Insights into relationship of environmental inequalities and multimorbidity: a population-based study.

Background: Substantial inequalities in the overall prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity have been widely reported, but the causal mechanisms are complex and not well understood. This study aimed to identify common patterns of multimorbidity in Serbia and assess their relationship with air pollutant concentrations and water quality indicators.

Methods: This ecological study was conducted on a nationally representative sample of the Serbian population.

Indicators of Absolute and Relative Changes in Skeletal Muscle Mass during Adulthood and Ageing.

This study aimed to explore the set of variables related to skeletal muscle mass (SMM) in both sexes, and to create age- and sex-related models of changes in SMM, using the most representative indicator of muscular status. Body composition was assessed in 8733 subjects (♀ = 3370 and ♂ = 5363), allocated into subsamples according to age: 18-29.9, 30-39.

Incidence and Mortality Patterns of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Belgrade, Serbia (1999⁻2013).

: To assess incidence and mortality trends of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in Belgrade (Serbia) in a 15-year period (from 1999 to 2013). Data were obtained from the Cancer Registry of Serbia, Institute of Public Health of Serbia. Standardized incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 inhabitants were calculated by direct standardization method using World Standard Population.

Faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer in Serbia: a pilot study.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is becoming a major public health problem in the Republic of Serbia. Organized mass screening has been shown to decrease CRC mortality and even its incidence. The aim of this study was to assess the acceptability of a faecal immunochemical test for haemoglobin proposed by primary care physicians.

Lip, oral cavity and pharyngeal cancers in the population of the city of Belgrade in the period 1999-2010.

Background/aim: Cancers of the lip, oral cavity and pharynx (LOCP) are frequently grouped together mainly because they have similar risk factors. The incidence rate of these cancers varies worldwide depending on the geographic location. The aim of this study was to determine trends in age-standardized incidence rates of LOCP cancers in the Belgrade population during a 12-year period, from 1999 to 2010.

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in the Population of the City of Belgrade in the Period 1999-2011.

Introduction: Nonmelanoma skin cancers in the literature are mainly related to basal cell and squamous cell skin carcinoma.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the trend in the incidence of histological types of nonmelanoma skin cancers in the population of the city of Belgrade from 1999 to 2011.

Methods: From the Serbian National Cancer Registry we extracted all recorded cases of skin cancer in Belgrade from January 1st 1999 to December 31st 2011.

Mortality from cervical cancer in Serbia in the period 1991-2011.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze trends of death rates for cervical cancer (CC) on territory of The Republic of Serbia in the period 1991-2011.

Methods: In this descriptive epidemiological study, unpublished data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia were used for the analysis of mortality due to CC among women in Serbia, from 1991 to 2011. Three different types of rates were calculated: crude, age-specific and age-adjusted rates.

Comparison of male and female breast cancer incidence and mortality trends in Central Serbia.

Background: To compare breast cancer incidence and mortality trends in Central Serbia between males and females in the period 1999-2009.

Materials And Methods: In this descriptive study, mortality data were obtained from the National Statistics Institute and morbidity data were derived from Institute of Public Health of Serbia for the period of interest.

Results: Breast cancer is a leading cancer in the female population of Central Serbia, whereas in male population it is not on the list of 10 leading localizations, concerning both incidence as well as mortality.

Cancer incidence in a population living near a petrochemical facility and oil refinery.

There is growing concern that pollution from petrochemical and oil refinery installations in Pancevo (Serbia) has increased the incidence of various diseases including cancer. The aim of our study was to investigate cancer incidence in Pancevo and to compare it with the region of central Serbia. Cancer incidence data were obtained from the corresponding Serbian Cancer Registries.

Incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Belgrade during the period 1991-2005.

Background/aim: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a relatively rare malignant disease, of which 80,000 individuals become ill around the world annually, which amounts to 0.7% of all carcinomas. The aim of this descriptive study was to analyze NPC incidence in Belgrade (the capital city of Serbia, with about 1.

Cancer mortality among men in Central Serbia: 1985-2006 survey study.

Aim: To analyze cancer mortality trends in men in Central Serbia during 1985-2006 period.

Methods: Mortality rates and trends for the most frequent cancers in men (lung, stomach, colorectal, pancreatic, and prostate cancer) were calculated. Mortality rates for all cancers were adjusted by direct standardization.

[Clinical characteristics, management and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome from 2002 to 2005: report from the National Registry of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Serbia].

Introduction: Data regarding patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) did not exist in Serbia until 2002. By establishing the National Registry for Acute Coronary Syndrome (NRACS), the data collection based on the filled-in "coronary questionnaire" for each patient hospitalized and diagnosed with acute infarction of the myocardium (AIM) and unstable angina pectoris (UAP) was initiated in Serbia.

Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze clinical characteristics, complications, applied reperfusion-thrombolytic treatment and standard therapy, and mortality rate of patients treated in coronary or intensive care units during the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Risk perception and attitudes towards HIV in Serbian health care workers.

Background: Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of occupational exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Aim: To investigate the perception of professional risk from, and the knowledge, attitudes and practice of HCWs to HIV and AIDS in Serbia.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of 1,559 Serbian HCWs using self-administered anonymous questionnaires.