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Sobremortalidade por diarréia simultânea à cólera na região Nordeste do Brasil Excess mortality by diarrhea simultaneous to a cholera epidemic in Northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2004
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a sobremortalidade por diarréia infecciosa, sem diagnóstico etiológico, simultânea à circulação do Vibrio cholerae. MÉTODOS: Foi aplicada modelagem estatística à série histórica dos óbitos ocorridos por "infecções intestinais mal ...
Moacir Gerolomo, Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Fatores de erros na mensuração da mortalidade infantil Error factors in the measurement of infant mortality

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1975
Dentre os indicadores de saúde tradicionalmente utilizados a mortalidade infantil destaca-se como um dos mais importantes. Frequentemente é utilizada por profissionais de saúde pública na caracterização do nível de saúde e em avaliações de programas ...
Ruy Laurenti
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Freebirth and professional responsibility: Respect for autonomy does not justify clinical neutrality on preventable fetal and neonatal harm. [PDF]

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
Planned unassisted birth removes professional attendance, monitoring, emergency response, and reliable outcome reporting. Respect for autonomy requires clear, evidence‐based counseling, not clinical neutrality. Professional responsibility means preserving the woman's right to decline while recommending against preventable fetal and neonatal harm ...
Grünebaum A, Chervenak FA.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Bridging the Health Divide: A Policy Perspective on Indigenous Healthcare in Bangladesh. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background Indigenous populations in Bangladesh—often referred to as Adibashi or Upojati—experience persistent health disparities. Geographic isolation, linguistic and cultural exclusion, and poverty drive these disparities. These communities, estimated at over two million, report considerably higher rates of maternal mortality, undernutrition,
Mamun AA.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Mortality in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1964-2004

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2007
OBJECTIVE: Reliable information on the pattern, level and trend of mortality is essential for evidence-based policy to improve health. Various sources of mortality data in the Islamic Republic of Iran have not been critically assessed. This paper aims to
Ardeshir Khosravi, Richard Taylor, Mohsen Naghavi, Alan D Lopez   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Concordance of Lung Cancer, Melanoma, and Renal Cell Cancer Diagnosis Information Recorded in Health Care Databases in England: Analysis of Linkage Between Primary Care, Hospital Care, and Cancer Registry Data. [PDF]

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
ABSTRACT Purpose Real‐world evidence (RWE) addresses clinical trial limitations by capturing more representative patient populations and improves evaluation of anticancer treatments, although it becomes available only years after market authorization.
Kruithof PD, Souverein PC, Driessen JHM, Hendriks LEL, Croes S, van Geel RMJM.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Increased incidence, survival, and registration quality of primary hepato-pancreato-biliary cancers in the Netherlands Cancer Registry. [PDF]

Int J Cancer
What's New? Primary hepato‐pancreato‐biliary cancers have poor prognosis and their reporting often scores low on standard data quality indicators in population‐based cancer registries. This comprehensive evaluation of cases in the Netherlands Cancer Registry shows that both the incidence and survival rates of most primary hepato‐pancreato‐biliary ...
van der Geest LG, van der Mark M, Verheij J, Farina Sarasqueta A, de Vos-Geelen J, Besselink MG, de Meijer VE, de Hingh IHJT, Bonsing BA, de Reuver PR, Willemssen FEJA, Vissers PAJ, Visser O, Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group and the Dutch Hepatocellular & Cholangiocarcinoma Group.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Maternal mortality in Greece: The evolution from traditional mammis to overmedicalized obstetric care during the 20th century

Population, Space and Place, Volume 29, Issue 7, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Greece has been absent from the literature on maternal mortality in historical Europe, as very little evidence is yet available regarding maternal mortality patterns before the 1950s. The discontinuity in the collection and publication of demographic data in Greece, as well as the nonavailability of continuous national published statistics are
Michail Raftakis
wiley   +1 more source

Breast density and risk of breast cancer

International Journal of Cancer, Volume 152, Issue 6, Page 1150-1158, 15 March 2023., 2023
What's new? Breast density is a known risk factor for breast cancer, with previous studies suggesting a 4‐ to 6‐fold increase in risk for women with highly dense breast tissue. In our study, the authors leveraged a population‐based screening program in Denmark to more closely investigate the relationship between breast density and breast cancer risk ...
Elsebeth Lynge, Ilse Vejborg, Martin Lillholm, Mads Nielsen, George Napolitano, My von Euler‐Chelpin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Global Burden of Leukemia and Its Attributable Factors in 204 Countries and Territories: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study and Projections to 2030

Journal of Oncology, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Background. Leukemia is a common malignancy that has four main subtypes and is a threat to human health. Understanding the epidemiological status of leukemia and its four main subtypes globally is important for allocating appropriate resources, guiding clinical practice, and furthering scientific research. Methods.
Mengbao Du, Weiwei Chen, Ke Liu, Limengmeng Wang, Yihan Hu, Yingying Mao, Xiaohui Sun, Yi Luo, Jimin Shi, Keding Shao, He Huang, Ding Ye, Irena Ilic   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source