epiH :: Epidemiology and Health

Data resource profile: the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD): Liang-yu Lin, Charlotte Warren-Gash, Liam Smeeth, Pau-Chung Chen; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018062. Published online December 27, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018062

Population data science: advancing the safe use of population data for public benefit: Kerina Helen Jones, David Vincent Ford; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018061. Published online December 25, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018061

Comparison of self-reported and accelerometer-assessed measurements of physical activity according to socio-demographic characteristics in Korean adults: Seung Won Lee, Jee-Seon Shim, Bo Mi Song, Ho Jae Lee, Hye Yoon Bae, Ji Hye Park, Hye Rin Choi, Jae Won Yang, Ji Eun Heo, So Mi Jemma Cho, Ga Bin Lee, Diana Huanan Hidalgo, Tae-Hoon Kim, Kyung Soo Chung, Hyeon Chang Kim; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018060. Published online November 29, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018060

Estimating causal associations of atopic dermatitis with depression using the propensity score method: an analysis of Korea Community Health Survey data, 2010-2013: Hayon Michelle Choi, Dahye Kim, Whanhee Lee, Ho Kim; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018059. Published online November 29, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018059

Emergence of Neisseria meningitidis W135 in Cote d’Ivoire: laboratory based-surveillance: Man-Koumba Soumahoro, Clarisse Kouamé-Elogne, Jean-Claude Anné, Soualihou Noufé, Kouakou Christophe N’Guessan, Adèle Kacou-N’Douba, Thomas Hanslik, Mireille Dosso; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018058. Published online November 28, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018058

Lessons from radiation epidemiology: Won Jin Lee; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018057. Published online November 14, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018057

A foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus associated with cross-contamination from squid in Korea: Sun-Wha Jung; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018056. Published online November 13, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018056

Domestic elder abuse and associated factors in elderly women in Tehran, Iran: Negar Piri, Parisa Taheri Tanjani, Soheila Khodkarim, Koorosh Etemad; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018055. Published online November 10, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018055

Incidence of varicella in children in Jeju-do, Korea, 2005-2016: age-period-cohort analysis: Jinhee Kim, Ji-Eun Kim, Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018054. Published online November 8, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018054

Life expectancy of HIV-positive patients after diagnosis in Iran from 1986 to 2016: A retrospective cohort study at national and sub-national levels: Mohammad Mirzaei, Maryam Farhadian, Jalal Poorolajal, Parvin Afasr Kazerooni, Katayoun Tayeri, Younes Mohammadi; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018053. Published online November 7, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018053

National Epidemiologic Survey of Thyroid cancer (NEST) in Korea: Chang-Mo Oh, Hyun-Joo Kong, Eunyang Kim, Hyejin Kim, Kyu-Won Jung, Sohee Park, Young-Joo Won; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018052. Published online October 26, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018052

Seasonality of tuberculosis in the Republic of Korea, 2006-2016: Eun Hee Kim, Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018051. Published online October 20, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018051

Development and validation of a sunlight exposure questionnaire for urban adult Filipinos: Marc Gregory Yu, Nina Castillo-Carandang, Maria Elinor Grace Sison, Angelique Bea Uy, Katrina Lenora Villarante, Patricia Maningat, Elizabeth Paz-Pacheco, Eileen Abesamis-Cubillan; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018050. Published online October 11, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018050

Association of appendicular skeletal muscle mass with carotid intima-media thickness according to body mass index in Korean adults: Ji Eun Heo, Hyeon Chang Kim, Jee-Seon Shim, Bo Mi Song, Hye Yoon Bae, Ho Jae Lee, Il Suh; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018049. Published online October 7, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018049

The survival rate of patients with beta-thalassemia major and intermedia and its trends in recent years in Iran: Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Hossein Ali Adineh, Iraj Zareban, Mehdi Mohammadi, Mahtab Maghsoodlu; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018048. Published online October 3, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018048

Community-based surveillance of Cryptosporidium in the indigenous community of Boliwong, Philippines: from April to December 2017: Ryan V. Labana, Julieta Z. Dungca, Veeranoot Nissapatorn; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018047. Published online September 28, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018047

Relationship between binge drinking experience and suicide attempts in Korean adolescents: based on the 2013 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey: Kyeong Hyang Byeon, Sun Ha Jee, Jae Woong Sull, Bo Young Choi, Heejin Kimm; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018046. Published online September 26, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018046

Application of a non-parametric non-mixture cure rate model for analyzing the survival of patients with colorectal cancer in Iran: Mehdi Azizmohammad Looha, Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Maryam Nasserinejad, Hadis Najafimehr, Mohammad Reza Zali; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018045. Published online September 17, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018045

Current status of newborn hearing screening in low-income families in the southeastern region of Korea: You Sun Chung, Su-Kyoung Park; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018044. Published online September 14, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018044

Prophylactic efficacy of probiotics on travelers’ diarrhea: an adaptive meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018043. Published online August 29, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018043
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Predicting needlestick and sharps injuries and determining preventive strategies using a Bayesian network approach in Tehran, Iran: Hamed Akbari, Fakhradin Ghasemi, Hesam Akbari, Amir Adibzadeh; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018042. Published online August 20, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018042

A review of methods to estimate the visibility factor for bias correction in network scale-up studies: Aliakbar Haghdoost, Milad Ahmadi Gohari, Ali Mirzazadeh, Farzaneh Zolala, Mohammad Reza Baneshi; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018041. Published online August 16, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018041

Androgen deprivation therapy is associated with decreased second primary lung cancer risk in the United States veterans with prostate cancer: Kyungsuk Jung, Jong Chul Park, Hyunseok Kang, Johann Christoph Brandes; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018040. Published online August 11, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018040

The association between aggression and risk of Internet gaming disorder in Korean adolescents: the mediation effect of father-adolescent communication style: Eunjin Kim, Hyeon Woo Yim, Hyunsuk Jeong, Sun-Jin Jo, Hae Kook Lee, Hye Jung Son, Hyun-ho Han; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018039. Published online August 8, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018039

Spatial inequalities and predictors of HIV/AIDS mortality risk in Hamadan, Iran: a retrospective cohort study: Somayeh Momenyan, Amir Kavousi, Jalal Poorolajal, Narges Momenyan; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018038. Published online August 5, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018038

Knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS among Iranian women: Ehsan Zarei, Roghayeh Khabiri, Maryam Tajvar, Shirin Nosratnejad; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018037. Published online August 3, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018037

Tuberculosis control in the Republic of Korea: Kyung Sook Cho; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018036. Published online August 2, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018036
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Vitamin D supplementation as a control program against latent tuberculosis infection in Korean high school students: Eun Hee Kim, Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018035. Published online July 27, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018035

The coverage rates for influenza vaccination and related factors in Korean adults aged 50 and older with chronic disease: based on 2016 Community Health Survey data: Kyeong Hyang Byeon, Jaiyong Kim, Boyoung Choi, Bo Youl Choi; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018034. Published online July 24, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018034

Obituary: Dr. Hyun-Sul Lim’s (1952-2018) life as an epidemiologist, occupational and environmental medicine researcher, and family physician: Sun Huh; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018033. Published online July 14, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018033

Spatial modeling of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iranian army units during 2014-2017 using a hierarchical Bayesian method and the spatial scan statistic: Erfan Ayubi, Mohammad Barati, Arasb Dabbagh Moghaddam, Ali Reza Khoshdel; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018032. Published online July 13, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018032

Functional disorders of the lung and symptoms of respiratory disease associated with occupational inhalation exposure to wood dust in Iran: Masoud Neghab, Zeinab Jabari, Fatemeh Kargar Shouroki; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018031. Published online July 4, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018031
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Substance abuse behaviors among university freshmen in Iran: a latent class analysis: Kourosh Kabir, Ali Bahari, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Hamid Allahverdipour, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi, Ali Fakhari, Hossein Ansari, Asghar Mohammadpoorasl; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018030. Published online July 2, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018030

Prevalence of disrespect and abuse of women during child birth and associated factors in Bahir Dar town, Ethiopia: Biresaw Wassihun, Leul Deribe, Nadia Worede, Teklemariam Gultie; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018029. Published online July 1, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018029
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Ambient air quality and subjective stress level using Community Health Survey data in Korea: Myung-Jae Hwang, Hae-Kwan Cheong, Jong-Hun Kim, Youn Seo Koo, Hui-Young Yun; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018028. Published online June 28, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018028

The Mysuru stUdies of Determinants of Health in Rural Adults (MUDHRA), India: Padukudru Anand Mahesh, Komarla Sundararaja Lokesh, Purnima Madhivanan, Sindaghatta Krishnarao Chaya, Biligere Siddaiah Jayaraj, Koustav Ganguly, Murali Krishna; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018027. Published online June 23, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018027
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Pre-hypertension and the risk of diabetes mellitus incidence using a marginal structural model in an Iranian prospective cohort study: Ahmad Khosravi, Mohammad Hassan Emamian, Hassan Hashemi, Akbar Fotouhi; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018026. Published online June 23, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018026
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Knowledge, attitudes, and behavioural risk factors regarding zoonotic infections among bushmeat hunters and traders in Nsukka, southeast Nigeria: Kingsley Uchenna Ozioko, Chris Ikem Okoye, Rose Nduka Obiezue, Raymond Awudu Agbu; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018025. Published online June 16, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018025

Geographical distribution of health indicators related to snake bites and envenomation in Morocco between 1999 and 2013: Faiçal El hattimy, Fouad Chafiq, Hinde Hami, Abdelghani Mokhtari, Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Soulaymani Bencheikh Rachida; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018024. Published online June 16, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018024

Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study: study design and baseline characteristics: Bo Youl Choi, Jun Yong Choi, Sang Hoon Han, Sang Il Kim, Mee-Kyung Kee, Min Ja Kim, Shin-Woo Kim, Sung Soon Kim, Yu-Mi Kim, Nam Su Ku, Jin-Soo Lee, Joo-Shil Lee, Yunsu Choi, Kyong Sil Park, Joon Young Song, Jun Hee Woo, Moon Won Kang, June Kim; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018023. Published online June 6, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018023

Mortality from aluminum phosphide poisoning in Kermanshah Province, Iran: characteristics and predictive factors: Seyed Mohammad Navabi, Jafar Navabi, Abbas Aghaei, Zahra Shaahmadi, Ruhollah Heydari; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018022. Published online May 27, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018022

Associations between dietary risk factors and ischemic stroke: a comparison of regression methods using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari, Yaser Mokhayeri, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Soheila Khodakarim, Hamid Soori; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018021. Published online May 21, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018021
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and risk factors of hypertension among adults: a cross-sectional study in Iran: Maryam Eghbali, Alireza Khosravi, Awat Feizi, Asieh Mansouri, Behzad Mahaki, Nizal Sarrafzadegan; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018020. Published online May 18, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018020

Effects of human and organizational deficiencies on workers’ safety behavior at a mining site in Iran: Mostafa Mirzaei Aliabadi, Hamed Aghaei, Omid Kalatpour, Ali Reza Soltanian, Maryam SeyedTabib; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018019. Published online May 18, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018019

Sleep quality and associated factors among the elderly living in rural Chiang Rai, northern Thailand: Weerakorn Thichumpa, Nopporn Howteerakul, Nawarat Suwannapong, Visasiri Tantrakul; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018018. Published online May 14, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018018

Is inadequate play area in schools associated with overweight among students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia? A comparative cross-sectional study: Tsedey Moges, Bereket Gebremichael, Solomon Shiferaw, Robel Yirgu; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018017. Published online May 12, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018017

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of toxoplasmosis in hemodialysis patients in Iran: Masoud Foroutan, Ali Rostami, Hamidreza Majidiani, Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Sasan Khazaei, Milad Badri, Elham Yousefi; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018016. Published online April 23, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018016
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Distribution and larval breeding habitats of Aedes mosquito species in residential areas of northwest Ethiopia: Getachew Ferede, Moges Tiruneh, Ebba Abate, Wondmeneh Jemberie Kassa, Yitayih Wondimeneh, Demekech Damtie, Belay Tessema; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018015. Published online April 23, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018015

Asymptomatic Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection using a serologic survey in Korea: Yeong-jun Song, Jeong-Sun Yang, Hee Jung Yoon, Hae-Sung Nam, Soon Young Lee, Hae-Kwan Cheong, Woo-Jung Park, Sung Han Park, Bo Youl Choi, Sung Soon Kim, Moran Ki; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018014. Published online April 15, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018014
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Road dust and its effect on human health: a literature review: Raihan K. Khan, Mark A. Strand; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018013. Published online April 10, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018013
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Income-related inequality in completed suicide across the provinces of Iran: Mohammad Hassan Kazemi-Galougahi, Asieh Mansouri, Samaneh Akbarpour, Mahmood Bakhtiyari, Majid Sartipi, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018012. Published online April 2, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018012

Factors related to cancer screening behaviors: Boyoung Choi, Tae Rim Um, Kwang-Soo Lee; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018011. Published online March 29, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018011

Socioeconomic disparities and difficulties to access to healthcare services among Canadian children with neurodevelopmental disorders and disabilities: Sana Raouafi, Sofiane Achiche, Maxime Raison; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018010. Published online March 29, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018010

Relationship between happiness and tobacco smoking among high school students: Maryam Ataeiasl, Parvin Sarbakhsh, Hossein Dadashzadeh, Christoph Augner, Masoumeh Anbarlouei, Asghar Mohammadpoorasl; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018009. Published online March 24, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018009

The effects of water-pipe smoking on birth weight: a population-based prospective cohort study in southern Iran: Shahrzad Nematollahi, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Azin Alavi, Mohammad Shekari, Kourosh Holakouie-Naieni; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018008. Published online March 13, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018008

Application of an artificial neural network model for diagnosing type 2 diabetes mellitus and determining the relative importance of risk factors: Shiva Borzouei, Ali Reza Soltanian; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018007. Published online March 10, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018007

Interpretation of the hygiene and microflora hypothesis for allergic diseases through epigenetic epidemiology: Jong-Myon Bae; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018006. Published online March 10, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018006
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Experiences of and barriers to transition-related healthcare among Korean transgender adults: focus on gender identity disorder diagnosis, hormone therapy, and sex reassignment surgery: Hyemin Lee, Jooyoung Park, Bokyoung Choi, Horim Yi, Seung-Sup Kim; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018005. Published online February 27, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018005
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Registry-based stroke research in Taiwan: past and future: Cheng-Yang Hsieh, Darren Philbert Wu, Sheng-Feng Sung; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018004. Published online February 4, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018004
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Rapid qualitative review of ethical issues surrounding healthcare for pregnant women or women of reproductive age in epidemic outbreaks: Patrik Hummel, Abha Saxena, Corinna Klingler; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018003. Published online January 23, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018003

Physician’s awareness of lung cancer screening and its related medical radiation exposure in Korea: Seri Hong, Suyeon Kim, Mina Suh, Boyoung Park, Kui Son Choi, Jae Kwan Jun; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018002. Published online January 20, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018002

Systematic review of the published data on the worldwide prevalence of John Cunningham virus in patients with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica: Sonia Patricia Castedo Paz, Luciana Branco, Marina Alves de Camargo Pereira, Caroline Spessotto, Yara Dadalti Fragoso; Epidemiol Health. 2018;40:e2018001. Published online January 5, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2018001
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