Rickettsia tsutsugamushi infection and scrub typhus incidence among Chinese military personnel in the Pescadores Islands.

abstract：:A simulation model was used to study the spread of two sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), namely gonorrhea and genital infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. The model is based on a stochastic pair formation and separation process, which describes the underlying structure of the sexual contact pattern. It is impleme...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kretzschmar M,van Duynhoven YT,Severijnen AJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 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

abstract：:Evidence from animal and cell models suggests that pesticides cause a neurodegenerative process leading to Parkinson's disease (PD). Human data are insufficient to support this claim for any specific pesticide, largely because of challenges in exposure assessment. The authors developed and validated an exposure assess...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Costello S,Cockburn M,Bronstein J,Zhang X,Ritz B

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors assessed the association between asthma prevalence and socioeconomic status at both the individual and center levels simultaneously.by using data from 32 centers in 15 countries. Included were 10,971 subjects aged 20-44 years selected from the general population and interviewed in 1991-1992. Socioeconomic ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Basagaña X,Sunyer J,Kogevinas M,Zock JP,Duran-Tauleria E,Jarvis D,Burney P,Anto JM,European Community Respiratory Health Survey.

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In November 1984, a foodborne outbreak of Norwalk gastroenteritis occurred in a K-12 public school in northern Vermont. The outbreak offered an opportunity to systematically study in detail secondary transmission rates in households. Eating salad at Tuesday's school-sponsored Thanksgiving Banquet was associated with i...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Heun EM,Vogt RL,Hudson PJ,Parren S,Gary GW

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of Down syndrome was studied among all live births occurring between 1989 and 1991 in the California counties monitored by the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program. Objectives of this study were: 1) to calculate adjusted prevalence rates and quinquennial maternal age-specific risk rates of Down s...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Bishop J,Huether CA,Torfs C,Lorey F,Deddens J

更新日期：1997-01-15 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 authors examined the associations between placental vascular findings and preterm delivery in 1,053 subcohort women (239 preterm, 814 term) from a Michigan pregnancy cohort study (1998-2004). Twenty-nine placental vascular variables from microscopic examinations were grouped into 5 constructs: 3 maternal construct...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Kelly R,Holzman C,Senagore P,Wang J,Tian Y,Rahbar MH,Chung H

更新日期：2009-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between intake of fish and soy products and subsequent all-cause and cause-specific mortality was examined in a cohort of 13,355 male and 15,724 female residents of Takayama, Gifu, Japan. A diet that included soy and fish intake was assessed in 1992 by using a validated semiquantitative food frequency que...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Nagata C,Takatsuka N,Shimizu H

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer mortality in England and Wales among males in the age group 25 to 84 over the years 1941 to 1975 was analyzed. Using cigarette consumption information from the Tobacco Research Council and a statistical model, relative and attributable risks were estimated. The lung cancer deaths could be partitioned into ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Stevens RG,Moolgavkar SH

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established the US National Tuberculosis Genotyping and Surveillance Network to study the utility of genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates for prevention and control. From 1998 to 2000, four sites performed conventional contact investigations and epidemiologic in...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： McNabb SJ,Kammerer JS,Hickey AC,Braden CR,Shang N,Rosenblum LS,Navin TR

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-eight cases with newly diagnosed carcinoma of the endometrium and 177 age-matched neighborhood controls were interviewed to test the hypothesis that exogenous estrogens lead to an increased risk of endometrial cancer. Forth-five per cent of the cases and 22% of the controls reported a history of estrogen use wh...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Spengler RF,Clarke EA,Woolever CA,Newman AM,Osborn RW

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhinovirus infections in Seattle families with schoolchildren (1975-1979) and in selected outpatients were revealed by virus shedding or antibody rise. These observations extend those in the Seattle Virus Watch (1965-1969). Analysis of rhinovirus serotype prevalence again revealed certain "common" persisting serotypes...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Fox JP,Cooney MK,Hall CE,Foy HM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses 44 consecutive months of data from the Health Care Financing Administration to assess seasonal trends in hip fracture incidence among the United States white population aged 65 years and older. The authors studied a total of 621,387 cases of hip fracture which occurred from January 1984 to September 19...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Jacobsen SJ,Goldberg J,Miles TP,Brody JA,Stiers W,Rimm AA

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have investigated associations between offspring size at birth and parental cardiovascular disease mortality among 12,086 mothers and 6,936 fathers of participants in the British 1958 birth cohort. Birth weight was inversely associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in both mothers a...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Davey Smith G,Hyppönen E,Power C,Lawlor DA

更新日期：2007-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests a role for progesterone in ovarian cancer development. Progesterone exerts its effect on target cells by interacting with its receptor. Thus, genetic variations that may cause alterations in the biologic functions of the progesterone receptor can potentially contribute to individual susceptibility to...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Terry KL,De Vivo I,Titus-Ernstoff L,Sluss PM,Cramer DW

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that subtle changes in the resting electrocardiogram can have predictive value for subsequent cardiovascular disease, the authors evaluated serial electrocardiograms from a cohort of initially healthy men and related these to later development of ischemic heart disease. The cohort of 1056 men or...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Harlan WR,Cowie CC,Oberman A,Mitchell RE,MacIntyre NR

更新日期：1984-02-01 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

abstract：:To develop a method for assessing preclinical cardiovascular disease risk, models of resting cardiovascular regulation and of insulin metabolic syndrome were derived from information collected from 1991 to 1996 in a culturally heterogeneous sample of 319 healthy men and women (aged 25-44 years) from Miami-Dade County,...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Goldstein RZ,Hurwitz BE,Llabre MM,Schneiderman N,Gutt M,Skyler JS,Prineas RJ,Donahue RP

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Between January 1 and March 15, 1974, approximately 1200 cases of acute gastrointestinal illness occurred in Richmond Heights, Florida, a residential community of 6500 in south Dade County. Over one-third of all families in the area had at least one member affected. The findings of 10 culture-proven cases of shigellos...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Weissman JB,Craun GF,Lawrence DN,Pollard RA,Saslaw MS,Gangarosa EJ

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Above-average exposure to electromagnetic fields has been associated with certain nonmalignant medical conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, other neurologic diseases, depressive symptoms, and suicide. The authors conducted a nationwide mortality study in Denmark of 21,236 men employed in utility companies...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Johansen C,Olsen JH

更新日期：1998-08-15 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：:Between December 21, 1969, and April 14, 1970, 44 symptomatic cases of Salmonella typhimurium gastroenteritis occurred among the approximately 2500 Sioux Indians of the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota. Twenty-five cases were confirmed by positive stool culture. All 19 cases not confirmed by culture had diarr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Loewenstein MS

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the authors present an objective system to evaluate interviewer performance for use in epidemiologic studies. With this quality control system, all study interviews are audio-taped, and a random sample of interviews are coded according to interviewer behaviors, such as whether the interviewer asked the ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Edwards S,Slattery ML,Mori M,Berry TD,Caan BJ,Palmer P,Potter JD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been shown to be effective in different populations, but data among injection drug users are limited. Human immunodeficiency virus-infected injection drug users recruited into the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Link to Intravenous Experiences (ALIVE) Study as early ...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Vlahov D,Galai N,Safaeian M,Galea S,Kirk GD,Lucas GM,Sterling TR

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Largely on the basis of results from meta-analyses of observational studies, postmenopausal estrogen was widely prescribed to prevent coronary heart disease. However, epidemiologic studies, no matter how consistent and coherent, are not sufficient to recommend mass preventive therapy to healthy women. In fact, all thr...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Barrett-Connor E

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gender and cigarette smoking are among the most consistent predictors of bladder cancer risk. After adjustment for known risk factors, an excess risk remains for males, suggesting that other factors may be responsible for the gender differences. Given limited data on hormonal or reproductive factors and bladder cancer...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： McGrath M,Michaud DS,De Vivo I

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is expanding consensus on the need to modernize the training of cancer epidemiologists to accommodate rapidly emerging technological advancements and the digital age, which are transforming the practice of cancer epidemiology. There is also a growing imperative to extend cancer epidemiology research that is etio...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Spitz MR,Lam TK,Schully SD,Khoury MJ

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of confidence intervals has become standard in the presentation of statistical results in medical journals. Calculation of confidence limits can be straightforward using the normal approximation with an estimate of the standard error, and in particular cases exact solutions can be obtained from published table...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Daly LE

更新日期：1998-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:G-estimation is a flexible, semiparametric approach for estimating exposure effects in epidemiologic studies. It has several underappreciated advantages over other propensity score-based methods popular in epidemiology, which we review in this article. However, it is rarely used in practice, due to a lack of off-the-s...

journal_title：American journal of epidemiology

authors： Dukes O,Vansteelandt S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00