Epidemiological Studies
Methodological issues in epidemiological studies of periodontitis - how can it be improved?
... in epidemiological studies A recent review of analytical epidemiology revealed a conspicuous lack of uniformity in the definition of perio- dontitis in epidemiological studies ...some ...
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The Use of Epidemiological Studies for Health Risk Assessment
... using epidemiological studies in HRA can improve the ...of epidemiological studies for HRA. Previous epidemiological studies help to construct the linear concentration-response ...
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Referral bias in ALS epidemiological studies
... Population-based epidemiological studies have shown the rate of fALS to be between ...referral-based studies consistently reported rates of about 10% [30, ...
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Validation of the 10 item Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES D 10) in Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans populations in South Africa
... for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is a 20-item screening tool, initially developed to detect depression in general popu- lations ...few studies have since focused on the diagnostic ...
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Considerations in the use of different spirometers in epidemiological studies
... In epidemiological studies, lung function measure- ments can be performed using more than one spirom- eter of the same type or different types. This study showed a systematic difference between two types of ...
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Epidemiological studies on Petroleum toxicity
... of epidemiological studies which have in- vestigated the risks of malignant disease in association with the petroleum industry have burgeoned in the past few ...the studies cited here that known ...
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Communication in environmental epidemiological studies
... an epidemiological study concerning the health impact of waste management in a part of the region of Campania, defined as a site of national interest for environmental reclamation, due to the illegal practice of ...
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Molecular epidemiological studies on animal trypanosomiases in Ghana
... In large-scale epidemiological studies, FTA cards are becoming increasingly popular for the rapid collection and archiving of a large number of samples. However, there are some difficulties in the ...
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The Feasibility of Conducting Epidemiological Studies in Kosovo
... rigorous epidemiological studies. These studies illustrate the scope of the problem and emphasize which polluters are the most threatening to health and which diseases are the ones mostly causing ...
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Is bioelectrical impedance accurate for use in large epidemiological studies?
... Due to increased progesterone plasma levels after ovula- tion and the change in hydration status, within-subject variability of impedance may be higher in women. The effect of this variability has been examined by ...
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Epidemiology of Bradykinin-mediated angioedema: a systematic investigation of epidemiological studies
... To determine the prevalence of ACEI-AE at the popula- tion level, a subsequent literature search of Medline and EMBASE was conducted to identify National population- based surveys from, the US, France and Germany that ...
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Cultural Consideration in Epidemiological Studies
... These cultural factors, where they can be identified, are often difficult to quantify and are therefore less attractive to medical epidemiologist and statisticians. Nor there is there a[r] ...
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Operational definitions of asthma in recent epidemiological studies are inconsistent
... ever had asthma? ” and at least one of 3 symptoms in the last 12 months: wheezing, waking with breathlessness or having an asthma attack) of 6.8% for the Portuguese popu- lation [9]. The INAsma survey comprised two ...
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Biotyping of Serratia marcescens and its use in epidemiological studies
... marcescens isolates throughout 13 clinical departments of Pellegrin Hospital Bordeaux, France were studied from 1968 through 1975.. Except for one that colonized the intestinal tract of [r] ...
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A survey of genetic simulation software for population and epidemiological studies
... A number of programs have been developed for simulating population genetic and genetic epidemiological data conforming to one of three main algorithmic approaches: ‘forwards’, ‘backwards’ and ‘sideways’. This ...
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THE CONTRIBUTION OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES TO THE SOLUTION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS
... Epidemiology Branch, Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia.. W HEN I was first asked to prepare a.[r] ...
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Predicting participation of people with impaired vision in epidemiological studies
... influenced by: education (participation increasing with the level of education [6–8]), gender (women tend to participate more than men [9–11]) and marital status (married people participating more than others [12]). ...
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School closures and influenza: systematic review of epidemiological studies
... The available age-speci fi c data suggested that any bene- fi ts associated with school closure were greatest among school-aged children. 11–25 During the 2009 pandemic in New Zealand, the age-standardised proportion of ...
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Epidemiological Studies of Potent Environmental Pathogen: Streptococcus pneumoniae
... Epidemiological survey of six months of the pneumonic patients and the hospitalized patients of various ages (3-65 years) was undertaken. The major part of the study was completed at Microbiology Research ...
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Epidemiological studies of downy mildew of oilseed poppy
... These results indicate that the susceptibility of oilseed poppy plants to infection by downy mildew decreases with increasing plant age, which agrees with the observations of Behr 1956, [r] ...
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