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Descriptive Epidemiology of Concussion

Pediatric Neurology, 2006
To describe the epidemiology of reported concussion derived from a large, nationally representative health survey, the microdata files of the Canadian National Population Health Survey (1996-1997) were analyzed. Respondents reported whether they had "any injuries that were serious enough to limit their normal activities" in the preceding 12 months and ...
Kevin E, Gordon, Joseph M, Dooley, Ellen P, Wood   +2 more
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Surveillance Objectives: Descriptive Epidemiology

Infection Control, 1987
This paper addresses the problems associated with defining and classifying events as nosocomial infections, discusses the methods by which rates of nosocomial infection are calculated and their rationales, and presents some specific rates useful in nosocomial epidemiology. Previously unpublished data demonstrate important differences between antibiotic
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Descriptive Epidemiology in Clinical Epidemiology

2010
We live in the era of evidence-based medicine where “true believers” tend to disregard anything but randomized clinical trials (RCTs) even when assessing the impact of any intervention or diagnostic procedure. However, there are several shortcomings in RCTs, for instance the ability to assess long-term effects and rare outcomes.
Olsen, Jørn, Christensen, Kaare, Murray, Jeff, Ekbom, Anders   +3 more
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Descriptive Epidemiology in Genetic Epidemiology

2010
Genetics has come to play an increasingly important role in studies of health and disease driven both by new technologies that enable these studies (chromosome analysis, DNA sequencing, genotyping) and by our recognition of the key role of genes and genetic variation in disease causation.
Jørn Olsen, Kaare Christensen, Jeff Murray, Anders Ekbom   +3 more
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Descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer

International Journal of Cancer, 1985
AbstractThe purpose of this report is to present the descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer using the most recent data available to highlight two characteristics of the disease. First is the great variation which takes place in the frequency of this disease over geographic areas of all sizes.
P, Boyle, D G, Zaridze, M, Smans
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Pancreatic cancer: Overview of descriptive epidemiology

Molecular Carcinogenesis, 2011
AbstractPancreatic cancer mortality rates have been increasing in high‐income countries between the 1950s and the 1980s, and have leveled off or declined thereafter, particularly in men. To provide a global overview of recent pancreatic cancer mortality, we analyzed official death of the world certification data derived from the World Health ...
C. Bosetti, P. Bertuccio, E. Negri, C. La Vecchia, M. P. Zeegers, P. Boffetta   +5 more
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Descriptive epidemiology of agranulocytosis.

Archives of internal medicine, 1992
To determine the incidence of agranulocytosis, a descriptive epidemiologic study was performed.With the use of computerized Medicaid billing data from 1980 through 1985 from Minnesota, Michigan, and Florida, the ratio of persons hospitalized with a discharge diagnosis of neutropenia to persons with any claim for medical service was first used as an ...
B L, Strom, J L, Carson, R, Schinnar, E S, Snyder, M, Shaw   +4 more
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