How do medical researchers make causal inferences? [PDF]
Bradford Hill (1965) highlighted nine aspects of the complex evidential situation a medical researcher faces when determining whether a causal relation exists between a disease and various conditions associated with it.
Dammann, Olaf +2 more
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Epidimiologic Features of Brucellosis in Stavropol Region
Analysis of many-years brucellosis morbidity in Stavropol region in 2001-2007 showed epidemiological situation to be tense, thus the deterioration of epizootiological and epidemiological conditions as regards brucellosis could be expected ...
D. V. Rusanova, G. I. Lyamkin
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Cancer epidemiological situation near nuclear facilities
Relevance.Development of nuclear technologies and their wide application in medicine, power engineering and industry is always associated with health risks both for employees of nuclear facilities and for the population living in the vicinity of such facilities.
A. P. Birjukov +4 more
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Infectious Diseases in the Americas Region that Are Relevant to the Global Surveillance and Control
The aim of the work was information-analytical assessment of the epidemiological situation on infectious diseases that are potentially or truly dangerous in terms of occurrence of emergencies of sanitary-epidemiological nature in the Region of Americas ...
S. K. Udovichenko +7 more
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Incidence of Syphilis in the Russian Federation Over the Period 2006–2016
In the article, issues associated with the study of syphilis propagation among different age groups in the Russian Federation are elucidated along with the incidence dynamics of the clinical forms of syphilis in Russia over the period 2006-2016.
A. A. Kubanova +2 more
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Epidemiological situation of bovine brucellosis in the State of Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
O trabalho consistiu em estratificar o Estado da Bahia em quatro regiões com características homogêneas (circuitos produtores) para que fossem amostradas aleatoriamente, em cada uma delas, 300 propriedades.
A.J.S. Alves +18 more
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Sexually transmitted diseases still an existing problem
Increasing number of cases of STD is an alarming issue. It is a cause of serious health consequences within society and concern for public health. According to WHO 2/3 of STD affect young people (around 20 years old).
Irena Puszkarz
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Current trends in the incidence of late forms of syphilis in Novosibirsk
The main trends in the incidence of syphilis, including its late forms, are analysed in Novosibirsk in 20132017. It was found that during this period there was a trend to a decrease in the incidence of syphilis in Novosibirsk, but there was an increase ...
Aleksey A. Khryanin, Philipp A. Sukharev
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Game theory of vaccination and depopulation for managing livestock diseases and zoonoses on small-scale farms [PDF]
Livestock producers adapt their farm management to epidemiological risks in different ways, through veterinary interventions but also by modulating their farm size and the removal rate of animals.
Boni, Maciej F., Delabouglise, Alexis
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Vaccination against Foot-and-mouth disease : do initial conditions affect its benefit? [PDF]
When facing incursion of a major livestock infectious disease, the decision to implement a vaccination programme is made at the national level. To make this decision, governments must consider whether the benefits of vaccination are sufficient to ...
A Bouma +38 more
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