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Combined consideration of body mass index and waist circumference identifies obesity patterns associated with risk of stroke in a Chinese prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background In China, few studies have examined the relationship between the combination of body mass index and waist circumference and the risk of stroke. Moreover, the relationship may also be different in different genders.
Xiangfeng Cong, Shaobo Liu, Wenjuan Wang, Jixiang Ma, Jianhong Li   +4 more
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Biosecurity and Non-Communicable Diseases [PDF]

Journal of Bioterrorism & Biodefense, 2016
Although the traditional biosecurity paradigm is concerned with the deliberate misuse of biological agents, in recent years national security strategies have widened in scope to address a much wider spectrum of biological threats. This expanding remit, partly spurred by the high-profile epidemics of the early 2000s, still does not include conditions ...
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The Level of Satisfaction of Family Physician Program in Urban Population of Fasa from 2014 to 2015 [PDF]

Journal of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, 2017
Background & Objective: Patient satisfaction is an indicator of the health services that is increasingly important in today's competitive world and perhaps the simplest method for evaluation of family physician program.
Farzaneh Mobasheri, Saeedeh Jafarzadeh, Ehsan Bahramali   +2 more
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Neck circumference associated with arterial blood pressures and hypertension: A cross-sectional community-based study in northern Han Chinese

Scientific Reports, 2017
Although several studies have investigated the associations of neck circumference (NC) with arterial blood pressures (BPs) and hypertension, no such studies have been conducted among Northern Chinese population.
Shujun Fan, Boyi Yang, Xueyuan Zhi, Jing He, Ping Ma, Luyang Yu, Quanmei Zheng, Guifan Sun   +7 more
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Non-communicable diseases in southeast Asia [PDF]

The Lancet, 2011
According to Antonio Dans,1 lack of workforce and infrastructure is one of the limitations to management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in southeast Asia. We agree that the health-care delivery system was designed mainly to manage acute infectious diseases in resource-limited southeast Asian countries.
Poudel, Krishna C., Fujita, Masami, Green, Kimberly, Poudel-Tandukar, Kalpana, Jimba, Masamine   +4 more
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Youth Manifesto on Non-Communicable Diseases

Global Heart, 2011
Sandeep P. Kishore , Karen R. Siegel , Aria Ahmad , Amina A. Aitsi-Selmi k, Mohammed K. Ali , Phillip Baker , Sanjay Basu , Asaf Bitton , Gerald S. Bloomfield , Gene Bukhman , Eleanor Emery , Andrea B. Feigl , Karen Grepin , Mark D. Huffman , Kiti Kajana , Shweta Khandelwal , Kavitha Kolappa , Chenhui Liu , Naaznin Lokhandwala , Vishal Marwah kk, Modi ...
Sanjay Basu, Cristina Parsons Perez, Justin Zaman, Justin Zaman, Gene Bukhman, Andrea B. Feigl, Paul H. Park, Matthew Price, Modi Mwatsama, Phillip Baker, Hester Rice, Chenhui Liu, Kiti Kajana, Asaf Bitton, Rajesh Vedanthan, Nicole L. Novak, Amina Aitsi-Selmi, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Mark D. Huffman, Karen A. Grépin, Karen R. Siegel, Kavitha Kolappa, Ben Seligman, David Stuckler, Nikka Rapkin, Naaznin Lokhandwala, Shweta Khandelwal, Devi Sridhar, Aria Ahmad, Vishal Marwah, Shantanu Nundy, Mohammed K. Ali, Joao da Silva, Sumit Shah, Sandeep P. Kishore, Eleanor Emery   +35 more
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Histopathological Patterns of Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis Due to L. aethiopica

Dermatology Research and Practice
Conclusion: In our study, the histopathological patterns of the CL caused by L. aethiopica were shown to have a dermal change that was characterized by a domination of diffused inflammatory cell infiltrate.
Abay Atnafu, Zewditu Chanyalew, Sofia Yimam, Meaza Zeleke, Shimelis Negussie, Selfu Girma, Aklilu Melaku, Menberework Chanyalew   +7 more
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
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Air pollution and cancer daily mortality in Hangzhou, China: an ecological research

BMJ Open
Background Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to cancer incidence. However, the evidence is limited regarding the effect of short-term exposure to air pollution on cancer mortality.Objectives This study aimed to investigate associations ...
Yan Zhang, Biao Li, Zongxue Cheng, Kang Qin, Zhecong Yu, Caixia Jiang, Jue Xu   +6 more
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Vaccination coverage with the pneumococcal and influenza vaccine among persons with chronic diseases in Shanghai, China, 2017

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Adults with chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, or lung disease are more likely to develop complications from a number of vaccine-preventable diseases, including influenza and pneumonia.
Yuheng Wang, Minna Cheng, Siyuan Wang, Fei Wu, Qinghua Yan, Qinping Yang, Yanyun Li, Xiang Guo, Chen Fu, Yan Shi, Abram L. Wagner, Matthew L. Boulton   +11 more
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