Decomposing contribution of age and non-age factors to rapid growth of lung cancer in Xuanwei over past 30 years [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2015 BackgroundFrom 1973 to 2005, the lung cancer mortality in Xuanwei had increased constantly. Effect analysis of age and non-age factors on lung cancer is important for local policy-making.MethodsDemographic and death data was collected and used.
Yang Chen +4 more
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The relationship between BRCA-associated breast cancer and age factors: an analysis of the Japanese HBOC consortium database [PDF]
J Hum Genet, 2020 M. Okano +9 more
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Quantitative Age Estimation of Supernova Remnants and Associated Pulsars [PDF]
, 2021 The age of a supernova remnant (SNR) is, though undoubtedly one of the most important properties for study of its evolution, difficult to estimate reliably in most cases. In this study, we compare the dynamical and plasma ages of the SNRs and characteristic ages of their associated pulsars with the corresponding SNRs' ages that are generally thought to
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Psychosocial factors influencing risk-taking in middle age for STIs [PDF]
, 2016 Objectives To increase the knowledge of the psychosocial factors influencing sexual risk-taking for STIs among adults in late middle age. Methods Individual interviews were conducted either face to face or by telephone with 31 heterosexual men and ...
Booth, Joanne +3 more
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Factors of fertility ageing rate [PDF]
Population and Economics, 2020 The current demographic model of most developed countries is characterized by ageing and declining fertility. Despite the fact that this topic has been studied quite thoroughly, the question remains: what national indicators does the rate of ageing fertility depend on in different groups of countries?
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Growth factors, aging and age-related diseases [PDF]
Growth Hormone & IGF Research, 2016 Simple organisms including yeast and flies with mutations in the IGF-1 and Tor-S6K pathways are dwarfs, are highly protected from toxins, and survive up to 3 times longer. Similarly, dwarf mice with deficiencies in the growth hormone-IGF-I axis are also long lived and protected from diseases.
Valter D. Longo, Priya Balasubramanian
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Factors influencing the accuracy of age-estimates of unfamiliar faces [PDF]
, 1995 Factors affecting the accuracy with which adults could assess the age of unfamiliar male faces aged between 5 and 70 years were examined. In the first experiment twenty-five 'young' adult subjects, aged 16-25, and twenty-five 'old' adults, aged 51-60 ...
George, Patricia A, Hole, Graham J
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Melatonin Alters Age-Related Changes in Transcription Factors and Kinase Activation [PDF]
, 2010 Male mice were fed 40 ppm melatonin for 2 months prior to sacrifice at age 26 months, and compared with both 26 and 4 month-old untreated controls. The nuclear translocation of NF-κB increased with age in both brain and spleen and this was reversed by ...
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Archaeobotany and social and economic factors in Irish Bronze Age settlements [PDF]
, 2014 Poster displayed at International Open Workshop: Socio-Environmental Dynamics over the Last 12,000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes III at Kiel, Germany, April ...
Johnston, Penny
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Age and Sex Are Critical Factors in Ischemic Stroke Pathology.
Endocrinology, 2018 Ischemic stroke is a devastating brain injury resulting in high mortality and substantial loss of function. Understanding the pathophysiology of ischemic stroke risk, mortality, and functional loss is critical to the development of new therapies. Age and
Meaghan Roy-O’Reilly, L. McCullough
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