abstract：:Environmental and atmospheric factors have been associated with meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa but not in the northern hemisphere. An epidemic of meningitis caused by different agents occurred in a health district in northern Italy during the first quarter of 2003: there were 50 cases compared to the expec...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Michele M,Alberto M,Liana S,Francesco D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersiniosis is caused by Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis mostly presenting as intestinal infection. The infection is usually acquired from contaminated food. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of anti-Yersinia antibodies in Austrians. Sera of 750 healthy Austrians from all nine state...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tomaso H,Mooseder G,Al Dahouk S,Bartling C,Scholz HC,Strauss R,Treu TM,Neubauer H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the patterns of respiratory drugs use in the Lombardy region of Italy, and to quantify the period prevalence of different drug-dose combinations defined by reference to international guidelines for prescription in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. DESIGN:Analysis of records from an...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Vegni FE,Wilkinson P

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Suicide mortality was examined between 1970 and 1998 in a cohort of 19,801 persons categorized as indigenous Sami in Arctic Norway. Standardized mortality ratios (SMR) were calculated using the suicide rates of the rural population of Arctic Norway as reference. There was a significant moderate increased risk for suic...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Silviken A,Haldorsen T,Kvernmo S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flagellin subunit A gene (flaA) typing of Campylobacter has been recognized by several groups as a relatively simple and quick genotyping method. The present study aimed to create, for the first time in Greece, a database with flaA restriction patterns, which could be used for future epidemiological and clin...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ioannidis A,Nicolaou C,Legakis NJ,Ioannidou V,Chatzipanagiotou S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief review of the germane literature suggests that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) statistical algorithms in epidemiology has been limited. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using AI systems in large-scale sets of epidemiological data to extract inherent, formerly unidentified, and potentially...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Flouris AD,Duffy J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis of an association between childhood type 1 diabetes (T1D) risk and nitrate concentration in drinking water in Sardinia, Italy, using Poisson regression analysis. Childhood T1D risk showed an inverse trend with increasing quartile of nitrate level in the total population and among men. A nitrat...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Muntoni S,Cocco P,Muntoni S,Aru G

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The incidence of Crohn's disease (CD) has been shown to be lower in Southern than in Northern Europe. Data on the frequency of the NOD2/CARD15 mutations for Mediterranean area are very scant. AIM:To determine the incidence of CD from 1979 to 2002 in a township in Sicily together with the allele frequency of...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cottone M,Renda MC,Mattaliano A,Oliva L,Fries W,Criscuoli V,Modesto I,Scimeca D,Maggio A,Casà A,Maisano S,Mocciaro F,Sferrazza A,Orlando A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND GOAL:Surveillance systems for communicable diseases are primarily passive in most countries, including Iran. Laboratory-based surveillance and use of cell phone surveillance may be a useful method. MATERIAL AND METHOD:We established a new model for gathering data directly from district laboratories to r...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Safaie A,Mousavi SM,LaPorte RE,Goya MM,Zahraie M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied HBV infection in 34 HIV-2-infected patients followed-up in Marseilles. Ten (29%) patients were chronically-infected with HBV, which represents a three-times higher rate than in HIV-1-infected patients in Europe. HBV occult infection was diagnosed in two patients. HBV genotype E was found in seven patients; ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Colson P,Henry M,Motte A,Gallais H,Moreau J,Poizot-Martin I,Tamalet C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared blood pressure of individuals (mean age 59 y) born in western Holland between January 1945 and March 1946 (mothers exposed to the Dutch Famine before or during gestation; n = 359) to blood pressure of unexposed individuals born before or conceived after the famine (n = 299) or same-sex siblings of subjects...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stein AD,Zybert PA,van der Pal-de Bruin K,Lumey LH

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：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：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：: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：: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：:Socioeconomic deprivation and waist circumference were measured in three Scottish MONICA cross-sectional surveys of 2233 men and 2516 women aged 25-64 years in 1989-1995. Means of waist circumference, waist/hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI) increased with level of deprivation (measured by the Carstairs index) ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Chen R,Tunstall-Pedoe H

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Multilevel analysis is today considered a more appropriate way to monitor health care performance, as it allows a less biased estimation of uncertainty, and can also separate and quantify contextual (as opposed to individual) effects. Multilevel analysis should be applied as the standard methodology for hospital compa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Merlo J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the validity--estimated as the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values--of questionnaire-based parental reporting on Danish children's use of asthma drugs. Within a population-based cross-sectional study on the association between asthma and dental anxiety, we compared pare...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Wogelius P,Poulsen S,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of lifetime prevalence of depression in cross-sectional surveys is biased by recall problems. We estimated it indirectly for two countries using modelling, and quantified the underestimation in the empirical estimate for one. A microsimulation model was used to generate population-based epidemiological...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kruijshaar ME,Barendregt J,Vos T,de Graaf R,Spijker J,Andrews G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For unknown reasons the incidence of non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (NHL) has increased during the last decades. Conditions with impaired immune functions have been associated with an increased risk of malignant lymphomas. Interactions between the central nervous, immune, and endocrine systems have been recently identified, ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Nordström M,Granath F,Björkholm M,Ekbom A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To ascertain practical methods of estimating the population size of men who have sex with men (MSM) by field application. METHODS:Nine public places were selected, where men who have sex with men (MSM) frequented. Capture-recapture method and multiplier method were used to count the number of men who have se...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Luan R,Zeng G,Zhang D,Luo L,Yuan P,Liang B,Li Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:No population-based study has assessed the prognostic impact on survival of the CD19 positive lymphocyte count, evaluated by immunophenotyping at diagnosis, in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). Aiming at addressing this issue, we investigated the clinical outcome of a well-defined population of B-CLL patien...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cailliod R,Quantin C,Carli PM,Jooste V,Le Teuff G,Binquet C,Maynadie M

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Influenza related mortality rates have been established in many countries; nevertheless, studies focusing on the Central European population have been rare to date. We assess mortality attributable to influenza by comparing all cause mortality and mortality due to diseases of the circulatory system during influenza ep...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kyncl J,Prochazka B,Goddard NL,Havlickova M,Castkova J,Otavova M,Kriz B

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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：:A total of 89 cases of measles were diagnosed in southeastern France between January and June 2003. Nation-wide epidemiological investigations suggested that this outbreak was restricted to southeastern France, and most likely reflected the endemic circulation of measles virus due low vaccination coverage. Genetic ana...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zandotti C,Jeantet D,Lambert F,Waku-Kouomou D,Wild F,Freymuth F,Harle JR,de Lamballerie X,Charrel RN

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have reported that women with osteoporosis present an increased risk of cardiovascular events and that lipid lowering therapy (statins) could be associated with a decreased risk of fracture. We investigated whether women with atherogenic lipid profile have lower lumbar and femoral bone mineral ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Orozco P

更新日期：2004-01-01 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 authors report and discuss the characteristics of 22 women who discovered their HIV seropositivity while pregnant. Most of the women had never been tested for HIV and this occurred not only for 'not at risk' women but also for sexual partners of HIV-infected men. Several infections were diagnosed late in pregnancy...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Favia A,Fiore JR,Pastore G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the prevalence of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8) in Albania and its correlation with HBV and HCV, we tested 196 serum samples collected from apparently healthy adults (i.e., 154 women and 42 men). We found 20% anti-HHV-8 antibodies, about 10% HbsAg-positive, and 67% anti-HBc antibodies; anti-HCV antibody...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Schinaia N,Kodra Y,Sarmati L,Andreoni M,Bino S,Qyra S,Rezza G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based on recent epidemiological studies the need for a similar approach towards management of cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetics with different ethnic background can be questioned. We compared the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and 10-year absolute risk for a coronary heart disease be...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Uitewaal PJ,Goudswaard AN,Ubink-Veltmaat LJ,Bruijnzeels MA,Hoes AW,Thomas S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The follow-up of the French cohort of uranium miners has been extended to 1994, and a new source of information for causes of death has been used. The paper presents the new results regarding the risk of death among the cohort, and analyses the impact of the methodological changes on these results. The extension of th...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Laurier D,Tirmarche M,Mitton N,Valenty M,Richard P,Poveda S,Gelas JM,Quesne B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reasons for the seasonality and annual changes in the impact of influenza epidemics remain poorly understood. We investigated the covariations between a major component of climate, namely the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and indicators of the impact of influenza, as measured by morbidity, excess mortality ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Viboud C,Pakdaman K,Boëlle PY,Wilson ML,Myers MF,Valleron AJ,Flahault A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposed to sewage workers of a wastewater treatment plant and a control group in Thessaloniki, Greece, were examined for antibodies against hepatitis A (anti-HAV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection markers. The main objective of this study was to investigate for epidemiological evidence so as to recommend vaccinati...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Arvanitidou M,Mamassi P,Vayona A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00