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Epidemiological characteristics and spatio-temporal analysis of brucellosis in Shandong province, 2015–2021

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Brucellosis is one of the major public health problems in China, it not only causes huge economic losses to the society, but also threatens the human’s physical and mental health.
Xiaolin Yu, Ming Fang, Yan Li, Jianmei Yu, Lixiao Cheng, Shujun Ding, Zengqiang Kou   +6 more
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Physical activity and carotid atherosclerosis risk reduction in population with high risk for cardiovascular diseases: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Decreased physical activity had been reported to be a common causal and modifiable risk factor for major vascular events. However, the relationship of physical activity and sedentary leisure time with carotid atherosclerosis in population with
Lulu Chen, Yuan Bi, Jian Su, Lan Cui, Renqiang Han, Ran Tao, Jinyi Zhou, Ming Wu, Yu Qin   +8 more
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Association of socioeconomic status with hypertension prevalence and control in Nanjing: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The role of socioeconomic status (SES) on hypertension prevalence and hypertension control has gotten much attention but with conflicting results.
Zhenzhen Qin, Chao Li, Shengxiang Qi, Hairong Zhou, Jie Wu, Weiwei Wang, Qing Ye, Huafeng Yang, Chenchen Wang, Xin Hong   +9 more
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Age-standardized mortality, disability-adjusted life-years and healthy life expectancy in different cultural regions of Guangdong, China: a population-based study of 2005–2015

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Guangdong province is dominated by three cultural regions: Canton, Hakka and Hoklo. However, little is known about the disease burden within these regions, particularly because different population,environmental and socioeconomic risk factors ...
Xue-yan Zheng, Xiao-jun Xu, Yi-yang Liu, Yan-jun Xu, Si-xing Pan, Xin-ying Zeng, Qian Yi, Ni Xiao, Li-feng Lin   +8 more
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Community health workers for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Nepal: a qualitative study

BMJ Open, 2020
Background/objective The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Nepal underscores the importance of strengthening primary healthcare systems to deliver efficient care. In this study, we examined the barriers and facilitators to engaging
Lal B. Rawal, C. Kharel, U. Yadav, Kie Kanda, T. Biswas, C. Vandelanotte, S. Baral, A. Abdullah   +7 more
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A research agenda for non-communicable disease prevention and control in India

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020
Background Non-communicable diseases contribute to 62% of total deaths in India; of concern are the preventable premature deaths, which account for a staggering 48% of mortality.
I. Kataria, M. Siddiqui, T. Gillespie, M. Goodman, P. Dhillon, C. Bann, L. Squiers   +6 more
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The effect gap of hypertension health management services in poverty and non-poverty counties on the hypertension control: evidence from China Chronic Diseases Risk Factors Surveillance

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2023
Background The Chinese government implemented the health poverty alleviation project (HPAP) since 2016 in poverty counties (PCs). To evaluate the effect of the HPAP on hypertension health management and control in PCs is vital for the policy improvement.
Bo Jiang, Limin Wang, Mei Zhang, Zhenping Zhao, Xiao Zhang, Chun Li, Maigeng Zhou   +6 more
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Understanding dental caries as a non-communicable disease

British Dental Journal, 2021
The recent developments in the science underpinning our knowledge of both the initiation of dental caries and the subsequent behaviour of lesions over time gives us a solid base to understand caries differently.
N. Pitts, S. Twetman, J. Fisher, P. Marsh   +3 more
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Correction to: Genetic characterization of Bacillus anthracis in Guizhou Province, Southwest of China

BMC Microbiology, 2018
Erratum Upon publication of the original article (1) it was highlighted by the authors that a grant awarded to support the research work of the study was missed in the acknowledgements. It should also be acknowledged that the grant titled “Genotyping and
Shijun Li, Qing Ma, Hong Chen, Dingming Wang, Ying Liu, Xiaoyu Wei, Lv You, Guanghai Yao, Kecheng Tian, Guangpeng Tang   +9 more
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Genetic diversity of Bacillus anthracis Ames lineage strains in China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Anthrax is an endemic disease that persists in the rural regions of China. The global genetic population structure of B.anthracis has also been defined by the canonical single-nucleotide polymorphisms (canSNP) and multiple-locus variable ...
Enmin Zhang, Huijuan Zhang, Jinrong He, Wei Li, Jianchun Wei   +4 more
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