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Characterizing the Epidemiological Transition in Mexico: National and Subnational Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors
(Public Library of Science, 2008)Background: Rates of diseases and injuries and the effects of their risk factors can have substantial subnational heterogeneity, especially in middle-income countries like Mexico. Subnational analysis of the burden of ... -
Charitable Platforms in Global Surgery: A Systematic Review of their Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness, Sustainability, and Role Training
(Springer US, 2014)Objective: This study was designed to propose a classification scheme for platforms of surgical delivery in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and to review the literature documenting their effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, ... -
Chemoprevention of cancer: current evidence and future prospects
(F1000Research, 2015)Cancer chemoprevention refers to the use of agents for the inhibition, delay, or reversal of carcinogenesis before invasion. In the present review, agents examined in the context of cancer chemoprevention are classified ... -
Chemoproteomic profiling of host and pathogen enzymes active in cholera
(2016)Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) is a chemoproteomic tool for detecting active enzymes in complex biological systems. We used ABPP to identify secreted bacterial and host serine hydrolases that are active in animals ... -
Chemotherapy refractory testicular germ cell tumor is associated with a variant in Armadillo Repeat gene deleted in Velco-Cardio-Facial syndrome (ARVCF)
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2012)Introduction: There is evidence that inherited genetic variation affects both testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) treatment outcome and risks of late-complications arising from cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Using a candidate ... -
Chikungunya Fever, Mauritius, 2006
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Child Mortality Estimation: Accelerated Progress in Reducing Global Child Mortality, 1990–2010
(Public Library of Science, 2012)Monitoring development indicators has become a central interest of international agencies and countries for tracking progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. In this review, which also provides an introduction ... -
Child Mortality Estimation: Methods Used to Adjust for Bias due to AIDS in Estimating Trends in Under-Five Mortality
(Public Library of Science, 2012)In most low- and middle-income countries, child mortality is estimated from data provided by mothers concerning the survival of their children using methods that assume no correlation between the mortality risks of the ... -
A Child with Chronic Manganese Exposure from Drinking Water
(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2002)The patient's family bought a home in a suburb, but the proximity of the house to wetlands and its distance from the town water main prohibited connecting the house to town water. The family had a well drilled and they ... -
Childcare Attendance and Obesity Risk
(2016)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Several observational studies have revealed that children who receive nonparental childcare are at increased risk of obesity. However, this may be due to unmeasured confounding or selection into ... -
Childhood adversity and asthma prevalence: evidence from 10 US states (2009–2011)
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)Background: Existing evidence on stress and asthma prevalence has disproportionately focused on pregnancy and postpregnancy early life stressors, largely ignoring the role of childhood adversity as a risk factor. Childhood ... -
Childhood Adversity as a Predictor of Non-Adherence to Statin Therapy in Adulthood
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Purpose To investigate whether adverse experiences in childhood predict non-adherence to statin therapy in adulthood. Methods: A cohort of 1378 women and 538 men who initiated statin therapy during 2008–2010 after responding ... -
Childhood Adversity Is Associated with Adult Theory of Mind and Social Affiliation, but Not Face Processing
(Public Library of Science, 2015)People vary substantially in their ability to acquire and maintain social ties. Here, we use a combined epidemiological and individual differences approach to understand the childhood roots of adult social cognitive ... -
Childhood emotional functioning and the developmental origins of cardiovascular disease risk
(2013)Background Dysregulated emotional functioning has been linked with higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among adults. Early life experiences may influence the development of adulthood CVD, but few studies have examined ... -
Childhood Hair Product Use and Earlier Age at Menarche in a Racially Diverse Study Population: A Pilot Study
(Elsevier BV, 2011)Purpose Previous studies suggest that hair products containing endocrine disrupting chemicals could alter puberty. We evaluated the association between childhood hair product use and age at menarche in a racially diverse ... -
Childhood infections and asthma: at the crossroads of the hygiene and Barker hypotheses
(BioMed Central, 2001)The hygiene hypothesis states that childhood asthma develops as a result of decreased exposure to infectious agents during infancy and early childhood. This results in the persistence of the neonatal T helper lymphocyte 2 ... -
Childhood Lead Exposure in France: Benefit Estimation and Partial Cost-Benefit Analysis of Lead Hazard Control
(BioMed Central, 2011)Background: Lead exposure remains a public health concern due to its serious adverse effects, such as cognitive and behavioral impairment: children younger than six years of age being the most vulnerable population. In ... -
Childhood Physical Abnormalities Following Paternal Exposure to Sulfur Mustard Gas in Iran: A Case-control Study
(BioMed Central, 2010)Background: Mustard gas, a known chemical weapon, was used during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-1988. We aimed to determine if exposure to mustard gas among men was significantly associated with abnormalities and disorders ...