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A longitudinal study of risk factors for the occurrence, duration and severity of menstrual cramps in a cohort of college women
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1996-11)
To describe how menstrual cramps vary from cycle to cycle within a woman over time. To examine the influence of weight and lifestyle factors on occurrence, duration, and severity of menstrual pain. Design A one-year ...
Epidemiology of menstrual disorders in developing countries: a systematic review
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 2004-01)
A false-discovery-rate-based loss framework for selection of interactions
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2008-05-20)
Interaction effects have been consistently found important in explaining the variation in outcomes in many scientific research fields. Yet, in practice, variable selection including interactions is complicated due to the ...
Conjoint Developmental Trajectories of Young Adult Substance Use
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-05)
Profile of arthritis disability: II
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-02-15)
Objective Arthritis is the most common chronic condition and the most common cause of disability among older US adults. We studied social participation, disabilities in many life domains, accommodations used (buffers), ...
Chronic job insecurity among automobile workers: Effects on job satisfaction and health
(Elsevier, 1994-05)
Work conditions characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity are potential stressors for employees. One such stressor is job insecurity. This longitudinal study of 207 automobile manufacturing workers indicates that chronic ...
What's the Risk? A Simple Approach for Estimating Adjusted Risk Measures from Nonlinear Models Including Logistic Regression
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2009-02)
To develop and validate a general method (called regression risk analysis) to estimate adjusted risk measures from logistic and other nonlinear multiple regression models. We show how to estimate standard errors for these ...
From Pubs to Scrubs: Alcohol Misuse and Health Care Use
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2009-10)
To analyze the relationships between alcohol misuse and two types of acute health care use—hospital admissions and emergency room (ER) episodes. Data Sources/Study Setting . The first (2001/2002) and second (2004/2005) ...
Developing multicomponent interventions using fractional factorial designs
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009-09-20)
Multicomponent interventions composed of behavioral, delivery, or implementation factors in addition to medications are becoming increasingly common in health sciences. A natural experimental approach to developing and ...