BACKGROUND The impact factor (IF) is a common citation metric used for evaluating and comparing scientific journals within a certain field. Previous studies have shown that IFs are increasing. However, rates may depend on journal publication language. The aim of this study was to determine IF values and trends for general medical journals, comparing non-English-language with English-language jo...

The Chilean Ministry of Health legislated to add folic acid (2.2 mg/100 g) to wheat flour to reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTD), beginning in January 2000. This policy resulted in a significant increase in serum and red blood cell folate in women of childbearing age 1 year after fortification. The frequency of NTD was studied in all births, both live and stillbirths, in a prospective ...

We estimate the effect of temperature on monthly crime using a panel dataset that matches weather with rates for over 3,000 postcodes in Australia period 2001–2019. find standard deviation increase average is associated 0.008–0.011 rate, depending specification. This translates to 72,000 additional crimes per year across Australia. course rest century, under business-as-usual pathway, climate c...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate medical and work disability costs for patients with chronic inflammatory joint disease during one year before and one year after institution of infliximab treatment in routine clinical practice. METHODS Starting from 1999, clinical and laboratory variables for patients treated with biological agents for inflammatory rheumatic diseases were systematically recorded at Hels...

We analyze a set of three databases at different levels of aggregation (i) a database of approximately 10 publications of 247 countries in the period between 1980–2001. (ii) A database of 508 academic institutions from European Union (EU) and 408 institutes from USA in the 11 year period between during 1991–2001. (iii) A database comprising of 2330 Flemish authors in the period 1980–2000. At al...

This study aimed to demonstrate the geographical expansion of visceral leishmaniasis in Pernambuco State, Brazil. With data on the number of visceral leishmaniasis cases notified from 1990 to 2001, maps showing the biannual evolution of the geographical distribution of the disease per municipality were elaborated. A map of the cumulative geographical distribution of the cases registered during ...

Objective To assess annual healthcare resource utilization including inpatient admission and outpatient visits, employment status, sickness absence associated with myasthenia gravis (MG). Background MG is a rare, chronic debilitating autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by muscle weakness fatigue that leads to hallmark symptoms ptosis, dysphagia, dyspnea limb weakness. Nearly 10% of p...