Vaccine-preventable diseases, immunizations, and the Epidemic Intelligence Service.

abstract：:Vulvar vestibulitis is characterized by superficial pain during intercourse. Exploratory studies have suggested that oral contraceptives (OCs) could be associated with occurrence of vulvar vestibulitis. This 1995-1998 case-control study in Québec, Canada, sought to reassess this association. Included were 138 women wi...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bouchard C,Brisson J,Fortier M,Morin C,Blanchette C

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this case-control study was to evaluate whether occupational conditions during pregnancy are associated with preterm delivery (PTD). Women whose work conditions changed following the use of a legally justified preventive measure (withdrawal from work or job reassignment) were also compared with those ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Croteau A,Marcoux S,Brisson C

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the association between maternal preconceptional supplemental and dietary zinc intake and risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) in a population-based case-control study conducted between 1989 and 1991 in California. Cases were 430 NTD-affected fetuses/infants, and controls were 429 randomly selec...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Velie EM,Block G,Shaw GM,Samuels SJ,Schaffer DM,Kulldorff M

更新日期：1999-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of the Journal, Ghiasvand et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2017;185(3):147-156) present results from a longitudinal study of the association between indoor tanning and melanoma in a large cohort of Norwegian women. These new data further support previous findings on the damaging effects of tanning bed exposure on...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Berwick M,Doré JF

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of antibiotic-associated colitis that occurred on a ward of a Michigan hospital during February-April, 1984, was studied by bacteriophage-bacteriocin typing. Stools from the seven involved patients yielded Clostridium difficile isolates of types B1537 or Cld7;B1537. C. difficile was recovered from 31.4% of...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kaatz GW,Gitlin SD,Schaberg DR,Wilson KH,Kauffman CA,Seo SM,Fekety R

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bangkok (Thailand) Metropolitan Administration cohort of injecting drug users (IDUs) consisted of 1,209 IDUs initially seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who were followed from 1995 to 1998 at 15 Administration drug treatment clinics. At enrollment and approximately every 4 months thereafter, part...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hudgens MG,Longini IM Jr,Vanichseni S,Hu DJ,Kitayaporn D,Mock PA,Halloran ME,Satten GA,Choopanya K,Mastro TD

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is accumulating evidence suggesting that children may drive the spread of influenza epidemics. The objective of this study was to quantify the lead time by age using laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza A for the 1995/1996-2005/2006 seasons from Canadian communities and laboratory-confirmed hospital admission...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Schanzer D,Vachon J,Pelletier L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal observational data are required to assess the association between exposure to β-interferon medications and disease progression among relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in the "real-world" clinical practice setting. Marginal structural Cox models (MSCMs) can provide distinct advantages ov...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Karim ME,Gustafson P,Petkau J,Zhao Y,Shirani A,Kingwell E,Evans C,van der Kop M,Oger J,Tremlett H

更新日期：2014-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of characteristics of social networks and support on depressive symptoms in the elderly. The subjects were 1,962 noninstitutionalized persons 65 years and older from the New Haven Establishment of Populations for Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly in 1982, who were a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Oxman TE,Berkman LF,Kasl S,Freeman DH Jr,Barrett J

更新日期：1992-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Semen quality has been suggested to be a biological marker of long-term morbidity and mortality; however, few studies have been conducted on this subject. We identified 5,370 men seen for infertility at Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark, during 1977-2010, and 4,712 of these men were followed in the Danish National Patie...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Latif T,Kold Jensen T,Mehlsen J,Holmboe SA,Brinth L,Pors K,Skouby SO,Jørgensen N,Lindahl-Jacobsen R

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Past studies of the relation between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and type 2 diabetes conflict. The authors aimed to elucidate the relation by using a large community-based sample with a wide range of liver conditions. Between October 1997 and February 1998, 2,327 consecutive subjects (aged > or =35 years) were e...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wang CS,Wang ST,Yao WJ,Chang TT,Chou P

更新日期：2003-12-15 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：:The authors investigated whether red blood cell distribution width (RDW) was associated with the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and mortality in a community cohort in Taiwan. The influence of anemia on the association was also assessed. RDW levels were measured in 3,226 participants aged 35 years o...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Chen PC,Sung FC,Chien KL,Hsu HC,Su TC,Lee YT

更新日期：2010-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there has been a rapid rise in the publication of meta-analyses of genetic association studies, little is known about their methodological quality. The authors reviewed the quality of 120 randomly selected genetic meta-analyses published between 2005 and 2007. Data extracted included issues of general relevan...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Minelli C,Thompson JR,Abrams KR,Thakkinstian A,Attia J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether risk compensation could offset the preventive effect of early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission remains unknown. Using virological and behavioral data collected 12 months after inclusion in the TEMPRANO randomized trial of early ART (Abidjan, Côte d'I...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Jean K,Boily MC,Danel C,Moh R,Badjé A,Desgrées-du-Loû A,Eholié S,Lert F,Dray-Spira R,Anglaret X,Ouattara E

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether recent coffee consumption is related to the incidence of large bowel cancer, the authors analyzed data from a multipurpose hospital-based case-control study of several cancers, conducted from 1978 to 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, Marylan...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rosenberg L,Werler MM,Palmer JR,Kaufman DW,Warshauer ME,Stolley PD,Shapiro S

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the relation between recreational physical activity and plasma lipid concentrations in early pregnancy. Between 1996 and 2000, 925 normotensive, nondiabetic pregnant women in Washington State were interviewed at approximately 13 weeks' gestation regarding type, frequency, and duration of physical ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Butler CL,Williams MA,Sorensen TK,Frederick IO,Leisenring WM

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Most, but not all, studies in Western countries have indicated that women have a higher mortality than men after an acute myocardial infarction, but this has not been well documented in the developing world. The authors studied 601 male and 294 female myocardial infarction patients, aged 26-94 years, admitted to a cit...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： He J,Klag MJ,Whelton PK,Zhoa Y,Weng X

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the degree to which job and marital satisfaction and participation in leisure activities could predict concurrent and future health status relative to ethnicity, class and occupational factors, and mental health. Data were obtained from a longitudinal study of a random sample of 1034 Manhattan fami...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gersten JC,Friis R,Langner TS

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this cross-sectional analysis of women aged 35-49 years from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted between 1988 and 1994, was to assess associations with menopausal status based either on menstrual cycle patterns or on elevated (>20 IU/liter) follicle-stimulating hormone....

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Cooper GS,Baird DD,Darden FR

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case-control study, the authors aimed to examine whether use of an electric bedding device increased breast cancer risk in African-American women. Cases were 304 African-American patients diagnosed with breast cancer during 1995-1998 who were aged 20-64 years and lived in one of three Tennessee counties. Contr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Zhu K,Hunter S,Payne-Wilks K,Roland CL,Forbes DS

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study's objective was to investigate healthy aging in older French adults 5 years after a period of daily nutritional-dose supplementation with antioxidant nutrients. The study was based on the double-blind, randomized trial, Supplementation with Antioxidant Vitamins and Minerals (SU.VI.MAX) Study (1994-2002) and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Assmann KE,Andreeva VA,Jeandel C,Hercberg S,Galan P,Kesse-Guyot E

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relation of noncontraceptive estrogen use to the risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women, the authors conducted a case-control study: 1,686 cases were compared with 2,077 hospital control subjects, of whom 1,120 had non-gynecologic cancers and 957 had nonmalignant (also non-gynecologic) conditi...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kaufman DW,Palmer JR,de Mouzon J,Rosenberg L,Stolley PD,Warshauer ME,Zauber AG,Shapiro S

更新日期：1991-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity (body mass index >or=30 kg/m(2)) is a growing urban health concern, but few studies have examined whether, how, or why obesity prevalence has changed over time within cities. This study characterized the individual- and neighborhood-level determinants and distribution of obesity in New York City from 2003 to 2...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Black JL,Macinko J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-level arsenic exposure is consistently associated with QT prolongation, a risk factor for arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Arsenic may act on QT by increasing cardiac calcium currents. The authors hypothesized that low-level arsenic exposure would be associated with QT duration and that this effect would be s...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mordukhovich I,Wright RO,Amarasiriwardena C,Baja E,Baccarelli A,Suh H,Sparrow D,Vokonas P,Schwartz J

更新日期：2009-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper, a strong prooxidant, may play a role in atherogenesis. The author examined the association between serum copper concentration and mortality from coronary heart disease using data from the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1976-1992). Serum copper concentration was determined using atomic...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ford ES

更新日期：2000-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A common-source epidemic of hepatitis A occurred in an Athenian institution boarding 38 children (mean age 4.8 years). All children were examined, and blood was drawn from each at the onset of the study and repeatedly during the next three months. Only one child (2.6%) was initially immune to hepatitis A virus as a re...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tassopoulos NC,Roumeliotou-Karayannis A,Sakka M,Ticehurst J,Mihalik K,Stephanou T,Purcell RH,Papaevangelou G

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke mortality is reported to be greater in blacks than in whites, but stroke incidence data for blacks and Hispanics are sparse. The aim of this study was to determine and compare stroke incidence rates among whites, blacks, and Hispanics living in the same urban community. A population-based incidence study was co...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sacco RL,Boden-Albala B,Gan R,Chen X,Kargman DE,Shea S,Paik MC,Hauser WA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidence trends in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) demonstrate disparities by race and ethnicity. We used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Registry to evaluate patterns in ALL incidence from 2000-2016, including the association between the percent of people born in a foreign country at the ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Feng Q,de Smith AJ,Vergara-Lluri M,Muskens IS,McKean-Cowdin R,Kogan S,Brynes R,Wiemels JL

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors sought to assess the reliability and validity of two motion activity sensors in the prediction of observed physical activity levels in adults and children by means of two studies at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. In study 1, 50 adults were observed in fall 1984 for one hour of recrea...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Klesges RC,Klesges LM,Swenson AM,Pheley AM

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00