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Risk of second primary cancer among patients with head and neck cancers: A pooled analysis of 13 cancer registries.

13 Nov 2008 The objective of the study was to assess the risk of second primary cancers (SPCs) following a primary head and neck cancer (oral cavity, pharynx and larynx) and the risk of head and neck cancer as a SPC. The present investigation is a multicenter ... Read more...

Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study.

6 Nov 2008 BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that exposure to the natural environment, or so-called green space, has an independent effect on health and health-related behaviours. We postulated that income-related inequality in health would be less pronounced in ... Read more...

Sudden death after myocardial infarction.

3 Nov 2008 CONTEXT: Sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction (MI) has not been assessed recently in the community. Risk stratification for sudden cardiac death after MI commonly relies on baseline characteristics and little is known about the ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Incidence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Risk of second primary cancer among patients with head and neck cancers: A pooled analysis of 13 cancer registries. 13 Nov 2008
• Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: an observational population study. 6 Nov 2008
• Sudden death after myocardial infarction. 3 Nov 2008
• Incidence of early-onset dementias in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. 2 Nov 2008
• Ten-year trends in the incidence and treatment of cardiogenic shock. 2 Nov 2008
• A genomewide screen for chronic rhinosinusitis genes identifies a locus on chromosome 7q. 30 Oct 2008
• Development of the small parts cylinder: lessons learned. 30 Oct 2008
• Lung metastases in neuroblastoma at initial diagnosis: A report from the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) project. 30 Oct 2008
• Prevalence, incidence and clearance of human papillomavirus infection among young primiparous pregnant women in Kampala, Uganda. 30 Oct 2008
• Long-term population-based risks of breast cancer after childhood cancer. 30 Oct 2008
• Cochlear implantation in infants: special surgical and medical aspects. 30 Oct 2008
• The John Insall Award: gender-specific total knee replacement: prospectively collected clinical outcomes. 30 Oct 2008
• Enteric viruses in pediatric diarrhea in Saudi Arabia. 30 Oct 2008
• Change of hepatitis B virus genotypes in acute and chronic infections in Japan. 30 Oct 2008
• Multi-jurisdictional investigation of interactive fountain-associated cryptosporidiosis and salmonellosis outbreaks. 30 Oct 2008
• A retrospective review of 34,109 epidural anesthetics for obstetric and gynecologic procedures at a single private hospital in Turkey. 30 Oct 2008
• Diamond-Blackfan anemia: a ribosomal puzzle. 30 Oct 2008
• Raised incidence rates of all psychoses among migrant groups: findings from the East London first episode psychosis study. 30 Oct 2008
• Effect of a fall in malaria transmission on morbidity and mortality in Kilifi, Kenya. 30 Oct 2008
• Changes in incidence of diabetes mellitus-related eye disease among US elderly persons, 1994-2005. 30 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Incidence'

Definition: The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.

Descriptor UI: D015994

Alternative terms: Incidence; Incidences;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.985.525.375; L01.280.975.525.375; N01.224.935.597.500; N06.850.505.400.975.525.375; N06.850.520.308.985.525.375;

Online Note: use INCIDENCE STUDIES to search INCIDENCE 1989

History Note: 90; was see INCIDENCE STUDIES 1989

Technical Notes: IM GEN only; coord NIM with disease /epidemiol (IM); no qualif; total number of new cases: do not confuse with PREVALENCE, total number of new & old cases; read MeSH definitions; specify geog if pertinent