Congenital anomalies are one of the potential adverse effects of the environment on reproductive health. Registries of congenital anomalies are useful to detect abnormal frequencies, clusters, and trends. Such registries should meet a number of conditions, including an appropriate population denominator, an efficient system for collecting information, standardized diagnostic procedures, postmor...

P atient registries have become an important instrument in epidemiological studies in chronic disease. There are several types of registry (table 1). Administrative registries have been developed to identify patients with particular conditions, and these are then used in epidemiological studies to identify prevalence of certain conditions. For administrative registries, a limited amount of prim...

No one could believe I’d had two knees replaced”, says 61-year-old Jacquelyn Winn. In 2010, Winn traveled more than 2,800 miles across Japan to fulfill her dream of seeing Mt. Fuji. “I kept up with the activities and didn’t need any extra breaks. We walked an average of 10 miles a day.” The decision to undergo joint replacement surgery is difficult and worrisome for patients like Winn. She suff...

background local health departments (lhds) operate in a complex and dynamic public health landscape, with changing demands on their emergency response capacities. informatics capacities might play an instrumental role in aiding lhds emergency preparedness. this study aimed to explore the extent to which lhds’ informatics capacities are associated with their activity level in emergency preparedn...

Background: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene is a highly polymorphic region. HLA typing is required to match patients and donors for transplantation; therefore, development of HLA registries is necessary for finding HLA match donors. HLA system is highly informative, and numerous studies have been conducted on HLA allele distribution in different populations. Methods: In this study,...