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Life course socioeconomic position, depressive symptoms, and cardiovascular disease mortality in the Alameda County Study 1965-2000.
(2010)
Background: Lower socioeconomic position (SEP) over the life course has been posited as a contributing factor in the development of chronic illnesses, including cardiovascular disease (CVD) and subsequent mortality (CVDM). ...
Muscle Dysfunction Associated With ACL Injury and Reconstruction.
(2010)
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur in over 200,000 individuals per year in the United States. Quadriceps central activation failure (CAF) is a common consequence of these knee injuries, though why it presents ...
Diabetes Health and Disability Pathways: Racial/Ethnic, Socioeconomic, and Gender Disparities.
(2010)
This dissertation examines how race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender relate to longitudinal health outcomes among older adults with type 2 diabetes. Further, this dissertation analyzes the extent to which certain ...
Assessment of the Health Status and Needs of Bahraini Women.
(2010)
Women’s health problems in Bahrain are varied and create a major challenge for the health system, increasing demand on health centers and requiring provision of comprehensive health services for women throughout their life ...
Campbell/Spillane Substance Use Research - Interview with Denise Kandel
(2010-09-07)
Denise Kandel, Ph.D., is a medical sociologist and epidemiologist, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Psychiatry at Columbia University and Head of the Department of Epidemiology of Substance Abuse at the New York State ...
Receptor Regulation of Osmolyte Homeostasis in Neural Cells in Response to Hyposmotic Stress.
(2010)
Cell swelling can have profound deleterious effects in the brain and is observed to occur during several pathological conditions. Upon swelling, cells regulate their volume through the extrusion of various osmolytes. ...
Molecular Engineering of a Banana Lectin that Inhibits HIV-1 Replication.
(2010)
Despite years of research, a vaccine that can end the HIV/AIDS pandemic is not in the foreseeable future. Although the search for a vaccine is ongoing, novel methods to prevent HIV-1 infection should be pursued. We found ...