Seroepidemiological survey of human T-lymphotropic retrovirus among indigenous populations in Taiwan.

abstract：:A generalized least squares regression approach is proposed for the analysis of data arising from experimental studies involving cluster randomization and non-experimental studies in which the major treatment factor corresponds to a characteristic which applies at the cluster level. This approach is more flexible than...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Donner A

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the many changes in the approach to the detection and management of hypertension that have occurred, the paucity of current data on this subject in Israel limits the possibilities of making international comparisons or evaluating trends. This study contributes recent information on the occupationally-active...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Green MS,Peled I

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genetic basis of several familial cancers including breast and colon cancers has been identified recently. The occurrence of multiple cancers in one individual is also suggestive of a genetic predisposition. To evaluate inherited predisposition in pancreatic cancer we compared the clinical data of pancre...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Gerdes B,Ziegler A,Ramaswamy A,Wild A,Langer P,Bartsch DK

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the health effects of a daily physical activity programme have been carried out in 10-year-old school children in Adelaide, South Australia. In the first phase (1978) observations on endurance fitness, four skin folds, blood pressure and blood lipids were made before and after a randomized trial over a peri...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Dwyer T,Coonan WE,Leitch DR,Hetzel BS,Baghurst RA

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite reporting lower levels of alcohol consumption, people with lower socio-economic status (SES) experience greater alcohol-related harm. Whether differential biases in the measurement of alcohol use could explain this apparent paradox is unknown. Using alcohol biomarkers to account for measurement error...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Peña S,Mäkelä P,Härkänen T,Heliövaara M,Gunnar T,Männistö S,Laatikainen T,Vartiainen E,Koskinen S

更新日期：2021-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Being a zoonosis, the transmission of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is influenced by climatic, reservoir and occupational factors. This paper has quantified the incidence and potential risk factors of HFRS in Yingshang County, a low-lying epidemic focus of the disease in China. METHODS:Corre...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bi P,Tong S,Donald K,Parton K,Ni J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data from the Carolina Breast Cancer Study, a population-based, case-control study of breast cancer in African-American and white women residents of North Carolina, were evaluated to determine whether specific aspects of lactation are associated with a reduction in the risk of breast cancer. METHODS:Analyse...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Furberg H,Newman B,Moorman P,Millikan R

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In 2003, New York City (NYC) implemented a series of coordinated policies designed to reduce non-communicable disease. Methods:We used coarsened exact matching (CEM) of individuals living inside and outside NYC between the years of 1992-2000 and 2002-10 to estimate difference-in-difference survival time mod...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Muennig P,Masters R,Vail D,Hakes J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the major identified risk factors for breast cancer was assessed using data from a hospital-based case-control study conducted in Northern Italy on 1108 women with histologically confirmed breast cancer and 1281 control subjects with a spectrum of acute conditions unrelated to any of the established or pot...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： La Vecchia C,Decarli A,Parazzini F,Gentile A,Negri E,Cecchetti G,Franceschi S

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth is commonly used as a proxy for fetal growth restriction, but also includes constitutionally small infants. Genetic factors account for almost half of the risk of SGA birth. We estimated perinatal risks of SGA birth using both population-based and within-sibling analyses...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Cnattingius S,Kramer MS,Norman M,Ludvigsson JF,Fang F,Lu D

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Children with a diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD) have lower cognitive ability and are at risk of adverse educational outcomes; ADHD genetic risks have been found to predict childhood cognitive ability and other neurodevelopmental traits in the general population; thus genetic risks...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Stergiakouli E,Martin J,Hamshere ML,Heron J,St Pourcain B,Timpson NJ,Thapar A,Davey Smith G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This was to describe and analyse incidence and survival data on childhood leukaemias. SAMPLE:Incident leukaemia cases aged 0-19 from the cancer registry holdings of the province of Saskatchewan for the 60-year period 1932-1991 are the subject of this descriptive report. METHODS:Age-adjusted, age-specific, h...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Wang PP,Haines CS

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article investigates the interrelationship of socioeconemic status, anthropometric status and mortality of young children in rural Bangladesh. Data for this study come from Matlab, the vital registration area of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, where anthropometric and socioec...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Bairagi R,Chowdhury MK

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mobile phone use and exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) from it have been associated with symptoms in some studies, but the studies have shortcomings and their findings are inconsistent. We conducted a prospective cohort study to assess the association between amount of mobile phone u...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Auvinen A,Feychting M,Ahlbom A,Hillert L,Elliott P,Schüz J,Kromhout H,Toledano MB,Johansen C,Poulsen AH,Vermeulen R,Heinävaara S,Kojo K,Tettamanti G,COSMOS Study Group.

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible association between Alzheimer's disease and late maternal age at index birth, we conducted a collaborative re-analysis of existing case-control data sets. Of the 11 studies participating in the EURODEM project, four were included in the analyses regarding maternal age. In all four studies, ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Rocca WA,van Duijn CM,Clayton D,Chandra V,Fratiglioni L,Graves AB,Heyman A,Jorm AF,Kokmen E,Kondo K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a case-control study to investigate the association between chemicals in maternal drinking water consumed during pregnancy and congenital heart disease in the offspring. Two hundred and seventy affected children and 665 healthy children were enrolled in the study. Information on contaminant levels in mate...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Zierler S,Theodore M,Cohen A,Rothman KJ

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random population sample from Eastern Finland was studied. Altogether approximately 12 000 persons aged 25 to 59 years were examined with participation rate of 92%. Smoking, high saturated fat diet, increased serum cholesterol and elevated blood pressure showed clustering among men but not among women. Smoking tende...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Salonen JT,Puska P,Kottke TE,Heinonen OP

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Bloodstream infections (BSI) cause considerable morbidity and mortality, and primary prevention should be a priority. Lifestyle factors are of particular interest since they represent a modifiable target. Methods:We conducted a prospective cohort study among participants in the population-based Norwegian HU...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Paulsen J,Askim Å,Mohus RM,Mehl A,Dewan A,Solligård E,Damås JK,Åsvold BO

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensive rubella epidemic which occurred in Israel in 1972, had a considerable impact on the population at risk: 1. The spread of rubella infection into the community strongly influenced the extent of legal abortions: (a) 1 x 5 as many abortions for all causes were recorded in the epidemic year, as compared to th...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Swartz TA,Praiss I,Isacson M,Nishmi M,Ben-Porath E,Hornstein L

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognition of the increasing importance of early dementia screening for both research and clinical purposes has led to the development of numerous screening instruments. The most promising of these are based on neuropsychological measures which are able to focus on very specific cognitive functions. Of these tests th...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Ritchie KA,Hallerman EF

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In designing prevention strategies, it may be useful to understand how early and midlife cardiovascular disease risk factor (CVDRF) exposures affect outcomes that primarily occur in mid to late life. Few single US cohorts have followed participants from early adulthood to late life. METHODS:We pooled four p...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Zeki Al Hazzouri A,Vittinghoff E,Zhang Y,Pletcher MJ,Moran AE,Bibbins-Domingo K,Golden SH,Yaffe K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:If several risk factors for disease are considered in a regression model and these factors are affected by measurement errors, the observed relative risk will be attenuated. In nutritional epidemiology, several nutrient variables show strong correlation, described as collinearity. The observed relative risk ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Elmståhl S,Gullberg B

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the associations of lifestyle factors with waist circumference 'Action Levels', hip circumference and body mass index. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study in a random sample of 5887 men and 7018 women aged 20-59 years, selected from the civil registries of Amsterdam, Maastricht and Doetinchem, The Netherla...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Han TS,Bijnen FC,Lean ME,Seidell JC

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This two-year controlled study was conducted to define the mode of transmission of hepatitis B infection in Ethiopia. Twenty-five of 500 (5%) expectant mothers were identified as HbsAg positive (Group A). A control group of 29 mothers negative for HBsAg (Group B) was randomly selected. These 54 mothers and their famil...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Tsega E,Tsega M,Mengesha B,Nordenfelt E,Hansson BG,Lindberg J

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain age- and gender-specific estimates of the prevalence of dementia in Europe and to study differences in prevalence across countries, we pooled and re-analysed original data of prevalence studies of dementia carried out in some European countries between 1980 and 1990. The study followed these steps: census of...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Hofman A,Rocca WA,Brayne C,Breteler MM,Clarke M,Cooper B,Copeland JR,Dartigues JF,da Silva Droux A,Hagnell O

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a new non-parametric competing-risk model is proposed. This model takes relative susceptibility into account, and is thus free from the usual assumption of independence between competing causes of death. Another feature of the model is the adjustments of survivors and deaths as a results of the eliminat...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Wong O

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies suggest that increased levels of physical activity might decrease the risk of prostate cancer. We ascertained lifetime measures of activity in a population-based case-control study of prostate cancer in Shanghai, China to investigate physical activity in a population where the incidence of prostate c...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Lacey JV Jr,Deng J,Dosemeci M,Gao YT,Mostofi FK,Sesterhenn IA,Xie T,Hsing AW

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality and cancer incidence were analysed in follow-up of a cohort of 3327 Vietnamese refugees who came to Britain after the end of the Vietnam war. Overall mortality of the refugees was very low compared to expectations based on England and Wales national rates: the all-cause standardized mortality ratio for males...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Swerdlow Aj

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birth-cohort analysis is of particular importance for gastric cancer since migrant studies have indicated that early life experiences play a dominant role in the occurrence of the disease. However, none of the birth-cohort analyses conducted in various countries have provided information on variation in the birth-coho...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Lee WC,Lin RS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the international epidemiological literature is undertaken with the view of identifying the main demographic and sociocultural features of MS as they apply to ethnic groups. Ethnic groups are differentiated principally in terms of three variables: race, religion, and nationality. Although MS is present in ...

journal_title：International journal of epidemiology

authors： Lowis GW

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00