Sentences with phrase «for epidemiological research»

Use of the child behavior checklist as a screening instrument for epidemiological research in child psychiatry: results of a pilot study

The VetCompass ™ Programme collates de-identified clinical data from primary - care veterinary practices in the UK for epidemiological research.

The VetCompass ™ Programme collates de-identified EPR data from primary - care veterinary practices in the UK for epidemiological research [19].

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Ethical approval Ethical approval was obtained from an ethics committee created for the North American Registry of Midwives to review epidemiological research involving certified professional midwives.

Changes in the epidemiological pattern of sudden infant death syndrome in southeast Norway, 1984 — 1998: implications for future prevention and research

«Our study shows that failed substance use policies can reverse life expectancy trends for large population groups or even countries,» says Dr. Jürgen Rehm, Director of Social and Epidemiological Research at CAMH and first author of the study.

One of our friends in Cambridge was Bryan Grenfell, a faculty member in the zoology department, who was already well known for his research applying mathematics and statistics to ecological and epidemiological problems.

«Based on epidemiological studies, the 9vHPV vaccine could prevent approximately 90 percent of cervical cancer, 90 percent of HPV - related vulvar and vaginal cancer, 70 to 85 percent of high - grade cervical disease in females, and approximately 90 percent of HPV - related anal cancer and genital warts in males and females worldwide,» explained Anna R. Giuliano, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Infection Research in Cancer at Moffitt.

The group called for more epidemiological research and disclosure of chemicals used in drilling.

Previous research has largely focused on dietary components and which diet would be best to lower the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, but so far there is no clear evidence from epidemiological or clinical trial data that a specific diet is optimal for long - term weight - loss or lowering the risk of diabetes.

In an accompanying editorial, Anna Alisi, PhD, of the Liver Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, and Pietro Vajro, MD, of the Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, «Scuola Medica Salernitana,» Unit of Pediatrics, University of Salerno, Baronissi (Sa), Italy, commented, «This elegant observational study by Ayonrinde and colleagues is the first epidemiological evidence for the connection between maternal obesity, breastfeeding, and NAFLD.»

First, the research team asked over 200 volunteers to fill out a survey about «recent affective experiences;» what the volunteers didn't know was that a well - known measure of depression — the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES - D) scale — was embedded within this survey.

«This is a timely contribution about one of the most important, if not the most important risk factor for liver cirrhosis globally, because our overall knowledge about drinking patterns and liver cirrhosis is sparse and in part contradictory,» said noted expert Jürgen Rehm, PhD, Director of the Social and Epidemiological Research Department of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto.

In a memo, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue noted that staff who conduct epidemiological investigations of food - borne disease outbreaks will stay on the job, as will those who respond to pest outbreaks and care for laboratory animals and «critical research infrastructure.»

A research consortium bringing together teams from Inserm, the Nancy and Poitiers University Hospitals, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, Atlanta, USA), and coordinated by the Inserm and University of Grenoble Environmental Epidemiology team (Unit 823), has just published an epidemiological study indicating that exposure to certain phenols during pregnancy, especially parabens and triclosan, may disrupt growth of boys during fetal growth and the first years of life.

Michele Carbone, senior author on the study, states «further research is needed, including epidemiological, geological, mineralogical and health - based personal exposure studies in order to characterize the residential and occupational history of the malignant mesothelioma cases we studied, to highlight the highest risk areas within Clark and Nye counties, to identify the type of fibrous minerals and their precise distribution throughout Nevada, and to identify the activities responsible for the release of fibers in the air, which may be the cause of some of the malignant mesothelioma in this region.»

Until more epidemiological and basic research can be conducted to further parse out the associations between PD, cholesterol and statins, physicians and scientists should be cautious in promoting health benefits of statins for PD without a good understanding of clinical evidence and potential biological mechanisms, Huang advises.

Revised ideas about the role of fat in disease could help explain the murky data, notes Michael Thun, who heads epidemiological research for the American Cancer Society.

Professor Maughan's research uses epidemiological methods to explore early risk factors for psychiatric disorders; to examine developmental continuities in mental health across the life course; and to identify mechanisms that make for continuity and change.

The ambition of I - Stem is to develop a research technology capable of covering all aspects of discovery and development of therapeutic molecules for pre-clinical trials as defined by clinical and epidemiological studies of monogenic diseases, until a candidate molecule is identified for clinical trials.

Research ranges from basic molecular and genetic studies to epidemiological and clinical research on cancer prevention, early diagnosis, molecular characteristics of the cancer process and new treatments for cancer using drugs and radioResearch ranges from basic molecular and genetic studies to epidemiological and clinical research on cancer prevention, early diagnosis, molecular characteristics of the cancer process and new treatments for cancer using drugs and radioresearch on cancer prevention, early diagnosis, molecular characteristics of the cancer process and new treatments for cancer using drugs and radiotherapy.

In a substudy, review outcomes were also compared across different types of clinical research, based in large part on the designations and definitions derived from a number of sources, including a report by Nathan, 14 the Institute of Medicine, 20 the NIH Director's Panel on Clinical Research, 9 the Association of American Medical Colleges and American Medical Association, 21 and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.22 All 3599 R01 applications involving human subjects that were submitted to NIH for the October 2002 council were categorized into 1 of the following: (1) patient - oriented studies of mechanisms of human disease (bench to bedside); (2) clinical trials and other clinical interventions; (3) patient - oriented research focusing on development of new technologies; (4) epidemiological studies; (5) behavioral studies (including studies of normal human behavior); (6) health services research; and (7) use of deidentified humanresearch, based in large part on the designations and definitions derived from a number of sources, including a report by Nathan, 14 the Institute of Medicine, 20 the NIH Director's Panel on Clinical Research, 9 the Association of American Medical Colleges and American Medical Association, 21 and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.22 All 3599 R01 applications involving human subjects that were submitted to NIH for the October 2002 council were categorized into 1 of the following: (1) patient - oriented studies of mechanisms of human disease (bench to bedside); (2) clinical trials and other clinical interventions; (3) patient - oriented research focusing on development of new technologies; (4) epidemiological studies; (5) behavioral studies (including studies of normal human behavior); (6) health services research; and (7) use of deidentified humanResearch, 9 the Association of American Medical Colleges and American Medical Association, 21 and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.22 All 3599 R01 applications involving human subjects that were submitted to NIH for the October 2002 council were categorized into 1 of the following: (1) patient - oriented studies of mechanisms of human disease (bench to bedside); (2) clinical trials and other clinical interventions; (3) patient - oriented research focusing on development of new technologies; (4) epidemiological studies; (5) behavioral studies (including studies of normal human behavior); (6) health services research; and (7) use of deidentified humanResearch and Quality.22 All 3599 R01 applications involving human subjects that were submitted to NIH for the October 2002 council were categorized into 1 of the following: (1) patient - oriented studies of mechanisms of human disease (bench to bedside); (2) clinical trials and other clinical interventions; (3) patient - oriented research focusing on development of new technologies; (4) epidemiological studies; (5) behavioral studies (including studies of normal human behavior); (6) health services research; and (7) use of deidentified humanresearch focusing on development of new technologies; (4) epidemiological studies; (5) behavioral studies (including studies of normal human behavior); (6) health services research; and (7) use of deidentified humanresearch; and (7) use of deidentified human tissue.

Children born to mothers who gained too little weight during pregnancy were at increased risk for schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses later in life, according to new epidemiological research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

The study has earned high marks from researchers not on the soy industry's payroll, including Dan Sheehan, PhD and Daniel Doerge, PhD at the FDA's National Laboratory for Toxicological research in Jefferson, Arkansas.who stated, «Given the great difficulty in discerning the relationship between exposures and long latency adverse effects in the human population and the potential mechanistic explanation for the epidemiological findings, this is an important study.

The research is based on an epidemiological study in which the researchers followed 38,000 Dutch people for 10 years.

It can be hard to draw solid conclusions from nutrition research for one key reason, a heavy reliance on epidemiological evidence.

368 DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES for CHD for every 1 percent reduction in serum cholesterol (Lipid Research Clinics Program, 1984), these results suggest substantial benefits from consumption of high amounts of viscous Dietary and Functional Fibers and support the epidemiological findings regarding fiber and CHD.

Center for Veterinary Epidemiological Research, Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3, Canada.

Disease - specific needs, microbiological methods for epidemiological surveillance and key objectives for research in this area have to be identified and elaborated.

The data produced are an integral part of health information management, and are used by local and national governments, private healthcare organizations and international agencies for various purposes, including medical and health services research, epidemiological studies, health resource allocation, case mix management, public health programming, medical billing, and public education.

Researched and generated data for successful grant proposal, developed questionnaires for epidemiological study and analyzed human biological samples in the laboratory.

The SDQ is widely used for health surveys, research, and epidemiological studies and mass screenings where clinical interviews are not possible (Dickey & Blumberg, 2001).

The Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes32 and the Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes — Parent Version33 are structured psychiatric interviews designed to assess psychopathology according to DSM - IV criteria in clinical and epidemiological research with youth aged 6 to 18 years.34 - 38 The Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes and the Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes — Parent Version assess 20 behavioral, anxiety, mood, and other syndromes as well as psychosocial stressors.

It may be possible to develop improved interventions for individuals who are at high risk for suicide by identifying combinations of risk factors that are associated with the onset of suicidal behavior.2 Prospective epidemiological research can facilitate the identification of such patterns by assessing a wide range of childhood adversities, interpersonal difficulties during middle adolescence, and suicidal behavior during late adolescence and adulthood.

Mental disorders account for one - fifth of the total burden of disease in the Western world, 1 and, as such, should require due attention from the international epidemiological research community.

R.C.K. has been a consultant for GlaxoSmithKline, Kaiser Permanente, Pfizer, Sanofi - Aventis, Shire Pharmaceuticals and Wyeth - Ayerst; has served on advisory boards for Eli Lilly & Company and Wyeth - Ayerst; and has had research support for his epidemiological studies from Bristol - Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly & Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Ortho - McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer and Sanofi - Aventis.

These versions were translated and back - translated by academic staff at the Centre for Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and by Iris Tan Mink.