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1. Honoring the life and legacy of Fred Brauer.

Author

Kribs, Christopher M. and van den Driessche, Pauline

Subjects
*POPULATION biology, *RESEARCH personnel, *MENTORING, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *DEDICATIONS
Abstract

The work of Fred Brauer (1932–2021) broke new ground in several areas of mathematical population biology, especially mathematical epidemiology and population management. This special issue reflects his legacy: the lines of inquiry he opened, the impact of his research and his books, and his mentoring of generations of young researchers. This dedication highlights milestones in his career and connects his work to the contributions in this issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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2. Controlled Epidemiological Studies: Marie Reilly, Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2023, xxxii + 439 pp., $140.00(H), ISBN 978-0-367-18678-4.

Author

Ghosh, Kaushik

Subjects
*COVID-19 pandemic, *LOGISTIC regression analysis, *ELECTRONIC health records, *KAPLAN-Meier estimator, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *ODDS ratio
Abstract

"Controlled Epidemiological Studies" by Marie Reilly is a comprehensive book that explores various sampling designs used in epidemiological studies. The book covers well-known techniques as well as specialized methods for studying specific health outcomes. Each design is discussed in detail, including its purpose, applicability, implementation, and strengths/weaknesses. The book also provides methods for analyzing the collected data, with real-life examples and references to statistical packages like Stata and R. Overall, this book is suitable for students and researchers in epidemiology and biostatistics, offering a practical approach to design and analysis in epidemiological studies. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2024
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7. Every Ocean Hughes: One Big Bag.

Author

Farinati, Lucia

Subjects
*ART exhibitions, *FILM & video installations (Art), *ARTISTS
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Context: No prospective epidemiologic studies have examined associations between use of oral contraceptives (OCs) or menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) and risk of pituitary adenoma in women. Objective: Our aim was to determine the association between use of OC and MHT and risk of pituitary adenoma in two separate datasets. Methods: We evaluated the association of OC/MHT with risk of pituitary adenoma in the Nurses’ Health Study and Nurses’ Health Study II by computing multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (MVHR) of pituitary adenoma by OC/MHT use using Cox proportional hazards models. Simultaneously, we carried out a matched case-control study using an institutional data repository to compute multivariable-adjusted odds ratios (MVOR) of pituitary adenoma by OC/MHT use. Results: In the cohort analysis, during 6 668 019 person-years, 331 participants reported a diagnosis of pituitary adenoma. Compared to never-users, neither past (MVHR = 1.05; 95% CI, 0.80-1.36) nor current OC use (MVHR = 0.72; 95% CI, 0.40-1.32) was associated with risk. For MHT, compared to never-users, both past (MVHR = 2.00; 95% CI, 1.50-2.68) and current use (MVHR = 1.80; 95% CI, 1.27-2.55) were associated with pituitary adenoma risk, as was longer duration (MVHR = 2.06; 95% CI, 1.42-2.99 comparing more than 5 years of use to never, P trend = .002). Results were similar in lagged analyses, when stratified by body mass index, and among those with recent health care use. In the case-control analysis, we included 5469 cases. Risk of pituitary adenoma was increased with ever use of MHT (MVOR = 1.57; 95% CI, 1.35-1.83) and OC (MVOR = 1.27; 95% CI, 1.14-1.42) compared to never. Conclusion: Compared to never use, current and past MHT use and longer duration of MHT use were positively associated with higher risk of pituitary adenoma in 2 independent data sets. OC use was not associated with risk in the prospective cohort analysis and was associated with only mildly increased risk in the case-control analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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9. Epidemiology With R.

Author

Palazzolo, Beatrice

Subjects
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Abstract

Epidemiology With R by Carstensen, Bendix. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2020. 256 p. Print ISBN: 9780198841326By Beatrice PalazzoloReported by Author [Extracted from the article]

Published
2023
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10. Epidemiology of valvular heart disease in the adult.

Author

Iung, Bernard and Vahanian, Alec

Subjects
*HEART valve diseases, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *RHEUMATIC heart disease, *AORTIC stenosis, *MITRAL valve insufficiency, *MITRAL valve diseases, *ENDOCARDITIS, *DISEASE progression, *ULTRASONIC imaging, *AGE distribution, *WORLD health, *PEPTIDE hormones, *MITRAL valve, *AORTIC valve, DEVELOPING countries
Abstract

Valvular heart disease remains common in industrialized countries, because the decrease in prevalence of rheumatic heart diseases has been accompanied by an increase in that of degenerative valve diseases. Aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation are the two most common types of valvular disease in Europe. The prevalence of valvular disease increases sharply with age, owing to the predominance of degenerative etiologies. The burden of heart valve disease in the elderly has an important impact on patient management, given the high frequency of comorbidity and the increased risk associated with intervention in this age group. Endocarditis is an important etiology of valvular disease and is most commonly caused by Staphylococci. Rheumatic heart disease remains prevalent in developing countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011
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11. Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: the Oxford experience.

Author

Wass, John A. H. and Karavitaki, Niki

Subjects
*ADENOMA, *PITUITARY tumors, *PROLACTIN, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *DISEASE relapse, *EYE diseases
Abstract

Nonfunctioning adenomas are the second most common type of pituitary tumor. Over the past few years, our knowledge of the epidemiology, natural history, diagnosis, treatment, and recurrence rates of these tumors has improved. Here, we highlight some of these advances and speculate on future avenues of research. In addition, we describe our own experience in the clinical management of patients with nonfunctioning adenomas. Serum prolactin levels are generally <2,000 mU/l in patients with these tumors; we propose that this level be used as the cut-off to differentiate nonfunctioning from prolactin-secreting adenomas. Despite increases in size in 19% of the microadenomas we studied, none of the patients who received no intervention developed visual complications. By contrast, 50% of untreated macroadenomas enlarged and 67% of affected patients experienced worsened or new visual-field defects. Although most recurrences develop in the first 5 years, recurrence has been reported up 14 years after surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009
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12. Epidemiology - identifying the causes and preventability of cancer?

Author

Colditz, Graham A., Sellers, Thomas A., and Trapido, Edward

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *CANCER prevention, *CANCER treatment, *VACCINATION, *HORMONE therapy, *DISEASE susceptibility, *EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research, *TUMORS, *EARLY diagnosis, TUMOR prevention
Abstract

It has been almost 25 years since Doll and Peto performed their landmark analysis of epidemiological data to identify the causes of cancers and possible modes of cancer prevention. Since then, there have been many additional studies of cancer incidence using various epidemiological techniques. These studies revealed expanded opportunities for cancer prevention through approaches that include vaccination, increased physical activity, weight control and avoidance of post-menopausal hormone therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006
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13. At the interfaces of epidemiology, genetics and genomics.

Author

Potter, John D. and Potter, J D

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *GENOMICS, *GENETICS, *MOLECULAR genetics, *PUBLIC health, *ALLELES, *GENOMES, *MOLECULAR epidemiology, *TUMORS
Abstract

You come onto the court prepared for tennis but your partner seems to be ready for rugby. Neither of you is at all sure what it is that your opponent wants to play. The only recourse is to teach each other the rules of your own game and then decide whether you can collectively invent a new sport. Welcome to the dialogue at the intersections of epidemiology with genetics and genomics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2001
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16. Handbook of Spatial Epidemiology.

Subjects
*EMERGING infectious diseases, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *PUBLIC health surveillance, *PROBLEM solving, *INFECTIOUS disease transmission
Abstract

I The Handbook of Spatial Epidemiology i is an edited anthology of chapters written by experts in the field that cover a wide range of methods used to understand the geographic and temporal patterns of health events, assess their relationship with potential risk factors, detect clusters, measure inequalities, and evaluate the impact of interventions. Geostatistical models use disease data that have been collected at a set of specific locations together with risk factors such as environmental and climatic variables to predict disease risk at unobserved locations. The spatial epidemiology methods presented in the book can be applied using data obtained from traditional data sources such as registries and surveys. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2021
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18. Understanding, preventing, and stopping epidemics.

Author

McClelland, Amanda and Frieden, Thomas R.

Subjects
*EPIDEMICS, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *EXHIBITIONS
Abstract

The article reviews the exhibition "Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World" at the US Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. until 2021.

Published
2018
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19. Book Review Essay.

Author

Heyse, Liesbet

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *HEALTH policy, *SUSTAINABLE development, *SOCIOLOGY, *NONFICTION
Published
2017
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25. Epidemiology with R.

Author

Fleur-Calixte, Rose Saint

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *MEDICAL personnel, *STUDENT health, *NULL hypothesis, *DATA scrubbing
Abstract

After a quick refresher that the odds ratio is the measure of interest, the chapter is devoted to fitting regression models for case-control studies, matched case-control studies, and case-cohort studies. In Chapter 8, the analysis of time to event data is emphasized with how to fit nonparametric and semiparametric (Cox) regression methods of survival analysis. Chapters 5 and 6 are fully devoted to Poisson model for rates with data cleaning techniques for follow-up data. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2021
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27. The Revivalists.

Subjects
*PANDEMICS, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *FICTION
Abstract

A review of the book "The Revivalists: A Novel," by Christopher M. Hood, is presented.

Published
2022

30. GIDEON: Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network.

Author

Felitti, Vincent J.

Subjects
*COMPUTER networks, *COMMUNICABLE diseases, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *PUBLIC health, *WORLD health, *INFORMATION networks, *COMPUTER network resources
Abstract

Reviews the computer network GIDEON, the Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network.

Published
2005

31. The Facts of Inequality.

Author

O'Neill, Martin

Subjects
*BOOKS, *NONFICTION, REVIEWS
Abstract

This review essay looks at two important recent books on the empirical social science of inequality, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Spirit Level and John Hills et al.'s Towards a More Equal Society?, situating these books against the important work of Michael Marmot on epidemiology and health inequalities. I argue that political philosophy can gain a great deal from careful engagement with empirical research on the nature and consequences of inequality, especially in regard to empirical work on the relationship between socioeconomic inequality, status, self-respect, domination, autonomy, the quality of social relations, and societal health outcomes. The essay also raises some methodological questions about the approach taken by Wilkinson and Pickett, as well as questioning the ways in which their argument is (or is not) best understood as being fundamentally egalitarian in character. It concludes with some reflections, prompted by Hills et al., on the lessons that should be learned by egalitarians from the experience of the Blair and Brown governments in the UK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010
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36. Epidemiology and Culture.

Author

Gulati, Martha

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Epidemiology and Culture," by James A. Trostle.

Published
2006
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37. HIV&AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology.

Author

Low-Beer, Daniel

Subjects
*AIDS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "HIV and AIDS in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology," edited by Ezekiel Kalipeni, Susan Craddock, Joseph R. Oppong and Jayati Ghosh.

Published
2005
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40. Social Epidemiology.

Author

Buchanan, David

Subjects
EPIDEMIOLOGY, NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Social Epidemiology," edited by L.F. Berkman and I. Kawachi.

Published
2003

41. Spreading Germs (Book).

Author

Inglis, Kerri A.

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Spreading Germs: Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 1865-1900,' by Michael Worboys.

Published
2003
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42. METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Graduate Syllabi.

Subjects
CURRICULUM, SUBSTANCE abuse, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, ETIOLOGY of diseases, EPIDEMIOLOGY
Abstract

Descriptions of several courses including "Substance Abuse: Current Concepts," "Psychopharmacology" and "Etiology and Epidemiology of Substance Abuse," all being offered at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, are provided.

Published
2002

44. Applied Epidemiology (Book).

Author

Muntaner, Carles

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Applied Epidemiology: Theory to Practice," edited by Ross C. Brownson and Diana B. Petiti.

Published
2000
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45. A Note From the Editors.

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *WORLD Wide Web, *INFORMATION resources
Abstract

The article reviews the web site on omic technologies by the "American Journal of Epidemiology" at http://oxford.ly/onomictechnologies, featuring research studies on epidemiology.

Published
2015
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50. PANDEMICS FOR BABIES.

Subjects
*EPIDEMIOLOGY, *BOARD books, *NONFICTION
Abstract

(Board book. 3-5) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021

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