Clinical epidemiology: Archived answers

Tobacco and epidemiology in Korea: old tricks, new answers?

The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) of Korea provides health insurance for over 90% of the population. The prevalence of smoking among Korean men is one of the highest in developed countries, and cancer incidence and mortality rates are the highest among all Asian countries. The NHIS has taken legal action against Korean and international tobacco companies and recently suffered a blow ...

The epidemiology of fatigue: more questions than answers.

Clinical Epidemiology

well as serving to introduce the general reader to the basic life-processes of viruses, the most elementary of all living things. The arrangement of the book represents a trend away from classification by disease and towards a classification by the nature of the causative agent. Infections due to B-virus, the simian member of the herpes group, are now discussed with herpes simplex infections in...

How to find answers to clinical questions.

Many barriers exist to finding answers to physicians' clinical questions. Lack of time, resources, and computer skills, as well as physicians' environment and attitudes about problem solving, all contribute to unanswered questions. Making use of computer-based information resources can give physicians a framework for answering questions and keeping their practice consistent with the best availa...

Prostate cancer: clinical questions and imaging answers

Keywords: Tc-99m MUJ591; In-111 capromab pendetide; radioimmunoscintigraphy.