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Changing cancer survival in China during 2003-15: a pooled analysis of 17 population-based cancer registries.
(The Lancet. Global health, 2018-05)
From 2003 to 2005, standardised 5-year cancer survival in China was much lower than
in developed countries and varied substantially by geographical area. Monitoring population-level
cancer survival is crucial to the understanding ...
Morphometric panel regression equations for predicting body mass in immature humans.
(American journal of physical anthropology, 2018-05)
OBJECTIVES:Predicting body mass is a frequent objective of several anthropological
subdisciplines, but there are few published methods for predicting body mass in immature
humans. Because most reference samples are composed ...
Validation and Identification of Invasive Salmonella Serotypes in Sub-Saharan Africa by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction.
(Clin Infect Dis, 2016-03-15)
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) cause the majority
of bloodstream infections in sub-Saharan Africa; however, serotyping is rarely performed.
We validated a multiplex polymerase chain reaction ...
Losses of expected lifetime in the United States and other developed countries: methods and empirical analyses.
(Demography, 2011-02)
Patterns of diversity in age at death are examined using e (†), a dispersion measure
that equals the average expected lifetime lost at death. We apply two methods for
decomposing differences in e (†). The first method estimates ...
Beta2-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms as systemic determinants of healthy aging in an evolutionary context.
(Mech Ageing Dev, 2010-05)
The Gln(27)Glu polymorphism but not the Arg(16)Gly polymorphism of the beta2-adrenergic
receptor (ADRB2) gene appears to be associated with a broad range of aging-associated
phenotypes, including cancers at different sites, ...
Rare hereditary COL4A3/COL4A4 variants may be mistaken for familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
(Kidney Int, 2014-12)
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histological lesion with many causes,
including inherited genetic defects, with significant proteinuria being the predominant
clinical finding at presentation. Mutations in ...
Histoplasmosis among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania.
(Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 2012-08)
Histoplasmosis may be common in East Africa but the diagnosis is rarely confirmed.
We report 9 (0.9%) cases of probable histoplasmosis retrospectively identified among
970 febrile inpatients studied in northern Tanzania. ...
Prevalence of mycobacteremia among HIV-infected infants and children in northern Tanzania.
(Pediatr Infect Dis J, 2013-07)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a common cause of bloodstream infections among HIV-infected
adults in sub-Saharan Africa, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality.
We found no cases of mycobacteremia among 93 ill, ...
Do specialty courts achieve better outcomes for children in foster care than general courts?
(Eval Rev, 2013-02)
OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the effects of unified family and drug treatment courts
(DTCs) on the resolution of cases involving foster care children and the resulting
effects on school performance. METHOD: The first analytic ...
Parental Criminal Justice Involvement and Children's Involvement With Child Protective Services: Do Adult Drug Treatment Courts Prevent Child Maltreatment?
(Subst Use Misuse, 2016)
BACKGROUND: In light of evidence showing reduced criminal recidivism and cost savings,
adult drug treatment courts have grown in popularity. However, the potential spillover
benefits to family members are understudied. ...