Background and aims: A systematic review conducted in 2008 found significant associations
between waterpipe tobacco smoking and lung cancer, respiratory disease, periodontal …

Objective It is widely held that waterpipe smoking (WPS) is not associated with health
hazards. However, several studies have documented the uptake of several toxicants and …

Abstract Background & Aims In 2015, a national Egyptian health issue survey was
conducted to describe the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In this paper, we …

Hepatitis C is of concern both to industrialized and developing countries. Preliminary
unpublished estimates of the global burden of disease (GBD) attributable to HCV‐related …

Background Egypt has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the world,
estimated nationally at 14.7%. Our study's objective was to delineate the evidence on the …

Globally, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has infected an estimated 130 million people, most of
whom are chronically infected. HCV-infected people serve as a reservoir for transmission to …

Background: The hepatitis C pandemic has been systematically studied and characterized
in North America and Europe, but this important public health problem has not received …

Background There is a need for a comprehensive and critical review of the literature to
inform scientific debates about the public health effects of waterpipe smoking. The objective …

Background The objective of this study was to systematically review the medical literature for
the prevalence of waterpipe tobacco use among the general and specific populations …

Worldwide, more than one million people die each year from hepatitis C virus (HCV) related
diseases, and over 300 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis B or C. Egypt …