The Daffodil Centre: Recent submissions
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Lifestyle-induced cancer in South Africa
Published 2006Worldwide, there were approximately 10.1 million new cases, 6.2 million deaths and 22.4 million persons living with cancer in the year 2000. This represents an increase of 19% in incidence and 18% in mortality since 1990, ...Book Chapter -
Desmopressin for minimising perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion
Published 2001BACKGROUND: Public concerns regarding the safety of transfused blood have prompted re-consideration of the use of allogeneic (from an unrelated donor) red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, and a range of techniques designed ...Article -
Describing treatment effects to patients. How they are expressed makes a difference
Published 2003OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of different presentations of equivalent information (framing) on treatment decisions faced by patients. DESIGN: A systematic review of the published literature was conducted. English ...Article -
Changes in Smoking Prevalence among U.S. Adults by State and Region: Estimates from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 1992-2007
Published 2011ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Tobacco control policies at the state level have been a critical impetus for reduction in smoking prevalence. We examine the association between recent changes in smoking prevalence and state-specific ...Article -
Cancer mortality in East and Southeast Asian migrants to New South Wales, Australia, 1975-1995
Published 1999Routinely collected data for New South Wales were used to analyse cancer mortality in migrants born in East or Southeast Asia according to duration of residence in Australia. A case-control approach compared deaths from ...Article