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The impact of psychological abuse by an intimate partner on the mental health of pregnant women

  • A. TiwariK. Chan P. Ho
  • Psychology, Medicine
    BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and…
  • 1 February 2008
This first population‐based study in Hong Kong was to assess the impact of psychological abuse by an intimate partner on the mental health of pregnant women.
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Randomised controlled trial of qigong in the treatment of mild essential hypertension

Guolin qigong and conventional exercise have similar effects on blood pressure in patients with mild hypertension, and it is nevertheless an alternative to conventional exercise in the nondrug treatment of hypertension.
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Professional breastfeeding support for first‐time mothers: a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial

To evaluate the effect of two postnatal professional support interventions on the duration of any and exclusive breastfeeding, a large number of mothers and women with at least one child selected for exclusive breastfeeding were surveyed.
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Correlation of COX-2 and Ep-CAM overexpression in human invasive breast cancer and its impact on survival

Determination of both tumour markers should help in guiding new therapeutic strategies in patients with invasive breast cancer, and a strong correlation between COX-2 and Ep-CAM overexpression is revealed.
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Risk factors of obesity in preschool children in China: a population-based case–control study

The results show the need for family therapy as part of an intervention program for childhood obesity, which includes behavior modification.
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Translation and validation of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Bone Marrow Transplant (FACT-BMT) Version 4 quality of life instrument into traditional Chinese

The psychometric properties of the traditional Chinese translation of the FACT-BMT demonstrated good construct validity when correlated with SF-36 Health Survey scales, and the QOL of Chinese BMT patients can now be evaluated using a well-validated international QOL instrument in their own language.
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Identifying intimate partner violence: comparing the Chinese abuse assessment screen with the Chinese revised conflict tactics scales

The measurement accuracy and the utility of the Chinese Abuse Assessment Screen (AAS) are compared to standard AASs used in the United States.
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Blood pressure is associated with body mass index in both normal and obese children.

An increase in the BMI is conclusively associated with elevated blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure in nonobese children in preschool Chinese children in mainland China.
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High expression of TROP2 correlates with poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer

Findings suggest for the first time that TROP2 could be a novel prognostic biomarker for pancreatic cancer, and targeting TRop2 might be a useful treatment approach for patients with pancreaticcancer overexpressing this cell-surface marker.
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Ep-CAM expression in pancreatic and ampullary carcinomas: frequency and prognostic relevance

Investigation of Ep-CAM expression and its potential prognostic impact in pancreatic and ampullary carcinomas found it represents an attractive target for immune-based therapeutic interventions in these tumour entities, however, the prognostic value of epithelial cell adhesion molecule overexpression remains undetermined.
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