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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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THE DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BRAIN TUMORS

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, 1999
Brain tumors have been the subject of controversy both with respect to patterns of occurrence and to potential causes. This article provides a description of current data resources on brain tumors and outlines issues affecting the interpretation of population-based data.
F G, Davis, B, McCarthy, P, Jukich
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The Descriptive Epidemiology of Cerebral Palsy

Clinics in Perinatology, 2006
The prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) ranges from 1.5 to 2.5 per 1000 live births with little or no variation among western nations, although data from the Americas are sparse. Time trends in overall CP prevalence for the past 40 years are most notable for their stability, but a modest increase in prevalence probably occurred in the last decades of the
Nigel, Paneth, Ting, Hong, Steven, Korzeniewski   +2 more
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The descriptive epidemiology of warts in the community

Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 1996
SUMMARYWarts are common skin infections caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) and affect most people sometime in their life. A number of epidemiological studies on the prevalence of warts have been completed in schools, various occupational groups, general practices and hospitals.
M, Kilkenny, R, Marks
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Descriptive epidemiology of hospitalisation for psoriasis

Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2008
The epidemiology and outcome of people hospitalised with a primary diagnosis of psoriasis has never been characterised previously in the United Kingdom. The aim of the study was to characterise the epidemiology of people admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of psoriasis.Routine hospital data from a large urban area of South Wales, UK (with a ...
Pete, Conway, Craig J, Currie
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Descriptive epidemiology of cholangiocarcinoma in Italy

Digestive and Liver Disease, 2010
Very little data exist on the epidemiology of cholangiocarcinoma in Italy.We focus on the descriptive epidemiology of cholangiocarcinoma in Italy.Data on incidence were obtained from the Italian Association of Tumour Registries while mortality data were obtained from the Italian National Institute of Statistics.A progressive increase of incidence with ...
ALVARO, Domenico, CROCETTI E, FERRETTI S, BRAGAZZI, MARIA CONSIGLIA, CAPOCACCIA R, THE AISF CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA COMMITTEE   +5 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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Descriptive Epidemiology of Hodgkin's Disease in Italy

Tumori Journal, 1989
Death certification data on Hodgkin's disease in Italy over the period 1955-84 were studied in terms of age-standardized and age-specific national trends, and of geographical variation in mortality. There were substantial declines in death rates from the early 1970's onward, which can be largely attributed to therapeutic improvements.
C. La Vecchia, P. Boyle, C. Cislaghi, A. Decarli, E. Negri   +4 more
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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 ovarian cancer in Europe

Gynecologic Oncology, 1992
Trends in ovarian cancer mortality over the period 1955-1989 were analyzed for 25 European countries (excluding the Soviet Union and a few small countries) on the basis of the official death certification data from the World Health Organization database. The overall variation in age-standardized ovarian cancer mortality at all ages declined appreciably,
LAVECCHIA C, LEVI F, LUCCHINI F, NEGRI E, FRANCESCHI S   +4 more
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