Journal of epidemiology and community health
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Aug 2013
ReviewHurdles to the global antipolio campaign in Pakistan: an outline of the current status and future prospects to achieve a polio free world.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative to eradicate polio completely by the year 2000 has been successful, except for three endemic and some non-endemic countries. Pakistan, one of the three endemic polio reservoirs, is posing a serious threat to the success of the initiative. Currently, the expanded programme on immunisation has been geared to win the race over polio virus in Pakistan. ⋯ Analysis suggested that there is some literature available on the challenges to polio elimination, yet there is not a single publication up to date that considers all the possible hurdles in a single manuscript. This paper sorts out the breaches that hamper the goal of eliminating polio from Pakistan. We have evaluated all the possible barriers and explained them with a perspective that will help develop area specific strategies against polio virus and thus eradicate polio virus from the world.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Jul 2013
Tracking of cardiovascular risk factors across generations: family linkage within the population-based HUNT study, Norway.
Parent-offspring studies have shown that cardiovascular risk factors cluster within families. However, most studies have assessed the offspring cardiovascular risk factor level at a young age, and whether an association persists into the offspring's adult life is less clear. This study linked information between parents and their adult offspring to investigate the intergenerational association of anthropometric measures, blood pressure, blood lipid levels and physical activity. ⋯ The results suggested that cardiovascular risk factors track across generations and persist into the offspring's adult life.
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J Epidemiol Community Health · Jun 2013
Comment Letter Comparative StudySuicide mortality and economic crisis in Greece: men's Achilles' heel.