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Michael H. Criqui, Victor Aboyans • Circulation Research
(2015)
New data on the epidemiology of peripheral artery disease (PAD) are available, and they should be integrated with previous data. We provide an updated, integrated overview of the epidemiology of PAD, a focused literature review was conducte...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.116.303849
Judith S. Mausner, Anita K. Bahn • Andalas University Repository (Andalas University)
(1974)
This classic text presents the basic principles of epidemiology. It includes coverage of epidemiologic concepts, measurements of morbidity and mortality, sources of data on community health, selected indices of health, descriptive epidemiol...
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Steven Hamley • Nutrition Journal
(2017)
Abstract Background A cornerstone of conventional dietary advice is the recommendation to replace saturated fatty acids (SFA) with mostly n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Many clinic...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12937-017-0254-5
Reza Golpira, Zahra Azadmanjir, Javad Zarei, Nasim Hashemi et al. • Informatics in Medicine Unlocked
(2021)
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) has been used for many years in many countries to manage health information. The World Health Organization (WHO) will soon replace ICD-...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2021.100668
Caroline Kniebs, Caroline Kniebs, Anja Elisabeth Luengen, Anja Elisabeth Luengen et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
(2021)
Lung cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide and the one that causes the highest mortality. In order to understand the disease and to develop new treatments, in vitro human lung cancer model systems which imitate the physio...
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DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.761846
Rebecca I. Clark, Anna Salazar, Ryuichi Yamada, Sorel Fitz-Gibbon et al. • Cell Reports
(2015)
Alterations in the composition of the intestinal microbiota have been correlated with aging and measures of frailty in the elderly. However, the relationships between microbial dynamics, age-related changes in intestinal physiology, and org...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.08.004
Alison Accarie, Bruno l’Homme, Mohamed Amine Benadjaoud, Sai Kiang Lim et al. • Stem Cell Research & Therapy
(2020)
Abstract Background Human exposure to high doses of radiation resulting in acute radiation syndrome and death can rapidly escalate to a mass casualty catastrophe in the event of nuclear accidents or terrorism. The primary reason is that the...
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DOI: 10.1186/s13287-020-01887-1
Fikru Gashaw, Samuel Bekele, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, Girmay Medhin et al. • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
(2019)
Abstract Background Tuberculosis and parasitosis are the widely distributed diseases in Ethiopia with the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, respectively. There has been no information on the status of co-infections of tuberculosis a...
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DOI: 10.1186/s40249-019-0600-2
Tohru Suzuki, Yutaka Terada, Luis Enjuanes, Seiichi Ohashi et al. • Viruses
(2018)
Base on the sequence of S genes, which encode spike proteins, we previously identified three different types (North American, S INDEL, and S large-DEL types) of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) that have re-emerged in Japan since 2013...
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DOI: 10.3390/v10090467
Sajad Mazaheri, Maryam Ashoori, Zeynab Bechari • پیاورد سلامت
(2017)
Background and Aim: Nowadays heart disease is very common and is a major cause of mortality. Proper and early diagnosis of this disease is very important. Diagnostic methods and treatments of the disease are so expensive and have many side ...
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Ummay Nayeema Islam, Kanchan Kumar Sen, Wasimul Bari • BMC Public Health
(2022)
Abstract Background Although Bangladesh has an impressive track record in the reduction of maternal and child mortality, tetanus, a dreadful disease, impedes the way to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in this respect. Sufficient ...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13448-7
Ruilin Meng, Xiaojun Xu, Yanjun Xu, Chao Luo et al. • BMC Public Health
(2019)
Abstract Background As the fourth leading cause of death, injury is an important public health concern in Guangdong Province, China. The epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality is changing along with the social development. This...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6437-6
Benjamin A. Howell, Lisa B. Puglisi, Jenerius Aminawung, Kirsten Bibbins- Domingo et al. • BMC Public Health
(2022)
Abstract Background People who have been incarcerated have high rates of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension and smoking, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of hospitalizations and mortality in this population...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12688-x
Hana Sarsar, Hicham Ouakil, Jihad Ait Soussane • Discover Environment
(2026)
Abstract This study investigates the mitigating role of universal healthcare coverage (UHC) in reducing mortality from air pollution, focusing on deaths caused by particulate matter pollution (PMP) and ambient ozone pollution (AOP) across 9...
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DOI: 10.1007/s44274-026-01107-2
NANCY E. KASS • American Journal of Public Health
(2001)
More than 100 years ago, public health began as an organized discipline, its purpose being to improve the health of populations rather than of individuals. Given its population-based focus, however, public health perennially faces dilemmas ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.91.11.1776
PMC: 1446875
• Routledge eBooks
(2002)
Contents: Preface. Introduction. R. Hornik, Public Health Communication: Making Sense of Contradictory Evidence. Part I: Deliberate Trials. J.K. Worden, B.S. Flynn, Using Mass Media to Prevent Cigarette Smoking. P. Palmgreen, L. Donohew, E....
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410603029
Elica Inagaki, Alik Farber, Jeffrey A. Kalish, Mohammad H. Eslami et al. • Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
(2018)
BackgroundContemporary data on patients presenting with acute limb ischemia (ALI), who are selected for treatment with endovascular peripheral vascular interventions (PVI), are limited. Our study examined outcomes following endovascular PVI...
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DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004782
Qilong Cao, Guoqiang Rui, Ying Liang • BMC Public Health
(2018)
Abstract Background PM2.5 has become a major component of air pollution in China and has led to a series of health problems. The mortality rate caused by lung cancer has reached the point where it cannot be ignored in China. Air pollution i...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5844-4
Fangfang Huang, Ting Shen, Xin Hai, Huiqing Xiu et al. • Heliyon
(2022)
Purpose: To investigate the clinical features and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia (MP) with secondary MRSA bloodstream infections (MRSA-BSI) (termed MP-BSI) compared with MP alone and to study t...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11978
Stefan Rennick-Egglestone, Mohsan Subhani, Holly Knight, Katy A Jones et al. • JMIR Formative Research
(2023)
BackgroundMortality from alcohol-related liver disease has risen significantly for 3 decades. Transient elastography (TE) is a noninvasive test providing a numerical marker of liver disease. Preliminary evidence suggests that TE can reduce ...
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DOI: 10.2196/47109