BACKGROUND/AIM Stomach cancer is the second most common cause of death from all malignant tumors in the world (third in men, fifth in women), with a strong decreasing trend in most developed countries. The aim of this descriptive epidemiological study was to analyze mortality of stomach cancer in Serbia, excluding the Province of Kosovo, in the 1991-2009 period. MATERIALS AND METHODS In data ...

Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of West Nile virus (WNV) in the horse population of northern Serbia. Furthermore, it aimed to provide insight and an updated overview on the circulation of this re-emerging pathogen in this part of southeastern Europe. At the time of manuscript preparation, no clinical cases of WNV infection in horses were reported in this ar...

INTRODUCTION This study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of West Nile virus (WNV) in the horse population of northern Serbia. Furthermore, it aimed to provide insight and an updated overview on the circulation of this re-emerging pathogen in this part of southeastern Europe. At the time of manuscript preparation, no clinical cases of WNV infection in horses were reported in this are...

A new national backbone is in development, based predominantly on the optical infrastructure of Telekom Serbia. It will connect 19 towns in Serbia in a Gbps network by the end of 2004. The basic concept is to avoid any active components belonging to the telecom operator, by using the “nothing in line” concept. There are exceptions to that concept in cases where dark fiber was not available and ...

D. Arsić, V. Lazić, R. Nikolić, S. Aleksandrović, M. Djordjević, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia, A. Sedmak, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, R. Nikolić, Research Center, University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia, R. Bakić, Tutin High School, Serbia In exploitation, the forging dies are exposed to heating up to very high...

Branka Horvat, France Stephen C. Jameson, USA Stipan Jonjic, Croatia Bruno Kyewski, Germany Foo Y. Liew, UK Miodrag L. Lukic, Serbia Ofer Mandelboim, Israel Andrew N. McKenzie, UK Lorenzo Moretta, Italy Sergei Nedospasov, Russia Mihai G. Netea, The Netherlands Janko Nikolich-Zugich, USA Annette Oxenius, Switzerland Nada Pejnović, Serbia Bojan Polić, Croatia Alehander Rudensky, USA Hannes Stocki...

food safety issues are not a new issue in science, but due to the dynamic changes in the modern world it is as equally important as decades ago. the aim of the study was to address the efforts in the development of a comprehensive food safety system in serbia, and make specific recommendations regarding the improvement of epidemiological investigation capacity as a useful tool which contributes...

BACKGROUND For both men and women worldwide, colorectal cancer is among the leading causes of cancer-related death. This study aimed to assess the mortality trends of colorectal cancer in Serbia between 1991 and 2010, prior to the introduction of population-based screening. METHODS Joinpoint regression analysis was used to estimate average annual percent change (AAPC) with the corresponding 9...

INTRODUCTION Drugs are real and transparent costs of treatment, which are subject to constant monitoring and changes. The study was aimed at measuring and analyzing consumption of anesthetics and other drugs in anesthesia in the Clinical Centre of Serbia. MATERIAL AND METHODS This paper is part of a five-year (2005-2009), academic, pharmacoeconomic retrospective-prospective study (the 4th pha...

To elucidate key factors responsible for high postharvest loss, an analysis of the cold chain systems in Croatia and Serbia was made. It is estimated that Western Balkan Countries (WBC) annual postharvest loss of fruits and vegetables is as high as 3040%. In Croatia there are about 125000 t of storage capacities. Controlled atmosphere (CA) storage comprises only 27% and it is mainly used for ap...