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E Peritz

Publications and source records attributed to E Peritz.

At least 37 records · Page 2Linked to original sources
PubMed1978

A case-control study of Hodgkin's disease in Israel.

Jewish residents of Israel in 1960-72 with Hodgkin's disease (HD) were compared with controls drawn from the general population. The controls were individually matched by sex, age, origin, and date of immigration. The comparison showed a significant association between HD and parental consanguinity and pointed to the possible etiologic role of recessive inheritance. Females with HD tended to have a lower parity than did their controls. Associations between HD and a high educational level and the presence of a flush toilet in the childhood home were significant and gave limited support to the hypothesis that a high standard of living in childhood increases the risk of subsequent HD. Tonsillectomy and a history of work with wood or trees were significantly associated with mixed cellularity but not with other histologic subtypes. Differences between patients with HD and controls with respect to cigarette smoking, exposure to animals, marital status, previous blood transfusions or jaundice, contact with asbestos, residual or occupational mobility, or other characteristics were not significant.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

The incidence of cervical cancer and duration of oral contraceptive use.

In a prospective study carried out on a cohort of 17,942 women belonging to the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and living in suburban communities of the San Francisco Bay Area, a positive association was found between the incidence of cervical carcinoma and total duration of oral contraceptive use. The association was established while controlling for the effects of age, education, and selected infections. The association persists when incident cases of dysplasia are added to those of carcinoma. A further study, in which covariates relating to sexual behavior will also be taken into account, is in progress.

Adolescent↗
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Comparison of head circumference in an Israeli child population with United States and British standards.

The head circumference (HC) growth pattern of infants from 1 to 24 months of age was studied in a Jerusalem community. The means of HC of the study population are smaller for each age and sex group than those of the National Center of Health Statistics, USA reference population, London children and the Nellhaus standard. The regression of HC on length explains about 20% of the variance. In an analysis of variance controlling for social class, birth order and length, the differences by region of origin of the mother were not significant. The smaller HC of the study population is probably due to these children being shorter and lighter than the above-mentioned western populations. Malnutrition as a factor for small HC was excluded.

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Motion sickness-like syndrome among tank simulator drivers.

A military tank driving simulator has recently been introduced as a training aid for tank drivers in the Israel Defense Forces. Reports of nausea and vomiting among the first users of the simulator launched our investigation of the possible existence of a motion sickness-like syndrome among simulator drivers. Although the 59 subjects drove the simulator without any report of vomiting, other motion sickness-like symptoms were frequently reported. A comparison of symptoms reported after simulator and real tank driving show that dizziness, nausea, disorientation and hypersalivation were more frequently reported by simulator drivers and were of greater intensity. However, sweating and drowsiness were more prevalent among real tank drivers. The objective effect of driving the simulator was evaluated by instability and performance tests that were conducted before, during and after driving the simulator. A greater decrement in test results was observed among subjects reporting higher frequency of motion sickness-like symptoms.

Adult↗