OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology and risk factors associated with extra-pulmonary
tuberculosis (EPTB). METHOD: Cases of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed from 1991 to 2008 in …

… These risk factors will be reviewed below. Inverse causality may account for some of them
… habits or personality and thus the exposure to environmental risk factors. Epidemiology …

Pathology of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) affects an important part of the population,
though it is not viewed as a public health problem. Between 3-7% of the population seeks …

… Multiple risk factors are involved in the etiopathogenesis of the disease and turning the …
In this review, we focused on the biochemical aspects of diabetes, risk factors including both …

… Epidemiological data on lung cancer are lacking in many Asian and African countries and
studies on risk factors, environmental or genetic, are patchy and scarce. However, existing …

Background. In the last decades, thyroid cancer incidence has continuously and sharply
increased all over the world. This review analyzes the possible reasons of this increase. …

Between the years 2010 and 2012, the lifetime probability of developing female breast cancer
was 12.3%, or approximately 1 in 8. Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer …

… This article aims to provide an overview of the epidemiology of and risk factors for colorectal
polyps in the average risk population, and will encompass the effect of age, gender, ethnicity…

… modifiable risk factors that have a strong effect on the risk of DKD. Traditional modifiable factors
… Other recently discovered modifiable risk factors include chronic low-grade inflammation, …

… The disease is commonly divided into 2 types: nonvariceal and variceal, and the primary
focuses of this article are the epidemiology and risk factors of nonvariceal bleeding. Even with …