Patterns of smoking in Spain. Results from a regional general population survey.

abstract：:Despite abundant literature the respective roles of psychosomatic status, personality, health perception, family environment, and sport activity in tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use have not been well known. To assess their roles, an epidemiological cross-sectional study was conducted in 3294 middle and high schoo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Challier B,Chau N,Prédine R,Choquet M,Legras B

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:Protozoans of the genus Cryptosporidium may cause serious diarrhoeal illness in immunocompromised hosts and especially in HIV-infected patients. In this study we have evaluated the frequency of Cryptosporidium in stools of 51 HIV-infected patients with diarrhoea. Laboratory diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis was performed...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Brandonisio O,Maggi P,Panaro MA,Bramante LA,Di Coste A,Angarano G

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1990, a prospective serological survey to estimate the rate of clinical and inapparent infection with hepatitis B virus was performed in a cohort of 1324 soldiers, 18-24 years old, during an eight-month period in Italy. At the time of enrollment the prevalence of hepatitis B markers was 4.6% (0.7% subjects positive...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： D'Amelio R,Stroffolini T,Nisini R,Matricardi PM,Rapicetta M,Spada E,Napoli A,Pasquini P

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：: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：:Sedentary behaviour is an emerging risk factor for several site-specific cancers. Ovarian cancers are often detected at late disease stages and the role of sedentary behaviour as a modifiable risk factor potentially contributing to ovarian cancer risk has not been extensively examined. We systematically searched relev...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Biller VS,Leitzmann MF,Sedlmeier AM,Berger FF,Ortmann O,Jochem C

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemiological survey on Tourette syndrome (TS) in a developing country is relatively scarce. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and distribution of TS in children and juveniles aged 7-16 years in Wenzhou of P.R. China. A total of 9742 children and adolescents were included in this survey. Cros...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jin R,Zheng RY,Huang WW,Xu HQ,Shao B,Chen H,Feng L

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection was one of the most common opportunistic infections in AIDS patients, leading to blindness or life-threatening disease in about 40% of patients in the later stages of AIDS before highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). In a retrospective multicenter study we investigated the incid...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Varani S,Spezzacatena P,Manfredi R,Chiodo F,Mastroianni A,Ballarini P,Boschini A,Lazzarotto T,Landini MP

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate the association between flavonol and flavone intake and the risk of intermittent claudication in male smokers. The study population consisted of participants of the Finnish alpha-Tocopherol, beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Study, who were free of intermittent claud...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hirvonen T,Törnwall ME,Pietinen P,Korhonen P,Albanes D,Virtamo J

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:The two best known approaches to predicting cardiovascular risk are Framingham and QRISK. Both methods correctly predict less than 70% of cases, with a high ratio of false positive predictions to true predictions. Each uses a combination of predictors that is applied to the data only once. The present approach uses th...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Marsh RW

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between marital status and blood pressure, and to assess the risk of hypertension in adult Polish men, after adjustment for BMI. Material comprised the data of 2,271 healthy men, aged 25-60, occupationally active inhabitants of Wroclaw (south-western Poland). Arter...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lipowicz A,Lopuszanska M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plans are presented for conducting an epidemiological observational project which will pool the data from nine Italian field studies covering over 70,000 men and women aged 20 to 69 years, belonging to 52 population samples distributed in 13 different regions of the country. The main objective is to produce multivaria...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors：

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study data on the incidence of HBV and HCV were used to indicate the prevalence of and trends in risk behavior, assuming that drug users (DUs) who become infected with HBV or HCV are also at risk for infection with HIV. In addition, we determined to that extent the transmission patterns of HIV, HBV and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Van Ameijden EJ,Van den Hoek JA,Mientjes GH,Coutinho RA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence of Candida albicans to host tissues is considered a crucial step in the pathogenesis of candidiasis. Using in vitro assays, it was demonstrated that the yeast-mycelium transition was an important phenomenon in the acquisition of adhesive properties. Proteins with MWs of 60, 68, 200 and greater than 200 kDa s...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tronchin G,Bouchara JP,Annaix V,Robert R,Senet JM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal diagnosis performed by ultrasound scan is now a routine part of antenatal care in our region. How many fetal anomalies are actually detected by this procedure? We have used our registry of congenital malformations to answer this question regarding to Internal Urinary System (IUS) anomalies. The mean time of d...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stoll C,Alembik Y,Dott B,Roth MP

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:The objectives of the cross-sectional study (EpiCoS) were to describe, at different stages, volunteers offering their blood, and to characterize various ways of collecting blood. From 15 September 1996 to 31 December 1996, individuals presenting at fixed or mobile sessions in one of 11 randomly selected blood banks we...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lawson-Ayayi S,Salmi LR

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：: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：:To determine whether deer may play a role in the cycle of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, we sought evidence for the presence of the pathogen in skin of deer and roe deer. Biopsies of 2 mm3 were taken at four different levels from nail to tarsus. A total of 50 animals (200 biopsies) were shot in the ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pichon B,Gilot B,Pérez-Eid C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a sample of inhabitants of the Arsi region of Ethiopia prevalence of hepatitis B is around 80% in the age group 20-24. In addition to age, sex and size of family, exposure to tribal practices is a determinant of seropositivity in this group accounting for as much as 20% of the total burden of the infection. Waiting...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pasquini P,Bisanti L,Soldo L,Palladino P,Rozera C,Frontini E,Miozzo A,Di Gennaro TM,Indi A,Conti S

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystinuria is an autosomal recessive disorder of the kidneys and small intestine, affecting a luminal transport mechanism shared by cystine, ornithine, arginine and lysine. When cystine exceeds its solubility at low pH, the risk of stone formation increases. The data reported in the literature show a variation for the...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cabello-Tomás ML,García-Gómez AM,Guillén-Domínguez ML

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal famine exposure has previously been shown to be associated with cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes in adulthood. In the current study, we could not demonstrate an effect of prenatal exposure to famine in 2254 term singletons born during the 1944-1945 Dutch famine on adult mortality up to the age of 5...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Painter RC,Roseboom TJ,Bossuyt PM,Osmond C,Barker DJ,Bleker OP

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：:The elusive relationship between underlying pathology and clinical disease hampers diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and preventative intervention development. We seek to understand the relationship between two classical AD biomarkers, amyloid-β1-42 (Aβ1-42) and total-tau (t-tau), and define their trajectories acr...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ower AK,Hadjichrysanthou C,Gras L,Goudsmit J,Anderson RM,de Wolf F,Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological studies have suggested passive smoking as possible risk factors in breast cancer etiology. However, the evidence is not conclusive. We conducted a meta-analysis of the risk of breast cancer associated with passive smoking. Eleven studies were identified through Medline, Cancer Abstracts and abst...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Khuder SA,Simon VJ Jr

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00