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Sinews of War at Sea: The Armed Services Need a Common Watercraft Family

To sustain future maritime operations, the U.S military will need to run supplies through an environment that spans thousands ...
qualitysafety.bmj

Investigating a novel population health management system to increase access to healthcare for children: a nested cross-sectional study within a cluster randomised controlled trial

Background Early intervention for unmet needs is essential to improve health. Clear inequalities in healthcare use and outcomes exist. The Children and Young People’s Health Partnership (CYPHP) model ...
The Lancet

Direct and indirect protection against scabies through ivermectin mass drug administration designed for malaria in Mozambique: a substudy nested within a cluster-randomised ...

Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. The BOHEMIA trial was an open-label, assessor-masked, cluster-randomised trial done in a malaria and ...
Frontiers

Unravelling the role of gut microbiota in acute pancreatitis: integrating Mendelian randomization with a nested case–control study

Gut microbiota may influence the development of acute pancreatitis (AP), a serious gastrointestinal disease with high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to identify a causal link by ...
BMJ

Combining high quality data with rigorous methods: emulation of a target trial using electronic health records and a nested case-control design

4 Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 5 Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 6 ...
ahajournals.org

Effect of Smoking Cessation on the Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Nested Case-Control Study in Korean Men

Department of Neurology, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea (T.O.). Department of Neurology (T.O., J.J., J.K.), Yonsei ...
BMJ

Diseases prevalent before major depressive disorder diagnosis: an exploratory nested case–control study using health insurance-based claims data

Objectives Major depressive disorder (MDD) is often comorbid with other chronic and/or serious diseases. However, little is known about the prevalence of various diseases that are present before MDD ...
BMJ

Epilepsy and mortality: a retrospective cohort analysis with a nested case–control study identifying causes and risk factors from primary care and linkage-derived data

3 NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London, London, UK Objectives People with epilepsy (PWE) have a higher mortality rate than the general ...
thorax.bmj

Risk of drug-induced interstitial lung disease in hospitalised patients: a nested case–control study

Correspondence to Dr Taisuke Jo, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; jo-taisuke{at}umin.ac.jp Introduction Information on ...
Cancer Research

Serum Iodine and Breast Cancer Risk: A Prospective Nested Case–Control Study Stratified for Selenium Levels

1Department of Surgery, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. *Corresponding Author: Jonas Manjer, Lund University, Skåne University ...
Europe PMC

Maternal Plasma Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Miscarriage: A Nested Case-Control Study in the Danish National Birth Cohort.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are widespread persistent organic pollutants and endocrine disruptors. High doses of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) ...