Hypnotic use in a population-based sample of over thirty-five thousand interviewed Canadians

Hypnotic use in a population-based sample of over thirty-five thousand interviewed Canadians

BACKGROUND As with most medications, benzodiazepine and similar sedative hypnotics (BDZ/SSH) can produce both beneficial and adverse effects. Pharmacoepidemiological studies have been limited in their capacity to evaluate the relationship between these medications and psychiatric diagnoses in non-clinical populations. The objective of this study was to provide a description of the pattern of us...

Changes in body mass index in Canadians over a five-year period: Results of a prospective, population-based study

BACKGROUND The initiation of the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study in 1996, and subsequent follow-up of the cohort 5 years later, provided longitudinal body mass index (BMI) data for a random sample of Canadians. METHODS Height and weight were measured at baseline and 5 years and used to calculate BMI and assign one of six weight categories. Multiple imputation was used to adjust for mi...

Cigarette and hookah using pattern in over-15 population of Bandar Abbas, a population based study

Introduction: Tobacco use is considered as an important general health problem and it is known as one of the preventable causes of morbidity and mortality. The goal of this survey was to determine the cigarette and hookah using model in over-15 population residing in Bandar Abbas. Methods: In this population-based study, a total number of 1810 over-15 residents of Bandar Abbas were selected us...

a gender-based pragmatic analysis of the use of english compliment responses by iraqi efl students:a speech act perspective

تعارفات کنش های گفتاری هستند که افراد در زندگی روزمر? خود به منظور برقراری دوستی یا تداوم روابط مسالمت آمیز به کار می برند. ساز و کار تعارف مختص زبان انگلیسی یا هر زبان دیگری نیست و پدیده ای است جهانی و در همه زبانها حضور دارد. تفاوتی که از این نظر در زبانها و فرهنگ ها وجود دارد مربوط به پاسخ به این کنش گفتاری در گفتمان است. این مطالعه به بررسی تنوع پاسخ های انگلیسی و عربی به کنش گفتاری تعارف د...

A Survey of Thirty-Six Thousand Southern Galaxies.