Such findings, however, come from comparisons of separate studies from different countries and cohorts.
Throughout the chapter the practical relevance of accumulative biomonitoring is illustrated by numerous examples of field studies from different countries and impact situations.
The AUDIT questionnaire is a reliable and standardised alcohol-related outcome measure, which has been validated internationally as a screening test and so allows for direct comparisons between studies from different countries.
These stable prevalence rates are in agreement with other longitudinal studies from different countries.
The cone factor Nk values determined were analyzed and compared to those experienced in previous studies from different countries.
The number of days with work absence due to headache is relatively consistent across studies from different countries.
Further, there was paucity of research on environment for women entrepreneurship that may cover studies from different countries, regions (like rural or urban) and different business sectors.
However, the results are not comparable across studies from different countries because of potential various treatment patterns, reimbursement systems, different study years, etc.
The lack of consensus estimates across studies from different countries is not really a mystery, given the substantial variation in UI-systems and other institutional features, e.g., related to disability insurance programs.
Based on the fact that the NAS results are comperable with other studies from different countries it is possible to claim that Nursing Activities Score is a reliable tool also for Estonian ICU-s for measuring the nursing workload.
Many studies from different countries were reported.
