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Estimating the burden of disease attributable to household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

open access: yesSouth African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Household air pollution (HAP) due to the use of solid fuels for cooking is a global problem with significant impacts on human health, especially in low- and middle-income countries. HAP remains problematic in South Africa (SA).
R A Roomaney   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Inconsistencies in Data Quality Between FAOSTAT, WOAH, UN Agriculture Census, and National Data

open access: yesData Science Journal
With the growth of AI and data modelling, the old saying by George Fuechsel regarding data quality ‘Garbage in, garbage out’ holds more truth than ever. Data Scientists are learning the quality of their models depends on the quality of data. Data used by
Ian McKechnie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to low levels of physical activity in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

open access: yesSouth African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Physical activity is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular outcomes, certain cancers and diabetes. The previous South African Comparative Risk Assessment (SACRA1) study assessed the attributable burden of low physical activity for ...
I Neethling   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid mortality surveillance using a national population register to monitor excess deaths during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in South Africa

open access: yesGenus, 2021
This paper describes how an up-to-date national population register recording deaths by age and sex, whether deaths were due to natural or unnatural causes, and the offices at which the deaths were recorded can be used to monitor excess death during the ...
Rob E. Dorrington   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automating Inconsistency Discover and Historical Investigation of External Influences on Livestock Population Data

open access: yesData Science Journal
Livestock population data is crucial in researching and modeling animal disease (Sibhat et al., 2017), economic health burden (Muraguri et al., 1998), climate change (Fordyce et al., 2023), antimicrobial resistance calculations (Mulchandani et al., 2023),
Ian McKechnie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

open access: yesSouth African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. A high body mass index (BMI) is associated with several cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, cancers, and other selected health conditions. Objectives.
D Bradshaw   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2016
Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden of disease.
M. Forouzanfar   +499 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to unsafe water and lack of sanitation and hygiene in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

open access: yesSouth African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. The incidence of diarrhoeal disease is closely linked to socioeconomic and environmental factors, household practices and access to health services.
N Nannan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary lung carcinomas and bronchial carcinoid tumors (BC) are very rare malignancies in childhood. While typical BC and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are mostly low‐grade, localized tumors with a more favorable prognosis than in adults, necessitating avoidance of overtreatment, adenocarcinomas of the lung are often diagnosed at advanced disease ...
Michael Abele   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Burden prognostic factors in caregivers of home care patients. A literature riview. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
openBackground. La base per una buona assistenza è l’eleggibilità del caregiver; da questo ne conseguono la sua educazione, il suo addestramento sulla patologia e sui bisogni per la cura della persona che assiste.
FRANCHIN, RACHELE
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