| Infectious origins are suspected for many human diseases of unknown etiology, on the basis of epidemiologic and clinical features. |
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| In epidemiologic studies, whole grains, vegetables, and fruits are often more protective against diseases than fibre supplements. |
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| Most etiologic studies of sarcoidosis have used an epidemiologic approach, but the disease poses particular difficulties. |
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| They recently reviewed the clinical and epidemiologic features of this malignancy along with current management strategies. |
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| The purpose of this review is to place irritant-induced asthma in its epidemiologic context. |
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| The usefulness of combining comparative genomics with epidemiologic data to study the pathogenesis of tuberculosis is exemplified by this report. |
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| The authors also cited a dozen previous epidemiologic studies associating vitamin C with a protective effect. |
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| First, the epidemiologic studies are associative and do not indicate a definite causal link between smoking and decreased risk of disease. |
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| Furthermore, epidemiologic data in presymptomatic individuals with longitudinal follow-up are not well-established. |
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| Can nonstandardized bitewing radiographs be used to assess the presence of alveolar bone loss in epidemiologic studies? |
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| The Prix Leo-Pariseau 2008 was awarded to Dr. Michael Kramer for his epidemiologic research on pregnancy outcomes and child health. |
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| Hepatitis E shares many epidemiologic similarities with hepatitis A and is seen mostly in South Asia. |
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| Though the risks for the new oral cancer and its anatomic location have changed fundamentally, one epidemiologic fact has not. |
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| A combination of clinical, laboratory and epidemiologic criteria is used to classify a confirmed case. |
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| A limited number of epidemiologic studies have tried to measure the scope of JIA in Canada. |
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| Nasal self-swabbing has been developed as a useful method for epidemiologic purposes, and may be useful in outbreaks. |
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| Some prospective epidemiologic studies attempt to overcome this difficulty by following subjects for a number of years. |
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| Previous epidemiologic research has suggested an association between exposure to trichloroethylene and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. |
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| Relatively few epidemiologic studies have examined the effects of exposure to PAHs on DNA methylation. |
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| Effect of gender on clinical and epidemiologic features of Lyme borreliosis. |
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| In addition, epidemiologic studies may be classified as descriptive or analytic, depending on whether they are intended to characterize disease or test conclusions drawn from descriptive surveys or laboratory observations. |
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| Information from epidemiologic studies frequently is used to plan new health services and to evaluate the overall health status of a given population. |
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| In most countries of the world, public-health authorities regularly gather epidemiologic data on specific diseases and mortality rates in their populaces. |
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| Precise epidemiologic data do not exist, since bacteriological confirmation of pertussis can be obtained in less than half of the suspected cases. |
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| In addition to laboratory tests, it may be possible to use human data derived from medical use, epidemiologic studies, or on critically exposed groups. |
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| Thus, a national prevention programme is being developed which includes four key components: epidemiologic monitoring, health care, education and research. |
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| In addition, there has been close scrutiny for adverse effects, so that epidemiologic evidence is also available to allow better understanding of dose-related reactions. |
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| Health Canada does engage in short term personal and population based exposure assessments that provide quantitative data for health risk assessments and epidemiologic research. |
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| The evidence for a protective effect of estrogen on coronary heart disease is based on over 30 observational epidemiologic studies conducted over the last two decades. |
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| When operational, the research station will have an advanced HIV research laboratory as well as other infrastructure necessary to conduct large epidemiologic, behavioural, and laboratory studies. |
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| Dr. Bill Cameron: I think there's a need for continuous changes based on the evolution of new knowledge, but I think the concept of blanket exclusion of epidemiologic risk groups is a good and necessary policy. |
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| At present, a causal link between bladder cancer and some component of chlorine disinfected drinking water remains a working hypothesis with various elements of support primarily from the number of epidemiologic findings. |
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| These genetic and environmental factors could be considered in future epidemiologic studies of this multifactorial disease. |
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| However, resources to explore epidemiologic links among patients with nonmatching genotypes should be used judiciously. |
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| Prevalence of urolithiasis in Kaizuka City, Japan-an epidemiologic study of urinary stones. |
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| We used robust entomologic and epidemiologic metrics to assess malaria elimination in a border region. |
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| Epidemiologic data indicate that precooked, sliceable turkey deli meat is the cause of this outbreak. |
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| Epidemiologic data support the benefits of a Mediterranean diet in reducing cardiac risk. |
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