MA,van der Lugt A,Niessen WJ,Krestin GP,Koudstaal PJ,Hofman A,Breteler MM,Vernooij MW

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pairs of cases of Boutonneuse Fever (BF) occurred in three families. The illness appeared almost simultaneously in both members of each family, but was generally more serious in one as judged by clinical and laboratory parameters. The possibility of a "bed rickettsiosis", that is reactivation of rickettsiae by the blo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tringali G,Mansueto S,Barba G,Occhino C,Farinella E,Vitale G,Walker DH

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biphasic outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella hadar affected canteen employees and workers at a construction site in central Italy in September 1994. There were 448 symptomatic cases, from 61 of whom group C Salmonella was isolated. Six cases were canteen employees. Twenty-two other individuals were asym...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Faustini A,Sangalli M,Fantasia M,Manganello R,Mattaccini E,Trippanera R,Spera D,La Rosa U,Topi MT,Forastiere F,Perucci CA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the end of 1988 an outbreak of trichinellosis involving 48 persons occurred in a small town in Central Italy, near the Appennine mountains. The epidemic was caused by the ingestion of sausages recently made with wild boar meat. The people affected were mostly relatives and friends of hunters. Trichinella larvae wer...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Frongillo RF,Baldelli B,Pozio E,Crapa G,Di Giuli C,Santirocchi M,Di Leonardo F

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Big Data and precision medicine, two major contemporary challenges for epidemiology, are critically examined from two different angles. In Part 1 Big Data collected for research purposes (Big research Data) and Big Data used for research although collected for other primary purposes (Big secondary Data) are discussed ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Saracci R

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is uncertain whether the incidence of stroke is increased in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and whether COPD is associated with all subtypes of stroke (i.e. ischemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage). We evaluated the association between COPD and incidence ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Söderholm M,Inghammar M,Hedblad B,Egesten A,Engström G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-allergen antibodies were searched for by an Enzyme Immunoassay in the sera obtained from 60 patients with a clinical diagnosis of asthma. Allergic rhinitis was also present in 28 patients. The diagnosis of asthma was based on clinical criteria that include history and clinical evidence of airflow obstruction. Ten...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ramadan F,Hamadeh F,Abdelnoor AM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests potential associations between birthweight and disease in later life. For resource or other reasons recorded birthweight may be unavailable to researchers who have access to uniquely relevant outcome data. The present study examined the validity of parental recall of birthweight. Parents of 10...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Walton KA,Murray LJ,Gallagher AM,Cran GW,Savage MJ,Boreham C

更新日期：2000-01-01 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

authors： di Giuseppe R,Kühn T,Hirche F,Buijsse B,Dierkes J,Fritsche A,Kaaks R,Boeing H,Stangl GI,Weikert C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Cnattingius S,Svensson T,Granath F,Iliadou A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent antibody, immunoperoxidase and gold-silver staining methods for the rapid and accurate diagnosis of systemic mycotic infections are currently performed in a few specialized laboratories. These methods have proved applicable to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues, and are reliable for identifying ther...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kaufman L

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flagellin subunit A gene (flaA) typing of Campylobacter has been recognized by several groups as a relatively simple and quick genotyping method. The present study aimed to create, for the first time in Greece, a database with flaA restriction patterns, which could be used for future epidemiological and clin...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ioannidis A,Nicolaou C,Legakis NJ,Ioannidou V,Chatzipanagiotou S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For unknown reasons the incidence of non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (NHL) has increased during the last decades. Conditions with impaired immune functions have been associated with an increased risk of malignant lymphomas. Interactions between the central nervous, immune, and endocrine systems have been recently identified, ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Nordström M,Granath F,Björkholm M,Ekbom A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A broad review is given of the general principles underlying study design with emphasis on applications in medical and epidemiological contexts. The main theme of the paper is that, while the distinction between interventionist studies, that is experiments, and purely observational ones is important, there are many co...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cox DR

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of morbidity and mortality due to injuries in the population over the age of 14 years in Barcelona, Spain. Injury distribution according to sex, age, external cause, place of occurrence of the injury and severity was also obtained. A one-year survey was conducted in ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Plasència A,Borrell C

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the use of Nordic Medical Birth Registers (MBRs) in epidemiological studies, paying special attention to the topics that have been investigated and to other data sources that increase the usefulness of MBRs. We divided the reviewed studies into four groups according to the data sources on which t...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Gissler M,Louhiala P,Hemminki E

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various studies have linked different genetic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to different blood lipids (BL), but whether these "connections" were identified using cross-sectional or longitudinal (i.e., changes over time) designs has received little attention. Cross-sectional and longitudinal assessments of BL ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Costanza MC,Beer-Borst S,James RW,Gaspoz JM,Morabia A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00