LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF URBAN MALARIA IN A COHORT OF UGANDAN CHILDREN: DESCRIPTION OF STUDY SITE, CENSUS AND RECRUITMENT

Longitudinal study of urban malaria in a cohort of Ugandan children: description of study site, census and recruitment

Abstract Background Studies of malaria in well-defined cohorts offer important data about the epidemiology of this complex disease, but few have been done in urban African populations.To generate a sampling frame for a longitudinal study of malaria incidence and treatment in Kampala, Uganda, a census, mapping and survey project was conducted.Method

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An evaluation of the impact of patient cost sharing for antihypertensive medications on adherence, medication and health care utilization, and expenditures

Jacqueline A Pesa1, Jill Van Den Bos2, Travis Gray2, Colleen Hartsig2, Robert Brett McQueen3, Joseph J Saseen3, Kavita V Nair31Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Louisville, CO, USA; 2Milliman, Inc, Denver, CO, USA; 3University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USAObjective: To assess the impact of patient cost-sharing for antihyperten

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Cultural Islam in Northern Europe

In this study, we aim to analyse the position of cultural Islam in Northern European countries.To this end, we examine publications in major print media.Content analysis of relevant publications gives a detailed picture of narratives produced in mass consciousness as a reaction to the presence of Islam at the local and regional level and makes it p

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Toward an application of automatic evaluation system for central facial palsy using two simple evaluation indices in emergency medicine

Abstract A stroke is a medical emergency and thus requires immediate treatment.Paramedics should accurately assess suspected stroke patients and promptly transport them to a hospital with stroke care facilities; however, current assessment procedures rely on subjective visual assessment.We aim to develop an automatic evaluation system dr brown japa

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