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| Belgin UnalSummaryAffiliation: Dokuz Eylul University Country: Turkey Publications
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Modelling the decline in coronary heart disease deaths in England and Wales, 1981-2000: comparing contributions from primary prevention and secondary preventionBelgin Unal
Department of Public Health, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, 35340 Izmir, Turkey
BMJ 331:614. 2005....
High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in a Western urban Turkish population: a community-based studyBelgin Unal
Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir Turkey
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 13:9-17. 2013..This paper presents results of the baseline survey that aimed to define CVD risk factors and risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) in the Balçova population...
Comparing primary prevention with secondary prevention to explain decreasing coronary heart disease death rates in Ireland, 1985-2000Zubair Kabir
Harvard School of Public Health, Division of Public Health Practice, Boston, USA
BMC Public Health 7:117. 2007..To investigate whether primary prevention might be more favourable than secondary prevention (risk factor reduction in patients with coronary heart disease(CHD))...- Life-years gained from modern cardiological treatments and population risk factor changes in England and Wales, 1981-2000Belgin Unal
Department of Public Health, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
Am J Public Health 95:103-8. 2005..We estimated life-years gained from cardiological treatments and cardiovascular risk factor changes in England and Wales between 1981 and 2000... 
Small changes in United Kingdom cardiovascular risk factors could halve coronary heart disease mortalityBelgin Unal
Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
J Clin Epidemiol 58:733-40. 2005..The U.K. government recently called for a 40% reduction in cardiovascular disease mortality by 2010. We examined the potential for cardiovascular risk factor changes to achieve that target...- Balcova heart study: rationale and methodology of the Turkish cohortGul Ergor
Department of Public Health, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
Int J Public Health 57:535-42. 2012..Turkey is facing increasing rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The study is designed to meet the growing need to obtain information about the recent status and trends of CVD risk factors and their impact on mortality... - The association of job strain with coronary heart disease and metabolic syndrome in municipal workers in TurkeyYucel Demiral
Department of Public Health, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
J Occup Health 48:332-8. 2006..Job strain may possibly be perceived differently in different cultures and occupations. Future studies may benefit from using a combination of different stress models and more diverse study populations... - Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in England and Wales between 1981 and 2000Belgin Unal
Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, England
Circulation 109:1101-7. 2004..Our study aimed to examine how much of the decrease in England and Wales between 1981 and 2000 could be attributed to medical and surgical treatments and how much to changes in cardiovascular risk factors... - [Do general practitioners diagnose and treat patients with alcohol use problems?]Yildiz Akvardar
Turk Psikiyatri Derg 21:5-13. 2010..To determine the primary health care working general practitioners' knowledge, attitude and behavior towards alcohol use disorders... - An important public health problem: rabies suspected bites and post-exposure prophylaxis in a health district in TurkeyBulent Kilic
Department of Public Health, Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine, 35340 Inciralti Izmir, Turkey
Int J Infect Dis 10:248-54. 2006..The aim of this study was to describe rabies suspected animal bites and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) practices in Narlidere District in Turkey between 1999 and 2001... - Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in self assessed health in TurkeyKaan Sözmen
Narlidere Community Health Center, Ministry of Health of Turkey, Izmir, Narlidere, Turkey
Int J Equity Health 11:73. 2012..This study aimed to measure socioeconomic inequalities in Self Assessed Health (SAH) and evaluate the determinants of such inequalities in terms of their contributions amongst the Turkish population... - Coronary heart disease policy models: a systematic reviewBelgin Unal
Department of Public Health, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
BMC Public Health 6:213. 2006..A variety of models have therefore been developed to try and explain past trends and predict future possibilities. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the strengths and limitations of existing CHD policy models... - Is smokeless tobacco a risk factor for coronary heart disease? A systematic review of epidemiological studiesJulia A Critchley
International Health Research Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 11:101-12. 2004..A systematic review was therefore carried out to highlight the gaps in the evidence base... - Normative data and discriminative properties of short form 36 (SF-36) in Turkish urban populationYucel Demiral
Department of Public Health, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
BMC Public Health 6:247. 2006..The aim of this study was to obtain population norms of the short form 36 (SF-36) health survey and the association of SF-36 domains with demographic and socioeconomic variables in an urban population in Turkey... - [Blood pressure control rate in hypertensive patients and its determining factors in two urban regions of Izmir]Belgin Unal
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 5:248-9; author reply 249-50. 2005 - Life-years-gained from population risk factor changes and modern cardiology treatments in IrelandZubair Kabir
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity College and St James s Hospital Dublin, Ireland
Eur J Public Health 17:193-8. 2007..This study estimated the life-years-gained by CHD treatments and by changes in cardiovascular risk factor levels... - Mortality reductions in patients receiving exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation: how much can be attributed to cardiovascular risk factor improvements?Rod S Taylor
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 13:369-74. 2006.... - Factors influencing emergency department arrival time and in-hospital management of patients with acute myocardial infarctionCuneyt Ayrik
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
Adv Ther 23:244-55. 2006..To reduce such delays, training programs may be advised to focus on these groups of patients. Arrival times to the hospital during AMI can be greatly improved by efficient public education programs targeted to these groups... - Explaining the recent decrease in coronary heart disease mortality rates in Ireland, 1985-2000Kathleen Bennett
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:322-7. 2006..To examine the proportion of the recent decline in coronary heart disease (CHD) deaths in Ireland attributable to (a) "evidence based" medical and surgical treatments, and (b) changes in major cardiovascular risk factors... - [Relationship of socioeconomic status and coronary artery disease]Belgin Unal
Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 4:306-8. 2004