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Calcium-Sensing Receptor Tumor Expression and Lethal Prostate Cancer Progression
(Oxford University Press, 2016)Context: Prostate cancer metastases preferentially target bone, and the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) may play a role in promoting this metastatic progression. Objective: We evaluated the association of prostate tumor ... -
Calculation of Mercury's Effects on Neurodevelopment
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Calibrating physical activity intensity for hip-worn accelerometry in women age 60 to 91 years: The Women's Health Initiative OPACH Calibration Study
(2015)Objective: We conducted a laboratory-based calibration study to determine relevant cutpoints for a hip-worn accelerometer among women ≥60 years, considering both type and filtering of counts. Methods: Two hundred women ... -
Calibrating the Human Mutation Rate via Ancestral Recombination Density in Diploid Genomes
(Public Library of Science, 2015)The human mutation rate is an essential parameter for studying the evolution of our species, interpreting present-day genetic variation, and understanding the incidence of genetic disease. Nevertheless, our current estimates ... -
California's Early Coverage Expansion under the Affordable Care Act: A County-Level Analysis
(BioMed Central, 2015)Objective: To assess the coverage effects of California's 2011 Low-Income Health Program (LIHP), enacted as an “early expansion” under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and to demonstrate the feasibility of using Census data ... -
Cambodia: Civil society, power and stalled democracy
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Campaign Wars: Health Policy in a Fantasy World
(American Medical Association (AMA), 2016)National health reform debates reminds me of a night at the movies. On the one hand, there are true-life stories like “Apollo 13,” that profile actual people and the problems they face. And then there are the fantasies, ... -
Can a community health worker administered postnatal checklist increase health-seeking behaviors and knowledge?: evidence from a randomized trial with a private maternity facility in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Springer Nature, 2016)Background: Since the 2009 WHO and UNICEF recommendation that women receive home-based postnatal care within the first three days after birth, a growing number of low-income countries have explored integrating postnatal ... -
Can Community Social Cohesion Prevent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Aftermath of a Disaster? A Natural Experiment From the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
(, 2016)In the aftermath of a disaster, the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is high. We sought to examine whether the predisaster level of community social cohesion was associated with a lower risk of PTSD after the ... -
Can efficiency be gained by correcting for misclassification?
(Elsevier, 2013)This paper considers 2 x 2 tables arising from case-control studies in which the binary exposure may be misclassified. We found circumstances under which the inverse matrix method provides a more efficient odds ratio ... -
Can physical activity minimize weight gain in women after smoking cessation?
(, 1996)Objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine prospectively whether exercise can modify weight gain after smoking cessationin women.Methods. Data were analyzed from a 2-year follow-up period (1986-1988) in the Nurses' ... -
Can purchasing information be used to predict adherence to cardiovascular medications? An analysis of linked retail pharmacy and insurance claims data
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Objective: The use of retail purchasing data may improve adherence prediction over approaches using healthcare insurance claims alone. Design: Retrospective. Setting and participants A cohort of patients who received ... -
Can shared decision-making reduce medical malpractice litigation? A systematic review
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: To explore the likely influence and impact of shared decision-making on medical malpractice litigation and patients’ intentions to initiate litigation. Methods: We included all observational, interventional and ... -
Can social factors explain sex differences in insomnia? Findings from a national survey in Taiwan
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2005)Study objective: To examine sociological explanations for the higher level of insomnia in women, including social roles and socioeconomic status (SES).Design: Cross sectional survey researchSetting: Taiwanese 2001 "social ... -
Can Social Policy Influence Socioeconomic Disparities? Korean War GI Bill Eligibility and Markers of Depression
(Elsevier BV, 2016-02)Purpose: The Korean War GI Bill provided socioeconomic benefits to veterans; however, its association with health is unclear; we hypothesize GI Bill eligibility is associated with fewer depressive symptoms and smaller ... -
Can the Heterosexual HIV Epidemic be Eliminated in South Africa Using Combination Prevention? A Modeling Analysis
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016)Little is known about how combining efficacious HIV prevention interventions could lead to HIV elimination. We used an agent-based simulation model, the HIV Calibrated Dynamic Model (HIV-CDM), to assess the potential for ... -
Can the influence of childhood socioeconomic status on men’s and women’s adult body mass be explained by adult socioeconomic status or personality? Findings from a national sample.
(, 2009)Objectives: On the basis of a life-course risk-chain framework, the authors examined whether (a) residual associations between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and adult obesity and body mass index (BMI) would be ... -
Can You Party Your Way to Better Health? A Propensity Score Analysis of Block Parties and Health
(2015)While other indicators of social capital have been linked to health, the role of block parties on health in Black neighborhoods and on Black residents is understudied. Block parties exhibit several features of bonding ... -
The Canadian birth place study: examining maternity care provider attitudes and interprofessional conflict around planned home birth
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Available birth settings have diversified in Canada since the integration of regulated midwifery. Midwives are required to offer eligible women choice of birth place; and 25-30% of midwifery clients plan home ... -
Cancer burden among HIV-positive persons in Nigeria: preliminary findings from the Nigerian AIDS-cancer match study
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Although Nigeria has a large HIV epidemic, the impact of HIV on cancer in Nigerians is unknown. Methods: We conducted a registry linkage study using a probabilistic matching algorithm among a cohort of HIV ...