Institute of Population and Public Health

ROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed

An Integrated Risk Function for Estimating the Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposure

We developed a fine particulate mass-based RR model that covered the global range of exposure by integrating RR information from different combustion types that generate emissio...

Epidemiology and Reporting Characteristics of Systematic Reviews

SRs are now produced in large numbers, and our data suggest that the quality of their reporting is inconsistent. This situation might be improved if more widely agreed upon evid...

Fifteen-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer

After 15 years of follow-up, prostate cancer-specific mortality was low regardless of the treatment assigned. Thus, the choice of therapy involves weighing trade-offs between be...