Background: Injury is a major public health concern because it cause of death and may lifelong disabilities. New environmental risk factors, such as extreme climates, are now emerging, the vulnerable elderly population rapidly growing. Therefore, understanding epidemiological characteristics trends injury necessary to establish preventive policies actions.Current Concepts: accounts for 13.3% di...

Introduction: Actinic keratoses (AK) are preneoplastic lesions secondary to chronic sun exposure, whose risk of becoming malignancy is greater than 20%. Prevalence studies AK uncommon. Here we describe clinical and epidemiologic characteristics patients with assessed in a dermatology center from Bogota, Colombia.

Abstract Background The purpose of this article is to summarize the epidemiologic characteristics and double-buffered strategy for patients in orthopedic surgery during COVID-19 outbreak Wuhan, China, based on our own experience hospital. Methods A retrospective comparative study was performed identify all inpatients at clinic from February 17 April 20, 2020 (epidemic group), 2019 (control grou...

Background This study aimed to describe the epidemiologic characteristics of

oral cancer is considered a great threat to public health. tongue cancer accounts for nearly 30% of all oral cancers and usually seen in 50 to 60 year old men. oropharyngeal cancers account for 3% of all cancers in iran; as reported in 2003. the present study was designed to assess the epidemiologic and clinicopathologic characteristics of tongue cancer patients in two tehran's referral univers...

BACKGROUND Elder mistreatment and suicidal ideation are important public health concerns among aging populations. However, very few studies have been conducted to explore the association between elder mistreatment and suicidal ideation. OBJECTIVES To examine the association between elder mistreatment and suicidal ideation among Chinese older adults in the USA. METHODS Guided by a community-...

Gender has been identified as a risk factor for non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries. Although some possible biomechanical risk factors underlying the gender differences in the risk for non-contact ACL injuries have been identified, they have not been quantitatively confirmed yet because of the descriptive nature of the traditional epidemiological methods. The purpose of this s...