Biography and biological capital.

abstract：:1167 workers of Lorraine (France) iron mines, a random sample of 5600 workers aged 35 to 55 years, at work in 1975 constituted the initial cohort that was examined twice at 5-year intervals after the first examination. A questionnaire on respiratory symptoms and smoking habits (MRC questionnaire) plus questions on the...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pham QT,Teculescu D,Bruant A,Chau N,Viaggi MN,Rebstock E

更新日期：1992-07-01 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

authors： Kreis C,Doessegger E,Lupatsch JE,Spycher BD

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Consumption of high doses of alcohol on a single occasion (binge drinking) may harm the developing foetus and pregnant women are advised to avoid binge drinking while pregnant. We present characteristics of Danish women who binge drank in the pre-and post recognised part of their pregnancy. METHODS:During t...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Strandberg-Larsen K,Rod Nielsen N,Nybo Andersen AM,Olsen J,Grønbaek M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccinations and infections are possible triggers of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). However, studies on GBS after vaccinations during the influenza A(H1N1)pmd09 pandemic in 2009, show inconsistent results. Only few studies have addressed the role of influenza infection. We used information from national health data-ba...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ghaderi S,Gunnes N,Bakken IJ,Magnus P,Trogstad L,Håberg SE

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:According to the 'use it or lose it' hypothesis, a lack of mentally challenging activities might exacerbate the loss of cognitive function. On this basis, retirement has been suggested to increase the risk of cognitive decline, but evidence from studies with long follow-up is lacking. We tested this hypothesis in a co...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Xue B,Cadar D,Fleischmann M,Stansfeld S,Carr E,Kivimäki M,McMunn A,Head J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroprevalence of HTLV-I/II was evaluated in 1247 Italian individuals at high risk for HIV infection. The population studied consisted of 985 intravenous drug users (IVDUs), 474 of whom on methadone maintenance and 511 in a therapeutic community, 110 HIV-infected patients in various stages of HIV-related disease a...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zanetti AR,Zehender G,Tanzi E,Galli C,Rezza G,Cargnel A,Boschini A,Mari D,Pizzocolo G,Mazzotta F

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This hospital-based case-control study was designed to investigate the association of low dietary vitamin A and beta carotene consumption with epidermoid lung cancer. Cases were patients with histologically confirmed epidermoid lung cancer diagnosed in six selected hospitals of southwestern France in 1983-84. Controls...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dartigues JF,Dabis F,Gros N,Moise A,Bois G,Salamon R,Dilhuydy JM,Courty G

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have examined the association between dieting and weight change in general population and results have been inconsistent. To the best of our knowledge, no such study has been done in middle-aged African Americans. We examined 10,554 white and African American men and women who were participants in the Athe...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Juhaeri,Steven J,Chambless LE,Tyroler HA,Harp J,Jones D,Arnett D

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study a self-administered meal-based semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was developed, whose main aim was to classify individuals by their intake of food groups and nutrients. The respondents (205 final participants) from the target population were recruited from students and staff of the Faculty o...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Fregapane G,Asensio-García C

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BSE is a zoonotic disease that caused the emergence of variant Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease in the mid 1990s. The trend of the BSE epidemic in seven European countries was assessed and compared, using Age-Period-Cohort and Reproduction Ratio modelling applied to surveillance data 2001-2007. A strong decline in BSE risk wa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ducrot C,Sala C,Ru G,de Koeijer A,Sheridan H,Saegerman C,Selhorst T,Arnold M,Polak MP,Calavas D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have confirmed important regional differences in the prevalence of obesity, as well as a tendency for this prevalence to increase. Determination of the social factors involved in obesity may be very useful to design intervention and prevention strategies. This transverse study was undertaken in Pizarra ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Soriguer F,Rojo-Martínez G,Esteva de Antonio I,Ruiz de Adana MS,Catalá M,Merelo MJ,Beltrán M,Tinahones FJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper studies prostate cancer mortality in Italy from 1950-1979 to evaluate its importance in relation to total cancers, examine the time trend for forecasting future mortality trends, and makes an attempt to interpretate mortality by analyzing demographic and risk factors. In the Authors' opinion findings from c...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： La Rosa F,Cresci A,Orpianesi C,Saltalamacchia G

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Di.S.Co. Project--Sezze District Community Control--is aimed at achieving in the general population the prevention of chronic diseases through community intervention. Two areas are enrolled, one for intervention (25,706 subjects) and one for reference (12,655 subjects). In 1983 the first survey was conducted on a ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Giampaoli S,Urbinati GC,Menotti A,Ricci G

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory health effects of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution have been examined in 120 'asthma-like' school-aged children in some areas of Emilia-Romagna (urban-industrial and rural area). They kept a daily diary, through 12 weeks, for respiratory symptoms, PEF measurements, drug consumption and daily ac...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ranzi A,Gambini M,Spattini A,Galassi C,Sesti D,Bedeschi M,Messori A,Baroni A,Cavagni G,Lauriola P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sedentary behaviour is an emerging risk factor for several site-specific cancers. Ovarian cancers are often detected at late disease stages and the role of sedentary behaviour as a modifiable risk factor potentially contributing to ovarian cancer risk has not been extensively examined. We systematically searched relev...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Biller VS,Leitzmann MF,Sedlmeier AM,Berger FF,Ortmann O,Jochem C

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing concern over failure to detect early stage breast cancer has led communities across the United States to participate in the Breast Cancer Awareness Month program. This program mobilizes local public and private institutions, particularly the media, to reach a large audience each October with information on sal...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Catalano R,Winett L,Wallack L,Satariano W

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Active surveillance for unknown or unsuspected adverse drug effects may be carried out by applying epidemiological techniques to large administrative databases. Self-controlled designs, like the symmetry design, have the advantage over conventional design of adjusting for confounders that are stable over time. The aim...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hallas J,Wang SV,Gagne JJ,Schneeweiss S,Pratt N,Pottegård A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone Paget's disease is heterogeneously distributed and several foci of high prevalence have been reported in Spain. The aim of the present work was to determine the prevalence of the disease in a zone situated in the northwestern sector of the Province of Salamanca (Spain) using a cross sectional epi-demiological stu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mirón-Canelo JA,Del Pino-Montes J,Vicente-Arroyo M,Sáenz-González MC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out an epidemiological study on 2717 patients seen on a regular basis at Italian Cystic Fibrosis Centers with the aim of defining the prevalence of multiresistant Gram-negative strains in Italy. We found 272 multiresistant strains out of 1560 Gram-negative strains isolated in 1012 Italian cystic fibrosis pa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Taccetti G,Campana S,Marianelli L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Romania and to define associated risk factors, a cross-sectional, observational study was performed in 13 districts during 1999. Sera from healthy blood donors (1,598) and from forestry workers (1,048) were tested. A two-step testing strategy was used in...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hristea A,Hristescu S,Ciufecu C,Vasile A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) remain an important public health problem in developed countries. Hospital records were reviewed to ascertain the epidemiology of TBIs in Northeast Italy. METHODS:The annual rates of TBI-associated hospitalisation were estimated by analysing data collected from hospital recor...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Baldo V,Marcolongo A,Floreani A,Majori S,Cristofolettil M,Dal Zotto A,Vazzoler G,Trivello R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the first case-control study to investigate the role of wider environmental and socioeconomic factors upon human cryptosporidiosis. Using GIS the detailed locations of 3368 laboratory-confirmed cases were compared to the locations of an equal number of controls. All cases were genotyped enabling Cryptospo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lake IR,Harrison FC,Chalmers RM,Bentham G,Nichols G,Hunter PR,Kovats RS,Grundy C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional population survey using a random, stratified sample into phases was conducted in order to assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Albacete (a south-eastern province in Spain) with 248000 inhabitants over 18 years of age. The sample size was of 1322 people. Both sys...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Puras A,Sanchis C,Artigao LM,Divison JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies concerning the association between physical activity (PA) and mortality in breast cancer yielded mixed results. We investigated the association by performing a meta-analysis of all available studies. Relevant studies were identified by searching PubMed and EMBASE to January 2014. We calculated the sum...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhong S,Jiang T,Ma T,Zhang X,Tang J,Chen W,Lv M,Zhao J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1990, a prospective serological survey to estimate the rate of clinical and inapparent infection with hepatitis B virus was performed in a cohort of 1324 soldiers, 18-24 years old, during an eight-month period in Italy. At the time of enrollment the prevalence of hepatitis B markers was 4.6% (0.7% subjects positive...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： D'Amelio R,Stroffolini T,Nisini R,Matricardi PM,Rapicetta M,Spada E,Napoli A,Pasquini P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic health problems may be related to body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)), but this has been best documented in overweight and obese adults. The primary objective of this study was to identify factors associated with different categories of BMI in elderly men and women from the general population, also including the lo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kvamme JM,Wilsgaard T,Florholmen J,Jacobsen BK

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:High level of total serum calcium within the normal range has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk. We wanted to evaluate whether the physiological active ionised form of calcium also was a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS:A total of 974 participants from a health survey i...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ogard CG,Petersen J,Jørgensen T,Almdal T,Vestergaard H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00