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A semi-parametric approach to estimate risk functions associated with multi-dimensional exposure profiles: application to smoking and lung cancer [PDF]
, 2013 A common characteristic of environmental epidemiology is the multi-dimensional aspect of exposure patterns, frequently reduced to a cumulative exposure for simplicity of analysis.
A Lacourt +38 more
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Understanding linkages between environmental risk factors and noncommunicable diseases—A review
FASEB BioAdvances, 2021 Environmental factors such as climate change are now underway, which have substantial impacts on health and well‐being of human kind, but still imprecisely quantified, implications for human health.
Meghnath Dhimal +2 more
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Air pollution and ischaemic stroke
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2022 Air pollution is a significant contributor of cardiovascular diseases, including ischaemic stroke (IS), with substantial mortality and morbidity. However, associations between air pollution and IS remain unclear.
Jamie S Y. Ho +3 more
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Cockroach Allergy and Asthma in a 30-Year-Old Man [PDF]
, 1999 A growing body of evidence has implicated allergens derived from cockroaches as an important environmental factor that may aggravate asthma in sensitized persons. We present the case of a 30-year-old man with asthma and a cockroach allergy.
Bourdin, Joël-André +2 more
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Environmental Epidemiology of Essential Tremor [PDF]
Neuroepidemiology, 2008 <i>Background:</i> Essential tremor (ET) is one of the most common neurological disorders. Despite this, the disease mechanisms and etiology are not well understood. While susceptibility genotypes undoubtedly underlie many ET cases, no ET genes have been identified thus far.
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Potential and limitations of plant virus epidemiology: lessons from the Potato virus Y pathosystem [PDF]
, 2011 Plant virus epidemiology provides powerful tools to investigate key factors that contribute to virus epidemics in agricultural crops. When successful, epidemiological approaches help to guide decisions regarding plant protection strategies.
Döring, Thomas F.
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Molecular epidemiology of endemic Clostridium difficile infection [PDF]
, 2001 This is the first study to provide a comprehensive insight into the molecular epidemiology of endemic Clostridium difficile and particularly that associated with a recently recognized epidemic strain. We DNA fingerprinted all C.
Fawley, W.N., Wilcox, M.H.
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Time series analysis in environmental epidemiology: challenges and considerations
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2023 In environmental epidemiology, time series analyses represent a widely used statistical tool. However, though being commonly used, there is soften confusion regarding the specific requirements, such as which link function might be most appropriate, when ...
Sandra Gudziunaite +3 more
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Recent trends in the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel diseases: up or down? [PDF]
, 2006 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is traditionally considered to be common in the Western world, and its incidence has sharply increased since the early 1950s.
Lakatos, Péter László
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 BackgroundIn addition to the broad dissemination of pathogenic extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia (E.) coli in human and veterinary medicine and the community, their occurrence in wildlife and the environment is a growing ...
Peter Schierack +10 more
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