Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "China"
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Chronic Lung Function Decline in Cotton Textile Workers: Roles of Historical and Recent Exposures to Endotoxin
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2010)Background: Long-term occupational exposure to cotton dust that contains endotoxin is associated with chronic respiratory symptoms and excessive decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 sec (FEV1), but the mechanisms of ... -
Factors Associated with Complete Home Smoking Ban among Chinese Parents of Young Children
(MDPI, 2016)(1) Background:: The home environment is a major source of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) exposure among children especially in early childhood. ETS exposure is an important health risk among children and can cause ... -
Molecular Identification and Epidemiological Features of Human Adenoviruses Associated with Acute Respiratory Infections in Hospitalized Children in Southern China, 2012-2013
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Background: Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are the major worldwide health problem associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Human adenovirus (HAdV) is one of the most common pathogens associated with viral ... -
Multilevel examination of diabetes in modernising China: what elements of urbanisation are most associated with diabetes?
(Springer-Verlag, 2012)Aims/hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between urbanisation-related factors and diabetes prevalence in China. Methods: Anthropometry, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and community-level data ... -
Optimizing Partner Notification Programs for Men Who Have Sex with Men: Factorial Survey Results from South China
(Public Library of Science, 2016)Background: Syphilis is prevalent among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. Syphilis partner notification (PN) programs targeting MSM has been considered as one of effective strategies to prevention and control of ... -
Organizational characteristics of HIV/syphilis testing services for men who have sex with men in South China: a social entrepreneurship analysis and implications for creating sustainable service models
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: UNAIDS has called for greater HIV/syphilis testing worldwide just as local HIV/syphilis testing programs are cut or altered. New models are needed to make HIV/syphilis testing services sustainable while retaining ... -
A prospective study of impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes in China: The Kailuan study
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2016)Abstract The worldwide prevalence and incidence of diabetes and obesity are increasing in pandemic proportions. This is particularly relevant for China, where an extremely large population is growing, aging, and urbanizing. ... -
Protocol for the China PEACE (Patient-centered Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events) retrospective study of coronary catheterisation and percutaneous coronary intervention
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014)Introduction: During the past decade, the volume of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in China has risen by more than 20-fold. Yet little is known about patterns of care and outcomes across hospitals, regions and ... -
Socioeconomic status is associated with reduced lung function in China: an analysis from a large cross-sectional study in Shanghai
(BioMed Central, 2016)Background: An inverse association between socioeconomic status and pulmonary function has emerged in many studies. However, the mediating factors in this relationship are poorly understood, and might be expected to differ ... -
Uptake of new antidiabetic medications in three emerging markets: a comparison between Brazil, China and Thailand
(BioMed Central, 2015)Objectives: New antidiabetic medications such as insulin analogues and thiazolidinediones have been introduced over the last decade. This study compares the uptake of new agents in three emerging pharmaceutical markets: ...