Relation of probability of causation to relative risk and doubling dose: a methodologic error that has become a social problem.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Overall and cause-specific mortality among persons with diabetes in North Dakota was estimated and compared with estimates from previous population-based studies. METHODS:Data were derived from North Dakota death certificate data, which included unique information on decedents' diabetes status and Behaviora...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tierney EF,Geiss LS,Engelgau MM,Thompson TJ,Schaubert D,Shireley LA,Vukelic PJ,McDonough SL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper assesses the risks and benefits associated with hysterectomy by comparing the age-adjusted health care usage patterns of all women receiving hysterectomy in the Province of Manitoba in 1974 during the two years before and the two years after surgery with those of women undergoing cholecystectomy, and with t...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Roos NP

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We postulated the existence of a statin-iron nexus by which statins improve cardiovascular disease outcomes at least partially by countering proinflammatory effects of excess iron stores. METHODS:Using data from a clinical trial of iron (ferritin) reduction in advanced peripheral arterial disease, the Iron ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zacharski LR,DePalma RG,Shamayeva G,Chow BK

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether an intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and mindfulness was successful in promoting positive mental health by enhancing psychological flexibility. METHODS:Participants were 93 adults with mild to moderate psychological distress. They were randomly assigned to the...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fledderus M,Bohlmeijer ET,Smit F,Westerhof GJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study evaluated the effectiveness of a community coalition to prevent severe injuries to children in Central Harlem, New York, NY. It was hypothesized that injury incidence rates would decline during the intervention (1989 through 1991) relative to preintervention years (1983 through 1988); that the dec...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Davidson LL,Durkin MS,Kuhn L,O'Connor P,Barlow B,Heagarty MC

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving oral health is a leading population health goal; however, curricula preparing health professionals have a dearth of oral health content and clinical experiences. We detail an educational and clinical innovation transitioning the traditional head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat (HEENT) examination to the additi...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Haber J,Hartnett E,Allen K,Hallas D,Dorsen C,Lange-Kessler J,Lloyd M,Thomas E,Wholihan D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between immigration and acculturation attributes and oral disease among immigrants. METHODS:We conducted a large cross-sectional study of 1318 immigrants in New York City. We performed comprehensive interviews and oral examinations of the participants and used linear regression mode...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Cruz GD,Chen Y,Salazar CR,Le Geros RZ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We compared cervical cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, and survival in Medicaid-insured and non-Medicaid-insured populations. METHODS:We stratified the sample by age and used ordered logistic regression to predict stage at diagnosis and used Cox proportional hazards regression to predict survival. RESU...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Bradley CJ,Given CW,Roberts C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the more controversial American public health issues is fluoridation of municipal water supplies. Opponents occasionally succeed in halting fluoridation through local referenda, but the courts usually uphold fluoridation laws. In 1982, however, an Illinois trial judge ruled that a state law authorizing fluori...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Christoffel T

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines artificial reproduction (AR) within a broad comparative perspective and with specific reference to Czechoslovak law, medicine, and demography. It proceeds form an analysis of the social context that gives rise to technologies of AR to a review of the two principal technologies, artificial inseminat...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Heitlinger A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a mass diphtheria-tetanus immunization campaign in November 1975, more than 220,000 doses of diphtheria-tetanus toxoid, adult type were administered to adults throughout Alaska. In Anchorage, where more than 87,000 doses were given, a survey was conducted to determine the frequency of side effects. Postcard que...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Middaugh JP

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in women residing in low-income neighborhoods of northern California. METHODS:A population-based sample of 1707 women, aged 18 to 29, were surveyed and screened for sexually transmitted infections and HCV. RESULTS:Women infected with HCV (2.5%) were m...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Page-Shafer KA,Cahoon-Young B,Klausner JD,Morrow S,Molitor F,Ruiz J,McFarland W,Young Women's Survey Team.

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the light of a possible link between stress and cancer promotion or progression, and of previously reported distress in residents near the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant, we attempted to evaluate the impact of the March 1979 accident on community cancer rates. METHODS:Proximity of residence ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hatch MC,Wallenstein S,Beyea J,Nieves JW,Susser M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the mechanisms by which living in a disadvantaged minority community influences smoking and illegal cigarette sale and purchasing behaviors after a large cigarette tax increase. METHODS:Data were collected from 14 focus groups (n=104) that were conducted during the spring of 2003 among Blacks ag...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shelley D,Cantrell MJ,Moon-Howard J,Ramjohn DQ,VanDevanter N

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in genomics and neuroscience have ushered in unprecedented opportunities to increase our understanding of the biological underpinnings of mental disorders, yet there has been limited progress in translating knowledge on genetic risk factors to reduce the burden of these conditions in the population. We descri...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Merikangas KR,Merikangas AK

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We used data from the Dental Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study to examine whether individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic characteristics were associated with periodontal disease. METHODS:We assessed severe periodontitis with a combination of clinical attachment loss and pocket depth measur...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Borrell LN,Beck JD,Heiss G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to describe the characteristics and sleep circumstances of infants who die suddenly and unexpectedly and to examine similarities and differences in risk factors among infants whose deaths are classified as resulting from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), suffocation, or undetermined causes. MET...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Schnitzer PG,Covington TM,Dykstra HK

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined recent public-sector trends in childhood vaccine costs and estimated future costs. METHODS:We used public-sector price data to calculate vaccine purchase cost per child for children aged 0 to 6 years from 1975 to 2001. We fit a linear regression model to historical data and then used it to proje...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Davis MM,Zimmerman JL,Wheeler JR,Freed GL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After being randomly assigned to receive policy effectiveness information expressed as attributable benefit, attributable risk, or relative risk, 318 graduate students were asked to indicate their preferences for the current voluntary seat belt use policy, a mandatory seat belt policy, or mandatory passive restraints....

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Runyan CW,Earp JA

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Suffering from waning demand, poor quality, and reform efforts enabling veterans to "vote with their feet" and leave, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) health care system transformed itself through a series of substantive changes. We examined the evolution of primary care changes underlying VA's transf...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Yano EM,Simon BF,Lanto AB,Rubenstein LV

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidence rates for hip fracture in the United States were estimated using non-federal hospital discharges from the National Hospital Discharge Survey for the years 1974-1979. Age-specific incidence curves for women and for men showed similar patterns of increase in risk with age, with risks approximately doubling eve...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Farmer ME,White LR,Brody JA,Bailey KR

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latinos are the largest minority population in the United States. Although usually classified as a single ethnic group by researchers, Latinos are heterogeneous from cultural, socioeconomic, and genetic perspectives. From a cultural and social perspective, Latinos represent a wide variety of national origins and ethni...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： González Burchard E,Borrell LN,Choudhry S,Naqvi M,Tsai HJ,Rodriguez-Santana JR,Chapela R,Rogers SD,Mei R,Rodriguez-Cintron W,Arena JF,Kittles R,Perez-Stable EJ,Ziv E,Risch N

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the effect of an active program of household lead paint hazard abatement, applied over 22 years, on childhood lead poisoning in Massachusetts. METHODS:A small areas analysis was used to compare screening blood lead levels of children in Worcester County, Mass (n = 27,590), with those in ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Sargent JD,Dalton M,Demidenko E,Simon P,Klein RZ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined how immunization-related beliefs, attitudes, and perceived control mediate up-to-date immunization among various sociodemographic groups. METHODS:Statewide estimates of immunization rates among children up to the age of 2 years were obtained via a multistage cluster sample. In-person int...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Prislin R,Dyer JA,Blakely CH,Johnson CD

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Municipal swimming pools and wading pools were examined for the presence of human enteric viruses using a portable virus concentrator at the site to concentrate viruses from 100-gallon to 500-gallon samples. Ten of 14 samples contained viruses; three of these were positive for virus in the presence of residual free ch...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Keswick BH,Gerba CP,Goyal SM

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This population-based study examined the effect of all major congenital anomalies on the mortality of White and Black infants by infant sex, birthweight, gestational age, and lethality of the anomaly. The study also determined the total contribution of anomalies to infant mortality. METHODS:California Birth...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Malcoe LH,Shaw GM,Lammer EJ,Herman AA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveys concerning the risk communication practices and needs of state health agencies were completed by agency commissioners and designated staff of 48 states and territories. These data indicate that agencies are expending more effort on responding to requests for information than on initiating dialogues with intere...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chess C,Salomone KL,Sandman PM

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotinine was measured in the serum of nearly all 5,115 18-30 year old, Black and White, men and women participating in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in (Young) Adults Study, 30 percent of whom reported current cigarette smoking. Ninety-five percent of the reported smokers had serum cotinine levels indicative of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wagenknecht LE,Cutter GR,Haley NJ,Sidney S,Manolio TA,Hughes GH,Jacobs DR

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined trends in tobacco use in a random sample of 2 of the 20 top-grossing US films each year from 1960 through 1990 (62 films). The overall rate of tobacco use did not change. Films continue to portray smokers as successful, attractive White males. Smoking groups became larger, smoking alone declined, h...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Hazan AR,Lipton HL,Glantz SA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the exposure of adolescent girls to cigar images in women's magazines from 1992 to 1998. METHODS:Data were obtained from the 5 women's magazines with the highest readership of adolescent girls. RESULTS:We found a significant upward trend in cigar images portrayed in women's magazines an...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Feit MN

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00