Lucas R

ORCID: 0000-0003-2736-3541 · 3 papers in corpus
2015
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition.
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(15)61340-x

BackgroundThe Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable compariso…

article 2015
The shading sign: is it exclusive of endometriomas?
Abdominal imaging ·doi:10.1007/s00261-015-0465-1

ObjectivesTo investigate if the shading sign is an exclusive MRI feature of endometriomas or endometrioid tumors, and to analyze its different patterns.MethodsThree hundred and fourty six women with adnexal masses who underwent 1.5/3-T MRI …

2015
Tightrope Walking: Using Predictors of 25(OH)D Concentration Based on Multivariable Linear Regression to Infer Associations with Health Risks.
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125551

The debate on the causal association between vitamin D status, measured as serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), and various health outcomes warrants investigation in large-scale health surveys. Measuring the 25(OH)D concent…