Risk of ovarian cancer in relation to estrogen and progestin dose and use characteristics of oral contraceptives. SHARE Study Group. Steroid Hormones and Reproductions.

abstract：:The quality of proxy reporting was assessed among 136 prenatal patients and their spouse/partners recruited from the obstetric services of a New Jersey hospital between 1985 and 1987. The concordance, sensitivity, and specificity of proxy reports about partners' occupation, smoking, and drinking were examined in relat...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hatch MC,Misra D,Kabat GC,Kartzmer S

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the association between longitudinal patterns of illicit drug use and clinical progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. Confidential computer-based interviews, which addressed illicit drug use and other factors, were completed by HIV-infected participants in Baltimore, Maryland, a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lucas GM,Griswold M,Gebo KA,Keruly J,Chaisson RE,Moore RD

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality experience of 8679 members of a metal trades union--men employed in shipyards, metal fabrication shops, small boat yards, and field construction--was studied from 1950 to 1976 by the historical prospective method. Relative to rates for US men of comparable age and race, the risk of death from all causes ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Beaumont JJ,Weiss NS

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic research that uses administrative records (rather than registries or clinical surveys) to identify cases for study has been increasingly restricted because of concerns about privacy, making unbiased population-based research less practicable. In their article, Nattinger et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2010;172(6...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harris MA

更新日期：2010-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first wave of pandemic influenza or a bioterrorist influenza attack, antiviral agents would be one of the few options to contain the epidemic in the United States until adequate supplies of vaccine were available. The authors use stochastic epidemic simulations to investigate the effectiveness of targeted anti...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Longini IM Jr,Halloran ME,Nizam A,Yang Y

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present analysis was to use longitudinal data collected over 7 years (from 4 surveys) in the Residential Environments (RESIDE) Study (Perth, Australia, 2003-2012) to more carefully examine the relationship of neighborhood walkability and destination accessibility with walking for transportation that...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Knuiman MW,Christian HE,Divitini ML,Foster SA,Bull FC,Badland HM,Giles-Corti B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of residents in communities with high endemic concentrations of arsenic in drinking water suggest a deleterious effect on the circulatory system; however, studies among workers with high occupational exposures generally have shown either no or weak associations. This discrepancy could be a result of the health...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hertz-Picciotto I,Arrighi HM,Hu SW

更新日期：2000-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight children with Reye's syndrome (RS) confirmed by liver biopsy were treated at the University of Cincinnati between 1963 and 1974. Cases were clustered in the winter and spring with the peak in February and March. These coincided with the occurrence of influenza and, numerically, were associated more closely...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Linnemann CC Jr,Shea L,Partin JC,Schubert WK,Schiff GM

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency medical services with advanced life support systems were implemented in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, area in the mid-1970s. To assess the impact of emergency medical services on coronary heart disease mortality, the authors reviewed ambulance records and hospital emergency room logs for possible out-...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tillinghast SJ,Doliszny KM,Kottke TE,Gomez-Marin O,Lilja GP,Campion BC

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperinsulinemia is associated with multiple metabolic disorders including high triglyceride level, low high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level, hypertension, and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). This metabolic constellation is also called the insulin resistance syndrome. All previous data on clustering of t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mykkänen L,Haffner SM,Rönnemaa T,Bergman RN,Laakso M

更新日期：1997-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential survival associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) was evaluated in a cross-country study using four population-based IDDM cohorts from Japan (n = 1,374), Israel (n = 610), Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (n = 995), and Finland (n = 5,144). For the purpose of this cross-country comparison,...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors：

更新日期：1995-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal steroid dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulfate (DHEAS) have been characterized as "protective" against ischemic heart disease (IHD), especially in men, on the basis of sparse epidemiologic evidence. The authors used data from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study, a random sample prospective study of 1...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Feldman HA,Johannes CB,Araujo AB,Mohr BA,Longcope C,McKinlay JB

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a population-based case-control study of connective tissue disease in a four-county area in southeastern Georgia. Interviews with 44 cases and 88 controls were conducted in September and October of 1986. The association with a family history of these disorders was reconfirmed, and a positive asso...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Freni-Titulaer LW,Kelley DB,Grow AG,McKinley TW,Arnett FC,Hochberg MC

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalent biologic specimens can be used to estimate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence using a two-stage immunologic testing algorithm that hinges on the average time, T, between testing HIV-positive on highly sensitive enzyme immunoassays and testing HIV-positive on less sensitive enzyme immunoassays. Comm...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Cole SR,Chu H,Brookmeyer R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 1973-2000 mesothelioma incidence data released by the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program in April 2003, the authors estimated the parameters of a birth-cohort and age model to determine whether previously reported patterns of mesothelioma in the United States have changed. Compared with analyses...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Price B,Ware A

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of cancer of the corpus uteri in Denmark is examined by the use of data from the Danish Cancer Registry. The study population consists of 14,149 cases diagnosed with cancer of the corpus uteri between 1943 and 1980. Since 1943, the incidence has been steadily increasing. The trend in the incidence rates...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ewertz M,Jensen OM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have provided evidence of an inverse association between atopic allergic conditions (AACs) and invasive colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality in predominantly white populations. We examined the association between AACs (asthma, hay fever, or allergy) and CRC among white, African-American, Native Hawa...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tambe NA,Wilkens LR,Wan P,Stram DO,Gilliland F,Park SL,Cozen W,Martínez-Maza O,Le Marchand L,Henderson BE,Haiman CA

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:Epidemiologic studies of overdiagnosis are challenged by unclear definitions and the absence of unified measures. This spurs great controversies. Etymologically, overdiagnosis means too much diagnosis and stems from the inability to distinguish what is important from what is not. Accordingly, in order to grasp, measur...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hofmann B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persons whose body fat is distributed predominantly in the abdomen compared with the hips are at increased risk of several chronic diseases. This study examined the cross-sectional relation of percent body fat, computed from skinfold thickness, and fat distribution, measured by the waist-to-hip girth ratio, to physiol...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Folsom AR,Burke GL,Ballew C,Jacobs DR Jr,Haskell WL,Donahue RP,Liu KA,Hilner JE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study prospectively examined the association between shift work and the risk of ischemic heart disease among Japanese male workers. A baseline survey, which involved 110,792 inhabitants (age range: 40-79 years) from 45 areas throughout Japan, was conducted between 1988 and 1990. The causes of death were identifie...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Fujino Y,Iso H,Tamakoshi A,Inaba Y,Koizumi A,Kubo T,Yoshimura T,Japanese Collaborative Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Death rarely results from only one cause, and it can be caused by a variety of factors. Multiple cause-of-death data files can list as many as 20 contributing causes of death in addition to the reported underlying cause of death. Analysis of multiple cause-of-death data can provide information on associations between ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Redelings MD,Wise M,Sorvillo F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methods used for selecting subjects yield three types of case-control studies: 1) incident cases are compared to non-cases chosen to be representative of the exposure distribution among the person-years which produced the cases. In this type of study the exposure-odds ratio equals the incidence density ratio; 2) i...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Neutra RR,Drolette ME

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early-onset cannabis use is widespread in many countries and might cause later onset of depression. Sound epidemiologic data across countries are missing. The authors estimated the suspected causal association that links early-onset (age <17 years) cannabis use with later-onset (age > or =17 years) risk of a depressio...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： de Graaf R,Radovanovic M,van Laar M,Fairman B,Degenhardt L,Aguilar-Gaxiola S,Bruffaerts R,de Girolamo G,Fayyad J,Gureje O,Haro JM,Huang Y,Kostychenko S,Lépine JP,Matschinger H,Mora ME,Neumark Y,Ormel J,Posada-Villa J

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Some reports indicate that exposure to specific polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners is related to breast cancer risk. The authors recruited participants in a case-control study from October 1994 to March 1997 to assess the relation between breast cancer risk and concentrations of 14 PCB congeners measured in plas...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Demers A,Ayotte P,Brisson J,Dodin S,Robert J,Dewailly E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the first-line treatment for patients with unipolar depression, yet there is little guidance on which SSRI provides the most benefit to a patient, based on her/his personal characteristics. In this work, we explore whether an individualized treatment strategy can be ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Coulombe J,Moodie EEM,Shortreed SM,Renoux C

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Measures of various types of social contacts were used as predictors of ischemic heart disease events and total mortality in an age-stratified random sample of 9,573 adults enrolled in the Copenhagen City Heart Study (Copenhagen, Denmark). Baseline examinations were conducted in 1991-1994, and participants were follow...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Barefoot JC,Grønbaek M,Jensen G,Schnohr P,Prescott E

更新日期：2005-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective cohort of nondisabled adults aged 65 years or more in the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (1981-1987 and 1985-1992), we used a competing risk approach to predict the 5-year risk of severe, persistent activities-of-daily-living (ADLs) disability, defined as dependence i...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kim DH,Newman AB,Lipsitz LA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of Lyme disease has been examined utilizing insurance claims from privately insured individuals; however, it is unknown whether reported patterns vary among the publicly insured. We examined trends in incidence rates of first Lyme disease diagnosis among 384,652 Maryland Medicaid recipients enrolled f...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rebman AW,Wang L,Yang T,Marsteller JA,Murphy SME,Uriyo M,Mihm EA,Weinstein ER,Fagan P,Aucott JN

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low blood pressure during pregnancy has been associated with poor perinatal outcomes. However, whether this association is causal or is due to confounding has never been carefully assessed. The authors used data from the Collaborative Perinatal Project, a large prospective cohort study in 12 hospitals in the United St...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhang J,Klebanoff MA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00