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    • Associations of Toenail Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury, Manganese, and Lead with Blood Pressure in the Normative Aging Study 

      Mordukhovich, Irina; Wright, Robert O.; Hu, Howard; Amarasiriwardena, Chitra J.; Baccarelli, Andrea; Litonjua, Augusto Ampil; Sparrow, David; Vokonas, Pantel S; Schwartz, Joel David (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2012)
      Background: Arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead are associated with cardiovascular disease in epidemiologic research. These associations may be mediated by direct effects of the metals on blood pressure (BP) elevation. ...

    • Associations of Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms With Venous Thromboembolism Over 22 Years in Women 

      Sumner, Jennifer A.; Kubzansky, Laura D.; Kabrhel, Christopher; Roberts, Andrea L.; Chen, Qixuan; Winning, Ashley; Gilsanz, Paola; Rimm, Eric B.; Glymour, Maria M.; Koenen, Karestan C. (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016)
      Background: Trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been linked to myocardial infarction and stroke in women, with biological and behavioral mechanisms implicated in underlying risk. The third most ...

    • Asthma and Genes Encoding Components of the Vitamin D Pathway 

      Bossé, Yohan; Lemire, Mathieu; Poon, Audrey H; Daley, Denise; He, Jian-Qing; Sandford, Andrew; James, Alan L; Musk, Arthur William; Palmer, Lyle J; Kozyrskyj, Anita L; Becker, Allan; Hudson, Thomas J; Laprise, Catherine; White, John H.; Raby, Benjamin Alexander; Weiss, Scott Tillman (BioMed Central, 2009)
      Background: Genetic variants at the vitamin D receptor (VDR) locus are associated with asthma and atopy. We hypothesized that polymorphisms in other genes of the vitamin D pathway are associated with asthma or atopy. ...

    • Asthma and Risk of Lethal Prostate Cancer in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study 

      Platz, Elizabeth; Drake, Charles; Wilson, Kathryn; Sutcliffe, Siobhan; Kenfield, Stacey; Mucci, Lorelei; Stampfer, Meir; Willett, Walter C.::94559ea206eef8a8844fc5b80654fa5b::600; Camargo, Carlos Jr.; Giovannucci, Edward (Wiley, 2015)
      Inflammation, and more generally, the immune response are thought to influence the development of prostate cancer. To determine the components of the immune response that are potentially contributory, we prospectively ...

    • Asthma in Inner-City Children at 5–11 Years of Age and Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates: The Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health Cohort 

      Whyatt, Robin M.; Perzanowski, Matthew S.; Just, Allan C.; Rundle, Andrew G.; Donohue, Kathleen M.; Calafat, Antonia M.; Hoepner, Lori A.; Perera, Frederica P.; Miller, Rachel L. (NLM-Export, 2014)
      Background: Studies suggest that phthalate exposures may adversely affect child respiratory health. Objectives: We evaluated associations between asthma diagnosed in children between 5 and 11 years of age and prenatal ...

    • Asthma-susceptibility variants identified using probands in case-control and family-based analyses 

      Murphy, Amy J; Soto-Quiros, Manuel E; Avila, Lydiana; Celedón, Juan C; O'Connor, George T; Himes, Blanca Elena; Su, Jessica Ann Lasky; Wu, Ann Chen; Wilk, Jemma B; Hunninghake, Gary Matthew; Klanderman, Barbara Jordan; Lazarus, Ross; Lange, Christoph; Raby, Benjamin Alexander; Silverman, Edwin Kepner; Weiss, Scott Tillman (BioMed Central, 2010)
      Background: Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease whose genetic basis has been explored for over two decades, most recently via genome-wide association studies. We sought to find asthma-susceptibility variants by using ...

    • Asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax infections induce robust IgG responses to multiple blood-stage proteins in a low-transmission region of western Thailand 

      Longley, Rhea J.; Tenorio Franca, Camila; White, Michael T.; Kumpitak, Chalermpon; Sa-angchai, Patiwat; Gruszczyk, Jakub; Hostetler, Jessica B.; Yadava, Anjali; King, Christopher L.; Fairhurst, Rick M.; Rayner, Julian C.; Tham, Wai-Hong; Nguitragool, Wang; Sattabongkot, Jetsumon; Mueller, Ivo (Springer Nature, 2017-04-28)
      Background: Thailand is aiming to eliminate malaria by the year 2024. Plasmodium vivax has now become the dominant species causing malaria within the country, and a high proportion of infections are asymptomatic. A better ...

    • Asymptomatic Polyvascular Abnormalities in Community (APAC) Study in China: Objectives, Design and Baseline Characteristics 

      Zhou, Yong; Li, Yang; Xu, Liang; Xu, Jie; Wang, Anxing; Gao, Xiang; Wu, Shouling; Wei, Wen Bin; Zhao, Xingquan; Jonas, Jost B. (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Objective: The population-based “Asymptomatic Polyvascular Abnormalities in Community (APAC) Study was designed to examine prevalence and associations of asymptomatic polyvascular abnormalities (APA) in a general population. ...

    • Atherosclerotic Biomarkers and Aortic Atherosclerosis by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Framingham Heart Study 

      Hong, Susie N.; Gona, Philimon; Fontes, Joao D.; Oyama, Noriko; Chan, Raymond H.; Kenchaiah, Satish; Tsao, Connie W.; Yeon, Susan B.; Schnabel, Renate B.; Keaney, John F.; O'Donnell, Christopher J.; Benjamin, Emelia J.; Manning, Warren J. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013)
      Background: The relations between subclinical atherosclerosis and inflammatory biomarkers have generated intense interest but their significance remains unclear. We sought to determine the association between a panel of ...

    • An Atlas of Genetic Correlations across Human Diseases and Traits 

      Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan; Finucane, Hilary K; Anttila, Verneri; Gusev, Alexander; Day, Felix R.; Loh, Po-Ru; Duncan, Laramie; Perry, John R.B.; Patterson, Nick; Robinson, Elise B.; Daly, Mark J.; Price, Alkes L.; Neale, Benjamin M. (2015)
      Identifying genetic correlations between complex traits and diseases can provide useful etiological insights and help prioritize likely causal relationships. The major challenges preventing estimation of genetic correlation ...

    • Atlas of prostate cancer heritability in European and African-American men pinpoints tissue-specific regulation 

      Gusev, Alexander; Shi, Huwenbo; Kichaev, Gleb; Pomerantz, Mark; Li, Fugen; Long, Henry W.; Ingles, Sue A.; Kittles, Rick A.; Strom, Sara S.; Rybicki, Benjamin A.; Nemesure, Barbara; Isaacs, William B.; Zheng, Wei; Pettaway, Curtis A.; Yeboah, Edward D.; Tettey, Yao; Biritwum, Richard B.; Adjei, Andrew A.; Tay, Evelyn; Truelove, Ann; Niwa, Shelley; Chokkalingam, Anand P.; John, Esther M.; Murphy, Adam B.; Signorello, Lisa B.; Carpten, John; Leske, M. Cristina; Wu, Suh-Yuh; Hennis, Anslem J. M.; Neslund-Dudas, Christine; Hsing, Ann W.; Chu, Lisa; Goodman, Phyllis J.; Klein, Eric A.; Witte, John S.; Casey, Graham; Kaggwa, Sam; Cook, Michael B.; Stram, Daniel O.; Blot, William J.; Eeles, Rosalind A.; Easton, Douglas; Kote-Jarai, ZSofia; Al Olama, Ali Amin; Benlloch, Sara; Muir, Kenneth; Giles, Graham G.; Southey, Melissa C.; Fitzgerald, Liesel M.; Gronberg, Henrik; Wiklund, Fredrik; Aly, Markus; Henderson, Brian E.; Schleutker, Johanna; Wahlfors, Tiina; Tammela, Teuvo L. J.; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Key, Tim J.; Travis, Ruth C.; Neal, David E.; Donovan, Jenny L.; Hamdy, Freddie C.; Pharoah, Paul; Pashayan, Nora; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Stanford, Janet L.; Thibodeau, Stephen N.; McDonnell, Shannon K.; Schaid, Daniel J.; Maier, Christiane; Vogel, Walther; Luedeke, Manuel; Herkommer, Kathleen; Kibel, Adam S.; Cybulski, Cezary; Wokolorczyk, Dominika; Kluzniak, Wojciech; Cannon-Albright, Lisa; Teerlink, Craig; Brenner, Hermann; Dieffenbach, Aida K.; Arndt, Volker; Park, Jong Y.; Sellers, Thomas A.; Lin, Hui-Yi; Slavov, Chavdar; Kaneva, Radka; Mitev, Vanio; Batra, Jyotsna; Spurdle, Amanda; Clements, Judith A.; Teixeira, Manuel R.; Pandha, Hardev; Michael, Agnieszka; Paulo, Paula; Maia, Sofia; Kierzek, Andrzej; Cook, Margaret; Guy, Michelle; Govindasami, Koveela; Leongamornlert, Daniel; Sawyer, Emma J.; Wilkinson, Rosemary; Saunders, Edward J.; Tymrakiewicz, Malgorzata; Dadaev, Tokhir; Morgan, Angela; Fisher, Cyril; Hazel, Steve; Livni, Naomi; Lophatananon, Artitaya; Pedersen, John; Hopper, John L.; Adolfson, Jan; Stattin, Paer; Johansson, Jan-Erik; Cavalli-Bjoerkman, Carin; Karlsson, Ami; Broms, Michael; Auvinen, Anssi; Kujala, Paula; Maeaettaenen, Liisa; Murtola, Teemu; Taari, Kimmo; Weischer, Maren; Nielsen, Sune F.; Klarskov, Peter; Roder, Andreas; Iversen, Peter; Wallinder, Hans; Gustafsson, Sven; Cox, Angela; Brown, Paul; George, Anne; Marsden, Gemma; Lane, Athene; Davis, Michael; Tillmans, Lori; Riska, Shaun; Wang, Liang; Rinckleb, Antje; Lubiski, Jan; Stegmaier, Christa; Pow-Sang, Julio; Park, Hyun; Radlein, Selina; Rincon, Maria; Haley, James; Zachariah, Babu; Kachakova, Darina; Popov, Elenko; Mitkova, Atanaska; Vlahova, Aleksandrina; Dikov, Tihomir; Christova, Svetlana; Heathcote, Peter; Wood, Glenn; Malone, Greg; Saunders, Pamela; Eckert, Allison; Yeadon, Trina; Kerr, Kris; Collins, Angus; Turner, Megan; Srinivasan, Srilakshmi; Kedda, Mary-Anne; Alexander, Kimberly; Omara, Tracy; Wu, Huihai; Henrique, Rui; Pinto, Pedro; Santos, Joana; Barros-Silva, Joao; Conti, David V.; Albanes, Demetrius; Berg, Christine; Berndt, Sonja I.; Campa, Daniele; Crawford, E. David; Diver, W. Ryan; Gapstur, Susan M.; Gaziano, J. Michael; Giovannucci, Edward; Hoover, Robert; Hunter, David J.; Johansson, Mattias; Kraft, Peter; Le Marchand, Loic; Lindström, Sara; Navarro, Carmen; Overvad, Kim; Riboli, Elio; Siddiq, Afshan; Stevens, Victoria L.; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Vineis, Paolo; Yeager, Meredith; Trynka, Gosia; Raychaudhuri, Soumya; Schumacher, Frederick R.; Price, Alkes L.; Freedman, Matthew L.; Haiman, Christopher A.; Pasaniuc, Bogdan (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      Although genome-wide association studies have identified over 100 risk loci that explain ∼33% of familial risk for prostate cancer (PrCa), their functional effects on risk remain largely unknown. Here we use genotype data ...

    • Attending to the Mental Health of War-Affected Children: The Need for Longitudinal and Developmental Research Perspectives 

      Betancourt, Theresa (Elsevier BV, 2011-04)
      The article by Panter-Brick, Goodman, Tol, and Eggerman in this issue of the Journal presents the findings from a rare follow-up study on childhood adversities and mental health in Afghan schoolchildren. 1 This article ...

    • Attitudes to Mesalamine Questionnaire: A Novel Tool to Predict Mesalamine Nonadherence in Patients with IBD 

      Moss, Alan C; Lillis, Yvonne; Edwards George, Jessica B.; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar; Berg, Anders Hayden; Cheifetz, Adam S.; Horowitz, Gary Leigh; Leffler, Daniel Alexander (Springer Nature, 2014)
      OBJECTIVES: Poor adherence to mesalamine is common and driven by a combination of lifestyle and behavioral factors, as well as health beliefs. We sought to develop a valid tool to identify barriers to patient adherence and ...

    • Attitudes towards euthanasia in severely ill and dementia patients and cremation in Cyprus: a population-based survey 

      Televantos, Anastasios; Talias, Michael A; Charalambous, Marianna; Soteriades, Elpidoforos S (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: Population studies on end-of-life decisions have not been conducted in Cyprus. Our study aim was to evaluate the beliefs and attitudes of Greek Cypriots towards end-of-life issues regarding euthanasia and ...

    • Attitudes towards primary care career in community health centers among medical students in China 

      Zhang, Lingling; Bossert, Thomas; Mahal, Ajay; Hu, Guoqing; Guo, Qing; Liu, Yuanli (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Very few of the primary care doctors currently working in China’s community health centers have a college degree (issued by 5-year medical schools). How to attract college graduates to community services in the ...

    • Attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of caregivers and rehabilitation providers about disabled children’s sleep health: a qualitative study 

      Chen, Xiaoli; Gelaye, Bizu; Velez, Juan Carlos; Pepper, Micah; Gorman, Sara; Barbosa, Clarita; Zafonte, Ross D; Redline, Susan; Williams, Michelle A (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Children with disabilities are more likely to have sleep disturbances than children without disabilities. Identifying attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and perceptions of caregivers and health professionals is ...

    • The attributable annual health costs of U.S. occupational lead poisoning 

      Levin, Ronnie (Taylor & Francis, 2016)
      Background: U.S. occupational lead standards have not changed for decades, while knowledge about lead’s health effects has grown substantially. Objective: The objective of this analysis was twofold: to estimate the ...

    • Audit-identified avoidable factors in maternal and perinatal deaths in low resource settings: a systematic review 

      Merali, Hasan S; Lipsitz, Stuart; Hevelone, Nathanael; Gawande, Atul A; Lashoher, Angela; Agrawal, Priya; Spector, Jonathan (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Audits provide a rational framework for quality improvement by systematically assessing clinical practices against accepted standards with the aim to develop recommendations and interventions that target ...

    • Augmented Pulmonary Responses to Acute Ozone Exposure in Obese Mice: Roles of TNFR2 and IL-13 

      Williams, Alison Suzanne; Mathews, Joel Andrew; Kasahara, David Itiro; Chen, Lucas; Wurmbrand, Allison Patricia; Si, Huiqing; Shore, Stephanie Ann (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2013)
      Background: Acute ozone (O3) exposure results in greater inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in obese versus lean mice. Objectives: We examined the hypothesis that these augmented responses to O3 are the ...

    • An Augmented SMS Intervention to Improve Access to Antenatal CD4 Testing and ART Initiation in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women: A Cluster Randomized Trial 

      Dryden-Peterson, Scott; Bennett, Kara; Hughes, Michael D.; Veres, Adrian; John, Oaitse; Pradhananga, Rosina; Boyer, Matthew; Brown, Carolyn; Sakyi, Bright; van Widenfelt, Erik; Keapoletswe, Koona; Mine, Madisa; Moyo, Sikhulile; Asmelash, Aida; Siedner, Mark; Mmalane, Mompati; Shapiro, Roger L.; Lockman, Shahin (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Background: Less than one-third of HIV-infected pregnant women eligible for combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) globally initiate treatment prior to delivery, with lack of access to timely CD4 results being a principal ...