Objective system for interviewer performance evaluation for use in epidemiologic studies.

abstract：:Epidemiology is the study of the causes and distributions of diseases in human populations so that we may identify ways to prevent and control disease. Although this definition broadly serves us well, I suggest that in recent decades, our discipline's robust interest in identifying causes has come at the expense of a ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Galea S

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study prospectively evaluated psychosocial as well as biologic, behavioral, and demographic factors in the development of duodenal ulcer. Baseline data were collected in 1963 on 8,458 Israeli men over age 40 years who had no history of duodenal ulcer. The subjects were followed for 5 years, and 254 reported the d...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Medalie JH,Stange KC,Zyzanski SJ,Goldbourt U

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the role of DNA repair in susceptibility to sunlight-induced basal cell carcinoma using a host cell reactivation assay in peripheral lymphocytes. The study included Maryland basal cell carcinoma patients and cancer-free dermatologic controls who had had noncancerous skin disorders diagnosed bet...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wei Q,Matanoski GM,Farmer ER,Hedayati MA,Grossman L

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal mortality has several components which may have distinct epidemiologic features. In an investigation of the total singleton birth population of New York City in 1976-1978 (n = 320,726), the authors divided perinatal mortality into four components: late fetal deaths that occurred before labor (late antepartum...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kiely JL,Paneth N,Susser M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of the environmental factors causing insulin-dependent diabetes in children has remained elusive. However, evidence is rapidly accumulating that childhood diabetes exhibits epidemic patterns, much like that seen with an infectious disease. It is likely that within these epidemics the environmental d...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors：

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although investigators have assessed the relationship between self-reported cigarette smoking and biomarker levels, the validity of self-reported information on smokeless tobacco (SLT) use is uncertain. We used aggregated data from the 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, and 2009-2010 administrations of the National Heal...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Agaku IT,King BA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that all pregnant women be questioned concerning risk factors for hepatitis B virus infection and that those giving positive responses be serotested. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of those recommended questions among 692 parturient women ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： McQuillan GM,Townsend TR,Johannes CB,Dillard T,Molteni RA,Ness PM,Niebyl JR

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before the 1970s, today's older Americans were exposed to high levels of lead in the environment. The authors previously reported that lifetime cumulative lead dose was associated with lower cognitive test performance in older adults. Experiments suggest that environmental stress may intensify the detrimental influenc...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Glass TA,Bandeen-Roche K,McAtee M,Bolla K,Todd AC,Schwartz BS

更新日期：2009-03-15 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：:In this study, we assessed the association of chronic medical conditions and multimorbidity with perceived stress among community-dwelling adults in 44 low- and middle-income countries. Data from the World Health Survey (2002-2004), including 229,293 adults, were analyzed. A perceived stress score (range, 0 (lowest st...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Vancampfort D,Koyanagi A,Ward PB,Veronese N,Carvalho AF,Solmi M,Mugisha J,Rosenbaum S,De Hert M,Stubbs B

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although poorer self-rated health (SRH) is associated with increased mortality, less is known about its impact on functioning. This study evaluated whether poorer SRH was associated with decline in walking speed and whether caregiving, often considered an indicator of chronic stress, modified this relation. The sample...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Ashburner JM,Cauley JA,Cawthon P,Ensrud KE,Hochberg MC,Fredman L

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal emerged on the Indian subcontinent in late 1992 and was first recognized in Thailand in 1993. To characterize the epidemiology of this disease, a hospital-based case-control study was conducted in Samutsakorn, a port city 30 km southwest of Bangkok. Between November 15, 1993, and June 3, 19...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hoge CW,Bodhidatta L,Echeverria P,Deesuwan M,Kitporka P

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between breast cancer and selenium, measured in the diet, plasma, erythrocytes, and toenails, was investigated in a case-control study in the Netherlands during 1985-1987. Dietary selenium intake was assessed by a structured dietary history technique among 133 breast cancer cases and 238 population con...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： van 't Veer P,van der Wielen RP,Kok FJ,Hermus RJ,Sturmans F

更新日期：1990-06-01 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 relationship between cataract prevalence, altitude, and sunlight hours was investigated in a large national probability sample survey of 105 sites in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal, December 1980 through April 1981. Cataract of senile or unknown etiology was diagnosed by ophthalmologists in 873 of 30,565 full-time...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Brilliant LB,Grasset NC,Pokhrel RP,Kolstad A,Lepkowski JM,Brilliant GE,Hawks WN,Pararajasegaram R

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron diseases for persons in occupations commonly involving exposure to diesel exhaust (DE). In this study, we investigated the association between occupational exposure to DE and odds of ALS. ALS cases were iden...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Dickerson AS,Hansen J,Gredal O,Weisskopf MG

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that a G-to-T transition in exon 2 of the factor XIIIA gene resulting in a substitution of leucine for valine at amino acid 34 (FXIII Val34Leu) protects against venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, the evidence to date is insufficient to incorporate testing for the FXIII Val34Leu variant into c...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Wells PS,Anderson JL,Scarvelis DK,Doucette SP,Gagnon F

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The world's population is aging rapidly. This study reports the burden of cancer in the oldest old (≥85 years) in Finland in 1953-2017 and estimates age-specific cancer rates in the old population (65-99 years) in 1988-2017. The Finnish Cancer Registry provided data on all cancer diagnoses, cancer deaths and other dea...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Tanskanen T,Seppä KJM,Virtanen A,Malila NK,Pitkäniemi JM

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:According to antibody analysis, approximately two of every three intravenous drug users in Iceland have become infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). In this study, serum samples from 55 HCV antibody-positive intravenous drug users (39 males and 16 females) were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction, and the viral str...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Löve A,Sigurdsson JR,Stanzeit B,Briem H,Rikardsdottir H,Widell A

更新日期：1996-03-15 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：:The authors conducted a simulation study to examine whether the race of a patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) influences the diagnosis of underlying kidney disease made by the nephrologist. The hypothesis was that ESRD may be more readily ascribed to hypertension in blacks than in whites. Nephrologists practic...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Perneger TV,Whelton PK,Klag MJ,Rossiter KA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the results of a case-cohort study of 338 lung cancer deaths in 1950-1988 and a random sample (sub-cohort) of 1,138 from among 16,297 men who had worked at least one year between 1950 and 1979 in manual jobs at a large aluminum production plant. In the past, certain workers were exposed to substanti...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Armstrong B,Tremblay C,Baris D,Thériault G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study investigated the relation between intake of caffeine-containing beverages and time to conception in a population of 1,909 married women in New Haven, Connecticut, between May 12, 1980 and March 12, 1982. Women were interviewed shortly after the first prenatal visit regarding the length of ti...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Hatch EE,Bracken MB

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:1,3-Butadiene and styrene are suspected carcinogens and common chemicals used in the synthesis of rubber. To investigate any potential human hazards from exposure to these chemicals, a case-control study of 59 lymphohematopoietic cancers was conducted within a cohort of male workers employed between 1943 and 1982 in e...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Santos-Burgoa C,Matanoski GM,Zeger S,Schwartz L

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary data from 11,658 adult respondents in the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to provide quantitative information regarding the contribution of specific foods to the total population intake of the following 10 nutrients: vitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, iron, ph...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Block G,Dresser CM,Hartman AM,Carroll MD

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After screening out inappropriate or doubtful covariates on the basis of background knowledge, one may still be left with many potential confounders. It is then tempting to use statistical variable-selection methods to reduce the number used for adjustment. Nonetheless, there is no agreement on how selection should be...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Greenland S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing impairment (HI) is prevalent, is modifiable, and has been associated with cognitive decline. We tested the hypothesis that audiometric HI measured in 2013 is associated with poorer cognitive function in 253 men and women from Washington County, Maryland (mean age = 76.9 years) in a pilot study carried out with...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Deal JA,Sharrett AR,Albert MS,Coresh J,Mosley TH,Knopman D,Wruck LM,Lin FR

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Air Pollution and Health: a European Approach (APHEA) project is a coordinated study of the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality and hospital admissions using data from 15 European cities, with a wide range of geographic, sociodemographic, climatic, and air quality patterns. The objective of this paper...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Touloumi G,Katsouyanni K,Zmirou D,Schwartz J,Spix C,de Leon AP,Tobias A,Quennel P,Rabczenko D,Bacharova L,Bisanti L,Vonk JM,Ponka A

更新日期：1997-07-15 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：:Random digit dialing is commonly used to select controls for epidemiologic studies. The traditional method of random digit dialing entails screening households to obtain a pool of eligible subjects and then selecting a random sample to serve as controls. Two random digit dialing methods are described in which househol...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harlow BL,Davis S

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00