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Leveraging Epidemiology to Improve Risk Assessment. [PDF]

, 2011
The field of environmental public health is at an important crossroad. Our current biomonitoring efforts document widespread exposure to a host of chemicals for which toxicity information is lacking.
Burke, Thomas A, Fox, Mary A, Nachman, Keeve E, Rodricks, Joseph V, Sheehan, Mary C, Woodruff, Tracey J   +5 more
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

Burden and Depression among Caregivers of Visually Impaired Patients in a Canadian Population [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose/Background. This study reports the degree of burden and the proportion at risk for depression among individuals who provide care to visually impaired patients. Study Design. This is clinic-based, cross-sectional survey in a tertiary care hospital.
Almeida, David, Braich, Puneet S., Iqbal, Munir, Khan, Zainab, Mohamed, Karim, Rahim, Karim, Rayat, Jaspreet S., Sharma, Sanjay, Xing, Lin   +8 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum Vitamin D Levels in Relation to Hypertension and Pre-hypertension in Adults: A Systematic Review and Dose–Response Meta-Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundFindings of observational studies that evaluated the association of serum vitamin D status and high blood pressure were contradictory. This meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies assessed the relation of serum vitamin D levels to hypertension ...
Elahe Mokhtari, Elahe Mokhtari, Zahra Hajhashemy, Zahra Hajhashemy, Parvane Saneei   +4 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiological Survey of Rabies in Mazandaran Province during 1996-2006

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2009
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Rabies is fatal viral encephalitis in warm blood animals. Mazandaran province had been the 2nd most rabies contaminated province in Iran in 1993, therefore selected for the following study.
A Fayaz,, S Simani,, AR Janani,, F Farahtaj, B Esfandyari,, N Eslami,, N Howaizi, P Biglari,, V Fallahian,, M Sabetghadam   +9 more
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Comparison of a short version of the Food Frequency Questionnaire with its long version - a cross-sectional analysis in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) is the preferred instrument for obtaining dietary information in epidemiological studies.
Livia Welter Mannato, Taisa Sabrina Silva Pereira, Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez, Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso, Isabela Martins Benseñor, Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heal Her, I Beseech You: Modern Epidemiology and Prayer for Recovery [PDF]

, 2012
Evidence accumulates in the medical literature that studies conducted in accordance with current clinical epidemiologic research standards support the hypothesis that religious factors can improve health and accelerate the recovery from disease. The most
Dammann, Olaf
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source