Fairly elevated incidence of goiter with marginally low urinary iodine in adolescents living in the north-western part of Tunisia.

abstract：:The Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) is a prospective cohort study of older adults in the Netherlands, initially based on a nationally representative sample of people aged 55-84 years. The study has been ongoing since 1992, and focuses on the determinants, trajectories and consequences of physical, cognitive,...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hoogendijk EO,Deeg DJH,de Breij S,Klokgieters SS,Kok AAL,Stringa N,Timmermans EJ,van Schoor NM,van Zutphen EM,van der Horst M,Poppelaars J,Malhoe P,Huisman M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent antibody, immunoperoxidase and gold-silver staining methods for the rapid and accurate diagnosis of systemic mycotic infections are currently performed in a few specialized laboratories. These methods have proved applicable to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues, and are reliable for identifying ther...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kaufman L

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：: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：:Physical activity is thought to be cardioprotective, but associations with different subtypes of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are poorly understood. We examined associations between physical activity and seven major CVD death causes. The sample comprised 65,093 adults (aged 58 ± 12 years, 45.4% men) followed up over m...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hamer M,O'Donovan G,Stamatakis E

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether income inequality is related to population health is still open to debate. We aimed to critically assess the relationship between income inequality and mortality in 43 European countries using comparable data between 1987 and 2008, controlling for time-invariant and time-variant country-level confounding facto...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hu Y,van Lenthe FJ,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that Helicobacter pylori colonization may protect against diarrhoeagenic gastrointestinal infections. The aim of this analysis was to investigate the association between H. pylori infection and the frequency of diarrhoeal episodes among adults. Helicobacter pylori infection status was determined ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bode G,Rothenbacher D,Brenner H

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：: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：:In some countries, including Sweden, no risk is considered to exist with the use of meclozine for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP), but in other countries warnings against use during pregnancy are given. Rat tests indicate a teratogenic risk and published epidemiological studies are of restricted size. Delivery ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Källén B,Mottet I

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study on the characteristics of alcoholics attending the "Alcoholics in treatment" clubs, a community and family-oriented programme against alcoholism, has been conducted in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Northeastern Italy. A total of 598 individuals (93% of those contacted) completed the questionnaire, 431 (72%...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Barra S,Franceschi S,Maccioni A,Bidoli E

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses to trivalent inactivated whole virus and monovalent subunit influenza vaccines, used in the season 1986-87, were analyzed in elderly residents in nursing homes. Higher levels of induced antibody were found in the group receiving two doses of trivalent vaccine. This suggests that high risk aged patient...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mancini G,Arangio-Ruiz G,Bianchi B,Diana L,Macchia T,Donatelli I,Castrucci MR,Campitelli L,Ruggieri A

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GB virus C subtype (GBV-C) seems to share the same routes of transmission as other parenteral transmitted viruses. We have evaluated the prevalence of GBV-C in 247 patients with potential risk for GBV-C infection and in 91 healthy blood donors. The presence of GBV-C RNA was examined by polymerase chain reaction in ser...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Quirós E,Piédrola G,Maroto MC

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of intrafamilial HCV transmission is still controversial. METHODS:An overall sample of 2856 consecutive HCV-infected patients was studied. All index cases were interviewed to identify potential risk factors for transmission and underwent the following tests: HBsAg, anti-HBc, HIV, and, qualitative H...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Minola E,Baldo V,Baldovin T,Trivello R,Floreani A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious etiologies have been hypothesized for acute leukemias because of their high incidence in early childhood, but have seldom been examined for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We conducted the first large cohort study to examine perinatal factors including season of birth, a proxy for perinatal infectious exposur...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Crump C,Sundquist J,Sieh W,Winkleby MA,Sundquist K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Hepatitis C virus is a significant public health problem that has important clinical and financial consequences. Understanding of the epidemiology of HCV is needed to help define future therapeutic and preventive strategies. So far, the importance and characteristics of the epidemics have been best appr...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Raguin G,Rosenthal E,Cacoub P,Veyssier P,Piette JC,Micoud M

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：: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：: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：:During the period of 1975-1989, in the Belgrade population increasing mortality trends were established for colon and rectal cancer, cancer of the pancreas and gallbladder and bile ducts cancer, for both sexes, and for esophageal cancer in males. Stomach and liver cancer mortality decreased in females. In males, stoma...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Adanja B,Vlajinac H,Jarebinski M,Jovanović D,Sipetić S,Marinković J

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-allergen antibodies were searched for by an Enzyme Immunoassay in the sera obtained from 60 patients with a clinical diagnosis of asthma. Allergic rhinitis was also present in 28 patients. The diagnosis of asthma was based on clinical criteria that include history and clinical evidence of airflow obstruction. Ten...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ramadan F,Hamadeh F,Abdelnoor AM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory health effects of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution have been examined in 120 'asthma-like' school-aged children in some areas of Emilia-Romagna (urban-industrial and rural area). They kept a daily diary, through 12 weeks, for respiratory symptoms, PEF measurements, drug consumption and daily ac...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ranzi A,Gambini M,Spattini A,Galassi C,Sesti D,Bedeschi M,Messori A,Baroni A,Cavagni G,Lauriola P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence that childbearing is associated with future development of diabetes remains conflicting and the role of pregnancy loss in this association has not been investigated. We aimed to examine whether pregnancy and/or pregnancy loss (miscarriage, abortion, or stillbirth) are associated with maternal higher risk of d...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kharazmi E,Lukanova A,Teucher B,Groß ML,Kaaks R

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：: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：:Recent evidence suggests potential associations between birthweight and disease in later life. For resource or other reasons recorded birthweight may be unavailable to researchers who have access to uniquely relevant outcome data. The present study examined the validity of parental recall of birthweight. Parents of 10...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Walton KA,Murray LJ,Gallagher AM,Cran GW,Savage MJ,Boreham C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between number of missing teeth and all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality as well as morbidity and to explore whether socio-economic factors mediate this association. An ongoing prospective cohort study of 1462 Swedish women included a dental survey...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cabrera C,Hakeberg M,Ahlqwist M,Wedel H,Björkelund C,Bengtsson C,Lissner L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether coffee consumption was associated with all-cause, cancer, or cardiovascular mortality in a prospective cohort of 49,259 Swedish women. Of the 1576 deaths that occurred in the cohort, 956 were due to cancer and 158 were due to cardiovascular disease. We used Cox proportional hazard models with a...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Löf M,Sandin S,Yin L,Adami HO,Weiderpass E

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a rapid increase in immigration from low-income countries, studies on immigrants' mortality in Italy are scarce. We aimed to describe differences in all and cause-specific mortality among immigrants and Italians residing in Turin and Reggio Emilia (Northern Italy), two cities participating in the Italian Netwo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Pacelli B,Zengarini N,Broccoli S,Caranci N,Spadea T,Di Girolamo C,Cacciani L,Petrelli A,Ballotari P,Cestari L,Grisotto L,Giorgi Rossi P,IN-LiMeS Group.

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00