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Regional differences in tobacco smoking and lung cancer in Portugal in 2018: a ...
Forjaz, G; Bastos, J; Castro, C; Mayer, A; Noone, AM; Chen, HS; Mariotto, ABObjectives. This study aims to estimate the proportion of lung cancer cases and deaths attributable to tobacco smoking in Portugal in 2018, complemented by trends in incidence and mortality, by sex and region. Design. Cancer cases for 1998–2011 and cancer deaths for 1991–2018 were obtained from population-based registries and Statistics Portugal, respectively. We projected cases for 2018 and used reported death...
Morphological Changes of the Internal Carotid Artery: Prevalence and Characteri...
Martins, H; Mayer, A; Batista, P; Soares, F; Almeida, V; Pedro, AJ; Oliveira, VBackground and purpose: Morphological changes of the internal carotid arteries (McICA) are frequently found during cervical ultrasound studies. However, the etiology of McICA remains controversial. During this study, the prevalence and demographic characteristics of McICA, such as kinking, coiling or looping identified by Doppler ultrasound, were analysed and its relationship with vascular risk factors and stro...
The Portuguese Version of the European Deprivation Index: An Instrument to Stud...
Ribeiro, AI; Mayer, A; Miranda, HP; de Pina, MFIntroduction: Tackling socioeconomic health inequalities is a big public health challenge and ecological deprivation indexes are essential instruments to monitor and understand them. In Portugal, no standard ecological deprivation index exists, contrasting with other countries. We aimed to describe the construction of the Portuguese version of a transnational deprivation index, European Deprivation Index. Mater...
Development of a cross-cultural deprivation index in five European countries
Guillaumel, E; Pornet, C; Dejardin, O; Launay, L; Lillini, R; Vercelli, M; Marí-Dell'Olmo, M; Fontelo, AF; Borrell, C; Ribeiro, AI; Pina, MF; Mayer, ABACKGROUND:Despite a concerted policy effort in Europe, social inequalities in health are a persistent problem. Developing a standardised measure of socioeconomic level across Europe will improve the understanding of the underlying mechanisms and causes of inequalities. This will facilitate developing, implementing and assessing new and more effective policies, and will improve the comparability and reproducibi...