Are children living near high-voltage power lines at increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

abstract：:Homeownership is consistently associated with better mental health, but whether becoming a homeowner in later in life has positive psychological benefits has not, to our knowledge, been examined. We assessed whether acquiring a home after age 50 years was associated with depression in a representative sample of older ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Courtin E,Dowd JB,Avendano M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, investigators append census-based socioeconomic characteristics of residential areas to individual records to address the problem of inadequate socioeconomic information on health data sets. Little empirical attention has been given to the validity of this approach. The authors estimate health outcome eq...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Geronimus AT,Bound J

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicenter study, the overall correlation between two variables can be broken down into a within- and a between-group correlation reflecting associations at the individual and aggregate levels, respectively. A random-effects model is used to estimate variance components of nutrition-related variables and the wit...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ferrari P,Al-Delaimy WK,Slimani N,Boshuizen HC,Roddam A,Orfanos P,Skeie G,Rodríguez-Barranco M,Thiebaut A,Johansson G,Palli D,Boeing H,Overvad K,Riboli E

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of most case-control studies have suggested a positive association between eating frequency and colorectal cancer risk. Because no prospective cohort studies have done so to date, the authors prospectively examined this association. In 1992, eating frequency was assessed in a cohort of 34,968 US men in the...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mekary RA,Hu FB,Willett WC,Chiuve S,Wu K,Fuchs C,Fung TT,Giovannucci E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking during pregnancy is an important, avoidable factor associated with low birth weight. Maternal age is also associated with variations in birth weight. Using birth certificate data from all 347,650 singleton births for which maternal age and birth weight were recorded during 1984-1988 in Washington Sta...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Fox SH,Koepsell TD,Daling JR

更新日期：1994-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been associated with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in case-control studies, but there are limited data from prospective studies assessing whether virus exposure predicts risk of future cancer development. Two major biobanks, the Southern Sweden Microbiology Biobank (1971-20...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Andersson K,Michael KM,Luostarinen T,Waterboer T,Gislefoss R,Hakulinen T,Forslund O,Pawlita M,Dillner J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is some evidence of an association between loss of a sibling in adulthood and subsequent mortality, there have been no previous studies in which investigators have examined whether the death of a sibling in childhood is associated with adult mortality using total population data. Data on a national coho...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rostila M,Berg L,Saarela J,Kawachi I,Hjern A

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of cigarette-smoking and nonfatal myocardial infarction (AMI) was evaluated using the case-control approach. Overall, the association was present for smokers of one and two packs per day, the standardized rate-ratio estimates being 1.5 and 1.7, respectively. The association was strongest in those who ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Miettinen OS,Neff RK,Jick H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common in population screening surveys or in the investigation of new diagnostic tests to have results from one or more tests investigating the same condition or disease, none of which can be considered a gold standard. For example, two methods often used in population-based surveys for estimating the prevalence...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Joseph L,Gyorkos TW,Coupal L

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have determined risk factors for diarrheal deaths in developing areas. The Ministry of Health of Lesotho, southern Africa, reported that 9.5% of children under five years of age who were hospitalized for diarrhea in 1984 died. Of 104 children under five years of age who died during hospitalization for diar...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Griffin PM,Ryan CA,Nyaphisi M,Hargrett-Bean N,Waldman RJ,Blake PA

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors performed a meta-analysis to estimate the magnitude of polymorphism effects for the complement component C3 gene (C3) and their possible mode of action on age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The meta-analysis included 16 and 7 studies for rs2230199 and rs1047286, respectively. Data extraction and risk ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Thakkinstian A,McKay GJ,McEvoy M,Chakravarthy U,Chakrabarti S,Silvestri G,Kaur I,Li X,Attia J

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between intake of fish and soy products and subsequent all-cause and cause-specific mortality was examined in a cohort of 13,355 male and 15,724 female residents of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. A diet that included soy and fish intake was assessed in 1992 by using a validated semiquantitative food frequency que...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Nagata C,Takatsuka N,Shimizu H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular morbidity has been associated with particulate matter (PM) air pollution, although the relation between pollutants and sudden death from cardiac arrest has not been established. This study examined associations between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and fine PM (of aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm, or PM(2...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Silverman RA,Ito K,Freese J,Kaufman BJ,De Claro D,Braun J,Prezant DJ

更新日期：2010-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests a role for progesterone in ovarian cancer development. Progesterone exerts its effect on target cells by interacting with its receptor. Thus, genetic variations that may cause alterations in the biologic functions of the progesterone receptor can potentially contribute to individual susceptibility to...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Terry KL,De Vivo I,Titus-Ernstoff L,Sluss PM,Cramer DW

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether use of electric blankets, one of the largest sources of electromagnetic field exposure in the home, is associated with the risk of female breast cancer, the authors analyzed data from a population-based US case-control study. The 2,199 case patients were under age 55 years and had been newly dia...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gammon MD,Schoenberg JB,Britton JA,Kelsey JL,Stanford JL,Malone KE,Coates RJ,Brogan DJ,Potischman N,Swanson CA,Brinton LA

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Gulf War Era Cohort and Biorepository (GWECB) is a nationally representative longitudinal cohort of US veterans who served during the 1990-1991 Gulf War era. The GWECB combines survey data, such as demographic, health behavior, and environmental exposure data; medical records...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Khalil L,McNeil RB,Sims KJ,Felder KA,Hauser ER,Goldstein KM,Voils CI,Klimas NG,Brophy MT,Thomas CM,Whitley RL,Dursa EK,Helmer DA,Provenzale DT

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study estimated the incidence of clinical neonatal seizures among infants born between 1992 and 1994 in Harris County, Texas, a county with a large and ethnically diverse population. Infants with neonatal seizures were ascertained from four sources: hospital discharge diagnoses, birth certificates, death certific...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Saliba RM,Annegers JF,Waller DK,Tyson JE,Mizrahi EM

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based case-control study was conducted from 1985 to 1989 in western Washington State to assess the relation between nutrients and the incidence of colon cancer in men and women aged 30-62. A food frequency questionnaire was used to document the usual diet 7 years before diagnosis for 424 cases and at a si...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Meyer F,White E

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of estrogen replacement therapy on prognosis in women with established coronary disease remain uncertain. The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study of 726 women (mean age, 66.2 years) who survived first myocardial infarction to hospital discharge from 1980 through 1991, while enrolled at Group Hea...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Newton KM,LaCroix AZ,McKnight B,Knopp RH,Siscovick DS,Heckbert SR,Weiss NS

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort study of neonatal mortality (N = 106) in white singleton births (N = 14,486) in Utah for January-June 1975 was conducted. Using membership and activity in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon) as a proxy for parental health practices, i.e., tobacco and alcohol abstinence, differentia...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Woolley FR,Schuman KL,Lyon JL

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotypes of single nucleotide polymorphisms are subject to misclassification. If ignored, such misclassification can seriously distort the estimated genotype effects on the disease or outcome of interest. Validation data (gold standard or replicated surrogates) are required to assess the degree of misclassification a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hossain S,Le ND,Brooks-Wilson AR,Spinelli JJ

更新日期：2009-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between birth weight and mortality is among the strongest seen in epidemiology. While preterm delivery causes both small babies and high mortality, it does not explain this association. Fetal growth restriction has also been proposed, although its features are unclear because it lacks a definition inde...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Basso O,Wilcox AJ,Weinberg CR

更新日期：2006-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A five-year intervention study of the effectiveness of the "Know Your Body" program in reducing coronary heart disease risk factors among black students in the District of Columbia, who were in grades 4-6 at baseline, was begun in 1983. Nine schools were stratified on socioeconomic status and randomly assigned to cont...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bush PJ,Zuckerman AE,Theiss PK,Taggart VS,Horowitz C,Sheridan MJ,Walter HJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Above-average exposure to electromagnetic fields has been associated with certain nonmalignant medical conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, other neurologic diseases, depressive symptoms, and suicide. The authors conducted a nationwide mortality study in Denmark of 21,236 men employed in utility companies...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Johansen C,Olsen JH

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for cancers of the mouth and pharynx (oral cancer), but the differential risks by beverage type are unclear. In this 1992-1995 study, the authors examined oral cancer risk in Puerto Rico, comparing alcohol intake among 286 male cases aged 21-79 years and 417 population-based ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Huang WY,Winn DM,Brown LM,Gridley G,Bravo-Otero E,Diehl SR,Fraumeni JF Jr,Hayes RB

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of melanoma in populations of African-European descent has rarely been reported. The authors studied melanoma in the French West Indies (Martinique), where black Caribbeans and whites represented 96% and 4% of the population, respectively. Among the 85 cases of melanoma collected from 1976 to 1995, bl...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Garsaud P,Boisseau-Garsaud AM,Ossondo M,Azaloux H,Escarmant P,Mab GL,Zimmermann S,Saint-Cyr A,Quist D,Hélénon R,Jouannelle A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper concerns the effects of random error in numerical measurements of risk factors (covariates) in relative risk regressions. When not dependent on outcome (nondifferential), such error usually attenuates relative risk estimates (shifts them toward one) and leads to spuriously narrow confidence intervals. The p...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Armstrong BG

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations among certain allergic disorders, atopy upon skin-prick testing, and specific cancers were evaluated in a prospective study. Information regarding history of asthma and hay fever was collected by questionnaire from 3,308 cancer-free participants in the 1981 Busselton Health Survey. A subset of 1,005 p...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Talbot-Smith A,Fritschi L,Divitini ML,Mallon DF,Knuiman MW

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Algorithms are regularly used to identify persons living with diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLWDH) in Medicaid data. To our knowledge, there are no published reports of an HIV algorithm from Medicaid claims codes that have been compared with an HIV surveillance system to assess its sensitivity, specifi...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Macinski SE,Gunn JKL,Goyal M,Neighbors C,Yerneni R,Anderson BJ

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) antibody titers were monitored for five years with samples from 79 keratoconjunctivitis patients with type 8 adenovirus (AV-8) infection. Geometric mean antibody titers declined from 1:161 at the peak of the epidemic to 1:56 after five years. Computerized analysis of the decline ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hierholzer JC,Sprague JB

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00