2 results match your criteria: "Canton Center for Disease Control and Prevention[Affiliation]"
The metabolic syndrome among postmenopausal women in rural Canton: prevalence, associated factors, and the optimal obesity and atherogenic indices.
PLoS One
June 2014
School of Biotechnology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China ; Department of Primary Public Health, Canton Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Canton, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Objectives: This research aimed to (i) determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components; (ii) assess factors associated with MetS, and (iii) define optimal ethnic-specific cutoffs of obesity- and atherogenic-based markers to predict MetS among postmenopausal women in rural Canton.
Methodology/principal Findings: The Rural Canton Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Study, a population based cross-sectional study, was conducted during 2011-2012 in Canton. In person interviews, blood glucose and lipid measurements were completed for 4,706 postmenopausal women who did not receive hormone replacement therapy.
Re-emergence of dengue virus type 3 in Canton, China, 2009-2010, associated with multiple introductions through different geographical routes.
PLoS One
December 2013
Department of Primary Public Health, Canton Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Canton, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Background: Endemic dengue virus type 3 (DENV-3) infections have not been reported in Canton, China, since 1980. In March 2009, DENV-3 was isolated for the second time, occurring about 30 years after the previous circulation. In August, 3 other cases emerged.
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