Cancer mortality of family members of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

abstract：:The rapid and continuing progress in gene discovery for complex diseases is fuelling interest in the potential application of genetic risk models for clinical and public health practice. The number of studies assessing the predictive ability is steadily increasing, but they vary widely in completeness of reporting and...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Janssens AC,Ioannidis JP,Bedrosian S,Boffetta P,Dolan SM,Dowling N,Fortier I,Freedman AN,Grimshaw JM,Gulcher J,Gwinn M,Hlatky MA,Janes H,Kraft P,Melillo S,O'Donnell CJ,Pencina MJ,Ransohoff D,Schully SD,Seminara D,

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Five thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven healthy young men, aged 18-19, from two distinct regions of Central Italy, Abruzzo and Marche, have been investigated during the military medical examination to evaluate pigmentary traits and skin phototypes. They were examined over the entire body except the scalp and ano-...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ballone E,Passamonti M,Lappa G,Di Blasio G,Fazii P

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：:The non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) have been increasingly prescribed in clinical practice for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Direct comparisons between NOACs in trials are lacking, leaving an important clinical decision-making gap. We aimed to perform a s...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Li G,Lip GYH,Holbrook A,Chang Y,Larsen TB,Sun X,Tang J,Mbuagbaw L,Witt DM,Crowther M,Thabane L,Levine MAH

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In epidemiological studies on asthma determinants an extreme variability in results exists, probably due to different criteria utilised for defining of an asthma 'case' and for measuring determinants. We aimed to assess multiple indicators and multiple determinants of asthma in young adults by applying laten...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Grassi M,Bugiani M,de Marco R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance, low HDL-cholesterol and microalbuminuria are important components of the metabolic syndrome as defined by WHO. Insulin resistance and low HDL-cholesterol are also common in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but it is not clear whether they are early or late phenomenons in the development of renal failu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kronborg J,Jenssen T,Njølstad I,Toft I,Eriksen BO

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:In Germany, the proportion of foreign national residents receiving an invalidity pension is higher than that of Germans. Lower utilization and effectiveness of medical rehabilitation are presumed to be the main reasons. We aimed to examine whether differences in utilization and effectiveness of medical rehabilitation ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Brzoska P,Voigtländer S,Spallek J,Razum O

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insectivores (Erinaceus europaeus) and rodents (Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus and Mus musculus) from different islands of the Azores Archipelago were found to carry three distinct Leptospira interrogans s.l. serovars (copenhageni, icterohaemorrhagiae and ballum) which have never been previously investigated there. The ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Collares-Pereira M,Korver H,Terpstra WJ,Santos-Reis M,Ramalhinho MG,Mathias ML,Oom MM,Fons R,Libois R,Petrucci-Fonseca F

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case report of American leishmaniasis imported to Italy after a prolonged journey in Brazil is described, and discussed according to the recent epidemiologic, diagnostic, and clinical literature evidence. Since a delayed diagnosis and treatment of American leishmaniasis outside endemic areas is common (due to a...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Manfredi R,di Bari MA,Calza L,Chiodo F

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：:Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of Q-fever has recently been isolated from sheep in southern Sweden. In this region 24-30% of sheep farmers have been exposed to the organism as shown by serological measurements. In veterinarians, another group with high risk of exposure to C. burnetii, about 12% have antibodi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Macellaro A,Akesson A,Norlander L

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Generation R Study is a population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life until adulthood. The study is designed to identify early environmental and genetic causes and causal pathways leading to normal and abnormal growth, development and health from fetal life, childhood and young adulthood. This multidis...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kooijman MN,Kruithof CJ,van Duijn CM,Duijts L,Franco OH,van IJzendoorn MH,de Jongste JC,Klaver CC,van der Lugt A,Mackenbach JP,Moll HA,Peeters RP,Raat H,Rings EH,Rivadeneira F,van der Schroeff MP,Steegers EA,Tiemeier H

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：: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：: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：:This report is devoted to analyze the effect that compulsory vaccination has on the compliance of the population, compared with the results obtained by massive campaigns for optional vaccinations. The implementation of a specific software for the management of individual schedules helps to reach a substantial complete...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Serafini G,Caramello S,Vaudetto S

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rotterdam Study is an ongoing prospective cohort study that started in 1990 in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The study aims to unravel etiology, preclinical course, natural history and potential targets for intervention for chronic diseases in mid-life and late-life. The study focuses on cardiovascular, ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ikram MA,Brusselle G,Ghanbari M,Goedegebure A,Ikram MK,Kavousi M,Kieboom BCT,Klaver CCW,de Knegt RJ,Luik AI,Nijsten TEC,Peeters RP,van Rooij FJA,Stricker BH,Uitterlinden AG,Vernooij MW,Voortman T

更新日期：2020-05-01 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:Pregnancy and use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are major risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in young women and we wanted to obtain accurate VTE mortality data overall, by age, associated with the use of COCs and pregnancy. METHODS:From the Swedish Cause of Death Register (CDR) we identi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Samuelsson E,Hedenmalm K,Persson I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycological, cultural and/or serological studies were performed on 98 patients hospitalized in the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Catholic University in Rome with diagnoses of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related complex (ARC) diseases. The incidence of mycoses was evaluated by retrospe...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Morace G,Tamburrini E,Manzara S,Antinori A,Maiuro G,Dettori G

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 170 Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from the stool of children with clinical gastroenteritis, aged from 3 months to 14 years, were collected during a two-year period (2004-2005). From the 170 strains 30% were resistant to ciprofloxacin (MIC > or = 4 microg/ml), 55% to tetracycline (MIC > 8 microg/ml),...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Papavasileiou E,Voyatzi A,Papavasileiou K,Makri A,Andrianopoulou I,Chatzipanagiotou S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response involved in each phase of type 2 diabetes (T2D) development might be different. We aimed to identify novel inflammatory markers that predict progression from normoglycemia to pre-diabetes, incident T2D and insulin therapy. We used plasma levels of 26 inflammatory markers in 971 subjects from the Ro...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Brahimaj A,Ligthart S,Ghanbari M,Ikram MA,Hofman A,Franco OH,Kavousi M,Dehghan A

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:To evaluate the relationship between duration of preoperative stay and the risk of nosocomial infection, we studied 449 patients who underwent surgery at the University Hospital of Granada during the first six months of 1986. Patients were chosen from two cross-sectional surveys. Nosocomial infection was studied throu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bueno Cavanillas A,Rodrìguez-Contreras R,Delgado Rodriguez M,Moreno Abril O,López Gigosos R,Guillen Solvas J,Gálvez Vargas R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a computer simulation for a series of births subject to various congenital malformations, the surveillance performance of the Multicommunity Sets Technique (MST) was compared to that of the Cumulative Sum Technique (CUSUM). Increases in malformation frequencies were simulated in (i) 6 out of 6 centres and (ii) o...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Barbujani G,Ceccherini I,Russo A

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers are considered as tools to enhance cardiovascular risk estimation. However, the value of biomarkers on risk estimation beyond European risk scores, their comparative impact among different European regions and their role towards personalised medicine remains uncertain. Biomarker for Cardiovascular Risk Asse...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zeller T,Hughes M,Tuovinen T,Schillert A,Conrads-Frank A,Ruijter Hd,Schnabel RB,Kee F,Salomaa V,Siebert U,Thorand B,Ziegler A,Breek H,Pasterkamp G,Kuulasmaa K,Koenig W,Blankenberg S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00