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Multivariate Survival Mixed Models for Genetic Analysis of Longevity Traits [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A class of multivariate mixed survival models for continuous and discrete time with a complex covariance structure is introduced in a context of quantitative genetic applications.
Labouriau, Rodrigo   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Enhancing the value of death registration with verbal autopsy data: a pilot study in the Senegalese urban population in 2019

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2023
Background There is no source of data on causes of death in Senegal that covers both community and hospital deaths. Yet the death registration system in the Dakar region is relatively complete (>80%) and could be expanded to provide information on the ...
Khadim Niang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Actuarial Applications and Estimation of Extended~CreditRisk$^+$ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We introduce an additive stochastic mortality model which allows joint modelling and forecasting of underlying death causes. Parameter families for mortality trends can be chosen freely. As model settings become high dimensional, Markov chain Monte Carlo
Hirz, Jonas   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Downregulation of the human Lon protease impairs mitochondrial structure and function and causes cell death [PDF]

open access: yesFree Radical Biology and Medicine, 2005
Lon now emerges as a major regulator of multiple mitochondrial functions in human beings. Lon catalyzes the degradation of oxidatively modified matrix proteins, chaperones the assembly of inner membrane complexes, and participates in the regulation of mitochondrial gene expression and genome integrity.
Bota, Daniela A   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Alcohol mortality in Russia: assessment with representative survey data [PDF]

open access: yesНаселение и экономика, 2020
According to vast empirical evidence, excessive alcohol consumption is an important factor of premature mortality in Russia. At the same time, quantifying alcohol-related deaths is not so easy, as generally the discussion of alcohol mortality only ...
Polina O. Kuznetsova
doaj   +3 more sources

Evidence-based planning and costing palliative care services for children : novel multi-method epidemiological and economic exemplar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Children’s palliative care is a relatively new clinical specialty. Its nature is multi-dimensional and its delivery necessarily multi-professional.
A Craft   +37 more
core   +1 more source

ANALYSIS OF THE MORTALITY STRUCTURE IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

open access: yesУкраїнський Журнал Нефрології та Діалізу, 2017
Studies of the mortality structure in patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) remain relevant and are the basis for developing measures and recommendations directed to increase the lifetime of patients. Aim.
I. M. Shifris   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Who died of what in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a cause of death analysis using InterVA-4 [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2014
Background: For public health purposes, it is important to see whether men and women in different age groups die of the same causes in South Africa.
Joël Mossong, Peter Byass, Kobus Herbst
doaj   +1 more source

THE ROLE OF HIERARCHICAL CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF THE CAUSE-OF-DEATH MORTALITY STRUCTURE

open access: yesSocial Aspects of Population Health, 2023
When identifying changes in the health status of the population, it is relevant to study the modern structure of diseases. The purpose of the study is to assess the quantitative and structural changes in mortality associated with factors of different origin in the process of evolution of the regional anthropological ecosystem.
Yaroslav Leshchenko, Alexandr Lisovtsov
openaire   +1 more source

Evaluación de la calidad de los certificados de defunción del Hospital Amor de Patria, de San Andrés Islas, Colombia, en 2014

open access: yesRevista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, 2018
Introduction: The quality of the medical death certificate in the ‘causes’ section is of fundamental importance in public health, in addition to its ethical, medico-legal and juridical consequences.
Carlos Andrés Montalvo-Arce   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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