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The epidemiology of thyroid cancer in the twentieth and early twenty-first century in Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia region

Aktualʹnì Pitannâ Farmacevtičnoï ì Medičnoï Nauki ta Praktiki, 2018
Objective. To study the dynamics of incidence and mortality from thyroid cancer in Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia region in the twentieth and early twenty-first century. Materials and methods.
O. M. Sydorenko, M. O. Sydorenko, M. P. Tymoshev   +2 more
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A Community Outbreak of Cryptosporidiosis in Sydney Associated with a Public Swimming Facility: A Case-Control Study

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2011
In February, 2008, the South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Public Health Unit investigated an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis within the south east region of Sydney, Australia.
Darren J. Mayne, Kelly-Anne Ressler, Diane Smith, Gareth Hockey, Susan J. Botham, Mark J. Ferson   +5 more
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Ganho de peso gestacional e macrossomia em uma coorte de mães e filhos Gestational weight gain and macrosomia in a cohort of mothers and their children

Jornal de Pediatria, 2005
OBJETIVO: Identificar co-variávies potencialmente associadas à macrossomia, incluindo o ganho de peso gestacional excessivo. MÉTODOS: Foram investigados 230 pares de mães e filhos residentes no município do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, utilizando-se desenho ...
Gilberto Kac, Gustavo Velásquez-Meléndez   +1 more
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Demographic, epidemiological, and health transitions: are they relevant to population health patterns in Africa? [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
Background: Studies of trends in population changes and epidemiological profiles in the developing world have overwhelmingly relied upon the concepts of demographic, epidemiological, and health transitions, even though their usefulness in describing and ...
Barthélémy Kuate Defo
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Clean energy transitions and health

Heliyon, 2023
Clean energy can lead to significant health benefits. Making it accessible throughout the world can address many ills. We delve deeply into one example-the transition toward clean residential heating and its relationship to health benefits-in China. We find that the health benefits can outweigh costs from energy expenses in northern provinces.
Meng Li, Yong Geng, Shaojie Zhou, Joseph Sarkis   +3 more
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Trends in age at menarche and adult height in selected African countries (1950–1980)

Annals of Human Biology, 2020
Background: The mean age at menarche remains poorly documented in Africa. Aim: To document levels, trends, and determinants of mean age at menarche in selected African populations.
Michel Garenne
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Transitions of care in mental health [PDF]

Clinical & Biomedical Research, 2021
Introduction: The occurrence of mental disorders and chronic diseases is associated with low treatment compliance and an increased mortality. The main objective of this study was to analyze medication prescriptions at hospital discharge in order to verify the patients’ access to the prescribed treatment. Methods: This is a descriptive and retrospective
Bueno, Denise, Detanico, Larissa Gallo, Von Diemen, Tatiana, dos Santos, Carine Líbio, Francesconi, Lenise Petter, Ceresér, Keila   +5 more
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Urban-rural differentials in Latin American infant mortality

Demographic Research, 2020
Background: Infant mortality in Latin America has declined dramatically over the past six decades. The health transition in the region began in the main cities and has tended to proceed more rapidly in countries with higher levels of urbanization ...
Jenny Garcia
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Assessing the changes in iranian household food basket using national household budget and expenditure survey data, 1991–2017

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2021
Background: The aim of the present study was assessing the changes in Iranian household food basket. The Households Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) data of 717,432 of Iranian households from 1991 to 2017 were used in this repeated cross-sectional ...
Seyyed Reza Sobhani, Hassan Eini-Zinab, Arezoo Rezazadeh   +2 more
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Climate change and health transitions: Evidence from Antananarivo, Madagascar [PDF]

Demographic Research
BACKGROUND: Global climate change poses grave risks to population health, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It both threatens the sustainability of nascent epidemiological transitions and raises prospects for counter transitions ...
Jordan Klein, Anjarasoa Rasoanomenjanahary   +1 more
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