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Epidemiology of Drowning Incidents among Children at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Oman

Niranjan Lal Jeswani, Muhammad Faisal Khilji, Syed Rizvi, Abdullah Al Reesi • Oman Medical Journal (2021)

Objectives: We sought to study the epidemiology of drowning among children reported at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of the patients who presented to the emergency department with a h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5001/omj.2021.104

Epidemiology and risk factors of dementia

Wiesje M. van der Flier • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (2005)

ementia refers to a syndrome that is characterised by progressive deterioration of cognitive functions.Neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as apathy, agitation, and depression, are also common.With increasing loss of function, a patient is grad...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2005.082867 PMC: 1765715

Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics

Robert McCarter • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2000)

Epidemiology: Beyond the BasicsAuthors: SZKLO, Moyses, MD, DrPH (Johns Hopkins Univ.); NIETO, F. Javier, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins Univ.) Bibliographic Data: (ISBN: 0–8342-0618–8, Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2000, $55.00) 495 pages, soft cover Aud...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00005768-200006000-00031

Review on the Worldwide Epidemiology of Uveitis

Elisabetta Miserocchi, Giovanni Fogliato, Giulio Maria Modorati, Francesco Maria Bandello • European Journal of Ophthalmology (2013)

PURPOSE: We describe the worldwide epidemiology of uveitis through a systematic literature review. METHODS: Data obtained from the most relevant studies published until November 2012 were reported. RESULTS: Results of our research were stru...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.5301/ejo.5000278

Nutritional Epidemiology

Walter Churchill Willett • Oxford University Press eBooks (2012)

Abstract This book is about the complex relationships between diet and risks of important diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. The book starts with an overview of research strategies in nutritional epidemiology—still a relat...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199754038.001.0001

The epidemiology of theileriosis in Africa

R. A. I. Norval, Brian D. Perry, Alan S. Young • CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (1992)

The title of this book does not adequately reflect the comprehensive treatment of a complex and important parasitic disease of domestic cattle. Despite the passing of 100 years, East Coast fever (ECF) remains an economically and environment...

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Tissue Sodium in Patients With Early Stage Hypertension: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Aseel Alsouqi, Serpil Muge Deger, Melis Sahinoz, Cindy Mambungu et al. • Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (2022)

Background Sodium (Na+) stored in skin and muscle tissue is associated with essential hypertension. Sodium magnetic resonance imaging is a validated method of quantifying tissue stores of Na+. In this study, we evaluated tissue Na+ in patie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.022723

Studies of the epidemiology of bulimia nervosa

Christopher G. Fairburn, Sarah J. Beglin • American Journal of Psychiatry (1990)

Research on the epidemiology of bulimia nervosa has focused largely on the prevalence of the disorder. As methods have improved, consensus has increased regarding the prevalence rate among adolescent and young adult women--about 1%. However...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.147.4.401

Epidemiology: An introduction

Kenneth Jay Rothman (2016)

1. Introduction to Epidemiologic Thinking 2. Pioneers in Epidemiology and Public Health 3. What is Causation? 4. Measuring Disease Occurrence and Causal Effects 5. Types of Epidemiologic Studies 6. Infectious Disease Epidemiology 7. Dealing...

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Veterinary Epidemiology

B CHOMEL • Sage eBooks (2008)

The author describes the specifics of veterinary epidemiology, in particular its domain and objectives. The large diversity of data sources are partly limited by the lack of standardized nomenclature and registries in many animal species. E...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412953948.n475

Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Mucormycosis

George L. Petrikkos, Anna Skiada, Olivier Lortholary, Emmanuel Roilides et al. • Clinical Infectious Diseases (2012)

Mucormycosis is an emerging angioinvasive infection caused by the ubiquitous filamentous fungi of the Mucorales order of the class of Zygomycetes. Mucormycosis has emerged as the third most common invasive mycosis in order of importance aft...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir866

Nutritional Epidemiology

Walter Churchill Willett • Oxford University Press eBooks (1998)

This book is intended to increase understanding of the complex relationships between diet and the major diseases of western civilization, such as cancer and atherosclerosis. The book starts with an overview of research strategies in nutriti...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195122978.001.0001

Transcatheter heart valve interventions for patients with rheumatic heart disease

Hellmuth Weich, Philip Herbst, Francis Smit, Anton Doubell • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2023)

Rheumatic heart disease [RHD] is the most prevalent cause of valvular heart disease in the world, outstripping degenerative aortic stenosis numbers fourfold. Despite this, global resources are firmly aimed at improving the management of deg...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1234165

Role of Goats in the Epidemiology of <i>Coxiella burnetii</i>

Sofia Anastácio, Sérgio Ramalho de Sousa, Maria José Saavedra, Gabriela Jorge da Silva • Biology (2022)

Since its first description in the late 1930s, Q fever has raised many questions. Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent, is a zoonotic pathogen affecting a wide range of hosts. This airborne organism leads to an obligate, intracellular lif...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biology11121703

Assessing PM2.5 pollution in the Northeastern United States from the 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke: an episodic study integrating air quality and health impact modeling with emissions and meteorological uncertainty analysis

Hao He, Timothy P Canty, Russell R Dickerson, Joel Dreessen et al. • Environmental Research Letters (2025)

Between June 6 and 8, 2023, wildfires in Quebec, Canada generated massive smoke plumes that traveled long distances and deteriorated air quality across the Northeastern United States (US). Surface daily PM _2.5 observations exceeded 100 µ g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae10c9

Trends in cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the United States, 1975–2018: a population-based study

Xianying Cheng, Ping Wang, Li Cheng, Feng Zhao et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2025)

BackgroundCervical cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States have substantially declined over recent decades, primarily driven by reductions in squamous cell carcinoma cases. However, the trend in recent years remains unclea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1579446

Colon Cancer: A Review of the Epidemiology

John D. Potter, Martha L. Slattery, Roberd M. Bostick, Susan M. Gapstur • Epidemiologic Reviews (1993)

John D. Potter, Martha L. Slattery, Roberd M. Bostick, Susan M. Gapstur; Colon Cancer: A Review of the Epidemiology, Epidemiologic Reviews, Volume 15, Issue 2,...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036132

Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease

Monique M.B. Breteler, Jules J. Claus, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Lenore J. Launer et al. • Epidemiologic Reviews (1992)

Monique M. B. Breteler, Jules J. Claus, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Lenore J. Launer, Albert Hofman; Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease, Epidemiologic Reviews, Volu...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036092