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Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Predictors of Nonadherence to Mammography Screening Guidelines by DAILEY, Amy B, KASL, Stanislav V, HOLFORD, Theodore R, CALVOCORESSI, Lisa, JONES, Beth A

“…As neighborhood context is increasingly recognized as an important predictor of health outcomes and health behaviors, this analysis sought to determine the…”
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Potential health impacts of heavy metals on HIV-infected population in USA by Xu, Xiaohui, Hu, Hui, Dailey, Amy B, Kearney, Greg, Talbott, Evelyn O, Cook, Robert L

“…Noninfectious comorbidities such as cardiovascular diseases have become increasingly prevalent and occur earlier in life in persons with HIV infection. Despite…”
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Adjusting for confounding by cluster using generalized linear mixed models by Brumback, Babette A., Dailey, Amy B., Brumback, Lyndia C., Livingston, Melvin D., He, Zhulin

“…We show how to use generalized linear mixed models to adjust for confounding by cluster of the effect of a within-cluster covariate. We derive estimators for…”
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Associations of Serum Concentrations of Organochlorine Pesticides with Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer in U.S. Adults by Xu, Xiaohui, Dailey, Amy B., Talbott, Evelyn O., Ilacqua, Vito A., Kearney, Greg, Asal, Nabih R.

“…Background: Organochlorine (OC) pesticides are a group of environmental endocrine disruptors that may be associated with an increased risk for hormone-related…”
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Current opinion on the role of testosterone in the development of prostate cancer: a dynamic model by Xu, Xiaohui, Chen, Xinguang, Hu, Hui, Dailey, Amy B, Taylor, Brandie D

“…Since the landmark study conducted by Huggins and Hodges in 1941, a failure to distinguish between the role of testosterone in prostate cancer development and…”
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The effect of atmospheric particulate matter on survival of breast cancer among US females by Hu, Hui, Dailey, Amy B., Kan, Haidong, Xu, Xiaohui

“…Short-term effects of ambient particulate matter (PM) on cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality have been consistently documented. However, no study has…”
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Positive aspects of having had cancer: A mixed‐methods analysis of responses from the American Cancer Society Study of Cancer Survivors‐II (SCS‐II) by Adorno, Gail, Lopez, Ellen, Burg, Mary Ann, Loerzel, Victoria, Killian, Michael, Dailey, Amy B., Iennaco, Joanne D., Wallace, Cara, Sharma, Dinghy Kristine B., Stein, Kevin

“…Objective This study focused on understanding positive aspects of cancer among a large, national sample of survivors, 2, 5, and 10 years' postcancer diagnosis,…”
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Adjusting for confounding by neighborhood using generalized linear mixed models and complex survey data by Brumback, Babette A., Zheng, Hao W., Dailey, Amy B.

“…When investigating health disparities, it can be of interest to explore whether adjustment for socioeconomic factors at the neighborhood level can account for,…”
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Area-Level Socioeconomic Position and Repeat Mammography Screening Use: Results from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey by DAILEY, Amy B, BRUMBACK, Babette A, LIVINGSTON, Melvin D, JONES, Beth A, CURBOW, Barbara A, XIAOHUI XU

“…Despite a considerable number of studies describing the relationship between area-level socioeconomic conditions and mammography screening, definitive…”
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Methods of Estimating or Accounting for Neighborhood Associations With Health Using Complex Survey Data by Brumback, Babette A., Cai, Zhuangyu, Dailey, Amy B.

“…Reasons for health disparities may include neighborhood-level factors, such as availability of health services, social norms, and environmental determinants,…”
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Birth weight as a risk factor for breast cancer: a meta-analysis of 18 epidemiological studies by Xu, Xiaohui, Dailey, Amy B, Peoples-Sheps, Mary, Talbott, Evelyn O, Li, Ning, Roth, Jeffrey

“…Birth weight has been identified as a birth-related factor associated with the risk of breast cancer. However, the evidence is inconsistent. To investigate the…”
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Healthy Options: A Community-Based Program to Address Food Insecurity by Dailey, Amy B., Hess, Audrey, Horton, Camille, Constantian, Emily, Monani, Salma, Wargo, Betsy, Davidson, Kim, Gaskin, Kathy

“…The objectives of this study are to better understand the lived experience of food insecurity in our community and to examine the impact of a community-based…”
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Adjusting for Confounding by Neighborhood Using a Proportional Odds Model and Complex Survey Data by BRUMBACK, Babette A, DAILEY, Amy B, ZHENG, Hao W

“…In social epidemiology, an individual's neighborhood is considered to be an important determinant of health behaviors, mediators, and outcomes. Consequently,…”
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Conditional pseudolikelihood methods for clustered ordinal, multinomial, or count outcomes with complex survey data by Brumback, Babette A., Cai, Zhuangyu, He, Zhulin, Zheng, Hao W., Dailey, Amy B.

“…In order to adjust individual‐level covariate effects for confounding due to unmeasured neighborhood characteristics, we have recently developed conditional…”
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Pathways to colonoscopy in the South: seeds of health disparities by Curbow, Barbara A, Dailey, Amy B, King-Marshall, Evelyn C, Barnett, Tracy E, Schumacher, Jessica R, Sultan, Shahnaz, George, Jr, Thomas J

“…We aimed to highlight sociodemographic differences in how patients access colonoscopy. We invited all eligible patients (n = 2500) from 2 academy-affiliated…”
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Neighborhood- and individual-level socioeconomic variation in perceptions of racial discrimination by Dailey, Amy B., Kasl, Stanislav V., Holford, Theodore R., Lewis, Tené T., Jones, Beth A.

“…Objective. In approaching the study of racial discrimination and health, the neighborhood- and individual-level antecedents of perceived discrimination need…”
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Efforts to adjust for confounding by neighborhood using complex survey data by Brumback, Babette A., Dailey, Amy B., He, Zhulin, Brumback, Lyndia C., Livingston, Melvin D.

“…In social epidemiology, one often considers neighborhood or contextual effects on health outcomes, in addition to effects of individual exposures. This paper…”
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Improving and Assessing Information Literacy Skills through Faculty-Librarian Collaboration by Smith, Meggan D., Dailey, Amy B.

“…Academic libraries provide value to their institutions on many levels, one of which is information literacy (IL) instruction. Librarians have the opportunity…”
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Perceived Racial Discrimination and Nonadherence to Screening Mammography Guidelines: Results from the Race Differences in the Screening Mammography Process Study by Dailey, Amy B., Kasl, Stanislav V., Holford, Theodore R., Jones, Beth A.

“…The study objective was to determine whether perceived racial discrimination influenced nonadherence to screening mammography guidelines. Enrolled in this…”
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The effects of birthweight and breastfeeding on asthma among children aged 1-5 years by Xu, Xiaohui, Dailey, Amy B, Freeman, Natalie C, Curbow, Barbara A, Talbott, Evelyn O

“…Aim:  Asthma is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children and has steadily increased in prevalence. The combined effect of birthweight and…”
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