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Saturday, November 21, 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...

Richard Lower (1631-1691): acknowledging his notable contributions to the exploration of the nervous system. Historical vignette.

30 Oct 2009 Richard Lower (1631-1691), an anatomist and physician, was born in St. Tudy, Cornwall, England, and became an avid follower of William Harvey and a pupil to Sir Thomas Willis. Unfortunately, little is written of his contributions to the study of the ... Read more...

Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency.

30 Oct 2009 We reviewed and classified all patient safety incidents submitted from critical care units in England and Wales to the National Patient Safety Agency for the first quarter of 2008. A total of 6649 incidents were submitted from 141 organisations ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'England'

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
• Richard Lower (1631-1691): acknowledging his notable contributions to the exploration of the nervous system. Historical vignette. 30 Oct 2009
• Review of patient safety incidents submitted from Critical Care Units in England & Wales to the UK National Patient Safety Agency. 30 Oct 2009
• Difficult and failed intubation in 3430 obstetric general anaesthetics. 30 Oct 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
• Pay for performance and quality of care in England. 20 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
• Knowledge of drinking guidelines does not equal sensible drinking. 8 Oct 2009
• Public accountability in addiction treatment. 8 Oct 2009
• Audit shows large regional variations in uptake of breast reconstruction after mastectomy. 5 Oct 2009
• Nuclear reprogramming in eggs. 29 Sep 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
• Experimental pretesting of hand-washing interventions in a natural setting. 29 Sep 2009
• Are transient environmental agents involved in the cause of primary biliary cirrhosis? Evidence from space-time clustering analysis. 29 Sep 2009
• Reliability of patient responses in pay for performance schemes: analysis of national General Practitioner Patient Survey data in England. 27 Sep 2009
• Evaluation of bowel cancer registration data in England, 1996-2004. 20 Sep 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