Search Results - "Kleinbaum, D G"

Depressive symptoms during childhood and adult obesity: the Zurich Cohort Study by HASLER, G, PINE, D. S, KLEINBAUM, D. G, GAMMA, A, LUCKENBAUGH, D, AJDACIC, V, EICH, D, RÖSSLER, W, ANGST, J

“…Depression and obesity have become major health problems with increasing prevalence. Given the limited effectiveness of treatment for weight problems, the…”
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Longitudinal analysis of community health workers’ adherence to treatment guidelines, Siaya, Kenya, 1997–2002 by Rowe, S. Y., Olewe, M. A., Kleinbaum, D. G., McGowan, J. E., McFarland, D. A., Rochat, R., Deming, M. S.

“…Summary Objectives  To investigate community health workers’ (CHW) adherence over time to guidelines for treating ill children and to assess the effect of…”
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The influence of observation and setting on community health workers’ practices by Rowe, S. Y., Olewe, M. A., Kleinbaum, D. G., McGowan, J. E., McFarland, D. A., Rochat, R., Deming, M. S.

“…Objective. To determine whether results from an evaluation that involved observation of community health workers while they performed patient consultations in…”
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The health effects of swimming at Sydney beaches by CORBETT, S. J, RUBIN, G. L, CURRY, G. K, KLEINBAUM, D. G

“…The health risks of swimming at ocean beaches in Sydney Australia were determined in a study. Swimmers at Sydney ocean beaches were more likely to have…”
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Regression models for ordinal responses: a review of methods and applications by Ananth, C V, Kleinbaum, D G

“…Epidemiologists are often interested in estimating the risk of several related diseases as well as adverse outcomes, which have a natural ordering of severity…”
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The Effect of a Regimen of Antifungal Cream Use on Episodes of Acute Adenolymphangitis (ADL) among Lymphedema Patients: An Application Using Marginal Structural Models by Mues, K. E., Klein, M., Kleinbaum, D. G., Flanders, W. D., Fox, L. M.

“…Episodes of adenolymphangitis (ADL) are a recurrent clinical aspect of lymphatic filariasis (LF) and a risk factor for progression of lymphedema. Inter-digital…”
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Methadone dose and heroin use during maintenance treatment by Caplehorn, J R, Bell, J, Kleinbaum, D G, Gebski, V J

“…A retrospective study examined the association between methadone dose and in-treatment heroin use as measured by fixed-interval urine testing in a cohort of 62…”
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Clinic policy and retention in methadone maintenance by Caplehorn, J R, McNeil, D R, Kleinbaum, D G

“…Advantage was taken of a natural experiment to investigate the relationship of clinic objectives and procedures with retention in methadone maintenance…”
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Job Strain and Risk of Musculoskeletal Symptoms among a Prospective Cohort of Occupational Computer Users by Hannan, Lindsay M, Monteilh, Carolyn P, Gerr, Fred, Kleinbaum, David G, Marcus, Michele

“…Objectives Most previous studies of the association between psychosocial stress and musculoskeletal illness among computer users have been cross-sectional and…”
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Basic models for disease occurrence in epidemiology by Flanders, W D, Kleinbaum, D G

“…One of the epidemiologist's most basic tasks is estimation of disease occurrence. To perform this task, the epidemiologist frequently models variability in…”
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Mathematical modeling strategies for the analysis of epidemiologic research by Greenberg, R S, Kleinbaum, D G

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A longitudinal analysis of predictors of quitting smoking among participants in a self-help intervention trial by Hill, H A, Schoenbach, V J, Kleinbaum, D G, Strecher, V J, Orleans, C T, Gebski, V J, Kaplan, B H

“…Predictors of 7-day abstinence from smoking were identified among participants in a randomized self-help smoking-cessation intervention trial conducted from…”
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Ecology of passive smoking by young infants by Greenberg, R A, Bauman, K E, Glover, L H, Strecher, V J, Kleinbaum, D G, Haley, N J, Stedman, H C, Fowler, M G, Loda, F A

“…This study provides a detailed description of passive smoking by 433 infants (mean age 18 days) enrolled from a representative population of healthy neonates…”
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What can go wrong when you assume that correlated data are independent: an illustration from the evaluation of a childhood health intervention in Brazil by Cannon, Michael J., Warner, Lee, Taddei, J. Augusto, Kleinbaum, David G.

“…The key analytical challenge presented by longitudinal data is that observations from one individual tend to be correlated. Although longitudinal data commonly…”
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Risk factors for microalbuminuria in black americans with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes by Kohler, Kathryn A., McClellan, William M., Ziemer, David C., Kleinbaum, David G., Boring, John R.

“…We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to describe the prevalence of and risk factors for microalbuminuria among blacks with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes…”
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Psychologic distress as a predictor of mortality by Somervell, P D, Kaplan, B H, Heiss, G, Tyroler, H A, Kleinbaum, D G, Obrist, P A

“…In a 12-year follow-up study of 610 persons (239 black and 371 white) in Evans County, Georgia, psychologic distress as measured by total score on the Health…”
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Socioecologic stress and hypertension related mortality rates in North Carolina by James, S A, Kleinbaum, D G

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Oral contraceptive use and blood pressure in a German metropolitan population by Cairns, V, Keil, U, Doering, A, Koenig, W, Stieber, J, Kleinbaum, D G

“…The relationship between blood pressure (BP) and oral contraceptive (OC) use in women has been examined with the data from the Munich Blood Pressure Study…”
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Matching in Epidemiologic Studies: Validity and Efficiency Considerations by Kupper, Lawrence L., Karon, John M., Kleinbaum, David G., Morgenstern, Hal, Lewis, Donald K.

“…Validity and efficiency issues are considered with regard to the use of matching and random sampling as alternative methods of subject selection in follow-up…”
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Nonmedical exemptions to immunization requirements in California: A 16-year longitudinal analysis of trends and associated community factors by Richards, Jennifer L, Wagenaar, Bradley H, Van Otterloo, Joshua, Gondalia, Rahul, Atwell, Jessica E, Kleinbaum, David G, Salmon, Daniel A, Omer, Saad B

“…Highlights • Personal belief exemption rates in CA schools rose by 9.2%/year over 1994–2009, from 0.6% in 1994 to 2.3% in 2009. • Exemption rates increased…”
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