An outbreak of cholera in a refugee camp in Africa.

abstract：:Finding individual-level data for adequately-powered Mendelian randomization analyses may be problematic. As publicly-available summarized data on genetic associations with disease outcomes from large consortia are becoming more abundant, use of published data is an attractive analysis strategy for obtaining precise e...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Burgess S,Scott RA,Timpson NJ,Davey Smith G,Thompson SG,EPIC- InterAct Consortium.

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for the rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases have become increasingly common in the last decade. The impetus for the development of such techniques has stemmed from the need to provide clinically relevant information without the length of time and complexity inherent to traditional cultivation methods. This ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Miotti PG

更新日期：1987-12-01 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：:The most common diseases affecting middle-aged and elderly subjects in industrialized countries are multigenetic and lifestyle related. Several attempts have been made to study interactions between genes and lifestyle factors, but most such studies lack the power to examine interactions between several genes and sever...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lind L,Elmståhl S,Bergman E,Englund M,Lindberg E,Michaelsson K,Nilsson PM,Sundström J

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：:Five-hundred-seventy-seven, 6 year old schoolchildren from Rome were examined. 67.8% of them harboured 1 x 10(5) or more Streptococcus mutans CFU per milliliter of saliva. This value was higher than values reported by other Authors. However, the caries prevalence of the subjects in this study was lower than values sho...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Petti S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we have analyzed several risk factors for developing nosocomial infections at a Surgical Service of the Hospital Clinico Universitario "San Cecilio", based on a retrospective follow-up program designed specifically for this study. Of all patients admitted to the Service from January 1 to June 17, 1987, w...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Delgado-Rodríguez M,Cueto-Espinar A,Rodríguez-Contreras R,Gálvez-Vargas R

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Despite a rapid increase in immigration from low-income countries, studies on immigrants' mortality in Italy are scarce. We aimed to describe differences in all and cause-specific mortality among immigrants and Italians residing in Turin and Reggio Emilia (Northern Italy), two cities participating in the Italian Netwo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pacelli B,Zengarini N,Broccoli S,Caranci N,Spadea T,Di Girolamo C,Cacciani L,Petrelli A,Ballotari P,Cestari L,Grisotto L,Giorgi Rossi P,IN-LiMeS Group.

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the association between postmenopausal hormone therapy (PMH) use and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) stratifying the cases by the presence/absence of antibodies against citrullinated peptides (ACPA). A subset of the Epidemiological Investigation of RA (EIRA), a population-based case-control study, compr...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Orellana C,Saevarsdottir S,Klareskog L,Karlson EW,Alfredsson L,Bengtsson C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies based on databases, medical records and registers are used extensively today in epidemiological research. Despite the increasing use, no developed methodological literature on use and evaluation of population-based registers is available, even though data collection in register-based studies differs from resea...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Thygesen LC,Ersbøll AK

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse selective factors associated with an unexpectedly low response rate. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:The baseline questionnaire survey of a large prospective follow-up study on the psychosocial health of the Finnish working-aged randomly chosen population resulted in 21,101 responses (40.0%) in 1998. The non...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Korkeila K,Suominen S,Ahvenainen J,Ojanlatva A,Rautava P,Helenius H,Koskenvuo M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human anthrax vaccines currently licensed in the United States and Western Europe consist of alum-precipitated or aluminum hydroxide-adsorbed supernatant material from fermentor cultures of toxigenic, nonencapsulated strains of Bacillus anthracis. These vaccines have several drawbacks, including the need for frequent ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ivins BE,Welkos SL

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate completeness of tuberculosis notification in Bichat Claude-Bernard University Hospital and to evaluate whether misclassification of atypical mycobacterial infection could have contributed to the inaccuracy of tuberculosis notification. Data from Microbiology Laboratory of the hosp...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Denic L,Lucet JC,Pierre J,Deblangy C,Kosmann MJ,Carbonne A,Bouvet E

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined factors associated with increased mortality in a cohort of 85,203 adults with a history of imprisonment in New South Wales, Australia, between 1988 and 2002. Information on death was collected through linkage to the Australian National Death Index. The influence of demographic and criminological factors on...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kariminia A,Law MG,Butler TG,Corben SP,Levy MH,Kaldor JM,Grant L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work is about the comparison between two studies performed in southern Italy: 'Montecorvino Rovella Project' (PMR, 1988-1989) and 'VIP Project' (Prevention in the Irno Valley, 1998-1999) to evaluate the trend of cholesterolaemia in an area of the Campania region. These two areas which are near the city of Salerno...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Capuano V,Bambacaro A,D'Arminio T,Del Regno B,Dantonio V,Lanzara C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical activity is thought to be cardioprotective, but associations with different subtypes of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are poorly understood. We examined associations between physical activity and seven major CVD death causes. The sample comprised 65,093 adults (aged 58 ± 12 years, 45.4% men) followed up over m...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hamer M,O'Donovan G,Stamatakis E

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aside from existing opportunistic screening, an organised screening programme (OSP) for cervical cancer (CC) was implemented in 2006/2007 in Poland. We applied joinpoint regression and age-period-cohort model to look for the impact of the OSP on CC incidence/mortality trends. Decline of age-standardised incidence rate...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Nowakowski A,Wojciechowska U,Wieszczy P,Cybulski M,Kamiński MF,Didkowska J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen hundred and thirty seven isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated over a two year period were serotyped using three panels of monoclonal antibodies. The isolates comprised 687 serogroup WI strains and 950 serogroup WII/III strains. The antibodies used in the panels were those developed by Pharmacia (Ph) and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Moyes A,Young H

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Did you ever hear about epidemiology in Germany? Starting from an epidemiological desert the discipline has grown remarkably, especially during the last 10-15 years: research institutes have been established, research funding has improved, multiple curriculae in Epidemiology and Public Health are offered. This increas...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Wichmann HE

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke incidence rates have decreased in developed countries over the past 40 years, but trends vary across populations. We investigated whether age-and-sex-specific stroke incidence rates and associated risk factors as well as preventive medication use have changed in Rotterdam in the Netherlands during the last two ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Wieberdink RG,Ikram MA,Hofman A,Koudstaal PJ,Breteler MM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bonander C,Strömberg U

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are a major cause of hospitalization in infants. Research suggests that immunomodulatory properties of vitamin D may influence LRTI risk. This study's objective was to examine whether 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations in cord blood influenced susceptibility to LRTI...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Łuczyńska A,Logan C,Nieters A,Elgizouli M,Schöttker B,Brenner H,Rothenbacher D

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To ascertain practical methods of estimating the population size of men who have sex with men (MSM) by field application. METHODS:Nine public places were selected, where men who have sex with men (MSM) frequented. Capture-recapture method and multiplier method were used to count the number of men who have se...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Luan R,Zeng G,Zhang D,Luo L,Yuan P,Liang B,Li Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the crossroads between sciences, epidemiology brings together the social and the biological to examine social inequalities in health. The concept of biological capital represents the accumulated history of biological experiences, alongside the other forms of accumulated capital, notably cultural, economic and socia...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Vineis P,Kelly-Irving M

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:To study the association between country of birth and incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in several immigrant groups in Sweden. The study population included all adults (n = 3,226,752) aged 45 years and older in Sweden. AF was defined as having at least one registered diagnosis of AF in the National Patient Register. T...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Wändell P,Carlsson AC,Li X,Gasevic D,Ärnlöv J,Holzmann MJ,Sundquist J,Sundquist K

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Most of the epidemiological studies designed to determine the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Portugal were hospital-based and the rates reported were around 1/1000. A sentinel network of general practitioners (GPs) has been in effect in the country since 1989, involving doctors with a relatively stable list...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dias JA,Felgueiras MM,Sanchez JP,Gonçalves JM,Falcäo JM,Pimenta ZP

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00