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The effectiveness of public health interventions to reduce the health impact of climate change:a systematic review of systematic reviews [PDF]

, 2013
Climate change is likely to be one of the most important threats to public health in the coming years. Yet despite the large number of papers considering the health impact of climate change, few have considered what public health interventions may be of ...
A Bouchama, A Croft, AJ McMichael, BF Arnold, BR Murphy, C Baker-Austin, C Gamble, C Heintze, C Savage, CE Lawrance, D Kay, D Zmirou, DE Bowler, DJ Rogers, E Esu, EN Naumova, FC Curriero, FO ter Kuile, G Nichols, GA Romero, GH Guyatt, H Balshem, H Nakato, H Paerl, HL Risebro, HW Choi, HY Richardson, IR Lake, IR Lake, J Carmona-Fonseca, J Keiser, JC Semenza, K Ohtomo, KK Ballenger-Browning, KL Bassil, L Fewtrell, Lee Hooper, M Hashizume, M Hashizume, MA Luque Fernandez, Maha Bouzid, MK van Aalst, Monica da Silva Nunes, MS Islam, N Al-Muhandis, N Siva, P Reiter, Paul R. Hunter, PM Graves, PR Hunter, PR Hunter, PR Hunter, PR Hunter, RF Baggaley, RM Elliott, RS Kovats, RS Kovats, RS Kovats, S Gundry, S Paz, S Warshafsky, SE Hrudey, T Clasen, TE Erlanger, TP Eisele, V Abrahamson, WP Schmidt, X Wang   +67 more
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Chronic psychosocial and financial burden accelerates 5-year telomere shortening: findings from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. [PDF]

, 2020
Leukocyte telomere length, a marker of immune system function, is sensitive to exposures such as psychosocial stressors and health-maintaining behaviors.
AJ Schuit, AK Damjanovic, Aric A. Prather, AT Geronimus, B Mezuk, Barbara Sternfeld, C Duggan, C Schaefer, CG Parks, CK Enders, CM Aldwin, DS Lauderdale, E Puterman, E Puterman, E Puterman, E Puterman, E Puterman, E Sahin, EH Blackburn, Eli Puterman, Elissa S. Epel, ES Epel, ES Epel, ES Epel, GD Friedman, GE Miller, GL Schlomer, H Ma, IM Wentzensen, J Campisi, J Deelen, J Humphreys, J Lin, J Svensson, J Zhao, JE Verhoeven, JE Verhoeven, JJW Liu, JP Gouin, JR Piazza, Jue Lin, K Ahola, K Litzelman, L Ala-Mursula, L Bendix, L Rode, L Rode, LI Pearlin, M Booth, M Hamer, M Jaskelioff, M Kimura, ME Glickman, MF Scheier, MH Schafer, Nancy Adler, OT Njajou, PC Haycock, PG Surtees, RM Cawthon, RM Cawthon, S Cohen, S Cohen, S Cohen, S Cohen, S Jodczyk, S Richardson, S Yusuf, SE Taylor, SE Taylor, SL Bakaysa, ST Charles, T Steenstrup, TC Adam, TE Seeman, Tomás Cabeza de Baca, U Svenson, V Codd, W Chen, W Poortinga, Y Zhan   +80 more
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Identifying US County-level characteristics associated with high COVID-19 burden

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Identifying county-level characteristics associated with high coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) burden can help allow for data-driven, equitable allocation of public health intervention resources and reduce burdens on health care systems.
Daniel Li, Sheila M. Gaynor, Corbin Quick, Jarvis T. Chen, Briana J. K. Stephenson, Brent A. Coull, Xihong Lin   +6 more
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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high fasting plasma glucose in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Worldwide, higher-than-optimal fasting plasma glucose (FPG) is among the leading modifiable risk factors associated with all- cause mortality and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to the direct sequelae of diabetes and the ...
V Pillay van-Wyk, A Cois, A P Kengne, R A Roomaney, N Levitt, E B Turawa, N Abdelatief, I Neethling, O F Awotiwon, B Nojilana, J D Joubert, R Pacella, D Bradshaw   +12 more
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Cardiac sympathetic burden reflects Parkinson disease burden, regardless of high or low orthostatic blood pressure changes

npj Parkinson's Disease, 2021
Reduced uptake of 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) and orthostatic hypotension (OH) are independently associated with worse clinical outcomes of Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, their interactive influence on PD has not been studied.
Sang-Won Yoo, Joong-Seok Kim, Yoon-Sang Oh, Dong-Woo Ryu, Seunggyun Ha, Ji-Yeon Yoo, Kwang-Soo Lee   +6 more
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Burden of treatment for chronic illness: a concept analysis and review of the literature [PDF]

, 2012
Context Treatment burden, the burden associated with the treatment and management of chronic illness, has not yet been well articulated. Objective Using Rodgers' (1989, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 14, 330–335) method of concept analysis, this review ...
Alwan, Anderson, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Bailie, Benner, Bernhard, Brod, Brod, Brod, Brod, Béchetoille, Campbell, Chen, Corona, Fiese, Fried, Gallacher, Gapstur, Graves, Gutierrez-Maldonado, Haugstvedt, Henry, Henry, Kim, Kraker, Longo, Martire, Mathers, Modi, Moss, Nicholl, Olinder, Oude Elberink, Ow, Ribi, Robertson, Rodbard, Rodgers, Rodgers, Thomas, Tjia, Vijan, Walker, Wilcox, World Health Organization, Wysocki, Yoon, Ziaian, Zucca   +48 more
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Incorporating scale dependence in disease burden estimates:the case of human African trypanosomiasis in Uganda [PDF]

, 2014
The WHO has established the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as a metric for measuring the burden of human disease and injury globally. However, most DALY estimates have been calculated as national totals. We mapped spatial variation in the burden of
B Bucheton, BM Swallow, C Burri, C Nimmo, C Schmid, CD Mathers, CJL Murray, CJL Murray, CJL Murray, D Engels, D Malvy, E Hasker, EM Fèvre, EM Fèvre, EM Fèvre, EM Fèvre, Eric Fèvre, F Chappuis, F Checchi, F Checchi, F Checchi, Finola Hackett, G Priotto, I Kuepfer, J Robays, JA Fox-Rushby, JA Salomon, JA Salomon, JD Kabasa, Joseph Mathu Ndung'u, K Picozzi, L Berrang Ford, L Conteh, LE Matemba, Lea Berrang Ford, LM MacLean, M Balasegaram, M Boelaert, M Odiit, M Odiit, M Odiit, P Cattand, P Lutumba, P Lutumba, Pere Simarro, PJ Hotez, PP Simarro, PP Simarro, PP Simarro, PP Simarro, PR Torgerson, R Brun, RS Cooper, S Aksoy, SC Welburn, SC Welburn, SC Welburn, V Jamonneau   +57 more
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Epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in high-burden regions

Туберкулез и болезни лёгких, 2020
The objective of the study: to assess the structure of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in two high-burden regions (Siberia, the Far East of the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan), with the consideration of HIV status, gender, and age of ...
E. V. Kulchavenya, M. M. Merganov, F. R. Sharipov   +2 more
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High burden of impetigo and scabies in a tropical country. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
Impetigo and scabies are endemic diseases in many tropical countries; however the epidemiology of these diseases is poorly understood in many areas, particularly in the Pacific.We conducted three epidemiological studies in 2006 and 2007 to determine the ...
Andrew C Steer, Adam W J Jenney, Joseph Kado, Michael R Batzloff, Sophie La Vincente, Lepani Waqatakirewa, E Kim Mulholland, Jonathan R Carapetis   +7 more
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The UN in the lab [PDF]

, 2014
We consider two alternatives to inaction for governments combating terrorism, which we term Defense and Prevention. Defense consists of investing in resources that reduce the impact of an attack, and generates a negative externality to other governments,
A Rapoport, A Rapoport, B Greiner, C Keser, Catherine Eckel, CE Eckel, D Sally, Daniel Arce, DG Arce, DG Arce, DG Arce, DG Arce, DM Kreps, E Shafir, Enrique Fatas, G Charness, G Charness, G Harden, G Loomes, H Matsushima, J Andreoni, J Bracht, J Cadigan, K Abbink, K Abbink, L Razzolini, M Olson, Malcolm Kass, N Colombier, R Axelrod, RD Luce, T Sander, T Sandler, T Sandler, T Sandler, TK Ahn, U Fischbacher, V Liberman, VL Smith, Y Chen, YF Fong   +40 more
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