INTRODUCTION External causes of death are the third most common causes of death, after cardiovascular diseases and malignant neoplasms, in inhabitants of Poland. External causes of death pose the greatest threat to people aged 5-44, which results in a great number of years of life lost. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study is the analysis of years of life lost due to external causes of death among ...

S OF PAPERS Fifteenth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium 5-6 April 1990 The Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium is held in honor of Professor Albert Tester, who, at the time of his death in 1974, was senior professor of zoology at the University of Hawaii. The faculty and students of the Department of Zoology proposed an annual symposium of student research papers as a means of honoring...

PURPOSE To examine whether the frequency and amount of alcohol consumed in binge drinking sessions, total annual volume of alcohol consumed, problem drinking and abstaining from alcohol are associated with depressive symptoms in Eastern Europe. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Cross-sectional data from a total of 24,381 participants from general population samples of the Czech Republic (N = 7,601), Russi...

BACKGROUND This study examines the effect of initiating medications with anticholinergic activity on the cognitive functions of older persons. METHODS Participants were 896 older community-dwelling, Catholic clergy without baseline dementia. Medication data was collected annually. The Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale was utilized to identify use of a medication with probable or definite...

AIMS The cardio-protective effect of moderate alcohol consumption is partly mediated by HDL cholesterol. However, epidemiological studies suggest that binge drinking may not be associated with reduced risk of heart disease; a possible explanation is that the relationship of blood lipids with binge drinking is different from that with moderate intake. We investigated this hypothesis in a populat...

S OF PAPERS Sixteenth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 10-12 April 1991 1 The Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium is held in honor of Professor Albert L. Tester, who, at the time of his death in 1974, was senior professor of zoology at the University of Hawaii. The faculty and students of the Department of Zoology proposed an annual symposium of student research papers as a means of ...

the aim of the study was to assess regional differences in selenium content in the environment based on analysis of the se concentrations in liver and kidney of red deer from central, northern, south-eastern and south-western poland. the level of selenium in organs was determined using spectrofluorometric methods. the mean concentration of selenium in the liver and kidney of red deer was 0.084 ...