Epidemiology of taeniasis and cysticercosis in a Peruvian village. The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru.

abstract：:Measurements of neighborhood exposures likely vary depending on the definition of "neighborhood" selected. This study examined the extent to which neighborhood definition influences findings regarding spatial accessibility to tobacco retailers among youth. We defined spatial accessibility to tobacco retailers (i.e., t...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Duncan DT,Kawachi I,Subramanian SV,Aldstadt J,Melly SJ,Williams DR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational and leisure time physical activity and conventional risk factors were determined in the Belgian Physical Fitness Study, a prospective study of 2,363 healthy male factory workers who were aged 40-55 years at entry in 1976-1978 and who were followed for five years. Physical fitness, defined as the interpola...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sobolski J,Kornitzer M,De Backer G,Dramaix M,Abramowicz M,Degre S,Denolin H

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated timing and trajectories of fetal growth in relation to childhood development in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-Scandinavian Study of Successive Small-for-Gestational Age Births (1986-1988) (n = 1,059). Fetal size was assessed by ultrasound at 17, 25, and 33 gestat...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： von Ehrenstein OS,Mikolajczyk RT,Zhang J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female breast cancer patients who had participated in a case-control study conducted during 1973-1975 were followed up, using record linkage to the Statistics Canada mortality data base, to the end of 1980. A number of variables recorded for the case-control study, in particular body weight and daily intake of dietary...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Newman SC,Miller AB,Howe GR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence concerning the role of Helicobacter pylori infection in the development of colorectal cancer remains controversial. The authors assessed the association of H. pylori seroprevalence with risk of colorectal cancer in a large population-based case-control study from Germany in 2003-2007. Serum antibodies to H. p...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhang Y,Hoffmeister M,Weck MN,Chang-Claude J,Brenner H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little current understanding of the risk for occurrence of unintentional injury in the home. The authors estimated the incidence of unintentional home injuries for an entire community, adjusting for actual time spent awake in the home and, in addition, analyzed the costs of these injuries. Cases of unintentio...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kopjar B,Wickizer TM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determinants of individuals changes in gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) were examined in 1,171 males and 1,267 females in Tromsø, Norway, according to a 7-year longitudinal design. The basis for the study was two comprehensive population surveys in 1979-1980 and 1986-1987. In both sexes, increase in GGT displayed a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Nilssen O,Førde OH

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the relation between age at first vaginal intercourse and a positive nucleic acid amplification test for sexually transmitted infection (STI). A nationally representative sample of 9,844 respondents aged 18-26 years was tested for chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis in wave 3 (2001...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kaestle CE,Halpern CT,Miller WC,Ford CA

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A prevalence survey of respiratory diseases was conducted in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the objective of explaining differing patterns of respiratory disease epidemiology in Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites (Anglos). The study population was selected at random from the 1978 R.L. Polk & Co. Directory. This paper foc...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Howard CA,Samet JM,Buechley RW,Schrag SD,Key CR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Barnes Hospital Employee Health Service (St. Louis, Missouri) rubella screening program was evaluated over the 5-year period between January 1, 1986, and December 31, 1990. A total of 6,969 new employees were hired, and 6,115 (87.7%) were screened for evidence of rubella immunity by the Employee Health Service. Ru...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Fraser V,Spitznagel E,Medoff G,Dunagan WC

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few reports on population-based studies of birth rate among epilepsy patients have been published. In most previous studies, fertility has been lower among epilepsy patients than in the rest of the population. However, conflicting results have also been reported. Because of small samples and selective material, the ge...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Artama M,Isojärvi JI,Raitanen J,Auvinen A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations leads to alterations of mitochondrial biogenesis and function that might produce a decrease in mtDNA content within cells. This implies that mtDNA content might be a potential biomarker associated with oxidative stress and inflammation. However, data on correlates of...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Knez J,Winckelmans E,Plusquin M,Thijs L,Cauwenberghs N,Gu Y,Staessen JA,Nawrot TS,Kuznetsova T

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign breast disease is associated with increased risk of breast cancer. To further clarify whether there is a genetic link between benign and malignant breast lesions, the authors identified 14,648 first-degree female relatives of 8,807 patients in whom breast cancer was diagnosed at <50 years of age by using Danish...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bertelsen L,Mellemkjaer L,Balslev E,Olsen JH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer rates are often compared between counties or other geographic units as a method of testing for risk from environmental exposures. Migration between geographic areas greatly reduces the sensitivity of this method. Under simplifying assumptions the quantitative effect of migration on risk estimates is shown using...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Polissar L

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Senile macular degeneration is a leading cause of visual loss in the United States, England, and probably many other industrialized countries. The clinical manifestations of this disease include: drusen, atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, serous detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium, subretinal neovascu...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ferris FL 3rd

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the relation of negative affect to mortality in the Religious Orders Study, a longitudinal cohort study of older persons, between 1994 and 2002. Participants were 851 Catholic clergy members without dementia at baseline (mean age, 75.4 (standard deviation, 6.9) years; 68% women). They completed st...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wilson RS,Bienias JL,Mendes de Leon CF,Evans DA,Bennett DA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have conducted an analysis to validate a computer model that uses age-specific human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence data to estimate age-specific HIV incidence rates. Data for the analysis are from a cohort study of volunteer male workers in Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi. Testing for HIV ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Saidel T,Sokal D,Rice J,Buzingo T,Hassig S

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative contribution of menopause to the age-related increase in serum total cholesterol concentration in women is not exactly known. Cross-sectional studies suggest a considerable contribution of menopause, whereas in short-term longitudinal studies, only a small increase was observed around menopause. In a 10-y...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： van Beresteijn EC,Korevaar JC,Huijbregts PC,Schouten EG,Burema J,Kok FJ

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the inverse association between hysterectomy and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) was considered well established, investigators in recent studies including women diagnosed after 2000 have observed modest increases in risk. Most studies have been conducted in white women with little representation of African-A...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Peres LC,Alberg AJ,Bandera EV,Barnholtz-Sloan J,Bondy M,Cote ML,Funkhouser E,Moorman PG,Peters ES,Schwartz AG,Terry PD,Abbott SE,Camacho F,Wang F,Schildkraut JM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although coronary heart disease (CHD) is currently the leading cause of death among American Indians, information on the prevalence of CHD and its association with known cardiovascular risk factors is limited. The Strong Heart Study was initiated in 1988 to quantify cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among th...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Howard BV,Lee ET,Cowan LD,Fabsitz RR,Howard WJ,Oopik AJ,Robbins DC,Savage PJ,Yeh JL,Welty TK

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was carried out on a random sample of 1,288 Mexican Americans and 929 Anglos living in three socially distinct neighborhoods in San Antonio, Texas. Hypertension was defined as diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 95 mmHg or currently taking antihypertensive medication. Overall age-adjusted preval...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Franco LJ,Stern MP,Rosenthal M,Haffner SM,Hazuda HP,Comeaux PJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiencing discrimination is associated with poor mental health, but how cumulative experiences of perceived interpersonal discrimination across attributes, domains, and time are associated with mental disorders is still unknown. Using data from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (1996-2008), we applied l...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bécares L,Zhang N

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke, coronary heart disease (CHD) and total mortality are evaluated from death certificates in enumerated cohorts of 45-64-year old Japanese men in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1965-1970), in Homolulu (1966-1970), and in the San Francisco area (1968-1972). Total mortality is highest in Japan with no consistent differenc...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Worth RM,Kato H,Rhoads GG,Kagan K,Syme SL

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cohort study sought to estimate the differences in risk of delivering infants who were small or large for gestational age (SGA or LGA, respectively) according to exercise during the first trimester of pregnancy (vs. no exercise) among 2,286 women receiving care at Kaiser Permanente Northern California in 2013-201...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ehrlich SF,Neugebauer RS,Feng J,Hedderson MM,Ferrara A

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of pain relievers has been associated with both lower and higher risks of adverse reproductive outcomes in animals. In the sole investigation of male pain-reliever use and human fertility carried out to date, Smarr et al. (Hum Reprod. 2016;31(9):2119-2127) found a 35% reduction in fecundability among ma...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wesselink AK,Bresnick KA,Hatch EE,Rothman KJ,Mikkelsen EM,Wang TR,Huybrechts KF,Wise LA

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The study investigated the prevalence of antibodies to five leading agents of childhood respiratory disease in the county of Huixquilucan, Mexico. Tests of sera from a random sample of children between 3 months and 18 years of age confirmed serologically the presence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, respiratory syncytial (RS...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Golubjatnikov R,Allen VD,Olmos-Blancarte MP,Inhorn SL

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-fiber diets are associated with improved lipid profiles. However, pre- and postmenopausal women respond differently to fiber intake, suggesting that endogenous estradiol mediates the effect. The authors' objective was to determine the direct effect of fiber intake on lipoprotein cholesterol levels independent of ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mumford SL,Schisterman EF,Siega-Riz AM,Gaskins AJ,Wactawski-Wende J,VanderWeele TJ

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ratio of cancer occurrence among smokers compared to nonsmokers has been generally reported to be greatest for carcinomas arising in the lung and larynx. This report presents the results of an investigation into mechanisms underlying the temporal trends in the incidence of these two forms of cancer in Scotland ove...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Boyle P,Robertson C

更新日期：1987-04-01 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：:The present report evaluates a method for the determination of the maximal velocity of the outward sodium, potassium, chlorine (Na-K-Cl) cotransport in erythrocytes. The loading procedure was carried out using the ionophore nystatin. The technical error for this assay, based on concurrent analysis of randomized blind ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Trevisan M,Canessa M,Laurenzi M,Di Muro MR,De Colle S,Franzese A,Iacone R,De Chiara F

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00