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A demographic scaling model for estimating the total number of COVID-19 infections
ConclusionsThe national infection estimates indicate that the pandemic is far more widespread than the numbers of confirmed cases suggest. Some local seroprevalence estimates largely deviate from their corresponding national mean and are unlikely to be representative for the total population. (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - December 8, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Commentary: Epidemiology, economics and the path to clean energy
For the first time in history, heat and electricity can be produced more cheaply today from wind and solar energy than from any fossil fuel in many parts of the world.1 This is an extraordinary paradigm shift in global energy production. It could not have been foreseen even 5 years ago. It offers us all the prospect of a reprieve from some of the worst consequences of global climate change. (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - December 8, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Field epidemiology and COVID-19: always more lessons to be learned
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the public ’s familiarity with the word ‘epidemiology’ to a degree unparalleled during previous public health events. Although epidemiology at its core is an application of the scientific method, as with all science, some of its methods evolve as a result of new discoveries. This is also true for ‘fiel d epidemiology’, the subspecialty of epidemiology ‘with the goal of immediate action to address a public health problem of concern’.1 The emerging COVID-19 pandemic is a clear example of how new phenomena in human health prompt consideration of possibilities for further stren...
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - December 6, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Commentary: Descent from the aerial palace
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Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - December 6, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Development of a common scale for measuring healthy ageing across the world: results from the ATHLOS consortium
ConclusionsThe ATHLOS scale, due to its reliability and global representativeness, has the potential to contribute to worldwide research on healthy ageing. (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - December 4, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Corrigendum to: The effect of insurance status on overall survival among children and adolescents with cancer
First published online: 23 June 2020; Int J Epidemiol 2020; doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa079 (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - December 4, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Corrigendum to: Analysis of multicentre epidemiological studies: contrasting fixed or random effects modelling and meta-analysis
First published online: 22 June 2018,Int J Epidemiol 2018; 47: 1343 –1354. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy117 (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - November 28, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Evidence for familial clustering in breast cancer age of onset
ConclusionsThis familial clustering suggests that there may be important genetic and/or early environmental risk factors that influence the timing of breast cancer, even when onset is late in life. Personalized screening might need to account for the age at which a sister was earlier diagnosed with breast cancer. (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - November 28, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Commentary: Towards machine learning-enabled epidemiology
(Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - November 28, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Plant foods, dietary fibre and risk of ischaemic heart disease in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort
ConclusionsIn this large prospective study, we found some small inverse associations between plant foods and IHD risk, with fruit and vegetables combined being the most strongly inversely associated with risk. Whether these small associations are causal remains unclear. (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - November 27, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Cohort Profile: the China Multi-Ethnic Cohort (CMEC) study
(Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - November 24, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Mortality among uranium miners in North America and Europe: the Pooled Uranium Miners Analysis (PUMA)
ConclusionsWhereas there are important obstacles to the ability to detect adverse effects of occupational exposures via SMR analyses, PUMA provides evidence of excess mortality among uranium miners due to a range of categories of cause of death. The persistent elevation of SMRs with time since first hire as a uranium miner underscores the importance of long-term follow-up of these workers. (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - November 24, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Cohort Profile Update: The PATH Through Life Project
(Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - November 24, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

Vegetarian diets during pregnancy, and maternal and neonatal outcomes
ConclusionVegetarian diets during pregnancy were associated with constitutionally smaller neonatal size, potentially via the mothers ’ reduced gestational weight gain. Notably, vegetarianism was not associated with small-for-gestational-age-related morbidities or other adverse maternal outcomes. (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - November 24, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

How to produce sound predictions of incidence at a district level using either health care or mortality data in the absence of a national registry: the example of cancer in France
ConclusionsThe methodology implemented provides a comprehensive framework to produce valuable predictions of incidence at a district level, using proxy measures and existing LR. (Source: International Journal of Epidemiology)
Source: International Journal of Epidemiology - November 24, 2020 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research