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The association between, depression, anxiety, and mortality in older people across eight low‐ and middle‐income countries: Results from the 10/66 cohort study
(wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/gps, 2019-09-15)
Objectives: Depression and anxiety are common mental disorders in later life. Few
population‐based studies have investigated their potential impacts on mortality in
low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). The aim of ...
Prediction of dementia risk in low-income and middleincome countries (the 10/66 Study): an independent external validation of existing models
(Elsevier Ltd, 2020-04)
To date, dementia prediction models have been exclusively developed and tested in high-income countries
(HICs). However, most people with dementia live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where
dementia ...
Mortality Rates and Mortality Risk Factors in Older Adults with Dementia from Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The 10/66 Dementia Research Group Population-Based Cohort Study
(Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 75 (2020) 581–593, 2020-03-09)
Background: Dementia is the main cause of disability in older people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
Monitoring mortality rates and mortality risk factors in people with dementia (PwD) may contribute ...
Leg length, skull circumference, and the incidence of dementia in Latin America and China: a 10/66 population-based cohort study
(PLOS ONE, 2018-04-18)
Adult leg length is influenced by nutrition in the first few years of life. Adult head circumference
is an indicator of brain growth. Cross-sectional studies indicate inverse associations
with dementia risk, but there ...
Alcoholrelated liver disease clinical practice guidelines by the Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver ALEH.
(Elsevier España, 2019)
Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of advanced chronic liver disease in Latin-America,
although data on prevalence is limited. Public health policies aimed at reducing the alarming prevalence
of alcohol ...
Seroprevalence of specific antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from hotspot communities in the Dominican Republic.
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020)
Seroprevalence surveys are of utmost importance to assess the proportion of a population that has developed
antibodies against a newly introduced virus and could therefore potentially exhibit immunologic protection
against ...
Applications of non-destructive techniques in the study of a Caribbean historic timber house.
(IOP Publishing, 2020)
The aims of this research is to analysis a Caribbean historic timber house using nondestructive
techniques (NDT). The high cultural and historic value that have the timber
buildings in the Caribbean and the necessity to ...
Neighbourhood environment and dementia in older people from high-, middle- and low-income countries: results from two population-based cohort
(BMC Public Health, 2020)
A growing number of studies have explored how features of the neighbourhood environment can
be related to cognitive health in later life. Yet few have focused on low- and middle-income countries and
compared the results ...
Soil fertility evaluation of coffee (Coffea spp.) production systems and management recommendations for the Barahona province, Dominican Republic.
(2011)
Reported yields in most coffee farms of the Barahona province in the Dominican
Republic are relatively low (< 290 kg ha-1 parchment coffee). In general, coffee
producers do not use diagnostic techniques such as soil ...
Evolution of the Qatar trauma system: the journey from inception to verification
(Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2019)
Traumatic injuries accounted for substantial burden of morbidity and mortality (M and M) worldwide. Despite better socioeconomic conditions and living standards, the incidence of trauma is rising in the Eastern Mediterranean ...