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Relationship between mold exposure, specific IgE sensitization, and clinical asthma: A case-control study.

indoor mold contamination among mold-sensitized patients with asthma and nonsensitized patients with asthma. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted and several asthma severity markers were compared ...

Risk factors and impact of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa-negative CF patients.

aeruginosa (Pa), were explored. METHODS: We performed a retrospective case-control study in 73 Pa-negative patients. Each patient was matched with 2 controls for age, gender, pancreas sufficiency, DeltaF508 ...

Welfare-Adjusted Life Years (WALY): A novel metric of animal welfare that combines the impacts of impaired welfare and abbreviated lifespan.

animal welfare, the probability of an incident case developing and impaired welfare weights, representing the degree of impaired welfare. The years of life lost are calculated using the standard expected ...

Perspective: Essential Study Quality Descriptors for Data from Nutritional Epidemiologic Research.

quality of cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies and dietary measurement. Second, 2 face-to-face workshops were organized to determine the study characteristics that affect data quality. Third, ...

Present status of laboratory diagnosis of human taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe.

diagnosis of these pathologies is relevant for their prevention and control. The aims of this study were to know the diagnostic tests used in European laboratories for human taeniosis/cysticercosis by means ...

Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study.

laboratories of HPV- AHEAD consortium and all centers passed quality assurance for processing after quality control. The pilot analysis to validate the histopathology form included 355 HNC cases. The form was ...

Does air pollution trigger suicide? A case-crossover analysis of suicide deaths over the life span.

Abstract: In addition to underlying health disorders and socio-economic or community factors, air pollution may trigger suicide mortality. This study evaluates the association between short-term variation in ...

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Continuum of Care in European Union Countries in 2013: Data and Challenges.

(2017) Keywords: Anti-HIV Agents Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active Cohort Studies Continuity of Patient Care Disease Eradication European Union Female HIV HIV Infections Humans Male Mass Screening ...

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