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Incidence of Atopy in the General Population

Archives of Dermatology, 1964
A total of 1,832 patients with nonatopic and non-"functional" dermatologic problems were questioned for personal and/or family history of atopic disorders. The incidence of positive personal atopic histories was 19.4%, while the incidence of family histories of atopy was 22.6%.
R D, CARR, M, BERKE, S W, BECKER
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Neck Pain in the General Population

Survey of Anesthesiology, 1994
A randomized cross-sectional questionnaire was used to determine the prevalence of neck pain in Norwegian adults.The frequency and duration of neck pain were assessed.Reliable epidemiologic studies on the prevalence of neck pain in the general population have been sparse.A questionnaire that inquired about neck pain within the last year was sent to a ...
G, Bovim, H, Schrader, T, Sand
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The effects of phototherapy in the general population

Journal of Affective Disorders, 1990
Patients with recurrent winter depression and its subsyndromal form have been reported to benefit from bright full-spectrum light (phototherapy). In order to determine whether this treatment (2 h in the morning) during winter is effective in a random sample of the general population we investigated the responses of 20 subjects with varying degrees of ...
S, Kasper, S L, Rogers, P A, Madden, J R, Joseph-Vanderpool, N E, Rosenthal   +4 more
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Illness Fears in the General Population

Psychosomatic Medicine, 2000
Because relatively little is known about illness fears, we sought to estimate the prevalence, risk factors, and morbidity associated with such fears in the community.We conducted a brief telephone survey of persons aged 40 to 65 years from randomly selected households in the Johnson County, Iowa, area. Respondents were asked whether a series of illness
R, Noyes, A J, Hartz, C C, Doebbeling, R W, Malis, R L, Happel, L A, Werner, S J, Yagla   +6 more
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Alexithymia in the German general population

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2007
The Toronto-Alexithymia-Scale (TAS-20) is used worldwide as a valid measurement of alexithymia. Until now, population-based standardization and cut-off values of the German TAS-20 version have not been available. This study provides these by means of a representative German sample and by investigating the factorial structure of the TAS-20.
Matthias, Franz, Kerstin, Popp, Ralf, Schaefer, Wolfgang, Sitte, Christine, Schneider, Jochen, Hardt, Oliver, Decker, Elmar, Braehler   +7 more
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Paranormal Experiences in the General Population

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1992
The Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule was administered to a random sample of 502 adults in the general population of Winnipeg, a midwestern Canadian city. Results showed that paranormal/extrasensory experiences were common in the general population. They were linked to a history of childhood trauma and to other dissociative symptom clusters.
C A, Ross, S, Joshi
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Mortality in a Massachusetts general population

Journal of Chronic Diseases, 1980
Abstract The mortality experience of 4431 members of the general population of the Boston area was evaluated. From 1925 to 1975, persons aged 45 and above were selected at random from annual residents' lists of specified census tracts. Follow-up was done exclusively using public records: death lists, annual residents lists, Polk directories and ...
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Epidemiology of microalbuminuria in the general population

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 1994
Microalbuminuria in the general population is associated with recognized risk factors for cardiovascular disease such as hypertension, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperlipidemia; and it is an independent predictor of subsequent cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive, diabetic, and elderly populations.
P A, Metcalf, R K, Scragg
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Malthus, Population, and the Generational Bargain

History of Political Economy, 2001
Etude du modele d'economie et de politique sociale developpe par T. Malthus a partir du principe selon lequel le bien-etre economique depend du salaire reel quotidien, ainsi que du respect de la loi fondamentale limitant le nombre d'enfant en proportion du revenu des familles.
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Tuberculin Reactors in the General Population

Diseases of the Chest, 1954
SUMMARY Old tuberculin (0.01 mgm.) was administered intradermally to 3,627 persons and 9,969 were similarly tested with 0.1 mgm. The percentage of reactors to each dose was compared according to the decade of life. The percentage of reactors was 1 to 11 per cent higher with the larger amount of antigen. Of the patients tested with each strength dose,
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