Paralytic poliomyelitis in Italy (1981-85).

abstract：:Determine age-specific infection fatality rates for COVID-19 to inform public health policies and communications that help protect vulnerable age groups. Studies of COVID-19 prevalence were collected by conducting an online search of published articles, preprints, and government reports that were publicly disseminated...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Levin AT,Hanage WP,Owusu-Boaitey N,Cochran KB,Walsh SP,Meyerowitz-Katz G

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：: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：:The relationship of socioeconomic indicators (education, occupation and residence) to short-term all cause mortality and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality was evaluated in an Italian population sample. Socioeconomic indicators (education, occupational level and residence) and major CHD risk factors were measured ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tenconi MT,Devoti G,Comelli M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of an association between early pregnancy exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and congenital heart defects (CHD) has contributed to recommendations to weigh benefits and risks carefully. The objective of this study was to determine the specificity of association between first trimester ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Wemakor A,Casson K,Garne E,Bakker M,Addor MC,Arriola L,Gatt M,Khoshnood B,Klungsoyr K,Nelen V,O'Mahoney M,Pierini A,Rissmann A,Tucker D,Boyle B,de Jong-van den Berg L,Dolk H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to assess the association between green tea consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a pooled analysis of eight Japanese population-based cohort studies. Pooled hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI), derived from random effects models, were used to evaluate the ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Abe SK,Saito E,Sawada N,Tsugane S,Ito H,Lin Y,Tamakoshi A,Sado J,Kitamura Y,Sugawara Y,Tsuji I,Nagata C,Sadakane A,Shimazu T,Mizoue T,Matsuo K,Naito M,Tanaka K,Inoue M,Research Group for the Development and Evaluati

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differing pathological haemodynamics in cardiac malformations lead to varying modes and timings of presentation. This study identifies historical trends in presentation of congenital heart disease in a population-based study. All patients diagnosed as having congenital heart disease in Malta between 1960-1994 were inc...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Grech V

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rotterdam Study is a prospective cohort study ongoing since 1990 in the city of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The study targets cardiovascular, endocrine, hepatic, neurological, ophthalmic, psychiatric, dermatological, oncological, and respiratory diseases. As of 2008, 14,926 subjects aged 45 years or over compris...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hofman A,Darwish Murad S,van Duijn CM,Franco OH,Goedegebure A,Ikram MA,Klaver CC,Nijsten TE,Peeters RP,Stricker BH,Tiemeier HW,Uitterlinden AG,Vernooij MW

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：: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：:Previously published studies on the risk of cancer among male priests have been based on cancer mortality with the exception of one case-control study. The aim of this study was to present estimates of cancer incidence among Nordic male priests. The study cohort for our analyses consisted of 6.5 million men aged 30-64...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stang A,Martinsen JI,Kjaerheim K,Weiderpass E,Sparén P,Tryggvadóttir L,Pukkala E

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：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：:To assess the association of childhood parental history of type 2 diabetes and the risk of diabetes in adulthood. Observations were made on a community-based cohort of normoglycemic (n = 1619), pre-diabetic (n = 78), and type 2 diabetic (n = 50) adult subjects followed serially for cardiovascular risk factors over 22 ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Nguyen QM,Srinivasan SR,Xu JH,Chen W,Berenson GS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pesticides are widely used toxics. The objective of the study is to evaluate the odds of exposure to pesticides in chronic bronchitis patients. METHODS:Using the American Thoracic Society standardized questionnaire confirmed by medical diagnosis of chronic bronchitis, a case-control study was performed in Le...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Salameh PR,Waked M,Baldi I,Brochard P,Saleh BA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 136 cases of men with urinary bladder cancer and 272 matched hospital controls were examined for potential exposure to diesel exhaust. A lifetime occupational history was obtained for all subjects in the study and assessment of exposure to diesel exhaust was based on the job titles of the subject and self-r...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Iyer V,Harris RE,Wynder EL

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a national study of surgical departments is Israel, cardiac surgery patients undergoing open heart surgery between 1987 and 1989 were followed-up prospectively. Of these, 1,046 patients had coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and are the subject of this report. The six-months mortality after surgery was ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Simchen E,Israeli A,Merin G,Ferderber N

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of Plesiomonas shigelloides among diarrhoeal patients attending the Dhaka Treatment Centre of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) from January through December 1987, has been reported. Using bile peptone broth (pH 8.8) as an enrichment medium and Salmonella-Shi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Rahim Z,Ali A,Kay BA

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:A group of 709 randomly selected males aged 18-55 years living in the city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, were questioned about sexual lifestyle and related behavior. A substantial proportion (10%) of these men appeared to be homo- or bisexual. Of these homo- and bisexual men, 16.5% were predicted to be HIV seropositi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Veugelers PJ,Van Zessen G,Hendriks JC,Sandfort TG,Coutinho RA,Van Griensven GJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved semiquantitative self-administered food frequency questionnaire has been designed in order to investigate possible associations between diet and health, to plan nutrition education programmes, and to examine dietary compliance. The questionnaire consists of 16 printed forms and 16 pages with coloured photo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Fidanza F,Gentile MG,Porrini M

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:Many epidemiological studies showed associations of low birth weight with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity. The associations seem to be consistent and stronger among subjects with a postnatal catch up growth. It has been suggested that developmental changes in response to adverse fetal exposures mig...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bakker H,Jaddoe VW

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the role of nutritional factors in the etiology of endometrial cancer, we performed a case-cohort analysis using data from women enrolled in the National Breast Screening Study in Canada from 1980 to 1985. For this analysis, a subcohort was constructed by selecting a 10% random sample from the 56,837 women...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jain MG,Rohan TE,Howe GR,Miller AB

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spring 1996, an outbreak of Q fever occurred among residents of a rural town (population: 300) in Germany. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to ascertain the extent of the outbreak and to assess potential risk factors for illness. In July 1996, all residents > or =15 years received a self-administered ques...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lyytikäinen O,Ziese T,Schwartländer B,Matzdorff P,Kuhnhen C,Jäger C,Petersen L

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last case of poliomyelitis due to transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus occurred in Italy in 1982. To achieve the certification of the eradication of poliomyelitis in Italy, an active surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the population aged less than 15 years was set up following the World Health ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Fiore L,Novello F,Simeoni P,Amato C,Vellucci L,De Stefano D,Grandolfo ME,Luzzi I

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:A serological survey was performed with M.A.T. on the maintenance staff of water ways and public works and lock keepers to study the occupational hazards of leptospirosis. The target population was 58 professional people, 40 working on French rivers and 18 on a channel in the same western area of France. When we compa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Andre-Fontaine G,Peslerbe X,Ganiere JP

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines predictors of locating participants that were last contacted 20 years ago using public web-search directories, in order to facilitate longitudinal environmental health research. Participants (n = 3,202) resided in four distinct geographical neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario during childhood; they ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Barakat-Haddad CP,Elliott SJ,Eyles J,Pengelly D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that osteoporosis, which results partly from long-term estrogen deficiency, is associated with a lowered risk of breast cancer, a population-based cohort study was performed in Amiens. To ascertain the incidence of breast cancer, 1300 women were followed through after a first hip fracture. Overa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ganry O,Peng J,Dubreuil A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00