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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 ... -
Cancer in first-degree relatives of people with celiac disease
(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2016)Abstract Background: Celiac disease (CD) has been linked to cancer, especially lymphoproliferative malignancy (LPM). Earlier research has shown that first-degree relatives (FDRs) to individuals with CD are at increased ... -
Cancer Incidence following Expansion of HIV Treatment in Botswana
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Background: The expansion of combination antiretroviral treatment (ART) in southern Africa has dramatically reduced mortality due to AIDS-related infections, but the impact of ART on cancer incidence in the region is ... -
Cancer Mortality in Chinese Chrysotile Asbestos Miners: Exposure-Response Relationships
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Objective: This study was conducted to assess the relationship of mortality from lung cancer and other selected causes to asbestos exposure levels. Methods: A cohort of 1539 male workers from a chrysotile mine in China was ... -
Cancer Risk Communication in Mainstream and Ethnic Newspapers
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008)Introduction: We wanted to understand how cancer risks are communicated in mainstream and ethnic newspapers, to determine whether the 2 kinds of newspapers differ and to examine features of news stories and sources that ... -
canEvolve: A Web Portal for Integrative Oncogenomics
(Public Library of Science, 2013)Background & objective: Genome-wide profiles of tumors obtained using functional genomics platforms are being deposited to the public repositories at an astronomical scale, as a result of focused efforts by individual ... -
CanWalk: study protocol for a randomized feasibility trial of a walking intervention for people with recurrent or metastatic cancer
(BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Increasing numbers of people in the UK are living with recurrent or metastatic cancer, many of whom experience reduced quality of life resulting from the physical and psychosocial consequences of cancer and its ... -
Capsule Homology Does Not Increase the Frequency of Transformation of Linked Penicillin Binding Proteins PBP 1a and PBP 2x in Streptococcus pneumoniae
(American Society for Microbiology, 2005)Penicillin resistance is mainly confined to a limited number of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes. Given linkage between the capsular biosynthesis locus and two penicillin binding proteins, we tested whether capsule ... -
Cardiac autonomic activity in methylmercury neurotoxicity: 14-year follow-up of a Faroese birth cohort
(Elsevier BV, 2004)Objective To determine whether heart function in childhood is affected by exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) from seafood. Study design Prospective study of a Faroese birth cohort (N = 1022). Examinations at ages 7 ... -
Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction: Particulate Air Pollution Effects Are Modulated by Epigenetic Immunoregulation of Toll‐like Receptor 2 and Dietary Flavonoid Intake
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)Background: Short‐term fine particles (PM2.5) exposure is associated with reduced heart rate variability, a strong predictor of cardiac mortality among older people. Identifying modifiable factors that confer susceptibility ... -
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Interstitial Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Mice Treated With Spironolactone
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)Background: Nearly 50% of patients with heart failure (HF) have preserved LV ejection fraction, with interstitial fibrosis and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy as early manifestations of pressure overload. However, methods to ... -
Cardiac Sodium Channel Gene Variants and Sudden Cardiac Death in Women
(American Heart Association, 2008)Background-Several cardiac ion channel genes have been implicated in monogenic traits with a high risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). Mutations or rare variants in these genes have been proposed as potential contributors ... -
Cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index, and cancer mortality: a cohort study of Japanese men
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: The aim of this study is to investigate the independent and joint effects of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and body mass index (BMI) on cancer mortality in a low body mass index population. Methods: We evaluated ... -
Cardiovascular disease and impoverishment averted due to a salt reduction policy in South Africa: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2015)The South African Government recently set targets to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) by lowering salt consumption. We conducted an extended cost-effectiveness analysis (ECEA) to model the potential health and economic ... -
Cardiovascular Inflammation in Healthy Women: Multilevel Associations with State-Level Prosperity, Productivity and Income Inequality
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Cardiovascular inflammation is a key contributor to the development of atherosclerosis and the prediction of cardiovascular events among healthy women. An emerging literature suggests biomarkers of inflammation ...