Research of quality of life in students of programmes of postgraduate studies in Public Health

OBJECTIVE This study focused on the assessment of psychological health among students in Master's Degree programs in Public Health, and of their satisfaction, symptoms of stress and ways of coping during their studies. T...

The history of vascular access in hemodialysis patients:<br /> From the early days of Willem J. Kolff to the present

The introduction of hemodialysis for the treatment of chronic renal failure represents one of the most important medical milestones of the 20th century. In 1943 Willem J. Kolff constructed the first artificial kidney mac...

Epidemiologic investigation of the etiology of chronic diseases

Etiology in epidemiology, preventive medicine and medicine, in general, is stochastic (probabilistic) rather than strictly deterministic. In this review, the concepts of cause and causality in the context of epidemiology...

Criteria that affect the selection of the field of medical specialization in Greece

OBJECTIVE In recent years, the rising number of physicians and their unequal distribution over the various geographic regions and medical specialties has grown into a major concern for health policy. The selection of the...

Αύξηση της αλκαλικής φωσφατάσης ηπατικής προέλευσης σε ενεργό ρευματοειδή αρθρίτιδα