Age Distribution
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Effect of trichiasis surgery on visual acuity outcomes in Ethiopia.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of trichiasis surgery on visual acuity. METHODS: A total of 439 participants in the Surgery for Trichiasis, Antibiotics to Prevent Recurrence (STAR) trial had visual and subjective concerns measured before and 6 ... Read more...

Persistence of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli Ulcer) in the historical focus of Kasongo Territory, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

30 Oct 2009 Fifty years after the last report of Mycobacterium ulcerans infections (Buruli ulcer [BU]) in Kasongo Territory, Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we conducted a small-scale cross-sectional survey to assess if this historical BU ... Read more...

Population seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in rural Bangladesh.

30 Oct 2009 Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes a substantial burden of sporadic and epidemic disease worldwide. HEV infections result in serious morbidity and mortality, especially among pregnant women, and have significant economic costs. Few population-based ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Age Distribution'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Effect of trichiasis surgery on visual acuity outcomes in Ethiopia. 30 Oct 2009
• Persistence of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli Ulcer) in the historical focus of Kasongo Territory, the Democratic Republic of Congo. 30 Oct 2009
• Population seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in rural Bangladesh. 30 Oct 2009
• Epidemiology and susceptibilities of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Northeastern Ohio. 30 Oct 2009
• Workforce characteristics of dermatology nurse practitioners. 30 Oct 2009
• Prevalence and severity of undiagnosed urinary incontinence in women. 30 Oct 2009
• Patterns of cigarette smoking initiation in two culturally distinct American Indian tribes. 30 Oct 2009
• Cancer incidence in Israeli Jewish survivors of World War II. 24 Oct 2009
• Cancer risk from extreme stressors: lessons from European Jewish survivors of World War II. 24 Oct 2009
• Mortality among residents of shelters, rooming houses, and hotels in Canada: 11 year follow-up study. 24 Oct 2009
• Sex differences in mortality after acute myocardial infarction: changes from 1994 to 2006. 24 Oct 2009
• Sex-specific trends in midlife coronary heart disease risk and prevalence. 24 Oct 2009
• Comparison of physician workforce estimates and supply projections. 19 Oct 2009
• Heritable factors play a major role in determining host responses to Wuchereria bancrofti infection in an isolated South Pacific island population. 13 Oct 2009
• Prevalence, functional impact, and mortality of atrial fibrillation in an older Italian population (from the Pro.V.A. study). 13 Oct 2009
• Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canada. 10 Oct 2009
• Critically Ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico. 10 Oct 2009
• Incidence of pregnancy after expectant, medical, or surgical management of spontaneous first trimester miscarriage: long term follow-up of miscarriage treatment (MIST) randomised controlled trial. 6 Oct 2009
• Environmental mercury exposure and blood pressure among Nunavik Inuit adults. 3 Oct 2009
• Early progression of the autonomic dysfunction observed in pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus. 3 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Age Distribution'

Definition: The frequency of different ages or age groups in a given population. The distribution may refer to either how many or what proportion of the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.

Descriptor UI: D017677

Alternative terms: Age Distribution; Age Distributions; Distribution, Age; Distributions, Age;

Tree Number: I01.240.050; N01.224.033; N06.850.505.400.050;

History Note: 94

Technical Notes: NIM; no qualif; human & animal; a statist concept: do not confuse with AGE FACTORS, more related to cause & effect; age-sex distribution: coord (NIM) with SEX DISTRIBUTION (NIM)