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Trends in technology, trade and consumption likely to impact on microbial food safety [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Current and potential future trends in technology, consumption and trade of food that may impact on food-borne disease are analysed and the key driving factors identified focusing on the European Union and, to a lesser extent, accounting for the United ...
Cole, M.B.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death attributed to smoking in South Africa: results from the South African death certificate study

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background The question 'Was the deceased a smoker five years ago?' was introduced in mid-1997 on a revised South African death notification form to provide a direct estimate of tobacco attributed mortality, using a case-control method for ongoing ...
Pam Groenewald   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuropsychiatric Burden in Huntington’s Disease [PDF]

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2017
Huntington’s disease is a disorder that results in motor, cognitive, and psychiatric problems. The symptoms often take different forms and the presence of disturbances of the psychic sphere reduces patients’ autonomy and quality of life, also impacting patients’ social life.
R. A. Paoli   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Measuring the burden of treatment for chronic disease: implications of a scoping review of the literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Although there has been growing research on the burden of treatment, the current state of evidence on measuring this concept is unknown.
Mair, Frances S.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

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

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

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

Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to raised low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

open access: yesSouth African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is the most important contributor to atherosclerosis, a causal factor for ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and ischaemic stroke.
I Neethling   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exceptional aggressiveness of cerebral cavernous malformation disease associated with PDCD10 mutations. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
PurposeThe phenotypic manifestations of cerebral cavernous malformation disease caused by rare PDCD10 mutations have not been systematically examined, and a mechanistic link to Rho kinase-mediated hyperpermeability, a potential therapeutic target, has ...
Akers, Amy L   +16 more
core   +2 more sources

Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background Health system planning requires careful assessment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemiology, but data for morbidity and mortality of this disease are scarce or non-existent in many countries.
Abdoli, Amir   +223 more
core   +1 more source

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