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The recent discovery--from a meta-analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials--that supplemental cholecalciferol (vitamin D) significantly reduces all-cause mortality emphasizes the medical, ethical, and legal implications of promptly... more
Celem artykułu jest przeanalizowanie, w jaki sposób J. Keats i W. B. Yeats w swej poezji próbują ocalić piękno przed niszczącym je przemijaniem. Keats w "Odzie do Urny Greckiej" przedstawia następujące rozwiązanie: oto należy zatrzymać... more
Celem artykułu jest przeanalizowanie, w jaki sposób J. Keats i W. B. Yeats w swej poezji próbują ocalić piękno przed niszczącym je przemijaniem. Keats w "Odzie do Urny Greckiej" przedstawia następujące rozwiązanie: oto należy zatrzymać... more
A nivel mundial se estima 13% de daños por gorgojos. En México existen más de 25 especies de insectos que atacan semillas y granos almacenados y a la vez éstos reducen la calidad física y fisiológica de las semillas. Por lo... more
Keywords: Mortality/statistics; Cause of death; Statistics; Africa South of the Sahara; Bangladesh (source: MeSH, NLM). ... OBJECTIF: Fournir des données comparables au niveau international sur la fréquence des différentes causes de... more
Understanding global variation in firearm mortality rates could guide prevention policies and interventions. To estimate mortality due to firearm injury deaths from 1990 to 2016 in 195 countries and territories. This study used... more
The information needed to determine the internal and external validity of an experimental study is discussed. Internal validity is the degree to which a study establishes the cause-and-effect relationship between the treatment and the... more
Long-term follow-up data on the effects of screening are scarce and debate exists on the relative contribution of screening versus treatment to breast cancer mortality reduction. Our aim was therefore to assess the long-term effect of... more
to study mortality risk in a cohort of cannabis consumers. longitudinal study on a cohort of 2,511 subjects reported to the Drug Addiction Control Force (DACF) for cannabis possession for personal use between 1990 and 2004 residents in... more
The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a well-established tool to assess lower extremity physical performance status. Its predictive ability for all-cause mortality has been sparsely reported, but with conflicting results in... more
Smoking has become a major public health problem in Latin America, and its scope varies from country to country. Despite difficulties in obtaining methodologically consistent data for the region, we analyzed the results from prevalence... more
Despite emerging evidence that access to greenspace is associated with longer life expectancy, little is understood about what causal mechanisms may explain this relationship. Based on social-ecological theories of health, greenspace has... more
Background Mortality estimates can measure and monitor the impacts of conflict on a population, guide humanitarian efforts, and help to better understand the public health impacts of conflict. Vital statistics registration and... more
The objective of this study is to analyse the social inequalities in health status, health related behaviours and mortality among the 25-64 years Spanish population. Data come from the 1997 Spanish National Health Survey, the 1999 Spanish... more