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Stronger influence of maternal than paternal obesity on infant and early childhood body mass index: the Fels Longitudinal Study by Linabery, A. M., Nahhas, R. W., Johnson, W., Choh, A. C., Towne, B., Odegaard, A. O., Czerwinski, S. A., Demerath, E. W.

“…Summary What is already known about this subject Excessive early childhood adiposity is a prevalent and increasing concern in many parts of the world. Parental…”
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Longitudinal changes in calcaneal quantitative ultrasound measures during childhood by Lee, M., Nahhas, R. W., Choh, A. C., Demerath, E. W., Duren, D. L., Chumlea, W. C., Sherwood, R. J., Towne, B., Siervogel, R. M., Czerwinski, S. A.

“…Summary This longitudinal study examined how calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measures change during childhood while taking into account skeletal…”
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Leptin is inversely related to age at menarche in human females by MATKOVIC, V, ILICH, J. Z, SKUGOR, M, BADENHOP, N. E, GOEL, P, CLAIRMONT, A, KLISOVIC, D, NAHHAS, R. W, LANDOLL, J. D

“…Over the last century there has been a trend toward an earlier onset of menarche attributed to better nutrition and body fatness. With the discovery of the…”
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Contribution of Residential Exposures to Asthma in US Children and Adolescents by Lanphear, Bruce P, Kahn, Robert S, Berger, Omer, Auinger, Peggy, Bortnick, Steven M, Nahhas, Ramzi W

“…Residential exposures are recognized risk factors for asthma, but the relative contribution of specific indoor allergens and their overall contribution to…”
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How much do children's body mass indices change over intervals of 6-12 months? Statistics from before and during the obesity epidemic by von Hippel, P. T., Nahhas, R. W., Czerwinski, S. A.

“…Background Researchers need to evaluate changes in children's body mass index (BMI) over periods of 6 or 12 months, yet reference statistics are limited for…”
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Iron status, menarche, and calcium supplementation in adolescent girls by ILICH-ERNST, J. Z, MCKENNA, A. A, BADENHOP, N. E, CLAIRMONT, A. C, ANDON, M. B, NAHHAS, R. W, GOEL, P, MATKOVIC, V

“…The effects of growth, menstrual status, and calcium supplementation on iron status were studied over 4 y in 354 girls in pubertal stage 2 who were…”
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Ranked Set Sampling: Cost and Optimal Set Size by Nahhas, Ramzi W., Wolfe, Douglas A., Chen, Haiying

“…Mclntyre (1952, Australian Journal of Agricultural Research3, 385–390) introduced ranked set sampling (RSS) as a method for improving estimation of a…”
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Trends in fentanyl and fentanyl analogue-related overdose deaths – Montgomery County, Ohio, 2015–2017 by Daniulaityte, Raminta, Juhascik, Matthew P., Strayer, Kraig E., Sizemore, Ioana E., Zatreh, Mussa, Nahhas, Ramzi W., Harshbarger, Kent E., Antonides, Heather M., Martins, Silvia S., Carlson, Robert G.

“…•From 2015–07 to 2017–06, fentanyl/analogues-related OD deaths increased by 377%.•The proportion of fentanyl-only (no analogues) OD death cases…”
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Stronger influence of maternal than paternal obesity on infant and early childhood body mass index: the F els L ongitudinal S tudy by Linabery, A. M., Nahhas, R. W., Johnson, W., Choh, A. C., Towne, B., Odegaard, A. O., Czerwinski, S. A., Demerath, E. W.

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Post-traumatic stress symptoms in pathological gambling: Potential evidence of anti-reward processes by Green, Cheryl L, Nahhas, Ramzi W, Scoglio, Arielle A, Elman, Igor

“…Excessive gambling is considered to be a part of the addiction spectrum. Stress-like emotional states are a key feature both of pathological gambling (PG) and…”
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Ranked Set Sampling: Ranking Error Models and Estimation of Visual Judgment Error Variance by Nahhas, Ramzi W., Wolfe, Douglas A., Chen, Haiying

“…Ranked set sampling where sampling is based on visual judgment of the differences between the sizes of pairs of units or on a concomitant variable is reviewed…”
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