Community-acquired Legionnaires' disease associated with a cooling tower: evidence for longer-distance transport of Legionella pneumophila.

abstract：:Several design options available in the planning stage of case-control studies are examined. Topics covered include matching, control/case ratio, choice of nested case-control or case-cohort design, two-stage sampling, and other methods that can be used for control selection. The effect of potential problems in obtain...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wacholder S,Silverman DT,McLaughlin JK,Mandel JS

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of adult health risks from exposures that occurred in childhood may require case-control studies in which subjects who are now adults are asked to provide information that might be more accurately provided by their parents. The quality of parental smoking and drinking histories provided by adult offspring w...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sandler DP,Shore DL

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although effective in controlling malaria, indoor residual spraying results in elevated exposure to insecticides such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and pyrethroids. These chemicals cross the placenta, but no studies have examined their associations with birth outcomes in populations residing in indoor resid...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Chevrier J,Rauch S,Crause M,Obida M,Gaspar F,Bornman R,Eskenazi B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 1994-1998 cross-sectional study of a multiethnic sample of 2,211 men and women in San Diego, California, the authors estimated prevalence of the major manifestations of chronic venous disease: spider veins, varicose veins, trophic changes, and edema by visual inspection; superficial and deep functional disease (r...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Criqui MH,Jamosmos M,Fronek A,Denenberg JO,Langer RD,Bergan J,Golomb BA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has risen dramatically over the past 50 years. In the search for new risk factors, blood transfusions have been investigated and shown to be associated with subsequent lymphoma in some studies. The authors tested this association in a population-based, case-control study c...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Chow EJ,Holly EA

更新日期：2002-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior reports regarding the association between physical activity and subclinical cardiovascular disease have not been consistent. The authors assessed physical activity and walking pace via questionnaire among 6,482 US adults aged 45-84 years without prior clinical cardiovascular disease participating in the Multi-Et...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bertoni AG,Whitt-Glover MC,Chung H,Le KY,Barr RG,Mahesh M,Jenny NS,Burke GL,Jacobs DR

更新日期：2009-02-15 00:00:00

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：:In 1999, the authors began recruitment for a randomized controlled intervention trial aimed at preventing melanocytic nevi (moles) by minimizing sun exposure through the use of sun-protective clothing. The study involves 652 Caucasian children (75.6% response) aged 0-35 months from 25 child-care centers (n = 13 interv...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harrison SL,Buettner PG,Maclennan R

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mendelian randomization approach exploits genetic variants to improve causal inference when using observational data. The authors examined the relation between long-term obesity and common mental disorders (CMD) by utilizing the known relation between fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) genotype and body mass in...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kivimäki M,Jokela M,Hamer M,Geddes J,Ebmeier K,Kumari M,Singh-Manoux A,Hingorani A,Batty GD

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are usually the preferred strategy with which to generate evidence of comparative effectiveness, but conducting an RCT is not always feasible. Though observational studies and RCTs often provide comparable estimates, the questioning of observational analyses has recently intensified b...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Danaei G,Tavakkoli M,Hernán MA

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the validity of outdoor particulate matter with a 50% cutoff diameter of 10-microm (PM10) concentrations as a measure of exposure in time series studies, the association between personal and outdoor concentrations, within subjects, over time was investigated. Repeated measurements of personal, indoor, a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Janssen NA,Hoek G,Brunekreef B,Harssema H,Mensink I,Zuidhof A

更新日期：1998-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed all cases of active tuberculosis newly reported to a population-based registry between 1970 and 1985 to compare a large urban area with the mostly rural remainder of the province of British Columbia, Canada. Although incidence rates have declined steadily in the rural area, they have not done so i...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Enarson DA,Wang JS,Dirks JM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality rates of coronary heart disease are much lower and hemorrhagic stroke rates are higher in Japanese than in Caucasians. To investigate whether population differences in plasma concentrations of coagulation factors are consistent with these mortality differences, the authors examined, in 1987, a total of 136 m...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Iso H,Folsom AR,Wu KK,Finch A,Munger RG,Sato S,Shimamoto T,Terao A,Komachi Y

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between exposure to severe cold weather and mortality is examined in a retrospective study of deaths occurring during the month of January from 1991 to 1996 in Pennsylvania. Using division-days as units of observation (n = 1,560) aggregated from death certificates and geographic divisions, the authors est...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Gorjanc ML,Flanders WD,VanDerslice J,Hersh J,Malilay J

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known the about the reproductive health of offspring after fertility treatment. In 2001-2005, the authors approached young Danish men attending a compulsory physical examination to determine their fitness for military service. A total of 1,925 men volunteered, delivered a semen sample, had a physical examina...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Jensen TK,Jørgensen N,Asklund C,Carlsen E,Holm M,Skakkebaek NE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of autopsy records was performed to evaluate a clustering of patients shown to have invasive pulmonary aspergillosis during the period July 1, 1978 through October 31, 1980 at Milwaukee County Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During this period, ten patients, all of whom were immunosuppress...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Lentino JR,Rosenkranz MA,Michaels JA,Kurup VP,Rose HD,Rytel MW

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A community sample made in the fall of 1972 in Durham County, North Carolina, and that consisted of 331 persons 65 years of age and older was assessed for adequacy of social support along three parameters: roles and available attachments, perceived social support, and frequency of social interaction. This approach to ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Blazer DG

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relations between diet and nuclear opacities in the lens of the eye were investigated in a population-based cohort of middle-aged and older adults who lived in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Nuclear sclerosis was assessed from photographs of the lens taken during 1988-1990 in 1,919 persons in the Beaver Dam Eye Study. Diets i...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Mares-Perlman JA,Brady WE,Klein BE,Klein R,Haus GJ,Palta M,Ritter LL,Shoff SM

更新日期：1995-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine risk factors for Ewing's bone sarcoma, the authors interviewed mothers of 43 patients diagnosed between January 1978 and August 1986 and 193 controls in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, regarding medical and occupational history of parents and other factors related to the subjects and their immedia...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Holly EA,Aston DA,Ahn DK,Kristiansen JJ

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies virus was isolated by cell culture from the brains of 104 confirmed rabies cases diagnosed by the fluorescent-antibody staining technique in the United States during 1974-1984. Eighty-seven isolates were obtained from wild-life species, 10 from humans, and seven from domestic animals. These isolates were tested...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Rupprecht CE,Glickman LT,Spencer PA,Wiktor TJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations of gene (G)-environment (E) interactions have led to limited findings to date, possibly due to weak effects of individual genetic variants. Polygenic risk scores (PRS), which capture the genetic susceptibility associated with a set of variants, can be a powerful tool for detecting global patterns of int...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Meisner A,Kundu P,Chatterjee N

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exceptionally high incidence rates of thyroid cancer are observed in New Caledonia, particularly in Melanesian women. To investigate further the etiology of thyroid cancer and to clarify the reasons of this elevated incidence, the authors conducted a countrywide population-based case-control study in this multiethnic ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Guignard R,Truong T,Rougier Y,Baron-Dubourdieu D,Guénel P

更新日期：2007-11-15 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：:A comparison between prescriber records and patient-reported oral contraceptive histories obtained during a case-control study of thromboembolism and oral contraceptive use served as the basis for evaluating the extent of agreement between these two sources of information. Agreement between oral contraceptive user and...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Stolley PD,Tonascia JA,Sartwell PE,Tockman MS,Tonascia S,Rutledge A,Schinnar R

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a prospective study of risk factors for intrauterine growth retardation (birth weight less than a standard (race- and sex-adjusted) 10th percentile for gestational age) and preterm birth (birth prior to 37 weeks gestation) in a high-risk, inner-city, obstetric population, with special interest in...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors：

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the role of self-reported life satisfaction in mortality with a prospective cohort study (1976-1995). A nationwide sample of healthy adults (18-64 years, n = 22,461) from the Finnish Twin Cohort responded to a questionnaire about life satisfaction and known predictors of mortality in 1975. A s...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Koivumaa-Honkanen H,Honkanen R,Viinamäki H,Heikkilä K,Kaprio J,Koskenvuo M

更新日期：2000-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival models are important tools for the analysis of data when a disease event occurs in time and subjects are lost to follow-up. Many models, however, can also be adapted for use when an event is characterized by transitions through intermediate states of disease with increasing severity. In this presentation, suc...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Abbott RD,Carroll RJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-based and proportional odds ratios for various cancers, based on incidence data from 1974-1977 and mortality data from 1965-1975 for western Washington State, were calculated in relation to three measures of exposure to asbestos in community water supplies. Six odds ratios were calculated for each neoplasm ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Polissar L,Severson RK,Boatman ES,Thomas DB

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narrowing and other changes in retinal arterioles may reflect damage due to hypertension, which may predict stroke and other cardiovascular diseases independently of blood pressure level. Newly developed quantitative methods of assessing retinal narrowing are used to determine whether this sign is related only to curr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Sharrett AR,Hubbard LD,Cooper LS,Sorlie PD,Brothers RJ,Nieto FJ,Pinsky JL,Klein R

更新日期：1999-08-01 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