BACKGROUND While the majority of dental care in Australia is provided in the private sector those patients who attend for public care remain a public health focus due to their socioeconomic disadvantage. The aims of this study were to compare dental service profiles provided to patients at private and public clinics, controlling for age, sex, reason for visit and income. METHODS Data were col...

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OBJECTIVE Human toxocariasis is a zoonotic infection caused by the larval stages of Toxocara canis (T. canis) and less frequently Toxocara cati (T. cati). A relationship between toxocariasis and epilepsy has been hypothesized. We conducted a systematic review and a meta-analysis of available data to evaluate the strength of association between epilepsy and Toxocara spp. seropositivity and to pr...

BACKGROUND Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA), a modelling approach, is used to assess health risks. Inputs into the QMRA process include data that characterise the intensity, frequency and duration of exposure to risk(s). Data gaps for water exposure assessment include the duration and frequency of urban non-potable (non-drinking) water use. The primary objective of this study was t...

BACKGROUND Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) is widely used for health surveys. The advantages of CATI over face-to-face interviewing are timeliness and cost reduction to achieve the same sample size and geographical coverage. Two major CATI sampling procedures are used: sampling directly from the electronic white pages (EWP) telephone directory and list assisted random digit dial...

Many researchers reported rates of infected dogs with T. canis and cats Toxocara cati all over the world. The degree tissue damage in host concomitant elicitation signs symptoms are varied different invaded tissues. liver, lungs central nervous system, including eyes, considered most sensitive organs. In addition, number migrating juveniles age host. Inflammation manifests as eosinophilic granu...

Recent studies show that much of Electronic Commerce activities will be conducted via the Internet, such activities encompassing business-business as well as client-business and administration-business relationships. However, the Internet has not been designed to support such activities and it lacks many features, as Quality of Service requirements or Charging and Accounting facilities. At the ...