Blood lead levels in shopkeepers and car traffic pollution in Liguria, Italy.

abstract：:Faecal swabs obtained from 126 calves and 118 cows in Argentina were investigated for the presence of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC). VTEC strains were recovered from 10 (23%) of 43 calves with diarrhoea, from 24 (29%) of 83 healthy calves, from 40 (44%) of 91 healthy cows waiting at the slaughterhouse, a...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Sanz ME,Viñas MR,Parma AE

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mendelian randomization uses genetic variants to make causal inferences about a modifiable exposure. Subject to a genetic variant satisfying the instrumental variable assumptions, an association between the variant and outcome implies a causal effect of the exposure on the outcome. Complications arise with a binary ex...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Burgess S,Labrecque JA

更新日期：2018-10-01 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 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：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：:The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is an association between exercise participation and self-rated health and whether this association can be explained by common genes and/or common environmental influences. In a sample of 5,140 Dutch adult twins and their non-twin siblings from 2,831 families, ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： De Moor MH,Stubbe JH,Boomsma DI,De Geus EJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) are a heterogeneous group regarding their body mass index (BMI) levels at the time of diagnosis. To address the heterogeneity of CVD, we examined the trajectories of change in body mass index (BMI) and in other cardio-metabolic risk factors before CVD diagnosis. The study inc...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dhana K,van Rosmalen J,Vistisen D,Ikram MA,Hofman A,Franco OH,Kavousi M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benefits of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) in cardiovascular prevention are well established. While cardiac rehabilitation programmes have been demonstrated as improving myocardial infarction (MI) prognosis, the strength of the association between LTPA and post-MI survival has yet to be quantified. We evalu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Gerber Y,Myers V,Goldbourt U,Benyamini Y,Scheinowitz M,Drory Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 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 identify predictors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity and assess the relation between COPD severity and risk of cardiovascular outcomes. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:A cohort of patients with diagnosed and treated COPD was compiled from the Saskatchewan Health longitudinal databases. We...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Curkendall SM,Lanes S,de Luise C,Stang MR,Jones JK,She D,Goehring E Jr

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:To investigate the role of sexual transmission for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) we studied its prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa where sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are prevalent. Overall, HCV prevalence was 3.9% and similar in 206 STD patients, 127 dermatology patients, and 100 blood donors. No association with HIV ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Maida MJ,Daly CC,Hoffman I,Cohen MS,Kumwenda M,Vernazza PL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) concentration is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease but this association seems to be largely mediated via conventional cardiovascular risk factors. In particular, the association between hs-CRP and obesity has been extensively demonstrated ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Rossi IA,Bochud M,Bovet P,Paccaud F,Waeber G,Vollenweider P,Taffé P

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sample surveys are used to investigate occurrence and determinants of diseases in populations. Their reliability is influenced by quality of sampling frame and response rate. We investigated relationship between sampling frame type and response rates and assessed their impact on non-response bias, using data from the ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Wolf HK,Kuulasmaa K,Tolonen H,Sans S,Molarius A,Eastwood BJ,WHO MONICA Project.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PAQUID is an epidemiological cohort which aims to study cerebral and functional factors of ageing. We have examined the relationship between dyspnea level at entrance into this cohort and mortality occurring during the subsequent 8 years. Dyspnea was evaluated by a questionnaire derived from a Fletcher's five-degree s...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tessier JF,Nejjari C,Letenneur L,Filleul L,Marty ML,Barberger Gateau P,Dartigues JF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between certain human papillomaviruses (HPV) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is well documented, but still unknown among Croatian women. In 1995, women between the age of 17 and 64 with cytomorphologically abnormal smears (CIN I-IV) were tested for the presence of HPV. Consensus and specif...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Grce M,Husnjak K,Magdić L,Ilijas M,Zlacki M,Lepusić D,Lukac J,Hodek B,Grizelj V,Kurjak A,Kusić Z,Pavelić K

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:There have been recent reports of substantial increases occurring in the incidence of and/or mortality from tongue and mouth cancers in several countries. In this paper using data from Scotland (1960-89) we report on time trends in pharyngeal cancer. Similar increases in rates are evident for cancers of the oropharynx...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： MacFarlane GJ,Evstifeeva TV,Scully C,Boyle P

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Eye Epidemiology (E3) consortium is a recently formed consortium of 29 groups from 12 European countries. It already comprises 21 population-based studies and 20 other studies (case-control, cases only, randomized trials), providing ophthalmological data on approximately 170,000 European participants. The...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Delcourt C,Korobelnik JF,Buitendijk GH,Foster PJ,Hammond CJ,Piermarocchi S,Peto T,Jansonius N,Mirshahi A,Hogg RE,Bretillon L,Topouzis F,Deak G,Grauslund J,Broe R,Souied EH,Creuzot-Garcher C,Sahel J,Daien V,Lehtimäki

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Data regarding 11,541 cases of school accidents (from kindergarten to senior high school) that required hospital attention for treatment were examined. The information was obtained from the records of the "School Medicine Service of the City of Milan", and covered five school years (from 1980-81 to 1984-85). The surve...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pagano A,Cabrini E,Anelli M,Bernuzzi S,Lopiccoli S,Fischer P

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking patterns were examined in 2500 individuals, aged 14-70 years living in Castille and Leon (Spain) in the fall of 1992. Of these, 39.6% were regular smokers, 7.2% were occasional smokers, 14.8% were former smokers, and 30.4% were non-smokers. Sex differences were striking: there was a higher prevalence of regula...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： del Río MC,Alvarez FJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 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

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：:Four hundred and twenty seven idiopathic peripheral facial palsy (IPFP) patients admitted to the Otolaryngology Department of the Soroka Medical Center in southern Israel between 1978 and 1982 were characterized and analyzed by age, sex and season of illness. An average annual incidence rate of 33.6 patients per 100,0...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tovi F,Hadar T,Sidi J,Sarov I,Sarov B

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Generation R Study is a population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life until young adulthood. The study is designed to identify early environmental and genetic causes of normal and abnormal growth, development and health from fetal life until young adulthood. The study focuses on four primary areas of r...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jaddoe VW,Mackenbach JP,Moll HA,Steegers EA,Tiemeier H,Verhulst FC,Witteman JC,Hofman A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although elevated serum uric acid has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, its importance as a risk factor is still controversial. The authors examined the relationship between serum uric acid levels and death from all causes, including cardiovascular disease and stroke. The baseline data ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Sakata K,Hashimoto T,Ueshima H,Okayama A,NIPPON DATA 80 Research Group.

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of premature death and disability in the developed world. Broad consensus exists on CVD preventability through reduction of their risk factors at both the individual and population level. The latter kind of intervention implies involvement of policy-making institutio...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Muntoni S

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The titres of antibody to hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV) were found to fall rapidly during 3-4 years after hepatitis A and more slowly thereafter, though they never reached undetectable levels in at least 23 years. The levels of anti-HAV in convalescents after overt hepatitis A were found to be significantly much higher...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Prikazchikov SA,Balayan MS

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00