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Antenatal risk scoring scale for predication of low birth weight and its validity

open access: yesIndian 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesPeerJ, 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
doaj   +2 more sources

The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Attributable to Major Modifiable Risk Factors in Indonesia

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Mortality in England and Wales attributable to current alcohol consumption. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the number of deaths attributable to current alcohol consumption levels in England and Wales by age and sex. DESIGN: Epidemiological approach using published relative risks and population data.
Britton, A, McPherson, K
core   +1 more source

Breve Guida Alle Misure di Impatto Utilizzate in Epidemiologia e SanitĂ  Pubblica

open access: yesGiornale di Clinica Nefrologia e Dialisi, 2017
non disponibile (Epidemiology_statistics)
Francesco Franco, Anteo Di Napoli
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Prevalence- and Smoking Impact Ratio-Based Methods of Estimating Smoking-Attributable Fractions of Deaths

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology, 2016
Background: Smoking is a major modifiable risk factor for premature mortality. Estimating the smoking-attributable burden is important for public health policy.
Kyoung Ae Kong
doaj   +1 more source

Adiposity and risk of prostate cancer death: a prospective analysis in UK Biobank and meta-analysis of published studies

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2022
Background The association of adiposity with prostate cancer specific mortality remains unclear. We examined how adiposity relates to fatal prostate cancer and described the cross-sectional associations of commonly used adiposity measurements with ...
Aurora Perez-Cornago   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and population attributable fraction (PAF) for modifiable risk factors of TB.

open access: yes, 2022
Prevalence and population attributable fraction (PAF) for modifiable risk factors of TB.
Jalal Poorolajal (295323)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality associated with individual and combined cardiometabolic risk factors

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Previous studies have investigated the association between cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular disease (CVD), but evidence of the attributable burden of individual and combined cardiometabolic risk factors for CVD and mortality is ...
Xue Cao   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population-Attributable Risk Percentages for Racialized Risk Environments

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2016
Research about relationships between place characteristics and racial/ethnic inequities in health has largely ignored conceptual advances about race and place within the discipline of geography. Research has also almost exclusively quantified these relationships using effect estimates (e.g., odds ratios), statistics that fail to ...
Hannah L F, Cooper   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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