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Cancer types with high numbers of driver events are largely preventable [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
There is a long-standing debate on whether cancer is predominantly driven by extrinsic risk factors such as smoking, or by intrinsic processes such as errors in DNA replication.
Aleksey V. Belikov, Sergey V. Leonov
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Population prevalence, attributable risk, and attributable risk percentage for high methylmalonic acid concentrations in the post-folic acid fortification period in the US

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2012
Background Serum methylmalonic acid (MMA) is regarded as a sensitive marker of vitamin B-12 status. Elevated circulating MMA is linked to neurological abnormalities.
Ganji Vijay, Kafai Mohammad R
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Modifiable lifestyle factors have a larger contribution to colorectal neoplasms than family history

BMC Cancer, 2022
Background  Screening recommendations for colorectal cancer (CRC) are mainly based on family history rather than lifestyle risk factors. We aimed to assess and compare risk factors for colorectal neoplasm (CRN) and evaluate trends in neoplasm detection ...
Shuyuan Wang, Zhen Yuan, Yuqi Wang, Xuanzhu Zhao, Weifeng Gao, Hongzhou Li, Yuanshun Zhao, Zili Zhang, Shuiqing Liang, Zhaoce Liu, Qinghuai Zhang, Hong Ma, Xipeng Zhang, Wei Cui, Chunze Zhang   +14 more
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Population Attributable Risks of Esophageal and Gastric Cancers [PDF]

JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2003
Several risk factors have been identified for esophageal adenocarcinoma, gastric cardia adenocarcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and noncardia gastric adenocarcinoma, but no study has comprehensively examined their contributions to the cancer burden in the general population.
Lawrence S, Engel, Wong-Ho, Chow, Thomas L, Vaughan, Marilie D, Gammon, Harvey A, Risch, Janet L, Stanford, Janet B, Schoenberg, Susan T, Mayne, Robert, Dubrow, Heidrun, Rotterdam, A Brian, West, Martin, Blaser, William J, Blot, Mitchell H, Gail, Joseph F, Fraumeni   +14 more
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Development of risk scoring scale tool for prediction of preterm birth

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2019
Background: Prediction of preterm births in the early stage during pregnancy may reduce prevalence of preterm births by appropriate interventions. Aims/Objective: The aim of the study is to develop an antenatal risk scoring system/scale for prediction of
Avinash Hindurao Salunkhe, Jyoti A Salunkhe, Vaishali R Mohite, Ujawala More, Asha K Pratinidhi, Satish V Kakade   +5 more
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Impact of radon on lung cancer incidence in Slovenia

Onkologija, 2022
Backgound: Radon in the living environment is classified by the World Health Organization as one of 19 environmental carcinogens, and is, along with tobacco smoke, one of the most important risk factors for the development of lung cancer, accounting for
Mojca Birk , Tina Žagar, Sonja Tomšič, Katarina Lokar, Ana Mihor, Nika Bric, Miran Mlakar, Vesna Zadnik   +7 more
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Antenatal risk scoring scale for predication of low birth weight and its validity

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2019
Background: Prediction of low birth weight (LBW) early during pregnancy may prevent LBW by appropriate interventions. Aims/Objective: The aim of the study is to develop an antenatal risk scoring scale for prediction of LBW.
Avinash Hindurao Salunkhe, Asha K Pratinidhi, Jyoti A Salunkhe, Satish V Kakade, Vaishali R Mohite, R P Patange   +5 more
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The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Attributable to Major Modifiable Risk Factors in Indonesia

Journal of Epidemiology, 2016
Background: In Indonesia, coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke are estimated to cause more than 470 000 deaths annually. In order to inform primary prevention policies, we estimated the sex- and age-specific burden of CHD and stroke attributable to ...
Mohammad Akhtar Hussain
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Population attributable risk of smoking during pregnancy on obesity in offspring. [PDF]

Can J Public Health, 2016
Chaiton M, Holloway A.
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Breve Guida Alle Misure di Impatto Utilizzate in Epidemiologia e Sanità Pubblica

Giornale di Clinica Nefrologia e Dialisi, 2017
non disponibile (Epidemiology_statistics)
Francesco Franco, Anteo Di Napoli
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