abstract：:As part of a national study of surgical departments is Israel, cardiac surgery patients undergoing open heart surgery between 1987 and 1989 were followed-up prospectively. Of these, 1,046 patients had coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and are the subject of this report. The six-months mortality after surgery was ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Simchen E,Israeli A,Merin G,Ferderber N

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paired maternal/cord blood samples were tested for anti-Toxoplasma IgG or IgM antibodies using Biomerieux Micro-EIA2 IgG and IgM test kits. Of the 1503 women tested at the time of delivery, 344 (22.9%) were IgG seropositive. Three hundred and one maternal sera, including 265 that were IgG positive, were tested for IgM...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dar FK,Alkarmi T,Uduman S,Abdulrazzaq Y,Grundsell H,Hughes P

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insectivores (Erinaceus europaeus) and rodents (Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus and Mus musculus) from different islands of the Azores Archipelago were found to carry three distinct Leptospira interrogans s.l. serovars (copenhageni, icterohaemorrhagiae and ballum) which have never been previously investigated there. The ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Collares-Pereira M,Korver H,Terpstra WJ,Santos-Reis M,Ramalhinho MG,Mathias ML,Oom MM,Fons R,Libois R,Petrucci-Fonseca F

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Edema and hand strength measurements are useful for the recovery assessment of patients with a hand lesion. This work determined and compared estimates of hand volume, grip strengths (measured with a Jamar and a Collins dynamometer), and pinch strength (with a Jamar pinch gauge) in terms of sex and age with or without...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Chau N,Pétry D,Bourgkard E,Huguenin P,Remy E,André JM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the etiology of endemic goiter in the north-western part of Tunisia, we examined 93 adolescents of this region. We measured urinary iodine concentrations, serum total thyroxine, total triiodothyronine, thyrotropin, thyroglobulin and antithyrogobulin antibody concentrations. The adolescents were quest...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： el May MV,Bourdoux P,Ben Slimane F,Ben Abdallah M,Mtimet S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review discusses the use of Nordic Medical Birth Registers (MBRs) in epidemiological studies, paying special attention to the topics that have been investigated and to other data sources that increase the usefulness of MBRs. We divided the reviewed studies into four groups according to the data sources on which t...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Gissler M,Louhiala P,Hemminki E

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the epidemiological profile of urolithiasis in Kuwaiti patients and the associated metabolic abnormalities favouring stone formation in this patient population. Between 1986 and 1994, a total of 421 Kuwaiti patients were studied in Al-Amiri renal stone laboratory. The mineral comp...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： el-Reshaid K,Mughal H,Kapoor M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coeliac disease is diagnosed by means of jejunal biopsy, an invasive procedure. Anti-gliadin antibodies (AGA) have therefore been used in the first screening of the disease. On the other hand, low titers of AGA are widely detected also in normal subjects. In order to investigate if low levels of AGA could be correlate...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Bonamico M,Ballati G,Mariani P,Latini M,Triglione P,Rana I,Porro E,Mesturino MA,Criscione S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five-hundred-seventy-seven, 6 year old schoolchildren from Rome were examined. 67.8% of them harboured 1 x 10(5) or more Streptococcus mutans CFU per milliliter of saliva. This value was higher than values reported by other Authors. However, the caries prevalence of the subjects in this study was lower than values sho...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Petti S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of morbidity and mortality due to injuries in the population over the age of 14 years in Barcelona, Spain. Injury distribution according to sex, age, external cause, place of occurrence of the injury and severity was also obtained. A one-year survey was conducted in ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Plasència A,Borrell C

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:To study the relationship between plasma renin activity (PRA) and coffee consumption, cigarette smoking, alcohol intake and physical activity habits. SETTING:The multicentre HARVEST trial, involving 17 Hospital Centres in Northeast Italy. SUBJECTS:351 borderline to mild hypertensive men (mean age +/- SEM 2...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Palatini P,Canali C,Graniero GR,Rossi G,de Toni R,Santonastaso M,dal Follo M,Zanata G,Ferrarese E,Mormino P,Pessina AC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of nucleic acid extracted from stool samples of diarrhoeic children revealed in 3 out of 690 (0.43%) specimens two electrophoretic bands with a migration pattern characteristic of picobirnavirus ds-RNA. In none of the 92 control children were similar bands detected. No other potentia...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cascio A,Bosco M,Vizzi E,Giammanco A,Ferraro D,Arista S

更新日期：1996-10-01 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 role of sexual transmission in the diffusion of HCV infection, was studied through the seroprevalence of anti-HCV antibodies in the heterosexual habitual partners of 83 anti-HCV positive subjects. The index cases were represented by 10 dialysed subjects, 31 patients with chronic liver disease and 42 healthy carrie...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Scotto G,Savastano AM,Fazio V,Conte PE,Ferrara S,Mangano A,Tantimonaco G

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is a ubiquitous sporeforming Gram-positive rod that is associated with foodborne outbreaks as well as several opportunistic infections. Inspite of the prevalence of B. cereus associated foodborne outbreaks, subtyping of the species using molecular typing assays was not attempted. In this study we have ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Matar GM,Slieman TA,Nabbut NH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the results of the investigation of an epidemic outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection which affected 95 schoolchildren from certain village in Catalonia. The investigation took an epidemiological, clinical and microbiological approach, detecting by capture enzyme-immunoassay technique the presence of ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Domínguez A,Minguell S,Torres J,Serrano A,Vidal J,Salleras L

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim to assess the clustering of abdominal symptoms in a random population, data from a cohort study of a 70 year old Danish population were analysed. The cohort comprised 1,119 subjects of which 72% participated in a primary study and 91% of the survivors in a similar study five years later. The following clu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kay L,Jørgensen T,Schultz-Larsen K,Davidsen M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune status against polioviruses was investigated in a population of 545 students aged 11-20 years residing in the Neapolitan area, who had completed the vaccination cycle with four doses of OPV 5 to over 15 years before. Assuming as unprotected those individuals without detectable neutralizing antibodies at the...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Triassi M,Ribera G,Barruffo L,Barbone S,Medda E,Grandolfo ME

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human influenza pandemics of 1957 and 1968 were caused by reassortant viruses that possessed internal gene segments from avian and human strains. Whether genetic reassortment of human and avian influenza viruses occurs during interpandemic periods and how often humans are infected with such reassortants is not kno...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Shu LP,Sharp GB,Lin YP,Claas EC,Krauss SL,Shortridge KF,Webster RG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cases of watery diarrhea of explosive onset, three of them ending within two weeks, are discussed. The cause of diarrhea is believed to be the presence of an organism called Cyanobacteriumlike organism. These are non-refractile, spherical bodies, 8-9 micrometers in diameter, which take on a faint to deep pink co...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ebrahimzadeh A,Rogers L

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:Most of the Coxiella burnetii isolates (72 of 80) available in our institute share a 2.1 kb NotI fragment. Sequence analysis revealed two incomplete open reading frames (ORF) for putative genes hemA and bcR coding for glutamyl-tRNA-reductase and bicyclomycin resistance protein, respectively. Upon completing the ORF fo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Willems H,Thiele D,Krauss H

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case-control study comprised 100 histologically verified laryngeal cancer patients and 100 hospital controls matched with cases by sex, age and place of residence. The following variables were tested for their association with cancer of the larynx: marital status, educational level, hard liquor consumption, cigar...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Sokic SI,Adanja BJ,Marinkovic JP,Vlajinac HD

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:This report is devoted to analyze the effect that compulsory vaccination has on the compliance of the population, compared with the results obtained by massive campaigns for optional vaccinations. The implementation of a specific software for the management of individual schedules helps to reach a substantial complete...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Serafini G,Caramello S,Vaudetto S

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved semiquantitative self-administered food frequency questionnaire has been designed in order to investigate possible associations between diet and health, to plan nutrition education programmes, and to examine dietary compliance. The questionnaire consists of 16 printed forms and 16 pages with coloured photo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Fidanza F,Gentile MG,Porrini M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven different phenotyping methods for strain differentiation of Candida albicans (auxonotyping, enzymotyping, resistotyping, Phongpaichit's morphotyping, Hunter's morphotyping and Odds and Abbott's biotyping method-1980 and 1983 versions) were compared on a single population of 94 strains. 77.6% of the strains belon...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Otero L,Vázquez F,Palacio V,Vázquez S,Carreño F,Méndez FJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the AIDS related sources of information, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours among male young people it was filled in a multi-choice anonymous questionnaire by 2018 subjects, called for the first medical examination to Italian Navy and by 1348 recruits. The data from the latter group were used to ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Carducci A,Frasca M,Grasso A,Terzi I,Avio CM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between alcohol consumption and occurrence of peripheral arterial disease in the general population. During 1988 in a cross sectional survey, the Edinburgh Artery Study, 1,592 men and women aged 55-74 years were selected at random from the age-sex registers of te...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jepson RG,Fowkes FG,Donnan PT,Housley E

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility of 206 H. influenzae isolates was evaluated by disk diffusion method for 11 antimicrobial agents. No isolates were found to be resistant to third-generation cephalosporins, amoxicillin+clavulanic acid, gentamicin and ciprofloxacin. Four untypable isolates (1.9%) were beta-lactamase producing ampicillin-...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zanchi A,Mencarelli M,Sansoni A,Rossolini A,Cellesi C

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the epidemiological studies designed to determine the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Portugal were hospital-based and the rates reported were around 1/1000. A sentinel network of general practitioners (GPs) has been in effect in the country since 1989, involving doctors with a relatively stable list...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dias JA,Felgueiras MM,Sanchez JP,Gonçalves JM,Falcäo JM,Pimenta ZP

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:A study was conducted into the exposure to atmospheric pollution caused by car traffic by measuring blood lead (PbB) levels in a sample of 657 adult individuals (shopkeepers) all living in Liguria. The mean level of blood lead in all examined individuals was 9.39 micrograms dl-1 (0.45 mumol per liter; C.I. 95%: 9.06-9...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Orlando P,Perdelli F,Cristina ML,Oberto C,Viglione D,Palmieri S,Vari A,di Bello F

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of 53,753 coal miners was undertaken at the Instituto Nacional de Silicosis (INS) in Asturias, Spain, during the period 1971 to 1985. This included a complete medical history, physical examination, pulmonary function tests, and intensive search for pulmonary tuberculosis. A total of 1,136 new cases...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mosquera JA,Rodrigo L,Gonzálvez F

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strategies for controlling the HIV epidemic include education and information campaigns for intravenous drug users (IDUs), as for all high-risk groups, and the provision of various public health measures and treatment. These can only be effective if the IDU is aware of them and has a favourable image of them. A study ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Richardson SC,Papaevangelou G,Ancelle-Park R

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study comprised 130 cases affected by chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the same number of individually matched controls, with accidental injuries as a cause of hospitalization. Matching criteria were: sex, age, type of settlement, and area of residence. Both leukemias and all cancers were more frequent ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Radovanovic Z,Markovic-Denic L,Jankovic S

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:In this matched-pair study 139 pregnant women were matched on the basis of age to an equal number of non-pregnant women with no signs of genital infection. The mean age was 28.7 years (range 20-41). The cut-offs used for detection of chlamydial antibody were 1:64 and 1:128 for IgG and 1:16 for IgA. IgG antibody at 64 ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Olliaro P,Regazzetti A,Marchetti AL,Lanzarini P,Spinillo A,Gorini G

更新日期：1994-02-01 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：: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