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Mass Screening for Diabetes

Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal, 1970
Dexfrostix were used to estimate blood sugar levels In three different mass screening applications. Close interpolation of values was not attempted, only the closest value on the manufacturer’s color chart. “Positives” were qualified with additional testing methods.
C H, Rushmore, T A, Mabel
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Individual and Mass Screening

2012
Screening for prostate cancer is one of the main current health issues nowadays. As prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer affecting over 10% of men in the Western world, early detection by mass screening or by individual approaches has to be considered in order to reduce disease-specific morbidity and mortality.
Bangma, Chris H.   +2 more
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Mammography in mass screening

European Journal of Cancer (1965), 1979
Abstract The statement on X-ray mammography in screening for breast cancer which was released by the National Cancer Institute in August 1976 is critically evaluated. The considerations which have led to the discontinuation of the use of mammography for screening of healthy women under 50 yr of age in the U.S. are analysed.
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Mass Screening of Neuroblastoma

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1983
Sir .—I must question the conclusion reached by Sawada et al in their article "Mass Screening of Neuroblastoma in Infancy" (Journal1982;136:710-712). Their data show that they screened more than 78,000 children and found four "unsuspected" cases of neuroblastoma. They failed to detect one case that was later found by physical examination. There were 48
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Mass screening electroencephalography

Brain and Development, 1981
From 1971 to 1978, 5,202 schoolchildren from the first to the 9th grade underwent mass screening EEG. Paroxysmal discharges were recognized in 1.7%. Focal paroxysmal discharges appeared most frequently and the temporal, occipital, and central areas were the most common sites.
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Mass Screening of Neuroblastoma in Infancy

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1982
A vanillylmandelic acid spot test for screening infants for neuroblastoma was developed in cooperation with 11 health centers in Kyoto, Japan. In this system, the parent sends a filter paper spotted with the infant's urine at 6 or 7 months of age. From 78,331 infants screened during the six years from July 1973 to September 1979, four asymptomatic ...
T, Sawada   +5 more
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Analysis of mass hypertension screening

Preventive Medicine, 1976
Abstract Mass screening for high blood pressure is one means of identifying a significant portion of the hypertensive population. In one weekend 30,329 adults were screened and 35% (8,875 of 25,284 with complete data) were referred for high blood pressure.
S B, Garbus, S B, Garbus
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Automation of mass screening for glaucoma

Biomedical Engineering, 1979
An experimental model (mock-up) of automated complex "Glaucoma" has been produced for mass population screening. It comprises five ophthalmologic instruments: for history data collection; for visual acuity examining; for examining the visual fields limits (perimeter); for determination of paracentral sites within visual field (campimeter), and finally ...
V A, Filin   +3 more
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Mass Screening for Neuroblastoma in Japan

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 1991
The present status of the neuroblastoma mass screening program in Japan, the first national trial in the world, is evaluated. This program, now in its fifth year, was conducted in cooperation with the infants' mothers, local health centers, screening centers, and selected hospitals. From the onset of the program in Kyoto in 1973 to the end of 1989, 337
T, Sawada   +4 more
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MASS SCREENING FOR CANCER OF THE BREAST

The Lancet, 1968
Abstract Two general practitioners, a London borough health department, and a university department of surgery cooperated in a survey to detect cancer of the breast in a London practice. Women over the age of twenty-five were " screened " by clinical examination of the breasts.
S, Barnes   +6 more
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