Measles, the need for a paradigm shift.

abstract：:Hepatitis B has long been a serious public health problem in Greece. In recent years, a decline in hepatitis B infection is observed ascribable to many factors such as demographic and socioeconomic changes, medical precautions, use of disposable medical equipments, screening of blood donors and vaccination. We studied...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stamouli M,Gizaris V,Totos G,Papaevangelou G

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas cepacia has occasionally been identified as an epidemic and endemic nosocomial pathogen. In outbreaks, usually one clinical site predominates but many may be involved. Detailed investigations have usually implicated a contaminated liquid reservoir or moist environmental surface as the source. Liquid source...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Martone WJ,Tablan OC,Jarvis WR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have reported that women with osteoporosis present an increased risk of cardiovascular events and that lipid lowering therapy (statins) could be associated with a decreased risk of fracture. We investigated whether women with atherogenic lipid profile have lower lumbar and femoral bone mineral ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Orozco P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the relationship between alcohol consumption and arterial pressure in 1,190 subjects of both sexes aged between 18 and 63 years who were examined during the course of a program of preventive medicine organized by Centro Diagnostico Italiano. In 711 subjects who were not requested to alter their usual alcoho...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Periti M,Salvaggio A,Quaglia G,Di Marzio L

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relatively few data are available to predict a complicated course of community-acquired complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients with diabetes type 2 (DM2). The aim of this study was to assess predictors for a complicated course of UTIs in DM2 patients in primary care. METHOD:We conducted a c...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Venmans LM,Sloof M,Hak E,Gorter KJ,Rutten GE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the PROCAM study hypertriglyceridaemia was much more common among men (18.6%) than women (4.2%). Prevalence increased with age in women, but remained nearly constant at about 20% in men aged 35 years or more. In a multiple regression analysis a strong negative correlation between triglycerides and HDL cholesterol w...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Assmann G,Schulte H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease is diagnosed by means of jejunal biopsy, an invasive procedure. Anti-gliadin antibodies (AGA) have therefore been used in the first screening of the disease. On the other hand, low titers of AGA are widely detected also in normal subjects. In order to investigate if low levels of AGA could be correlate...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bonamico M,Ballati G,Mariani P,Latini M,Triglione P,Rana I,Porro E,Mesturino MA,Criscione S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response to diphtheria and tetanus toxoid components of a combined diphtheria tetanus whole-cell pertussis/enhanced inactivated poliovirus (DTwP/eIPV) vaccine, administered in a three-dose schedule to infants at 2, 3 1/2 and 10 months of age and followed by a booster at the age of 8 years, was compared with...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Swartz TA,Saliou P,Catznelson E,Blondeau C,Gil I,Peled T,Havkin O,Fletcher M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general objective of randomized clinical trials is to assess if the treatment effect on a given population is clinically meaningful. In this way, one obtains an average estimate of the treatment effect over the trial population. However, a growing need for medical practitioners is to be able to predict with suffic...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Li W,Boissel JP,Cucherat M,Gueyffier F,Boutitie F

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial evidence supports the role of asbestos in malignant mesothelioma. Clustering for this malignancy among relatives not only suggests genetic susceptibility as a relevant component but also provides a clue to investigate non-occupational sources of exposure. We identified five cases of malignant mesothelioma ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ascoli V,Carnovale-Scalzo C,Nardi F,Efrati C,Menegozzo M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven different phenotyping methods for strain differentiation of Candida albicans (auxonotyping, enzymotyping, resistotyping, Phongpaichit's morphotyping, Hunter's morphotyping and Odds and Abbott's biotyping method-1980 and 1983 versions) were compared on a single population of 94 strains. 77.6% of the strains belon...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Otero L,Vázquez F,Palacio V,Vázquez S,Carreño F,Méndez FJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is a ubiquitous sporeforming Gram-positive rod that is associated with foodborne outbreaks as well as several opportunistic infections. Inspite of the prevalence of B. cereus associated foodborne outbreaks, subtyping of the species using molecular typing assays was not attempted. In this study we have ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Matar GM,Slieman TA,Nabbut NH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multilevel analysis is today considered a more appropriate way to monitor health care performance, as it allows a less biased estimation of uncertainty, and can also separate and quantify contextual (as opposed to individual) effects. Multilevel analysis should be applied as the standard methodology for hospital compa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Merlo J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to examine the association between age at menarche and all-cause mortality. A population-based prospective study involving 55,128 Japanese women aged 40-79 years in 1988-1990 and followed up to December 2006 was used. A total of 6,967 deaths occurred during the follow-up. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% c...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tamakoshi K,Yatsuya H,Tamakoshi A,JACC Study Group.

更新日期：2011-10-01 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

abstract：:Findings from molecular studies suggesting that several infectious agents cause sarcoidosis are intriguing yet conflicting and likely biased due to their cross-sectional design. As done in other inflammatory diseases to overcome this issue, prospectively-collected register data could be used, but reverse causation is ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Rossides M,Kullberg S,Askling J,Eklund A,Grunewald J,Di Giuseppe D,Arkema EV

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the prevalence of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8) in Albania and its correlation with HBV and HCV, we tested 196 serum samples collected from apparently healthy adults (i.e., 154 women and 42 men). We found 20% anti-HHV-8 antibodies, about 10% HbsAg-positive, and 67% anti-HBc antibodies; anti-HCV antibody...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Schinaia N,Kodra Y,Sarmati L,Andreoni M,Bino S,Qyra S,Rezza G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies published to date consider single noise sources and the reported noise metrics are not informative about the peaking characteristics of the source under investigation. Our study focuses on the association between cardiovascular mortality in Switzerland and the three major transportation noise sources-road...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Héritier H,Vienneau D,Foraster M,Eze IC,Schaffner E,Thiesse L,Rudzik F,Habermacher M,Köpfli M,Pieren R,Brink M,Cajochen C,Wunderli JM,Probst-Hensch N,Röösli M,SNC study group.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade there have been significant socio-demographic changes in Spain with potential impact on gestational length. The aim of the study was to describe the evolution of gestational age during 1997-2008, separately for native-born and immigrant population, in order to assess their contribution to the ov...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Castelló A,Río I,Sandín-Vázquez M,Bolúmar F

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of systemic lupus erythematosus patients was carried out in Portugal. The length of time from disease appearance to diagnosis remained unchanged over the 1970-2001 study period, while awareness of the disease increased considerably in the population in the mid-1990s, apparently as a result of an awareness cam...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Moriarty T,O'Sullivan M,Tam A,Gonçalves RM,Wall JG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Educational-related gradients in coronary heart disease (CHD) and mediation by behavioral risk factors are plausible given previous research; however this has not been comprehensively addressed in absolute measures. Questionnaire data on health behavior of 69,513 participants, 52 % women, from seven Danish cohort stud...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Nordahl H,Rod NH,Frederiksen BL,Andersen I,Lange T,Diderichsen F,Prescott E,Overvad K,Osler M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to gastroduodenal diseases, Helicobacter pylori infection has been associated with extradigestive diseases, including coronary heart disease. Different studies have failed to demonstrate a clear association. The aim of this work was to carry out a meta-analysis of these studies' results, with a special emp...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pellicano R,Mladenova I,Broutet N,Salmi LR,Mégraud F

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The trend towards increased psychotropic drug prescribing in children and adolescents is well recognised in North America and continental Europe. However, it is unclear to what extent these studies are applicable to clinical practice in the United Kingdom (UK). This study was conducted to estimate the preval...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hsia Y,Maclennan K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In high income countries females outlive men, although they generally report worse health, the so-called male-female health-survival paradox. Russia has one of the world's largest sex difference in life expectancy with a male disadvantage of more than 10 years. We compare components of the paradox between Denmark and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Oksuzyan A,Shkolnikova M,Vaupel JW,Christensen K,Shkolnikov VM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the shift in the rates and levels of antibody to hepatitis A virus, 567 children in 20 isolated groups of five day-care centers were observed over a period of 8 months during which the seasonal rise in hepatitis A morbidity occurs. Increases in the proportion of seropositive ranging from 5 to 3...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Prikazchikov SA,Balayan MS

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this matched-pair study 139 pregnant women were matched on the basis of age to an equal number of non-pregnant women with no signs of genital infection. The mean age was 28.7 years (range 20-41). The cut-offs used for detection of chlamydial antibody were 1:64 and 1:128 for IgG and 1:16 for IgA. IgG antibody at 64 ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Olliaro P,Regazzetti A,Marchetti AL,Lanzarini P,Spinillo A,Gorini G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the progression of hand osteoarthritis in rural population and to determine the factors which could influence that progression. Participants of both sexes were 54-56 years of age at the first visit. Radiographs of both hands, anthropometry and blood pressure measurement were perfor...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cvijetić S,Kurtagić N,Ozegović DD

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses to trivalent inactivated whole virus and monovalent subunit influenza vaccines, used in the season 1986-87, were analyzed in elderly residents in nursing homes. Higher levels of induced antibody were found in the group receiving two doses of trivalent vaccine. This suggests that high risk aged patient...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mancini G,Arangio-Ruiz G,Bianchi B,Diana L,Macchia T,Donatelli I,Castrucci MR,Campitelli L,Ruggieri A

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of processes are involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. These include an "injury" to the endothelial cell barrier of the inner lining of the artery, infiltration of the artery by lipid filled monocyte-macrophages, proliferation of smooth muscle cells, synthesis of connective tissue and thrombus form...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stout RW

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Dementias Platform UK Data Portal is a data repository facilitating access to data for 3 370 929 individuals in 42 cohorts. The Data Portal is an end-to-end data management solution providing a secure, fully auditable, remote access environment for the analysis of cohort data. All projects utilising the data are b...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bauermeister S,Orton C,Thompson S,Barker RA,Bauermeister JR,Ben-Shlomo Y,Brayne C,Burn D,Campbell A,Calvin C,Chandran S,Chaturvedi N,Chêne G,Chessell IP,Corbett A,Davis DHJ,Denis M,Dufouil C,Elliott P,Fox N,Hill D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00