Situations where normal autografts cannot be used to replace damaged skin often lead to a
greater risk of mortality, prolonged hospital stay and increased expenditure for the National …

Archaeological data for the use of fire by early hominids are critically examined at over 30
Lower and Middle Pleistocene sites in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The earliest reported …

Government and nongovernmental organizations need national and global estimates on the
descriptive epidemiology of common oral conditions for policy planning and evaluation. The …

Importance Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Current estimates on
the burden of cancer are needed for cancer control planning. Objective To estimate mortality, …

… Prevalent cases of each disease’s sequelae are assigned specific levels of severity based
on the US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2000 to 2011, a population-based survey with …

Some surveys have shown that the intended users are sometimes unaware of the existence
of guidelines, or simply do not translate them into practice. Thus, implementation …

Introduction Several studies have measured health outcomes in the United States, but none
have provided a comprehensive assessment of patterns of health by state. Objective To use …

Background Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that usually presents in
early childhood and that is thought to be influenced by genetic and environmental factors. …

Background Reliable and timely information on the leading causes of death in populations,
and how these are changing, is a crucial input into health policy debates. In the Global …

… which means that over 10.5% of the world’s adult population now have this condition. … o f
s e l f r e p o r t d i a b e t e s / 100 - t h e p r o p o r t i o n o f u n d i a g n o s e d d i a b e t e s 100 …