Iceland - Epidemiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Surgery for coarctation of the aorta in Iceland 1990-2006]

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a congenital narrowing of the aorta, distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery. Treatment consists of surgical excision but balloon angioplasty is also a treatment option for selected ... Read more...

[General health in Icelandic farmers]

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: There is a limited information on the general health of Icelandic farmers. It has been suggested that it might be worse than among other professions. This is thought to be in part because of the unique work environment of farmers.The ... Read more...

[Reoperation for bleeding following open heart surgery in Iceland]

30 Aug 2009 INTRODUCTION: Postoperative bleeding is a common and potentially fatal complication following open heart surgery, studies reporting a reoperation rate for bleeding in the range of 2-6%. Surgical outcome after such reoperations has not been ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Iceland - Epidemiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Surgery for coarctation of the aorta in Iceland 1990-2006] 29 Sep 2009
• [General health in Icelandic farmers] 29 Sep 2009
• [Reoperation for bleeding following open heart surgery in Iceland] 30 Aug 2009
• [The prevalence of mental disorders in the Greater-Reykjavik area] 30 Aug 2009
• From epidemiology to lysyl oxidase like one (LOXL1) polymorphisms discovery: phenotyping and genotyping exfoliation syndrome and exfoliation glaucoma in Iceland. 30 Jul 2009
• Incidence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• Genetic basis of bilateral renal cancer: implications for evaluation and management. 11 Jul 2009
• [In-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation at Landspitali University Hospital in Reykjavik] 29 Jun 2009
• [Multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Iceland--case series and review of the literature] 29 Jun 2009
• Genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes: recent progress and clinical implications. 30 May 2009
• [Migraine-diagnosis and treatment in family practice] 30 May 2009
• [Colon cancer in Iceland 1955-2004. Study on epidemiology, histopathology and gender difference] 30 May 2009
• [Incidence of colon cancer in Iceland is increasing, screening is urgent] 30 May 2009
• Lifelong cancer incidence in 47,697 patients treated for childhood cancer in the Nordic countries. 24 May 2009
• The neighborhood effects of disrupted family processes on adolescent substance use. 18 May 2009
• Pseudoexfoliation in the reykjavik eye study: five-year incidence and changes in related ophthalmologic variables. 7 May 2009
• Unfavourable risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus are already apparent more than a decade before onset in a population-based study of older persons: from the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study (AGES-Reykjavik). 30 Apr 2009
• Trends in prevalence and characteristics of cerebral palsy among Icelandic children born 1990 to 2003. 29 Apr 2009
• Preventing cerebral palsy: hidden improvements. 29 Apr 2009
• [Trends in body weight and diabetes in forty years in Iceland] 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Iceland'

Descriptor UI: D007055

Alternative terms: Iceland;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.542.433;