Our earlier hospital based study estimated the sensitivity and specificity of foot length <8 cm to predict low birth weight (<2500 g) to be 0.87 and 0.60 respectively [ 12].
Standard methodology[13] was applied in a nationwide population-based study estimating the prevalence and burden of major disorders of the brain in Nepal as a basis for needs assessment and to inform health policy.
To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first anonymous population-based study estimating the prevalence of child sexual abuse in a comprehensive sample from Brazil.
To examine the impact of VTE on survival of ovarian cancer patients, we present a population-based study estimating the extent of disease at ovarian cancer diagnosis, and the impact of VTE in relation to survival from ovarian cancer.
A review of population based studies estimated that a mean proportion of 9.7% of adolescents report a life-time suicide attempt [ 1].
Molecular data based studies estimates suggest a ~115 My split for primates-rodents divergence [ 20] and a ~130 My split for paleo-neognathae birds [ 21, 22].
The study was a hospital based cost accounting cross sectional study estimating the average cost of spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD) and Caesarean section (CS) from the provider (hospital) perspective and the user (patient) perspective.
Here we report on a community based study to estimate the reliability of a simple foot length measurement tool used by community volunteers to identify low birth weight or premature babies born at home in the first days of life.
A large Norwegian population based study, the Hordaland Health Study, estimated the point prevalence percentage of pSS in individuals aged 40 44 years at 0.44 (95% CI 0.34 0.57) using the European criteria, and 0.22 (95% CI 0.15 0.32) using the revised criteria.
Based upon the above description, this study estimates the average effect of five outcome variables to the BT offer in terms of total and monthly effects.
A 20% rate of abortion was taken from a community based study in north Ethiopia to estimate the sample size, with a margin of error 5%, 95% confidence level and non-response rate of 5%.
