Determinants of transitions in water and sanitation services in two urban slums of Nairobi: A multi-state modeling approach [0.03%]
内罗毕两个城市贫民窟中用水和卫生设施服务转变的决定因素：一种多状态建模方法
Samuel Iddi,Dennis Akeyo,Moussa Bagayoko et al.
Samuel Iddi et al.
Access to improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services at the household level remains a good strategy to improve the health and well-being of individuals. Informal settlements, such as urban slums, are at risk of the spread of di...
Challenges of translating epidemiologic research: An application to rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders [0.03%]
流行病学研究的翻译难题——自身免疫风湿病及肌肉骨骼系统疾病实例分析
Raquel Lucas
Raquel Lucas
Translation of research into public health policy is featured in common definitions of epidemiology, as an end result of scientific discovery on disease occurrence and causes. This dual nature of epidemiology, which brings together discover...
Tehran cohort study (TeCS) on cardiovascular diseases, injury, and mental health: Design, methods, and recruitment data [0.03%]
德黑兰心血管疾病、伤害和精神健康研究（TeCS）的设计、方法及入组情况
Akbar Shafiee,Soheil Saadat,Nazila Shahmansouri et al.
Akbar Shafiee et al.
Cardiovascular disease, mental health, and injury are among the top health issues globally. In Tehran Cohort Study, we aimed to determine the prevalence, incidence, and trend of cardiovascular diseases, psychiatric symptoms, injury, and ris...
Louis Anthony Cox Jr
Louis Anthony Cox Jr
We argue that population attributable fractions, probabilities of causation, burdens of disease, and similar association-based measures often do not provide valid estimates or surrogates for the fraction or number of disease cases that woul...
Commentary: Using potential outcomes causal methods to assess whether reductions in PM2.5 result in decreased mortality [0.03%]
评论：利用潜在成果因果方法评估PM2.5降低是否减少死亡率
Julie E Goodman,Wenchao Li,Louis Anthony Cox Jr
Julie E Goodman
Causal inference regarding exposures to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and mortality estimated from observational studies is limited by confounding, among other factors. In light of a variety of causal inference frameworks and meth...
Sensitivity analysis for random measurement error using regression calibration and simulation-extrapolation [0.03%]
基于回归校准与模拟-外推的随机测量误差灵敏性分析
Linda Nab,Rolf H H Groenwold
Linda Nab
Objective: Sensitivity analysis for random measurement error can be applied in the absence of validation data by means of regression calibration and simulation-extrapolation. These have not been compared for this purpose....
Douglas L Weed
Douglas L Weed
Metaphors have had an important role to play in the theory and practice of epidemiology. Some well-known examples include "black boxes," the "web of causation," "shoe-leather epidemiology," the "ivory tower" and the ubiquitous "gold standar...
Prevalence and patterns of childhood ocular morbidity in Kinshasa. A population-based study [0.03%]
金沙萨地区儿童眼病的患病率和发病模式：一项基于人口的调查研究
Nadine Nsiangani Lusambo,Janvier Kilangalanga Ngoy,Angèle Dilu Ahuka et al.
Nadine Nsiangani Lusambo et al.
Context: Childhood ocular disorders can seriously impact on development and education, future employment opportunities and quality of life, their consequences are especially severe in low resource settings. There is a lac...
Ahmad Khosravi,Maryam Nazemipour,Tomohiro Shinozaki et al.
Ahmad Khosravi et al.
Introduction: The population attributable fraction is an important measure for assessing the impact of intervention on the disease risk in populations, but it is frequently misused in the research literature. ...
Rising prevalence, and improved but suboptimal management, of hypertension in South Africa: A comparison of two national surveys [0.03%]
南非高血压患病率上升以及改善但仍不充分的治疗现状：两次全国调查结果比较
Nasheeta Peer,Olalekan A Uthman,Andre-Pascal Kengne
Nasheeta Peer
Aim: To examine the changes in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension between 1998 and 2016 in ≥15-year-old South African men and women and the sociodemographic characteristics associated with those...