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Department of Biology, Section of Ecology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland Departments of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa School of Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, United Kingdom Institute of Systematic Biology, University of Daugavpils, LV-540, Daugavpils, Latvia Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tar...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence and correlates of self-reported genital warts (GWs) among women and men aged 18-45 years in the Baltic countries. METHODS In 2011-2013 we performed a cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire to collect information on the history of clinically diagnosed GWs, sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behaviour. Probability sampling met...

The incidence of congenital heart diseases (CHD) is 8–12 per 1000 live born infants (Hofman et al., 2002). Coarctation of the aorta (AoCo), narrowing of the descending aorta usually just distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery, is a relatively common congenital heart disease. It accounts for 6–10% of CHD (Lindinger et al., 2010) with prevalence approximately 3.6 (2.9–4.9)/10.000 newb...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study is to evaluate the incidence and phenotype-genotype characteristics of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndromes in Latvia in order to develop the basis of clinical management for patients and their relatives affected by this syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 2002-2004 in two Latvian oncology hospitals (Liepãja Oncology Hospital and Daugavpils Oncology ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to describe the magnitude of educational inequalities in utilisation of general practitioner (GP) and specialist services in 9 European countries. In addition to West European countries, we have included 3 Eastern European countries: Hungary, Estonia and Latvia. To cover the gap in knowledge we pay a special attention to the magnitude of inequalities among pa...