Disease relevance of Bosnia-Herzegovina

• In Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina during 2002 a total of 67 cases of endometrial cancer (ICD 10th Revision Code C54) were registered among female population older then 15 years (1 per 10,000 population) [1].
• Investigations on reactivity of sera in endemic syphilis from Bosnia 20 years after treatment [2].
• Sera from 609 hospitalized patients, from all six Republics (Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro Serbia, Slovenia) and two Provinces (Kosovo and Vojvodina), who had signs and symptoms suggestive of HFRS, and sera and lung tissues from 544 small mammals belonging to 13 species were studied for evidence of hantavirus infection [3].

High impact information on Bosnia-Herzegovina

• STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Three unrelated patients from Germany, Turkey, and Bosnia who were diagnosed as having variant A subgroups were subjected to extended ABO typing [4].
• The variation at 28 Y-chromosome biallelic markers was analysed in 256 males (90 Croats, 81 Serbs and 85 Bosniacs) from Bosnia-Herzegovina [5].
• United States military forces were deployed to Bosnia in early 1996 as part of Operation Joint Endeavor, a U.S.-led multinational peace-keeping operation [6].
• Allele frequencies for the 15 STR loci (D3S1358, TH01, D21S11, D18S51, Penta E, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, D16S539, CSF1PO, Penta D, vWA, D8S1179, TPOX, FGA) included in the PowerPlex 16 kit were obtained from a multiethnic sample of 100 unrelated individuals born in Bosnia and Herzegovina [7].
• This article compares and reports the pre-, during, and postdeployment urine total and isotopic uranium measurements and compares them to perceived exposures captured on questionnaire, to environmental data collected by the United Nations Environmental Program in Bosnia, and to standard U.S. urine uranium reference levels (CDC, 2003) [8].

Biological context of Bosnia-Herzegovina

• One of the negative environmental impacts of the last armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the use of radioactive ammunition containing depleted uranium [9].
• A curriculum for peace and public health is already under development in institutions in Athens, Greece; Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Zagreb, Croatia [10].
• In the retrospective study for a twelve years period (1991-2002) correlation between clinical and cytogenetics findings was established in our Center among 47 examinees from all parts of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who had suspect clinical diagnosis of Turner Syndrome [11].

Anatomical context of Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Of 414 recorded hospitalizations among British troops during Operation Joint Endeavor (Bosnia) in 1996, 2% were attributable to battle injuries, 46% to routine injuries, and 52% to disease; most injuries were to the lower limbs, and most diseases were of the skin and musculoskeletal system [12].

Associations of Bosnia-Herzegovina with chemical compounds

• This report describes curricular and extracurricular activities of the students at the Zagreb University School of Medicine during the wars in Croatia and neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina [13].
• CONCLUSIONS: Our study indicates that almost half of Family Medicine health professionals in Bosnia and Herzegovina are smokers [14].
• Mother's age effect on the boys' anthropometric properties in the Region of Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [15].
• Clonazepam induced delirium in Bosnia [16].
• Effects of nebivolol on artery hypertension--multicentre study Bosnia and Herzegovina [17].

Gene context of Bosnia-Herzegovina

• In contrast, out of the 13 sera collected in Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Greece, only one reacted more strongly with SAAV (with a twofold higher titre), while 10 of these sera reacted more strongly with the local DOBV (9/10 with fourfold or higher titres) [18].
• The incidence and outcome of penetrating and blunt trauma in central Bosnia: the Nova Bila Hospital for War Wounded [19].
• The role of the pharmacist in humanitarian aid in Bosnia-Herzegovina: the experience of Pharmaciens Sans Frontières [20].
• Organization and functioning of the front-line surgical station at Rama in Bosnia and Herzegovina [21].
• The method used was to screen the personnel in a Swedish mechanized battalion serving in Bosnia from March until October 1996 on four occasions: before deployment, immediately after deployment, 6 months after deployment and 1 year after deployment [22].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Bosnia-Herzegovina

• Hospitalization of British troops during Operation Joint Endeavor (Bosnia) [12].
• MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a retrospective cohort analysis of dental fitness classifications (DFCs) and treatment provided for the 48th IN BDE (Mech) upon mobilization for a 6-month deployment to Bosnia [23].

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