The Summary Index of Malaria Surveillance (SIMS): a stable index of malaria within India [0.03%]
印度疟疾监测综合指数（SIMS）：一个稳定的疟疾指标
Alan A Cohen,Neeraj Dhingra,Raju M Jotkar et al.
Alan A Cohen et al.
Background: Malaria in India has been difficult to measure. Mortality and morbidity are not comprehensively reported, impeding efforts to track changes in disease burden. However, a set of blood measures has been collecte...
Using breath carbon monoxide to validate self-reported tobacco smoking in remote Australian Indigenous communities [0.03%]
利用呼出气一氧化碳检测远程地区澳大利亚土著社区居民自报吸烟情况的真实性
David J Maclaren,Katherine M Conigrave,Jan A Robertson et al.
David J Maclaren et al.
Background: This paper examines the specificity and sensitivity of a breath carbon monoxide (BCO) test and optimum BCO cutoff level for validating self-reported tobacco smoking in Indigenous Australians in Arnhem Land, No...
Temporal analysis of the incidence of meningitis in the Tehran metropolitan area, 1999-2005 [0.03%]
伊朗德黑兰地区1999-2005年脑膜炎发病率的时间分析
Alireza Mosavi-Jarrahi,Abdolreza Esteghamati,Freshteh Asgari et al.
Alireza Mosavi-Jarrahi et al.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the temporal determinants of meningitis incidence in the population living in the Tehran metropolis. Met...
Further validation of the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory in a US adult population sample [0.03%]
美国成人人群样本中多维疲劳量表的进一步验证研究
Jin-Mann S Lin,Dana J Brimmer,Elizabeth M Maloney et al.
Jin-Mann S Lin et al.
Background: The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) was developed in 1995. Since then, it has been widely used in cancer research and cancer-related illnesses but has never been validated in fatiguing illnesses or...
Replication of an empirical approach to delineate the heterogeneity of chronic unexplained fatigue [0.03%]
重复一项实证方法的研究以描述慢性原因不明疲劳的异质性
Eric Aslakson,Uté Vollmer-Conna,William C Reeves et al.
Eric Aslakson et al.
Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is defined by self-reported symptoms. There are no diagnostic signs or laboratory markers, and the pathophysiology remains inchoate. In part, difficulties identifying and replica...
Diabetes prevalence and diagnosis in US states: analysis of health surveys [0.03%]
美国各州糖尿病患病率和诊断情况分析：健康调查数据分析
Goodarz Danaei,Ari B Friedman,Shefali Oza et al.
Goodarz Danaei et al.
Background: Current US surveillance data provide estimates of diabetes using laboratory tests at the national level as well as self-reported data at the state level. Self-reported diabetes prevalence may be biased because...
Validity of self-reported weight, height, and body mass index among university students in Thailand: Implications for population studies of obesity in developing countries [0.03%]
泰国大学生自报体重、身高及BMI的准确性：发展中国家肥胖流行病学研究的意义
Lynette Ly Lim,Sam-Ang Seubsman,Adrian Sleigh
Lynette Ly Lim
Background: Large-scale epidemiological studies commonly use self-reported weights and heights to determine weight status. Validity of such self-reported data has been assessed primarily in Western populations in develope...
The use of income information of census enumeration area as a proxy for the household income in a household survey [0.03%]
利用普查区收入资料作为家庭调查中家庭收入的代理变量
Fabio S Gomes,Mauricio Tl Vasconcellos,Luiz A Anjos
Fabio S Gomes
Background: Some of the Census Enumeration Areas' (CEA) information may help planning the sample of population studies but it can also be used for some analyses that require information that is more difficult to obtain at...
Are infant mortality rate declines exponential? The general pattern of 20th century infant mortality rate decline [0.03%]
二十世纪婴儿死亡率下降的普遍模式——婴儿死亡率的降低遵循指数规律吗？
David Bishai,Marjorie Opuni
David Bishai
Background: Time trends in infant mortality for the 20th century show a curvilinear pattern that most demographers have assumed to be approximately exponential. Virtually all cross-country comparisons and time series anal...
Milena Santric Milicevic,Vesna Bjegovic,Zorica Terzic et al.
Milena Santric Milicevic et al.
Background: Based on the global predictions majority of deaths will be collectively caused by cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and traffic accidents over the coming 25 years. In planning future national health policy acti...