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Ecological robustness of the gut microbiota in response to ingestion of transient food-borne microbes
(Nature Publishing Group, 2016)Resident gut microbes co-exist with transient bacteria to form the gut microbiota. Despite increasing evidence suggesting a role for transient microbes on gut microbiota function, the interplay between resident and transient ... -
Ecological theory suggests that antimicrobial cycling will not reduce antimicrobial resistance in hospitals
(National Academy of Sciences, 2004)Hospital-acquired infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a grave and growing threat to public health. Antimicrobial cycling, in which two or more antibiotic classes are alternated on a time scale of months ... -
Econometric Analysis to Evaluate the Effect of Community-based Health Insurance on Reducing Informal Self-Care in Burkina Faso
(Oxford University Press, 2011)Objective: This study examines the role of community-based health insurance (CBHI) in influencing health-seeking behaviour in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Community-based health insurance was introduced in Nouna district, ... -
Economic analyses to support decisions about HPV vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: a consensus report and guide for analysts
(BioMed Central, 2013)Low- and middle-income countries need to consider economic issues such as cost-effectiveness, affordability and sustainability before introducing a program for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. However, many such ... -
Economic and Other Barriers to Adopting Recommendations to Prevent Childhood Obesity: Results of a Focus Group Study with Parents
(BioMed Central, 2009)Background: Parents are integral to the implementation of obesity prevention and management recommendations for children. Exploration of barriers to and facilitators of parental decisions to adopt obesity prevention ... -
Economic Benefits of Investing in Women’s Health: A Systematic Review
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Background: Globally, the status of women’s health falls short of its potential. In addition to the deleterious ethical and human rights implications of this deficit, the negative economic impact may also be consequential, ... -
Economic Benefits of Methylmercury Exposure Control in Europe: Monetary Value of Neurotoxicity Prevention
(BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Due to global mercury pollution and the adverse health effects of prenatal exposure to methylmercury (MeHg), an assessment of the economic benefits of prevented developmental neurotoxicity is necessary for any ... -
The economic burden of chronic diseases: Estimates and projections for China, Japan, and South Korea
(2018-09)We propose a novel framework to analyze the macroeconomic impact of non-communicable diseases. We incorporate measures of disease prevalence into a human capital augmented production function, which enables us to determine ... -
Economic crisis and smoking behaviour: prospective cohort study in Iceland
(BMJ Group, 2012)Objective: To examine the associations between the 2008 economic collapse in Iceland and smoking behaviour at the national and individual levels. Design: A population-based, prospective cohort study based on a mail survey ... -
Economic Evaluation of Health Consequences of Prenatal Methylmercury Exposure in France
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Evidence of a dose–response relationship between prenatal exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) and neurodevelopmental consequences in terms of IQ reduction, makes it possible to evaluate the economic consequences ... -
Economic Evaluation of Newborn Hearing Screening: Modelling Costs and Outcomes
(German Medical Science, 2003)Objectives: The prevalence of newborn hearing disorders is 1-3 per 1,000. Crucial for later outcome are correct diagnosis and effective treatment as soon as possible. With BERA and TEOAE low-risk techniques for early ... -
Economic evaluation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in The Gambia
(BioMed Central, 2010)Background: Gambia is the second GAVI support-eligible country to introduce the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), but a country-specific cost-effectiveness analysis of the vaccine is not available. Our objective ... -
Economic Opportunity, Health Behaviors, and Mortality in the United States
(, 2016)Objectives. We assessed whether economic opportunity was independently associated with health behaviors and outcomes in the United States.Methods. Using newly available, cross-sectional, county-level data from the Equality ... -
Economic recession and health inequalities in Japan: analysis with a national sample, 1986–2001
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2008)Objective: Little is known about whether economic crises widen health inequalities. Japan experienced more than 10 years of economic recession beginning in the 1990s. The question of whether socioeconomic-based inequality ... -
Economic, Environmental and Health Implications of Enhanced Ventilation in Office Buildings
(MDPI, 2015)Introduction: Current building ventilation standards are based on acceptable minimums. Three decades of research demonstrates the human health benefits of increased ventilation above these minimums. Recent research also ... -
Economics of Malaria Prevention in US Travelers to West Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2013)Background. Pretravel health consultations help international travelers manage travel-related illness risks through education, vaccination, and medication. This study evaluated costs and benefits of that portion of the ... -
The Economics of Medicaid Reform and Block Grants
(American Medical Association, 2017)Since its passage in 1965, Medicaid has expanded and contracted with the political tides. With concurrent Republican executive and legislative control in 2017, conservative policy makers have already declared their desire ... -
edgeRun: an R package for sensitive, functionally relevant differential expression discovery using an unconditional exact test
(Oxford University Press, 2015)Summary: Next-generation sequencing platforms for measuring digital expression such as RNA-Seq are displacing traditional microarray-based methods in biological experiments. The detection of differentially expressed genes ... -
Editor's choice: Erythrocyte Superoxide Dismutase, Glutathione Peroxidase, and Catalase Activities and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Generally Healthy Women: A Prospective Study
(Oxford University Press, 2014)Erythrocyte antioxidant enzymes are major circulating antioxidant enzymes in the oxidative stress defense system. Few prospective studies have assessed the association between these enzymes and the risk of coronary heart ...