Angola, 1990-2000

Auckland paediatric liver transplant experience 1990-2000.

AIMS New Zealand is establishing its own Paediatric Liver Transplant Service. However there have been no readily available data on the experience of New Zealand paediatric transplant recipients to date. The aim of our study was to determine numbers and indications for transplant at present, current outcomes and to estimate the likely demand for the service in the future. METHODS A retrospecti...

The 1990 and 2000 Census Adjustment Plans

A revised plan for the 2000 Decennial Census was announced in a 24 February 1999 Bureau of the Census publication and a press statement b y K. Prewitt, Director of the Bureau of the Census. Census 2000 will include counts and adjusted" counts. The adjustments involve complicated procedures and calculations on data from a sample of blocks, extrapolated throughout the country to demographic group...

in Britain : exploring the extent of change 1990 – 2000

1990-2000: progress in determining high blood pressure genes.

INTRODUCTION This article attempts to summarise the genetic research that has taken place during the past decade to determine the identity of genes causing high blood pressure. METHODS Candidate gene studies and genome-wide scanning have been the methods primarily employed, and studies have been performed in both experimental models (rats and mice) and human volunteers (sibling-pairs and case...

Increasing educational disparities in premature adult mortality, Wisconsin, 1990-2000.

CONTEXT Public health agencies have identified the elimination of health disparities as a major policy objective. OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study is to assess changes in the association between education and premature adult mortality in Wisconsin, 1990-2000. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS Wisconsin death records (numerators) and US Census data (denominators) were compiled to es...