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Consensus Standards and Recommendations for Developmental and Cognitive Surveillance, Screening, and Evaluation in Sickle Cell Disease: Executive Summary From the National Alliance of Sickle Cell Centers Neurocognitive Workgroup

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive difficulties are prevalent among individuals with sickle cell disease and warrant prompt identification and support. This Special Report provides an executive summary of standards and recommendations for surveillance, screening, and evaluation for development and cognition across the lifespan developed by ...
Alyssa M. Schlenz, Donna Murdaugh, Andrew M. Heitzer, Jennifer N. Longoria, Wendy Santos‐Modesitt, Arianna Martin, Judy Cavazos, Jeff Schatz, Catherine R. Hoyt, Alison King, Eboni I. Lance, Steven Hardy, Marsha Treadwell   +12 more
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European Surveillance for West Nile Virus in Mosquito Populations [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2013
A wide range of arthropod-borne viruses threaten both human and animal health either through their presence in Europe or through risk of introduction. Prominent among these is West Nile virus (WNV), primarily an avian virus, which has caused multiple outbreaks associated with human and equine mortality.
Olivier Engler, Giovanni Savini, Anna Papa, Jordi Figuerola, Martin Groschup, Helge Kampen, Jolyon Medlock, Alexander Vaux, Anthony Wilson, Doreen Werner, Hanna Jöst, Maria Goffredo, Gioia Capelli, Valentina Federici, Mauro Tonolla, Nicola Patocchi, Eleonora Flacio, Jasmine Portmann, Anya Rossi-Pedruzzi, Spiros Mourelatos, Santiago Ruiz, Ana Vázquez, Mattia Calzolari, Paolo Bonilauri, Michele Dottori, Francis Schaffner, Alexander Mathis, Nicholas Johnson   +27 more
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The roll-your-own cigarette market in Canada: a cross-sectional exploratory study

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2009
Background Even though the use and prevalence of roll-your-own cigarettes (RYO) has been declining over the past decades, RYO remains important. Given the paucity of research examining RYO use, there is a need to better understand the current and ...
Scott T. Leatherdale, Murray Kaiserman, Rashid Ahmed   +2 more
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Development and Implementation of a Disease‐Targeted Storybook as a Clinical Tool for Children With Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although significant progress has been made in childhood leukemia survival, healthcare providers, and caregivers often face challenges in explaining this disease to patients. Disease‐targeted storybooks have been proposed as a tool to facilitate the understanding of diagnoses and treatment.
Nutvipha Ummartyotin, Usanarat Anurathapan, Rawiwan Roongpraiwan, Potchanee Dandamrongrak, Siriporn Nakhonchai, Pawin Numthavaj, Vilawan Chirdkiatgumchai   +6 more
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“We need to talk to each other”: Crossing traditional boundaries between public health and occupational health to address COVID-19

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionThis study examined how public health (PH) and occupational health (OH) sectors worked together and separately, in four different Canadian provinces to address COVID-19 as it affected at-risk workers.
Pamela Hopwood, Ellen MacEachen, Shannon E. Majowicz, Samantha B. Meyer, Joyceline Amoako   +4 more
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The Role of Chemotherapy in Pediatric Myoepithelial Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myoepithelial carcinoma (MEC) in pediatric patients is a rare and aggressive malignancy characterized by heterogeneous morphology and variable molecular features. The optimal role of chemotherapy remains unclear. We conducted a systematic review according to PRISMA 2020 guidelines to evaluate chemotherapy in pediatric and young‐adult patients ...
Marco Salvi, Maria Carmen Affinita, Giulia Fichera, Luisa Santoro, Angela Scagnellato, Calogero Virgone, Elena Poli, Gianni Bisogno   +7 more
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Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Medicaid Cirrhotic Population

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2013
To estimate hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in the Medicaid cirrhotic population.
Lena B, Palmer, Michael D, Kappelman, Robert S, Sandler, Paul H, Hayashi   +3 more
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Comparative analysis of COVID-19 and influenza prevalence among Egyptian pilgrims returning from Hajj and Umrah in 2022: epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and genomic sequencing

Archives of Public Health
Purpose To describe the changes that occurred in the SARS-CoV-2 and influenza Prevalence, epidemiology, clinical picture, and prevalent genotypes among the Egyptian pilgrims returning from Hajj and Umrah 2022 seasons.
Amr Kandeel, Manal Fahim, Ola Deghedy, Hala BahaaEldin, Wael H. Roshdy, Mohamed Kamal Khalifa, Ahmed Kandeil, Rabeh El Shesheny, Amel Naguib, Mohamad AbdelFatah, Salma Afifi, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar   +11 more
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Filing for Workers’ Compensation among Ontario Cases of Mesothelioma

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2009
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: For many types of cancer, disease attribution to occupational exposures is difficult. Mesothelioma, however, is a ‘sentinel’ occupational cancer associated with asbestos exposure.
Jennifer Isabelle Payne, Erin Pichora
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Improvement of Sickle Cell Disease Care Mitigates the Healthcare Utilization Induced by Increased Prevalence: Experience of a Tertiary Pediatric Center

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) has undergone major changes in the last decades. Its prevalence has been steadily increasing and numerous advances have been made in the management of the disease. However, the effect in real‐life setting of these major changes is unknown, particularly in a Canadian environment. Procedure We aimed to assess
Maude Cigna, Alexia Muresan, Estelle Lecluze, Karine Leduc, Nathalie Fournier, Maria Tamer, Jean‐François Delisle, Jeremi Charbonneau, Annie Viau, Jessica Darilus, Marie‐Joëlle Doré‐Bergeron, Valérie Arsenault, Evelyne Doyon‐Trottier, Stéphanie Forte, Nancy Robitaille, Yves Pastore, Thomas Pincez   +16 more
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