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Global and regional projections of mortality and burden of disease by cause for the years 2000, 2010, and 2030 were published by Murray and Lopez in 1996 as part of the Global Burden of Disease project...

Cancer incidence and mortality estimates for 25 cancers are presented for the 40 countries in the four United Nations-defined areas of Europe and for the European Union (EU-27) for 2012.

..To compare the hazards of cigarette smoking in men who formed their habits at different periods, and the extent of the reduction in risk when cigarette smoking is stopped at different ages...

..index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) is associated with increased mortality from cardiovascular disease and certain cancers, but the precise relationship between BMI and all-cause ..

..We undertook a meta-analysis to assess the independent and combined associations of eGFR and albuminuria with mortality.

..Causal attribution of morbidity and mortality to risk factors has traditionally been in the context of individual risk factors, often in a limited number of ..

While incidence and mortality rates for most cancers (including lung, colorectum, female breast, and prostate) are decreasing in the United States and many other western countries, they are increasing in several less developed and ..

..an important prognostic factor in patients with cardiovascular disease, but it is uncertain whether it predicts mortality equally well among healthy persons...

..We assessed the health benefits of a range of volumes of physical activity in a Taiwanese population...

..and unpublished data, examining the associations between individual objective measures of physical capability (grip strength, walking speed, chair rising, and standing balance times) and mortality in community dwelling populations.

..detrimental to health, but evidence regarding the independent relationship of total sitting time with all-cause mortality is limited. This study aimed to determine the independent relationship of sitting time with all-cause mortality.

Previous studies may have underestimated the contribution of health behaviors to social inequalities in mortality because health behaviors were assessed only at the baseline of the study.

Despite improvements in mental health services in recent decades, it is unclear whether the risk of mortality in schizophrenia has changed over time.

Many studies have linked weather to mortality; however, role of such critical factors as regional variation, susceptible populations, and acclimatization remain unresolved.

..dialysis, therapy with calcitriol or paricalcitol or other vitamin D agents is associated with reduced mortality. Observational data suggests that low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (25[OH]D) are associated with diabetes mellitus,..

The quality and quantity of individuals' social relationships has been linked not only to mental health but also to both morbidity and mortality.

..Whether these risks have continued to increase during the past 20 years is unclear...

To quantify the association between daily total sitting and all-cause mortality risk and to examine dose-response relationships with and without adjustment for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

b>Mortality resulting from coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and all causes in persons with diabetes and pre-existing CVD is high; however, these risks compared with those with metabolic syndrome (MetS) are ..

The consumption of dairy products may influence the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and total mortality, but conflicting findings have been reported.

..the association of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm (PM(10)) with daily mortality in 16 Chinese cities between 1996 and 2008...

..Previous studies have shown self-reported sedentary time to be associated with mortality; however, no studies have investigated the effect of objectively measured sedentary time on mortality ..

We examine the growing number of studies of survey respondents' global self-ratings of health as predictors of mortality in longitudinal studies of representative community samples. Twenty-seven studies in U.S...

Monitoring the evolution of the cancer burden in Europe is of great value. Estimates of the cancer burden in Europe have been published for 2004 and estimates are now being presented for cancer incidence and mortality in Europe for 2006.

..We aimed to assess an association between telomere length and mortality in 143 normal unrelated individuals over the age of 60 years...

..However, several trials of high-dosage vitamin E supplementation showed non-statistically significant increases in total mortality.

..This year's report includes trends in lung cancer incidence and death rates, tobacco use, and tobacco control by state of residence...

..To illustrate the methodology we use examples of DLNMs to represent the relationship between temperature and mortality, using data from the National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study (NMMAPS) for New York during the ..

..viewing is the most prevalent and pervasive sedentary behavior in industrialized countries and has been associated with morbidity and mortality. However, a systematic and quantitative assessment of published studies is not available.

..Although no comparable effort has been undertaken for adult mortality, the availability of large datasets with information on adult survival from censuses and household surveys ..

Red meat consumption has been associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, its relationship with mortality remains uncertain.

Vitamin D may affect multiple health outcomes. If so, an effect on mortality is to be expected...

..The highest prostate cancer mortality rates are in the Baltic region (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and in Denmark, Norway and Sweden...

..Over the past decade, advances have been made in the care of patients undergoing transplantation. We conducted a study to determine whether these advances have improved the outcomes of transplantation...

Pronounced changes in patterns of health take place in adolescence and young adulthood, but the effects on mortality patterns worldwide have not been reported...

..reported that pulse pressure, an indirect index of arterial stiffening, was an independent risk factor for mortality, a direct relationship between arterial stiffness and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality remained to be ..

Episodes of extremely hot or cold temperatures are associated with increased mortality. Time-series analyses show an association between temperature and mortality across a range of less extreme temperatures...

..Adherence to a Mediterranean diet may improve longevity, but relevant data are limited...

Epidemiological studies have indicated an inverse association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and coronary heart disease (CHD) or all-cause mortality in healthy participants.

..Therefore, we examined the relationship between urinary albumin excretion and all-cause mortality and mortality caused by cardiovascular (CV) disease and non-CV disease in the general population.

..effects meta-analysis and meta-regression designed to assess the association between unemployment and all-cause mortality among working-age persons...

..Although incident cardiac complications occur in patients with community-acquired pneumonia, their incidence, timing, risk factors, and associations with short-term mortality are not well understood.

Our systematic review has demonstrated that antioxidant supplements may increase mortality. We have now updated this review.

Optimal levels of vitamin D have been a topic of heavy debate, and the correlation between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and mortality still remains to be established.

Studies in urban cities have consistently shown evidence of increased mortality in association with hot and cold weather. However, few studies have examined temperature-mortality relationship in the rural areas of developing countries...

..is a key first stage for calculation of the burden of disease in order to constrain estimates of cause-specific mortality and to measure premature mortality in populations...

People with severe mental illness (SMI) appear to have an elevated risk of death from cardiovascular disease, but results regarding cancer mortality are conflicting.

..The combination of the national registries was found to be a valid and powerful tool for monitoring the population incidence of MI...

..We aimed to quantify the potential combined impact of four health behaviours on mortality in men and women living in the general community.

..Devastating health effects from recent heat waves, and projected increases in frequency, duration, and severity of heat waves from climate change, highlight the importance of understanding health consequences of heat waves...

Although interest in assessing the impacts of temperature on mortality has increased, few studies have used a case-crossover design to examine nonlinear and distributed lag effects of temperature on mortality...

Studies of the association between obesity, and total mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have shown contradictory results...

..Although differential mortality decline for cardiovascular diseases has been suggested as an important contributory factor, it is not known what ..

This review examines recent evidence on mortality from elevated ambient temperature for studies published from January 2001 to December 2008.

Developing countries are undergoing demographic transition with a shift from high mortality caused by communicable diseases (CD) to lower mortality rates caused by non-communicable diseases (NCD)...

..of testosterone therapy are increasing and the effects of testosterone therapy on cardiovascular outcomes and mortality are unknown...

..of measurement errors in the log-linear regression used for time-series studies of particulate air pollution and mortality and identify three main components of error...

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There are few data on long-term mortality following osteoporotic fracture and fewer following subsequent fracture.

..n = 40807) in the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study (MDCS) were compared with regard to cancer incidence and mortality. MDCS participants were also compared with participants in a mailed health survey with regard to subjective ..

b>Mortality during sustained periods of hot weather is generally regarded as being in excess of what would be predicted from smooth temperature-mortality gradients estimated using standard time-series regression models...

Ambient temperature is an important determinant of daily mortality that is of interest both in its own right and as a confounder of other determinants investigated using time-series regressions, in particular, air pollution...

b>Mortality in HIV-infected patients who have access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) has declined in sub-Saharan Africa, but it is unclear how mortality compares to the non-HIV-infected population...

This study describes heat- and cold-related mortality in 12 urban populations in low- and middle-income countries, thereby extending knowledge of how diverse populations, in non-OECD countries, respond to temperature extremes.

Comparisons among countries can help to identify opportunities for the reduction of inequalities in health. We compared the magnitude of inequalities in mortality and self-assessed health among 22 countries in all parts of Europe.

..There have been few evaluations of access to green space on mortality. This paper describes a cohort study of approximately 575,000 adults, 35 years of age and older, who resided in ..

Cancer deaths of China with the world population nearly a quarter will have a severe impact on global cancer trend and burden. The study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of long-term trends in cancer mortality in China.

The analysis of cancer trends in Japan has only been sporadically reported. We present a comprehensive report on the trends in cancer incidence and mortality in Japan using the most recent population-based data.

Recent decades have seen very large declines in coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality across most of Europe, partly due to declines in risk factors such as smoking...

Influenza vaccination policy in most high-income countries attempts to reduce the mortality burden of influenza by targeting people aged at least 65 years for vaccination. However, the effectiveness of this strategy is under debate...

Observational studies report that influenza vaccination reduces winter mortality risk from any cause by 50% among the elderly...

Unemployment is associated with increased risk of mortality. It is, however, not clear to what extent this is causal, or whether other risk factors remain uncontrolled for...

To compare the risk of mortality of nonagenarian siblings with that of sporadic nonagenarians (not selected on having a nonagenarian sibling) and to compare the prevalence of morbidity in their offspring with that of the offsprings' ..

To assess the effect of home based telehealth interventions on the use of secondary healthcare and mortality.

..We investigated how economic changes have affected mortality rates over the past three decades and identified how governments might reduce adverse effects.

b>Mortality from coronary heart disease in the United States has decreased substantially in recent decades...

Epidemiologic studies show that high temperatures are related to mortality, but little is known about the exposure-response function and the lagged effect of heat...

..walking, and cycling for transportation, as well as the effect of overall nonexercise physical activity, on mortality in the Shanghai Women's Health Study (1997-2004)...

Medication nonadherence may reduce the effectiveness of therapies. To our knowledge, the association between medication nonadherence and mortality remains unexplored outside the context of clinical trials.

..ozone to adverse health outcomes, the effect of long-term exposure to ozone on air pollution-related mortality remains uncertain...

..distress, the physical demands of caregiving, and biological vulnerabilities of older caregivers may compromise their physiological functioning and increase their risk for physical health problems, leading to increased mortality.

..This is the first study in a programme to investigate international survival disparities, with the aim of informing health policy to raise standards and reduce inequalities in survival...

..relationships of television viewing or other screen-based entertainment ("screen time") with all-cause mortality and clinically confirmed cardiovascular disease (CVD) events...

..Several studies have suggested that depression is associated with an increased risk of stroke; however, the results are inconsistent...

The dose-response relation between physical activity and all-cause mortality is not well defined at present...

Empirical studies on the association between self-rated health (SRH) and subsequent mortality are generally lacking in low- and middle-income countries...

To describe the impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on mortality rates among adults participating in an HIV community cohort study in north-west Tanzania.

Few European studies have investigated the effects of long-term exposure to both fine particulate matter (≤ 2.5 µm; PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on mortality.

Numerous studies have reported the association between ambient temperature and mortality. However, few multicity studies have been conducted in subtropical regions in developing countries...

Available evidence on the effects of vitamin D on mortality has been inconclusive. In a recent systematic review, we found evidence that vitamin D3 may decrease mortality in mostly elderly women...

..In order to evaluate the effectiveness of those measures, the observed excess mortality during the 2006 heat wave was compared to the expected excess mortality.

Indexes of diet quality have been shown to be associated with decreased risk of mortality in several countries...

The Mediterranean diet has been associated with reduced mortality; few studies have investigated the combined impact of the Mediterranean diet with other modifiable lifestyle factors.

Hot and cold temperatures significantly increase mortality rates around the world, but which measure of temperature is the best predictor of mortality is not known...

..We report here on the rationale, design, and implementation of the world's largest prospective study of the causes and correlates of mortality.

Physical activity, diet, smoking, and alcohol consumption have been shown to be related to mortality. We examined prospectively the individual and combined influence of these risk factors on total and cause-specific mortality.

Much debate remains regarding why certain countries experience dramatically higher winter mortality. Potential causative factors other than cold exposure have rarely been analysed...

We evaluated temperature-related morbidity and mortality for the 2007 U.S. national assessment on impacts of climate change and variability on human health.

..In the West African nation of Mali, malaria is indeed the lead killer disease. Nationwide, infant mortality rate is estimated to be 149 per thousand live births while the mortality rate for neonates (age 0-28 days) is ..

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..Hence, limiting this injury is of paramount importance for reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with ischemic heart disease...

..renal function or long term renal function via creatinine clearance and MAG3 nuclear renal scan and e) mortality. Efficacy will be determined by comparing treatment and controls with respect to the objective response rate ..

..or aneurysmal vascular changes is based upon watchful surveillance with potential high associated morbidity and mortality. Even with treatment, disease can progress and recur with cessation of treatment...

..blood donors and the screening of donated blood for various serological markers have significantly reduced the mortality and morbidity due to transfusion-associated infectious agents...

..Farmers were found to be at elevated risk for prostate cancer in a study of mortality in 24 states...

..Farmers were found to be at elevated risk for prostate cancer in a study of mortality in 24 states...

..Young children in malaria endemic areas of Africa have the highest mortality because of their immature immune systems...

..In particular asthma has become an important cause of school absenteeism, hospitalization and mortality among populations living in poverty in the cities of the United States...

..As mortality continues to decline, the focus of clinical care has turned to the identification and prevention of treatment-..

..fractures resulting from osteoporosis lead to significant health costs, morbidity, loss of mobility, and often mortality in aged individuals...

..disease risk in these individuals, although the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and attributable mortality appear to be greater than that encountered in the general population...

..born infants can result in respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the U.S...

..MS generally causes cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States. Insulin resistance is a central component defining the MS...

..without stenting in controlling arterial pressure, decreasing cardiac or renal events, or reducing morbidity and mortality remain unproven and controversial. Surgical intervention and inhibition of angiotensin II carry substantial risk...

..package PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Project narrative: Dysregulation of body weight is associated with significant mortality in the United States and world wide...

..injury and hypovolemic circulatory collapse, multiple organ failure (MOF) is the most important contributor to mortality. Acute lung injury (ALI) precedes the development of MOF in 83% of cases, occurs in up to 37% of patients ..

..S. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in diabetes...

..Thrombosis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in APS and SLE patients with aPL Abs. APL Abs antibodies recognize domain I (DI) of 22glycoprotein I (22GPI)...

..for cancer and death ascertainment to determine if the screening regimen results in reduced disease-specific mortality. Baseline information including demographic characteristics, known risk factors for the cancers under study, and ..

..for cancer and death ascertainment to determine if the screening regimen results in reduced disease-specific mortality. Baseline information including demographic characteristics, known risk factors for the cancers under study, and ..

..to alcoholic heart disease in women is exacerbated by evidence indicating that post-menopausal women have higher mortality rates after myocardial infarction vs aged men, and it is unclear whether the effects of aging and estrogen (E2) ..

..shunt, 2) duration of mechanical ventilation, 3) length of hospitalization, and 4) all-cause 30 and 365 day mortality. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a major medical complication following lung ..

..PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Septic shock resulting from acute bowel perforation and infection is a major cause of mortality. At present, there is no approved therapy for this condition and prognosis is uniformly poor...

..syndrome and is a probable mechanism of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the main cause of infant mortality in industrialized countries (5 per thousand live births)...

..in long-term adverse effects on cardiovascular risk, there is likely to be an increase in veteran morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease...

..non- alcoholic fatty liver disease and autoimmune hepatitis have been shown to cause substantial morbidity and mortality among Alaska Native persons...

..ventricular (RV) contractile failure from acute pulmonary hypertension is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in conditions such as massive pulmonary embolism, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, and following ..

..advanced KS generally characterized as an advanced disseminated cancer with increased morbidity and mortality is treated with systemic chemotherapy...

..by applicant): Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is an acute lung injury that contributes to morbidity and mortality following lung transplantation (LTX)...

..The findings of the proposed study will have great impact on reducing incidence and mortality of lung and liver cancers in humans.

..Reducing infant mortality is one of the Millennium Development Goals, so the public health importance of understanding and minimizing ..

..1436C?T sequence variant also have the highest rates of infant mortality in Alaska. Based on these observations the investigators hypothesize that homozygosity for the c...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the United States and throughout the world, cancer incidence and mortality has increased dramatically in both developed and developing nations. Cancer causes ~13% of human deaths with 7...

..It also is 4-5 times more common in African Americans and Hispanics than Caucasians, and morbidity and mortality are greater in African Americans/Hispanics with lupus...

..functionality leading to a decrease in quality of life, poor response to anti-cancer therapies and increased mortality. Currently there is no effective way to treat cachexia...

..deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) more effectively reduce tumor burden, the time to onset, rate of occurrence and mortality compared to individual encapsulated siRNAs in a nitrosamine induced bladder cancer model...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A cluster of metabolic phenotypes known as metabolic syndrome has been established as a major risk factor for CAD...

..The mortality of NEC ranges from 10% to 50%, approaching 100% for neonates with severe forms of the disease characterized by ..

..PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Anemia is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in chronically ill patients, and the anemia of chronic disease (ACD) is the major etiology of this anemia...

..has become recognized as a plausible and cost-effective alternative approach to reduce the morbidity and mortality of PCa...

..a person's risk for kidney disease, stroke, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure and overall mortality. Reducing blood pressure to normal levels decreases the morbidity and mortality associated with hypertension, ..

..In contrast, GI radiation syndrome remains poorly treatable resulting in significant mortality and reduced quality of life for survivors...

..However, CF ferrets have high perinatal mortality from abnormal intestinal and pancreatic function, altered glucose and lipid metabolism, and lung infections...

..primary immune defects are found in humans of all ages, leading to characteristic complications and significant mortality. While there have been amazing advances in the understanding many conditions, the more prevalent immune defects ..

..Proposed Research: SSc is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary involvement is the primary cause of SSc-related death...

..and when they do breastfeed, it is for significantly shorter durations on average, experience a disproportionate mortality from the same illnesses that are known to be reduced if one breastfeeds...

..Birth defects constitute a major public health concern in the world today and are the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States...

..The direct cost associated with this significant morbidity and mortality has been estimated to be 1.4 billion US dollars annually...

..associated with, or predict, enhanced risk of frailty, loss of muscle mass and strength, disability, and early mortality, as well as acute and chronic cognitive decline, development of Alzheimer's disease, and drug- and stress-..

..mainly from fish-oil) based upon purported effects that include: reduction in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, reduction in cerebrovascular disease and stroke, preservation of vision, and slowing of cognitive decline ..

..is an increased incidence of low bone mass and fractures and coronary artery calcification and cardiovascular mortality compared to the general population...

..Project Narrative In the United States, heart failure affects more than 4 million people, who display 6-year mortality rates of greater than 65% once failure develops...

..incidence has declined from about 60 per 100,000 in 1975 to ~ 50 per 100,000 in 2004, and the decrease in USA mortality has recently accelerated (i.e...

..diagnosed as Bronchiolitis obliterans Syndrome (BOS), is the most significant long term cause of morbidity and mortality following human lung transplantation (LTx)...

..PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Tuberculosis is a leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide...

..The affected infants are hypoxemic and have increased risks of mortality and long-term disabilities...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hypertension (HTN) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, contributing to cardiovascular disease, stroke, and end stage kidney disease...

..93 per 1,000 discharges in 2000 to 30.59 in 2007 ( 14%). Consequently, the attendant rises in morbidity and mortality present a significant challenge to our health care system...

..West Nile virus (WNV) and Dengue (DEN1-4) viruses that cause serious illnesses with considerable morbidity and mortality. These viruses, in addition to flu-like symptoms, can cause hemorrhagic fevers (YFV and DEN) or encephalitis and/..

Liver damage and failure due to various forms of hepatic injury is a significant source of overall morbidity and mortality in the US and worldwide...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Autoimmune diseases in aggregate represent a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite apparent clinical heterogeneity among human autoimmune diseases, the potential for shared pathogenetic ..

..has been estimated that >750,000 cases of severe sepsis occur annually in the United States, with a hospital mortality rate of ~35%. This number continues to grow annually...

..Summary/Abstract Myocardial infarction and resulting congestive heart failure remain the number one cause of mortality in the United States and affect the aging veteran population particularly...

..Although the early phase of this new pandemic has been associated with mild morbidity and low mortality, a significant numbers of patients have died in the U.S. and world-wide. The second reported death in the U.S...

..and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are amongst the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality in the USA. Although treatments for these disorders are available they are less than adequate...

..In the United States, prematurity is the second leading cause of infant mortality and the leading cause of infant mortality for African Americans...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Background: Virtually all heat-related morbidity/mortality (HRMM) is preventable, yet extreme heat events (EHE) remain the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the United States...

..in Botswana, as well as studies of other aspects of HIV epidemiology and infant infectious disease morbidity and mortality. The candidate plans to pursue an independent career in HIV and TB epidemiology and clinical trials...

..Excess mortality for cancer of the lung, kidney and ureter, rectum and colon, and skin has also been reported...

..Hepatic I/R contributes significantly to multiple organ failure and mortality. Although various modalities and substances have been studied to reduce hepatic I/R-induced mortality, none have ..

..in the location of high-risk infant deliveries towards mid-level hospitals and up to 100% higher risk adjusted mortality rates for high-risk infants born in mid-level hospitals compared to high-level hospitals...

The primary goal of the proposed study is to examine the relationship between race and infant mortality in the context of a general model of risk factors for infant mortality...

..of screening modalities such as chest x-ray and sputum cytology have not demonstrated any impact on lung cancer mortality. Therefore, without effective screening or substantive improvements in effective therapies little progress has ..

..For example, according to a MEDLINE search, well over 700 articles on the association between income and mortality have appeared since 1990, not including analyses that only included income as an adjustment variable...

..at greater risk of life-threatening respiratory and gastrointestinal conditions that account for much of the mortality in early infancy...

..CHD is the leading cause of CVD mortality in America, and Mississippi has the highest overall CVD mortality rate in the nation...

..and the source of differences in these outcomes. The outcomes pertain to birthweight, low birthweight, neonatal mortality, and birthweight- and cause-specific postneonatal mortality...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Screening for breast cancer reduces mortality. Following the implementation of screening programs, European studies have shown that the incidence of early-stage and in situ breast cancers increased ..

..risk of death, our hypothesis is that an impaired heart-rate recovery is a powerful and independent predictor of mortality. Our group recently published the first report linking heart-rate recovery to long-term mortality in the New ..

..of screening modalities such as chest x-ray and sputum cytology have not demonstrated any impact on lung cancer mortality. Therefore, without effective screening or substantive improvements in effective therapies little progress has ..

..6-cities and American Cancer Society) showed significant excess annual total, cardiopulmonary, and lung cancer mortality in proportion to annual average fine particle mass concentration (PM2.5) and/or sulfate aerosol concentration...

There has been little study of occupational mortality in Hispanic populations, despite evidence that Hispanics have greater potential for hazardous exposures in some occupations, and evidence that Hispanics have unusually high rates for ..