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Phenotype of Frailty: Characterization in the Women's Health and Aging Studies by Bandeen-Roche, Karen, Xue, Qian-Li, Ferrucci, Luigi, Walston, Jeremy, Guralnik, Jack M., Chaves, Paulo, Zeger, Scott L., Fried, Linda P.

“…Background. “Frailty” is an adverse, primarily gerontologic, health condition regarded as frequent with aging and having severe consequences. Although…”
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Bayesian Distributed Lag Models: Estimating Effects of Particulate Matter Air Pollution on Daily Mortality by Welty, L. J., Peng, R. D., Zeger, S. L., Dominici, F.

“…A distributed lag model (DLagM) is a regression model that includes lagged exposure variables as covariates; its corresponding distributed lag (DL) function…”
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Left insular stroke is associated with adverse cardiac outcome by Laowattana, S, Zeger, S L, Lima, J A C, Goodman, S N, Wittstein, I S, Oppenheimer, S M

“…After stroke, 10% of patients have adverse cardiac outcomes. Left insular damage may contribute to this by impairing sympathovagal balance (associated with…”
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Is there cognitive decline 1 year after CABG? : Comparison with surgical and nonsurgical controls by MCKHANN, G. M, GREGA, M. A, BOROWICZ, L. M, BAILEY, M. M, BARRY, S. J. E, ZEGER, S. L, BAUMGARTNER, W. A, SELNES, O. A

“…It is widely assumed that decline in cognition after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is related to use of the cardiopulmonary bypass pump. Because most…”
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The Effects of DonorNet 2007 on Kidney Distribution Equity and Efficiency by Massie, A. B., Zeger, S. L., Montgomery, R. A., Segev, D. L.

“…In 2007, UNOS released DonorNet 2007® (DN07) in hope of improving allocation equity and efficiency. We hypothesized that hard‐to‐place organs might be less…”
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Air Pollution and Mortality in Philadelphia, 1974–1988 by Kelsall, J. E., Samet, J. M., Zeger, S. L., Xu, J.

“…Analyses involving data from many locations throughout the world have now been conducted to assess the association between air pollution and mortality. To…”
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Association Between Executive Attention and Physical Functional Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Women by Carlson, Michelle C., Fried, Linda P., Xue, Qian-Li, Bandeen-Roche, Karen, Zeger, Scott L., Brandt, Jason

“…Objectives. Executive functions supervise the contents of working memory, where information from long-term memory is integrated with information in the…”
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Statin use and neurologic morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting: A cohort study by Koenig, M A, Grega, M A, Bailey, M M, Pham, L D, Zeger, S L, Baumgartner, W A, McKhann, G M

“…Statin use before surgery has been associated with reduced morbidity and mortality after vascular surgery. The effect of preoperative statin use on stroke and…”
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Estimating Particulate Matter-Mortality Dose-Response Curves and Threshold Levels: An Analysis of Daily Time-Series for the 20 Largest US Cities by Daniels, Michael J., Dominici, Francesca, Samet, Jonathan M., Zeger, Scott L.

“…Numerous studies have shown a positive association between daily mortality and particulate air pollution, even at concentrations below regulatory limits. These…”
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Harvesting-Resistant Estimates of Air Pollution Effects on Mortality by Zeger, Scott L., Dominici, Francesca, Samet, Jonathan

“…A number of studies have recently shown an association between particle concentrations in outdoor air and daily mortality counts in urban locations. In the…”
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Regression analysis for correlated data by Liang, K Y, Zeger, S L

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An overview of methods for the analysis of longitudinal data by Zeger, S L, Liang, K Y

“…This paper reviews statistical methods for the analysis of discrete and continuous longitudinal data. The relative merits of longitudinal and cross-sectional…”
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Models for Longitudinal Data: A Generalized Estimating Equation Approach by Zeger, Scott L., Liang, Kung-Yee, Albert, Paul S.

“…This article discusses extensions of generalized linear models for the analysis of longitudinal data. Two approaches are considered: subject-specific (SS)…”
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Semiparametric Models for Longitudinal Data with Application to CD4 Cell Numbers in HIV Seroconverters by Zeger, Scott L., Diggle, Peter J.

“…The paper describes a semiparametric model for longitudinal data which is illustrated by its application to data on the time evolution of CD4 cell numbers in…”
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Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in the United States: Did the Risks Change from 1987 to 2000? by Dominici, Francesca, Peng, Roger D., Zeger, Scott L., White, Ronald H., Samet, Jonathan M.

“…Evaluation of the public health impact of air quality regulations, referred to as accountability research, is increasingly viewed as a necessary component of…”
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Multivariate Regression Analyses for Categorical Data by Liang, Kung-Yee, Zeger, Scott L., Qaqish, Bahjat

“…It is common to observe a vector of discrete and/or continuous responses in scientific problems where the objective is to characterize the dependence of each…”
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Seasonal Analyses of Air Pollution and Mortality in 100 US Cities by Peng, Roger D., Dominici, Francesca, Pastor-Barriuso, Roberto, Zeger, Scott L., Samet, Jonathan M.

“…Time series models relating short-term changes in air pollution levels to daily mortality counts typically assume that the effects of air pollution on the log…”
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Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in 20 U.S. Cities, 1987–1994 by Samet, Jonathan M, Dominici, Francesca, Curriero, Frank C, Coursac, Ivan, Zeger, Scott L

“…Studies showing that current levels of air pollution in the cities of many developed and developing countries are associated with increased rates of mortality…”
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Short-term consistency in self-reported physical functioning among elderly women: The Women's Health and Aging Study by RATHOUZ, P. J, KASPER, J. D, ZEGER, S. L, FERRUCCI, L, BANDEEN-ROCHE, K, MIGLIORETTI, D. L, FRIED, L. P

“…The assessment of physical functioning and disability is integral to population-based and clinical research carried out among elderly people. Typically,…”
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Revised Analyses of the National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study: Mortality Among Residents Of 90 Cities by Dominici, Francesca, McDermott, Aidan, Daniels, Michael, Zeger, Scott L., Samet, Jonathan M.

“…This article presents findings from updated analyses of data from 90 U.S. cities assembled for the National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study…”
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