Esophageal damages in systemic sclerodermaValbona Duraj
Rheumatology Unit, University Hospital Center Mother Teresa, Tirana, Albania
Med Arh 61:47-8. 2007
..to assess the prevalence of esophageal damages and the associations with skin and immunological alterations in patients with scleroderma...
- The health effects of emigration on those who remain at home
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Int J Epidemiol 36:1265-72. 2007
..Our aim was to assess the association of spouse and offspring emigration with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Albania, a country which is undergoing a particularly rapid socio-economic transition accompanied by intensive emigration...
- Factors associated with spousal physical violence in Albania: cross sectional study
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana, St Dibres, N 371, Tirana, Albania
BMJ 331:197-201. 2005
..To describe the prevalence of intimate partner violence and associated factors among married women in Albania...
- Financial loss in pyramid savings schemes, downward social mobility and acute coronary syndrome in transitional Albania
G Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
J Epidemiol Community Health 62:620-6. 2008
..The authors' aim was to assess the association of financial loss and social mobility with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) 6-9 years after the precipitous collapse...
- Regional collaboration in public health training and research among countries of South Eastern Europe
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana University, Albania
Eur J Public Health 15:97-9. 2005
..A regional approach in public health training would enable an efficient use of resources in countries of South East Europe...
- Religious affiliation and acute coronary syndrome: a population-based case-control study in Tirana, Albania
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Eur J Public Health 18:329-34. 2008
..Our aim was to assess the association of religious affiliation (Muslim versus Christian) with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Albania, a predominantly Muslim country in Southeast Europe...
- Religious observance and acute coronary syndrome in predominantly Muslim Albania: a population-based case-control study in Tirana
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Mother Teresa, Tirana, Albania
Ann Epidemiol 18:937-45. 2008
..We aimed to assess the association of religious observance with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in a predominantly Muslim population...
- Does knowledge about sexually transmitted infections increase the likelihood of consistent condom use?
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Prev Med 39:1077-9. 2004
..We aimed to assess the association between knowledge about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and consistent condom use among university students controlling for selected socio-demographic factors...
- Conventional risk factors and acute coronary syndrome during a period of socioeconomic transition: population-based case-control study in Tirana, Albania
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Croat Med J 48:225-33. 2007
..To assess the association between conventional risk factors and acute coronary syndrome in Albania, a transitional country in Southeast Europe...
- Over 8 hours of sleep--marker of increased mortality in Mediterranean population: follow-up population study
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Tirana University Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Croat Med J 44:193-8. 2003
..To investigate night and total sleep duration in relation to all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality, controlling for recognized predictors of mortality in a population where the practice of siesta is common...
- Knowledge and attitude of undergraduate students towards sexually transmitted infections in Tirana, Albania
Genc Burazeri
Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Croat Med J 44:86-91. 2003
..To assess the knowledge and attitude of undergraduate students in Tirana, Albania, towards sexually transmitted infections (STI)...
- Sexual practices of undergraduate students in Tirana, Albania
Genc Burazeri
Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Croat Med J 44:80-5. 2003
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- Television viewing, leisure-time exercise and acute coronary syndrome in transitional Albania
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Prev Med 47:112-5. 2008
..To assess the association of leisure-time exercise and television (TV) viewing, a sedentary marker, with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in Albania, a transitional country in Southeast Europe...
- Factors of cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes and incipient nephropathy
E Nelaj
Department of Internal Medicine, UHC Mother Teresa Tirane, Albania
Hippokratia 12:221-4. 2008
..The aim of our study is to assess the relationship between microalbuminuria and the other risk factors in diabetics and their prevalence...
- Magnitude and fatality from road accidents among children in Tirana, Albania
Gentiana Qirjako
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Med Arh 62:100-1. 2008
..To describe the prevalence of road accidents among children 1-14 years in Tirana, the capital city of Albania...
- Factors associated with fatal traffic accidents in Tirana, Albania: cross-sectional study
Gentiana Qirjako
Faculty of Medicine, Rr Dibres No 371, Tirana, Albania
Croat Med J 49:734-40. 2008
..To assess the prevalence of fatal road traffic accidents in Tirana, Albania, and describe their determinants...
- Public health training in Albania: long way toward a school of public health
Enver Roshi
Faculty of Medicine, Tirana Universit, St Dibres, N 370, Tirana, Albania
Croat Med J 43:503-7. 2002
..To assess the needs for a school of public health in Albania, where health system has been going through difficult periods of transition after the collapse of the communist regime and its "Soviet" health system in 1991...
- Building public health associations in the transition countries of south-eastern Europe: the example of Albania
Enver Roshi
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Eur J Public Health 16:244-6. 2006
..Furthermore, the existence of a regional public health association would make feasible the establishment of a scientific public health journal for south-east Europe in the English language...
- Myocardial infarction and religion: hospital-based case-control study in Tirana, Albania
Enver Roshi
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Rr Dibres, N 371, Tirana, Albania
Croat Med J 46:977-83. 2005
..To assess the association between religion, Muslim vs Christian, and myocardial infarction in the population of Tirana, capital of Albania...
- Revitalization of academic medicine in Albania
Enver Roshi
Dibres, No 371, Tirana, Albania
Croat Med J 46:10-5. 2005
..These young and well-trained faculty members will provide the critical mass of future academicians required to develop a modern medical school in Tirana...
- Information about sexually transmitted diseases among undergraduate students in Tirana, Albania
Llukan Rrumbullaku
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, St Dibres, N 371, Tirana, Albania
Med Arh 64:183-6. 2010
..Our aim was to assess the level of information about STDs obtained from selected sources and its association with socio-demographic characteristics among undergraduate students in Tirana, Albania...
- Partner's smoking status and acute coronary syndrome: population-based case-control study in Tirana, Albania
Gerhard Sulo
Faculty of Medicine, Rr Dibres No 371, Tirana, Albania
Croat Med J 49:751-6. 2008
..To assess the association between partners' smoking status and acute coronary syndrome in never smokers in Albania...
- Anthropometric indices and gastro-esophageal reflux disease in adult population in Tirana, Albania
Bledar Kraja
Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania
Med Arh 62:139-41. 2008
..To assess the association of Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) with anthropometric indices [body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (W/H)] in the adult population of Tirana, the Albanian capital...
- Survey of attitudes and knowledge about science in medical students in southeast Europe
Genc Burazeri
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana University, Tirana, Albania
BMJ 331:195-6. 2005
- Siesta and mortality in a Mediterranean population: a community study in Jerusalem
Genc Burazeri
Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
Sleep 26:578-84. 2003
..Nevertheless, the data are also compatible with long siestas conferring excess risk. However, without persuasive data, recommendations related to this traditional practice should not be made...
- Curriculum development for schools of public health
Theodore H Tulchinsky
Department of Social Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, P.O.B. 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Public Health Rev 30:119-30. 2002
- Health status and mortality in Holocaust survivors living in Jerusalem 40-50 years later
Chen Collins
District Health Office, 86 Jaffa Road, Jerusalem, 94341, Israel
J Trauma Stress 17:403-11. 2004
..A 10-year mortality follow-up that terminated in April 1996 showed no significant association with Holocaust exposure. Long-term Holocaust survivors may represent a selective resilient group...
