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Aged - Research News and Information
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Definition of 'Aged'A person 65 through 79 years of age. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Common names: Aged; Elderly |
30 Dec 2008
The relationships between ambient PM(2.5) and PM(10) and arrhythmia and the effect modification by cigarette smoking were investigated. Data from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality monitors and an established national-scale, ... Read more...
3 Dec 2008
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: The current internationally accepted gold standard for diagnosing celiac disease is a small-bowel biopsy demonstrating villous atrophy. However, it has been suggested that the diagnosis might not be considered as ... Read more...
Validation of quality indicators for radical prostatectomy.
29 Nov 2008
The feasibility and validity of proposed radical prostatectomy quality indicators has not been well studied. We assessed indicator availability from treating charts. We tested the convergent construct validity of a modified subset that were ... Read more...
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Latest indexed articles for 'Aged'
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- Ambient particulate air pollution and ectopy--the environmental epidemiology of arrhythmogenesis in Women's Health Initiative Study, 1999-2004.
30 Dec 2008 - Patchy villous atrophy in adult patients with suspected gluten-sensitive enteropathy: is a multiple duodenal biopsy strategy appropriate?
3 Dec 2008 - Validation of quality indicators for radical prostatectomy.
29 Nov 2008 - Genetic variation in the toll-like receptor gene cluster (TLR10-TLR1-TLR6) and prostate cancer risk.
29 Nov 2008 - Polymorphisms of fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 have association with the development of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia and the progression of prostate cancer in a Japanese population.
29 Nov 2008 - Association of HPC2/ELAC2 and RNASEL non-synonymous variants with prostate cancer risk in African American familial and sporadic cases.
29 Nov 2008 - Long-term assessment of prostate cancer progression free survival: evaluation of pathological parameters, nuclear shape and molecular biomarkers of pathogenesis.
29 Nov 2008 - Dexamethasone did not suppress immune boosting by personalized peptide vaccination for advanced prostate cancer patients.
29 Nov 2008 - Prospective evaluation of trans-fatty acid intake and colorectal cancer risk in the Iowa Women's Health Study.
29 Nov 2008 - Risk of cervical cancer among immigrants by age at immigration and follow-up time in Sweden, from 1968 to 2004.
29 Nov 2008 - Transcriptional profiling identifies an interferon-associated host immune response in invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
29 Nov 2008 - The SRD5A2 V89L polymorphism is associated with severity of disease in men with early onset prostate cancer.
29 Nov 2008 - EGFR genetic heterogeneity of nonsmall cell lung cancers contributing to acquired gefitinib resistance.
29 Nov 2008 - Protective effect of Juzen-taiho-to on hepatocarcinogenesis is mediated through the inhibition of Kupffer cell-induced oxidative stress.
29 Nov 2008 - An activating mutation in AKT1 in human prostate cancer.
29 Nov 2008 - Heparanase induces VEGF C and facilitates tumor lymphangiogenesis.
29 Nov 2008 - Glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms and intraocular pressure response to intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide.
29 Nov 2008 - Genetic heritability of a shallow anterior chamber in Chinese families with primary angle closure glaucoma.
29 Nov 2008 - Evidence for a pathophysiological role of cysteinyl leukotrienes in classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
13 Nov 2008 - Coffee consumption and risk of endometrial cancer: a prospective study in Japan.
13 Nov 2008
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Technical information about 'Aged'
Definition: A person 65 through 79 years of age. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.
Descriptor UI: D000368
Alternative terms: Aged; Elderly;
Related Mesh Headings: Health Services for the Aged; Homes for the Aged; Pensions; Retirement; Housing for the Elderly;
Allowable Qualifiers: psychology; statistics & numerical data; physiology;
Tree Number: M01.060.116.100;
Online Note: pre-explosion = AGED (PX)
History Note: 66; was see under GERIATRICS 1963-65
Technical Notes: age 65-79; NIM as check tag; IM only as psychological or sociological entity; differentiate from AGING, a physiological process, & AGE FACTORS & AGE DISTRIBUTION, statistical concepts