The Challenge of Infant Mortality: Have We Reached a Plateau?
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Asthma prevalence in Melbourne schoolchildren: have we reached the peak?
OBJECTIVE To determine the change in prevalence of asthma, eczema and allergic rhinitis in Australian schoolchildren between 1993 and 2002. DESIGN Questionnaire based survey, using the protocol of the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood. SETTING Metropolitan Melbourne primary schools within a 20 km radius of the GPO in 1993 and 2002. SUBJECTS All children in school year...
متن کاملDiagnosis of pulmonary embolism: have we reached our goal?
Accessible online at: www.karger.com/res Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common disease that may be fatal if untreated, while it may show a favorable course when promptly recognized and treated. Although clinicians have searched for objective tests to confirm or rule out the diagnosis, PE remains a challenging diagnostic problem since it is detected only at autopsy in about two thirds of cases, ev...
متن کاملFrom alga to omega; have we reached peak (fish) oil?
SummaryWhile the Inuit diet was highly cardio-protective and consuming oily fish within a Western diet is to a lesser degree, the case for purified fish oil supplements is less convincing. Purification of fish oil removes lipophilic polyphenols which likely contribute to the health benefits of oily fish; leaving the ω3 highly unsaturated fatty acids exposed and prone to conferring oxidative and...
متن کاملDecoding methods for neural prostheses: where have we reached?
This article reviews advances in decoding methods for brain-machine interfaces (BMIs). Recent work has focused on practical considerations for future clinical deployment of prosthetics. This review is organized by open questions in the field such as what variables to decode, how to design neural tuning models, which neurons to select, how to design models of desired actions, how to learn decode...
متن کاملHas the rising incidence of Crohn's disease reached a plateau?
Has the rising incidence of Crohn's disease reached a plateau? Crohn's disease is a chronic condition of unknown cause and for which there is no effective medical treatment to prevent recurrence or spread. During 1934-77 the incidence of the disease in Cardiff greatly increased.' Since Cardiff has a stable, clearly defined population and a good medical records system it is particularly suited f...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Reports
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0033-3549,1468-2877
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400509