Search Results - "McGrady, G A"

The Degree and Type of Relationship between Psychosocial Variables and Smoking Status for Students in Grade 8: Is There a Dose—Response Relationship? by Pederson, L.L., Koval, J.J., McGrady, G.A., Tyas, S.L.

“…Background. While most research focuses on simply analyzing the differences between smokers and nonsmokers, dose-response analyses may be used to find evidence…”
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Preterm delivery and low birth weight among first-born infants of black and white college graduates by McGrady, G A, Sung, J F, Rowley, D L, Hogue, C J

“…Reproductive outcomes were investigated in black and white female college graduates, presumed to be of similar socioeconomic status and similar risk profile…”
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Weapon carrying among black adolescents: a social network perspective by Myers, G P, McGrady, G A, Marrow, C, Mueller, C W

“…This report describes the salience of social networks to the phenomena of adolescent weapon carrying. A random-walk network sampling design was used to survey…”
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Racial and urban/rural differences in cervical carcinoma in Georgia Medicaid recipients by Sung, John F. C., Blumenthal, Daniel S., Alema‐Mensah, Ernest, McGrady, Gene A.

“…BACKGROUND The authors conducted a study of racial and geographic differences in the occurrence of cervical carcinoma in a population of uniformly low economic…”
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Models of the Relationship of Stress, Depression, and Other Psychosocial Factors to Smoking Behavior: A Comparison of a Cohort of Students in Grades 6 and 8 by Koval, John J., Pederson, Linda L., Mills, Catherine A., McGrady, Gene A., Carvajal, Scott C.

“…Background. Six specific hypotheses regarding putative mechanisms by which stressful life events might lead to initiation of smoking among adolescents were…”
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Smoking Cessation among African Americans: What We Know and Do Not Know about Interventions and Self-Quitting by Pederson, Linda L., Ahluwalia, Jasjit S., Harris, Kari Jo, McGrady, Gene A.

“…Background. Many studies on cessation interventions and self-quitting have been conducted, but few have focused on African Americans. The purpose of this…”
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An outbreak of necrotizing enterocolitis. Association with transfusions of packed red blood cells by McGrady, G A, Rettig, P J, Istre, G R, Jason, J M, Holman, R C, Evatt, B L

“…Of 187 newborns admitted to a 33-bed, level III neonatal intensive care unit between January 1, 1985 and June 23, 1985, 33 developed necrotizing enterocolitis…”
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Do Sex and Ethnic Differences in Smoking Initiation Mask Similarities in Cessation Behavior? by McGrady, Gene A, Pederson, Linda L

“…This study compared success in smoking cessation by sex, ethnic status, and birth cohort. African and European American respondents to the 1996 Current…”
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Cancer Screening Intervention among Black Women in Inner-City Atlanta: Design of a Study by John F. C. Sung, Coates, Ralph J., Jackie E. Williams, Liff, Jonathan M., Greenberg, Raymond S., Gene A. Mc Grady, Byllye Y. Avery, Blumenthal, Daniel S.

“…This experimental study attempts to determine if an in-home educational intervention conducted by lay health workers (LHWs) can increase adherence among…”
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The controlled clinical trial and decision making in family practice by McGrady, G A

“…This study attempts to measure the extent to which the family physician's therapeutic and strategic decisions in selected areas are in accordance with the…”
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Maternal urinary tract infection and adverse fetal outcomes by McGrady, G A, Daling, J R, Peterson, D R

“…The relationship of acute urinary tract infection occurring during pregnancy and the incidence of adverse fetal outcomes was examined with the use of birth…”
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Smoking initiation and cessation in African Americans attending an inner-city walk-in clinic by McGrady, Gene A., Ahluwalia, Jasjit S., Pederson, Linda L.

“…Objectives: Data collected from a population of African Americans were analyzed to examine patterns of smoking initiation, smoking cessation, and factors…”
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Interactive effect of race and marital status in low birthweight by Sung, J F, McGrady, G A, Rowley, D L, Hogue, C J, Alema-Mensah, E, Lypson, M L

“…Although unmarried mothers are at risk of delivering low-birthweight (LBW) infants, the meaning and significance of this variable need to be explored in depth…”
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A note on implementation of a random-walk design to study adolescent social networks by McGrady, Gene A., Marrow, Clementine, Myers, Gail, Daniels, Michael, Vera, Mildred, Mueller, Charles, Liebow, Edward, Klovdahl, Alden, Lovely, Richard

“…Starting with adolescents residing in an inner-city neighborhood, a random-walk sampling design was implemented with the aim of examining the socioecological…”
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Cancer rate differentials between blacks and whites of three metropolitan areas by Haynes, M A, Wolde-Tsadik, G, Brown, C P, Semenya, K, Ahmed, O I, McGrady, G A

“…This article presents a comparison of the cancer incidence and mortality rates for the populations of the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, Atlanta, and…”
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The course of the epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the United States hemophilia population by McGrady, G A, Jason, J M, Evatt, B L

“…The time course of the epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) as it has occurred in the US hemophilia population is examined using surveillance…”
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Social networks and infectious disease: HIV/AIDS by Johnsen, E C, Bernard, H R, Killworth, P D, Shelley, G A, McCarty, C, Latkin, C, Mandell, W, Vlahov, D, Knowlton, A, Oziemkowska, M, Celentano, D, Curtis, R, Friedman, S R, Neaigus, A, Jose, B, Goldstein, M, Ildefonso, G, McGrady, G A, Marrow, C, Myers, G, Daniels, M, Vera, M, Mueller, C, Liebow, E, Klovdahl, A S, Lovely, R, Branch, K, Mann, E, Rothenberg, R B, Potterat, J J, Woodhouse, D E, Darrow, W W, Muth, S Q, Morris, M, Kretzschmar, M, Wright, E R, Shuff, I M

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