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Great Britain - Epidemiology
Research News and Information
Saturday, November 21, 2009
13 Nov 2009 
Second primary neoplasms (SPNs) are a recognised late effect of treatment for childhood cancer. Thyroid SPNs can develop after exposure to low-dose radiation, due to the radio-sensitivity of the thyroid gland. The British Childhood Cancer Survivor ... Read more...
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza: experience from the critical care unit.
30 Oct 2009 This case series details experience of critical care admissions with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza from an intensive care unit in the West Midlands. We present four critically ill patients admitted with severe hypoxia. Two of the patients failed a ... Read more...
A national survey of support and counselling after maternal death.
30 Oct 2009 The 2000-2002 Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health report highlighted several cases of maternal death where the staff who had been involved, were not offered support. The report recommended that 'Trusts must make provision for the ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Great Britain - Epidemiology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Risk of thyroid cancer in survivors of childhood cancer: results from the British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 13 Nov 2009
- Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza: experience from the critical care unit. 30 Oct 2009
- A national survey of support and counselling after maternal death. 30 Oct 2009
- An observational cohort study of triage for critical care provision during pandemic influenza: 'clipboard physicians' or 'evidenced based medicine'? 30 Oct 2009
- An unacceptable slur?
29 Oct 2009 - UK to develop a national strategy for liver disease. 29 Oct 2009
- Children in deprived areas at most risk of road injuries. 24 Oct 2009
- NCEPOD report on acute kidney injury-must do better. 22 Oct 2009
- Alcohol use in South Asians in the UK. 18 Oct 2009
- Prevalence and incidence of Wegener's granulomatosis in the UK general practice research database. 13 Oct 2009
- Predicting persistent low back pain in schoolchildren: a prospective cohort study. 13 Oct 2009
- The prevalence of psoriatic arthritis in people with psoriasis. 13 Oct 2009
- New horizons for mental health in the UK. 8 Oct 2009
- Unemployment and suicide: is alcohol the missing link? 8 Oct 2009
- Relative preservation of MMSE scores in autopsy-proven dementia with Lewy bodies. 4 Oct 2009
- Dealing with the ethical dimension of dementia care. Oct 2009
- Experimental aspects of copy number variant assays at CCL3L1. 29 Sep 2009
- A population-based epidemiologic study of Helicobacter pylori infection and its association with systemic inflammation. 29 Sep 2009
- Methodological challenges in evaluating the effectiveness of women's crisis houses compared with psychiatric wards: findings from a pilot patient preference RCT. 29 Sep 2009
- Use of car crashes resulting in fatal and serious injuries to analyze a safe road transport system model and to identify system weaknesses. 29 Sep 2009
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Technical information about 'Great Britain'
Descriptor UI: D006113
Alternative terms: Great Britain; United Kingdom; Isle of Man;
Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;
Tree Number: Z01.542.363;
Technical Notes: = ENGLAND; SCOTLAND & WALES strictly speaking; UNITED KINGDOM = GREAT BRITAIN + NORTHERN IRELAND, strictly speaking; available also are CHANNEL ISLANDS (see there for available X refs) & HEBRIDES