Search Results - "Heavner, Karyn"

Self-reported Symptoms Associated With the Use of Printer and Photocopier Machines by Ojo Abimbola, Bello Dhimiter, Heavner Karyn, Lucas, Kurt, Bello Anila

“…ObjectivesThis study aimed to document adverse health effects among office, copy, and print shop workers using the Nano-Control, International Foundation…”
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Gestational Age at Birth and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Alberta, Canada by Leavey, Anna, PhD, Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie, MD, FRCPC, Heavner, Karyn, PhD, Burstyn, Igor, PhD

“…Objective To examine the association between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and each completed week of gestation using a graphical method of presenting…”
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Dichotomization: 2 × 2 (×2 × 2 × 2...) categories: infinite possibilities by Heavner, Karyn K, Phillips, Carl V, Burstyn, Igor, Hare, Warren

“…Doc number: 59 Abstract Background: Consumers of epidemiology may prefer to have one measure of risk arising from analysis of a 2-by-2 table. However,…”
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Dichotomization: 2 x 2 (x2 x 2 x 2...) categories: infinite possibilities by Heavner, Karyn K, Phillips, Carl V, Burstyn, Igor, Hare, Warren

“…Consumers of epidemiology may prefer to have one measure of risk arising from analysis of a 2-by-2 table. However, reporting a single measure of association,…”
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Survey of smokers' reasons for not switching to safer sources of nicotine and their willingness to do so in the future by Heavner, Karyn K, Rosenberg, Zale, Phillips, Carl V

“…Despite the well-known risks of smoking, policy, social pressure, and accessible cessation programs, tens of millions of North American adults continue smoking…”
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Smokeless tobacco: the epidemiology and politics of harm by Phillips, Carl V., Heavner, Karyn K.

“…The health burden from tobacco smoking results almost entirely from inhalation of the components of smoke, although this is not widely known. The primary…”
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Retailers' knowledge of tobacco harm reduction following the introduction of a new brand of smokeless tobacco by Heavner, Karyn K, Rosenberg, Zale, Tenorio, Francis, Phillips, Carl V

“…Tobacco retailers are potential public health partners for tobacco harm reduction (THR). THR is the substitution of highly reduced-risk nicotine products, such…”
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Snuff Use and Stroke by Rodu, Brad, Heavner, Karyn K., Phillips, Carl V., Hergens, Maria-Pia, Lambe, Mats, Pershagen, Göran, Terent, Andreas, Ye, Weimin

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Letter to the editor in response to "An epidemic that deserves more attention: epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of smokeless tobacco" by Phillips, Carl V, Heavner, Karyn K

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Self-reported symptoms associated with the use of printer and photocopier machines: Results from the nano-Control, International Foundation survey by Ojo, Abimbola, Bello, Dhimiter, Heavner, Karyn, Lucas, Kurt, Bello, Anila

“…To document adverse health effects among office, copy and print shop workers using the nano-Control International Organization Survey. Self-reported…”
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Screening Persons Newly Diagnosed With HIV/AIDS for Risk of Intimate Partner Violence: Early Progress in Changing Practice by Klein, Susan J., Tesoriero, James M., Leung, Shu-Yin John, Heavner, Karyn K., Birkhead, Guthrie S.

“…Interventions to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV), including among those at risk for or living with HIV/AIDS, are needed. In 2001, screening persons who…”
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A Simulation Study of Categorizing Continuous Exposure Variables Measured with Error in Autism Research: Small Changes with Large Effects by Heavner, Karyn, Burstyn, Igor

“…Variation in the odds ratio (OR) resulting from selection of cutoffs for categorizing continuous variables is rarely discussed. We present results for the…”
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Prolonged Social Media Use and Its Association with Perceived Stress in Female College Students by Oyinbo, Atinuke G., Heavner, Karyn, Mangano, Kelsey M., Morse, Brenna, El Ghaziri, Mazen, Thind, Herpreet

“…Extensive use of social media is well-documented as being associated with poor mental health in college students. Evidence of its association with perceived…”
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Hepatitis C management by addiction medicine physicians: Results from a national survey by Litwin, Alain H., M.D., M.P.H, Kunins, Hillary V., M.D., M.P.H., M.S, Berg, Karina M., M.D., M.S, Federman, Alex D., M.D., M.P.H, Heavner, Karyn K., M.P.H, Gourevitch, Marc N., M.D., M.P.H, Arnsten, Julia H., M.D., M.P.H

“…Abstract Drug users are disproportionately affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV), yet they face barriers to health care that place them at risk for levels of…”
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Quantifying the potential impact of measurement error in an investigation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by Heavner, Karyn, Newschaffer, Craig, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Bennett, Deborah, Burstyn, Igor

“…The Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI), an ongoing study of a risk-enriched pregnancy cohort, examines genetic and environmental risk factors…”
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Pooling Bio-Specimens in the Presence of Measurement Error and Non-Linearity in Dose-Response: Simulation Study in the Context of a Birth Cohort Investigating Risk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorders by Heavner, Karyn, Newschaffer, Craig, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Bennett, Deborah, Burstyn, Igor

“…We sought to determine the potential effects of pooling on power, false positive rate (FPR), and bias of the estimated associations between hypothetical…”
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Working environment and myeloproliferative neoplasm: A population-based case-control study following a cluster investigation by Heavner, Karyn, Gross-Davis, Carol Ann, Frank, Arthur L., Newschaffer, Craig, Klotz, Judith, Burstyn, Igor

“…Background Occupational exposures, including those to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), are suspected risk factors for myeloproliferative neoplasms…”
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Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposure–Response Evaluation of Silicosis Morbidity and Lung Cancer Mortality in the German Porcelain Industry Cohort by Mundt, Kenneth A, Birk, Thomas, Parsons, William, Borsch-Galetke, Elisabeth, Siegmund, Klaus, Heavner, Karyn, Guldner, Karlheinz

“…Objective: To quantify silicosis and lung cancer risks among porcelain workers occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica. Methods: We reread…”
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The role of genotypes that modify the toxicity of chemical mutagens in the risk for myeloproliferative neoplasms by Gross-Davis, Carol Ann, Heavner, Karyn, Frank, Arthur L, Newschaffer, Craig, Klotz, Judith, Santella, Regina M, Burstyn, Igor

“…The etiology of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) (polycythemia vera; essential thrombocythemia; primary myelofibrosis) is unknown, however they are…”
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The Effect of Name-Based Reporting and Partner Notification on HIV Testing in New York State by Tesoriero, James M, Battles, Haven B, Heavner, Karyn, Leung, Shu-Yin John, Nemeth, Chris, Pulver, Wendy, Birkhead, Guthrie S

“…We examined the effect of New York's HIV Reporting and Partner Notification law on HIV testing levels and on the HIV testing decisions of high-risk…”
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