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Causes of Death in Late Imperial Ekaterinburg, Russia. Burial Records, Database, Analysis

Historical Life Course Studies
The end of the 19th century saw marked changes in Russia's demography. However, it was still a traditional society experiencing universal marriage and high birth and death rates. This paper analyzes mortality in Ekaterinburg, an early industrial city in
Elena Glavatskaya, Dmitry Bakharev, Elizaveta Zabolotnykh, Alexandr Bobitsky   +3 more
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Factors influencing the implementation of cardiovascular risk scoring in primary care: a mixed-method systematic review

Implementation Science, 2020
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) such as ischemic heart disease and stroke is the leading causes of death and disability globally with a growing burden in low and middle-income countries.
Tonny B. Muthee, Derick Kimathi, Georgia C. Richards, Anthony Etyang, David Nunan, Veronika Williams, Carl Heneghan   +6 more
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The ethical implications of verbal autopsy: responding to emotional and moral distress

BMC Medical Ethics, 2021
Background Verbal autopsy is a pragmatic approach for generating cause-of-death data in contexts without well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems.
Alex Hinga, Vicki Marsh, Amek Nyaguara, Marylene Wamukoya, Sassy Molyneux   +4 more
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A prospective study of salvational intervention with ICS/LABA for reducing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation under severe air pollution (SIRCAP) in Beijing: protocol of a multi-center randomized controlled trial

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019
Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. Acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) not only accelerates the progression of disease, but also causes hospital administration and death
Tianyu Zhou, Yijue Zhong, Jiping Liao, Guangfa Wang, Xueying Li, Xiaosen Qian, Pingchao Xiang, Xinsheng Chen, Zhenyang Xu, Fengzhen Zhang, Xiaoguang Wang, Senlin Wang, Xiangxin Li, Chunxiao Yu, Yongxiang Zhang, Guoguang Xia, Li Dai   +16 more
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Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Verbal autopsy methods are critically important for evaluating the leading causes of death in populations without adequate vital registration systems.
Baqui, Abdullah, Kumar, Vishwajeet, Gómez Sara, Romero, M., Bruce Neal, Lucero, M, Ramírez-Villalobos Dolores, Ahuja Ramesh, Gómez, S, Ali Said, Christopher JL Murray, Romero, M, Lozano, Rafael, Baqui Abdullah, Joshi, R., Hernández, B, Marilla Lucero, Murray, Christopher Jl, Premji, Z., Dhingra, U, Riley, Ian, Flaxman, AD, Gomez, Sara, Premji, Zul, Mehta, S., Riley, I., Neal, B., Sara Gómez, Henry Kalter, Rajendra Prasad, Dantzer, Emily, Dandona, L., Ahuja, R, Hazel Remolador, Black, R., Dhingra, U., Neal, Bruce, Remolador Hazel, Flaxman, Abraham D., Praveen, Devarsetty, Das, Vinita, Tallo, V., Bernardo Hernández, Sanvictores, D., Tallo, Veronica, Lopez Alan D, Romero Minerva, Murray, C.J.L., Dutta, A, Sanvictores, D, Dhingra, Usha, Ramirez-Villalobos, D., Baqui, A, Premji, Z, Dhingra Usha, Praveen Devarsetty, Dutta, Arup, Ramirez-Villalobos, Dolores, Gomez, S., Prasad, R., Wafaie Fawzi, Zul Premji, Ohno, S.L., Lozano, R, Alan D Lopez, Dandona Lalit, Black, R, Mehta, Saurabh, Vishwajeet Kumar, Saurabh Mehta, Dandona, L, Arup Dutta, Dantzer Emily, Diozele Sanvictores, Tallo Veronica, Dolores Ramírez-Villalobos, Lucero Marilla, Murray Christopher JL, Dantzer, E, Fawzi, Wafaie, Remolador, H., Sazawal Sunil, Emily Dantzer, Sanvictores Diozele, Hernandez, B., Mehta Saurabh, Tallo, V, Sazawal, S, Romero, Minerva, Kumar Aarti, Rohina Joshi, Kumar, V., Said, M., Said Mwanaidi, Ramesh Ahuja, Riley Ian, Kumar, A, Mwanaidi Said, Ramírez-Villalobos, D, Das, Vanita, Lucero, M., Neal Bruce, Kalter Henry, Fawzi Wafaie, Said, Mwanaidi, Said, M, Aarti Kumar, Das, V., Prasad Rajendra, Baqui, A., Fawzi, W, Prasad, R, Praveen, D, Remolador, Hazel, Ali, S.M., Sazawal, S., Kumar Vishwajeet, Black Robert, Ohno, SL, Ali, Said Mohd, Lopez, Alan D., Hernandez, Bernardo, Dutta Arup, Lozano, R., Ohno Summer, Ahuja, R., Mehta, S, Usha Dhingra, Das, V, Flaxman, A.D., Said Mohd Ali, Das Vinita, Lucero, Marilla, Praveen, D., Neal, B, Joshi Rohina, Dandona, Lalit, Ahuja, Ramesh, Joshi, Rohina, Kumar, A., Ohno, Summer I., Flaxman, Abraham D, Fawzi, W., Minerva Romero, Ali, SM, Dantzer, E., Lalit Dandona, Ramírez-Villalobos10, D., Vinita Das, Remolador, H, Dutta, A., Veronica Tallo, Robert Black, Ohno, Summer Lockett, Premji Zul, Rafael Lozano, Abdullah Baqui, Murray, CJL, Prasad, Rajendra, Joshi, R, Hernández Bernardo, Black, Robert, Sanvictores, Diozele, Lopez, Alan D, Lozano Rafael, Kumar, Aarti, Sazawal, Sunil, Summer Lockett Ohno, Lopez, AD, Flaxman Abraham D, Ian Riley, Riley, I, Murray, Christopher J. L., Devarsetty Praveen, Kumar, V, Abraham D Flaxman, Kalter, Henry, Sunil Sazawal, Ali, Said M., Kalter, H, Kalter, H., Lopez, A.D.   +181 more
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From Macro-Statistics to Family Reconstitution Data. Causes of Death in Hungary (Sources and Databases — 19th and Early 20th Centuries)

Historical Life Course Studies
This paper presents Hungarian sources that provide information on the causes of death at both individual and aggregate levels. It demonstrates how causes of death appeared in parish records from the early 19th century onwards, alongside denominational ...
Péter Őri, Levente Pakot
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Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) after local treatment of brain metastases in melanoma patients: Statistical Analysis Plan

Trials, 2019
Background The WBRTMel trial is a multinational, open-label, phase III randomised controlled trial comparing whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) to observation following local treatment of one to three melanoma brain metastases with surgery and/or ...
Serigne N. Lo, Angela M. Hong, Lauren E. Haydu, Tasnia Ahmed, Elizabeth J. Paton, Victoria Steel, George Hruby, Anh Tran, Rachael L. Morton, Anna K. Nowak, Janette L. Vardy, Katharine J. Drummond, Haryana M. Dhillon, Catherine Mandel, Richard A. Scolyer, Mark R. Middleton, Bryan H. Burmeister, John F. Thompson, Gerald B. Fogarty   +18 more
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Design and baseline characteristics of the 10 Small Steps Study: a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to promote healthy behaviour using a lifestyle score and personalised feedback

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of death globally and are associated with a limited set of common, modifiable health behaviours: tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diet.
Parekh Sanjoti, Vandelanotte Corneel, King David, Boyle Frances M   +3 more
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Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Global development goals increasingly rely on country-specific estimates for benchmarking a nation's progress. To meet this need, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 estimated global, regional, national,
GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators, GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators (7783523), Haro Abad, Josep Maria, Roth, G.A., Gia To (9840746), Feigin, V, Fernandes, J. C., others   +7 more
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Validation of cardiovascular diagnoses in the Greenlandic Hospital Discharge Register for epidemiological use

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2018
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In Greenland, valid estimates of prevalence and incidence of CVD do not exist and can only be calculated if diagnoses of CVD in the Greenlandic Hospital Discharge Register ...
Maria Tvermosegaard, Pernille Falberg Rønn, Michael Lynge Pedersen, Peter Bjerregaard, Inger Dahl Pedersen, Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Marit Eika Jørgensen   +6 more
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