England - Epidemiology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Hereditary hemochromatosis gene (HFE) variants are associated with birth weight and childhood leukemia risk.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Our original studies reported an association between the iron-metabolism gene HFE and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and a birth weight association in ALL. Through its effect on cell proliferation, iron is involved ... Read more...

Trends in Down's syndrome live births and antenatal diagnoses in England and Wales from 1989 to 2008: analysis of data from the National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register.

24 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To describe trends in the numbers of Down's syndrome live births and antenatal diagnoses in England and Wales from 1989 to 2008. Design and setting The National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register holds details of 26488 antenatal and ... Read more...

Hazardous cosleeping environments and risk factors amenable to change: case-control study of SIDS in south west England.

11 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To investigate the factors associated with sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) from birth to age 2 years, whether recent advice has been followed, whether any new risk factors have emerged, and the specific circumstances in which SIDS ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'England - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Hereditary hemochromatosis gene (HFE) variants are associated with birth weight and childhood leukemia risk. 13 Dec 2009
• Trends in Down's syndrome live births and antenatal diagnoses in England and Wales from 1989 to 2008: analysis of data from the National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register. 24 Oct 2009
• Cases of swine flu in England almost double in a week. 24 Oct 2009
• Hazardous cosleeping environments and risk factors amenable to change: case-control study of SIDS in south west England. 11 Oct 2009
• Risk factors for SIDS. 11 Oct 2009
• Lifecourse socio-economic mobility and oral health in middle age. 29 Sep 2009
• Effectiveness of community treatments for heroin and crack cocaine addiction in England: a prospective, in-treatment cohort study. 29 Sep 2009
• Age-related changes on thin-section CT images. 29 Sep 2009
• Are transient environmental agents involved in the cause of primary biliary cirrhosis? Evidence from space-time clustering analysis. 29 Sep 2009
• Evaluation of bowel cancer registration data in England, 1996-2004. 20 Sep 2009
• Chief medical officer warns that swine flu may be on the rise again. 16 Sep 2009
• Outbreak of E coli O157 is linked to Surrey open farm. 13 Sep 2009
• Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics. 8 Sep 2009
• Editor's note. Error in Table 3 in the paper by Saka and colleagues. 30 Aug 2009
• Population of the United Kingdom. 30 Aug 2009
• The mediating role of time perspective in socio-economic inequalities in smoking and physical activity in older English adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Voluntary and mandatory surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia in England. 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of headache on young people in a school population. 30 Aug 2009
• Drug related deaths continue to rise in the UK. 30 Aug 2009
• Infection-related mortality in children with malignancy in England and Wales, 2003-2005. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'England'

Descriptor UI: D004739

Alternative terms: England;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.542.363.300;

Technical Notes: LONDON is also available