| [incidence of cancer in spain]. | an estimate is made of the number of cancer cases in spain, broken down according to the part of the body in which the tumors are found and by regions of the country, using the case number/death rate ratio by tumor location, sex and age group obtained from the cancer registry for the population of navarra for the 1980-1984 period and the pertinent specific death rates recorded throughout the different regions of spain in 1985. using this method, a yearly number of 120,858 cases of cancer (71,436 ... | 1990 | 2131588 |
| [intake of pollutants (heavy metals) via total diet at the national level as a whole and in autonomous communities: a new approach]. | as an answer to the request of information on the real intake of pollutants, both who and fao recommend its study through the study of total diet. following their criteria we have determined the contents of arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead in the total mean spanish diet and in the seventeen autonomous regions, comparing them with the acceptable daily intakes (adi). at the same time it is studied the contribution of the different groups of nutrients to the total pollutant charge. there is no de ... | 1993 | 8341819 |
| geographical variations in the prevalence of hiv infection among drug users receiving ambulatory treatment in spain. | to identify the factors responsible for the regional differences in hiv-positive serostatus among drug users in spain receiving outpatient treatment, the 17 autonomous regions into which spain is divided were classified as high (mean 52%) or low prevalence groups (mean 34%) depending on the prevalence of seropositivity. in regions where the prevalence of positive serostatus was high, unemployment was more markedly associated with hiv infection than in low prevalence regions, while other potentia ... | 1993 | 8505189 |
| municipal mortality due to thyroid cancer in spain. | thyroid cancer is a tumor with a low but growing incidence in spain. this study sought to depict its spatial municipal mortality pattern, using the classic model proposed by besag, york and mollié. | 2006 | 17173668 |
| municipal distribution of ovarian cancer mortality in spain. | spain was the country that registered the greatest increases in ovarian cancer mortality in europe. this study describes the municipal distribution of ovarian cancer mortality in spain using spatial models for small-area analysis. | 2008 | 18789142 |
| [mortality related with alcohol in spain and the different autonomous communities of spain in 2004]. | alcohol consumption is associated with great morbidity-mortality rate. the aim of this study is to analyze the mortality that can be attributed to alcohol consumption in spain and in its different autonomous communities during 2004. | 2008 | 19000474 |
| [mental disease, existence of diagnostic, use of psychotropic medication: differences by autonomous communities under the national health survey 2006]. | most of the studies on psychological distress in spain have been conducted in small geographical areas or specific population groups. however, there are no studies that provide representative data for each autonomous community (ac). the objectives of this paper are to determine, both in spain and in the ac, the prevalence of psychological distress, diagnosis, use of psychoactive medication, social support and self-perceived health, as well as to study the association between psychological distre ... | 2010 | 20376411 |