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Anthropometric indices of Gambian children after one or three annual rounds of mass drug administration with azithromycin for trachoma control. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin, carried out for the control of blinding trachoma, has been linked to reduced mortality in children.
A Amza, A Amza, A Sommer, A Weisz, AE Roth, AJ Weisz, Ansumana Sillah, C Nokes, C Panter-Brick, CG Victora, CJ Whitty, CL Coles, CL Coles, D Stare, David C W Mabey, EJ Giamarellos-Bourboulis, EK Gough, EM Harding-Esch, EM Harding-Esch, Emma M Harding-Esch, EV Basilion, I Udan, JD Keenan, JH Humphrey, John Hart, KL Kotloff, KN Ryan, L Leonor Rodríguez, LS Stephenson, Martin J Holland, MG Rowland, MG Rowland, MP Eccles, P Aaby, PG Lunn, R Goto, RL Guerrant, Robin L Bailey, S Haug, Sarah E Burr, T Edwards, Tansy Edwards, TC Porco, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO   +46 more
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Risk factors and demographics for microtia in South America: a case-control analysis [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The etiopathogenesis of microtia is still unknown in the majority of the cases, particularly for individuals presenting with isolated microtia.
Castilla, Eduardo Enrique, Dutra, Maria da Graça, Luquetti, Daniela, López Camelo, Jorge Santiago, Saltzman, Babette S.   +4 more
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Exploration of Potential Roles of m6A Regulators in Colorectal Cancer Prognosis

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents one of the most common malignancies with high morbidity worldwide. RNA methylation (m6A) has been considered to tremendously contribute to cancer initiation and progression since its first discovery.
Liechen Ji, Shuo Chen, Liqiang Gu, Xipeng Zhang   +3 more
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The Evidence for an Obesity Paradox in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]

Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2018
Although overweight/obesity is a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, there is increasing evidence that overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus experience lower mortality compared with patients of normal ...
Seung Jin Han, Edward J. Boyko
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Atrazine and cancer incidence among pesticide applicators in the agricultural health study (1994-2007). [PDF]

, 2011
Atrazine is a triazine herbicide used widely in the United States. Although it is an animal carcinogen, the mechanism in rodents does not appear to operate in humans.
Aaron Blair, Alavanja MC, Cantor K, Cynthia J. Hines, Dale P. Sandler, Dosemeci M, European Commission, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Gabriella Andreotti, Hines CJ, IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer), Jane A. Hoppin, Jay H. Lubin, Jennifer A. Rusiecki, Jennifer Sloan, Joseph B. Coble, Laura E. Beane Freeman, Michael C.R. Alavanja, Mills PK, Shelia Hoar Zahm, Sokic SI, Stella Koutros, Trentacoste S, Waggoner J   +23 more
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Back and neck pain and poor sleep quality in adolescents are associated even after controlling for confounding factors: An epidemiological study.

Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2020
Back pain and poor sleep quality are public health issues. Relating to adolescents particularly, the way in which this relationship can occur is still unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate whether low back and neck pain are associated with sleep quality among adolescents.In total, 1011 randomly selected adolescents participated in this ...
Scarabottolo, Catarina Covolo, Pinto, Rafael Zambelli, Oliveira, Crystian Bitencourt, Tebar, William Rodrigues, Saraiva, Bruna Thamyres Ciccotti, Morelhão, Priscila Kalil, Dragueta, Leandro Delfino, Druzian, Gustavo Santos, Christofaro, Diego Giulliano Destro   +8 more
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Statistical Workflow for Feature Selection in Human Metabolomics Data. [PDF]

, 2019
High-throughput metabolomics investigations, when conducted in large human cohorts, represent a potentially powerful tool for elucidating the biochemical diversity underlying human health and disease.
Antonelli, Joseph, Cheng, Susan, Claggett, Brian L, Demler, Olga V, Deng, Katherine, Henglin, Mir, Hushcha, Pavel V, Jain, Mohit, Kim, Andy, Kim, Nicole, Lagerborg, Kim A, Mora, Samia, Niiranen, Teemu J, Ovsak, Gavin, Pereira, Alexandre C, Rao, Kevin, Tyagi, Octavia, Watrous, Jeramie D   +17 more
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Actinic skin damage and mortality--the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Exposure to sunlight may decrease the risk of several diseases through the synthesis of vitamin D, whereas solar radiation is the main cause of some skin and eye diseases.
Wei He, Fei Zhu, Xiaoguang Ma, Xinyu Zhao, Min Zheng, Zhao Chen, Steven B Heymsfield, Shankuan Zhu   +7 more
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Sex and bacterial infectious diseases

New Microbes and New Infections, 2018
Most infectious diseases are unequally distributed between male and female subjects. This sex dimorphism is confirmed by epidemiologic studies which suggest an increased number of male septic patients, while, due to the class age of septic patients, an ...
J.-L. Mege, F. Bretelle, M. Leone
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The Adjustment Effects of Confounding Factors on Radiation Risk Estimates: Findings from A Japanese Epidemiological Study on Low-Dose Radiation Effects (J-EPISODE)

Journal of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, 2017
Purpose: To investigate the degree of any decreasing effects for excess relative risk (ERR) of radiation exposure caused by adjusting for smoking and years of education. Methods: In this cohort study, we assembled a cohort of 41,742 males who responded to a lifestyle questionnaire survey performed in 2003, were registered in the Radiation Dose ...
Kudo S, Ishida J, Yoshimoto K, Ohshima S, Furuta H, Kasagi F   +5 more
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