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Estimating the Effect of Smoking Cessation on Weight Gain: An Instrumental Variable Approach
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2006-12)
To propose and test a method that produces an unbiased estimate of the average effect of smoking cessation on weight gain. Previous estimates may be biased due to unobservable differences in attributes of quitters and ...
A midpoint assessment of the American Cancer Society challenge goal to halve the U.S. cancer mortality rates between the years 1990 and 2015 See related editorial on pages 000-000, this issue.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-07-15)
BACKGROUND. The American Cancer Society has challenged the U.S. to reduce cancer mortality rates 50% over the 25 years from 1990 to 2015. The current report is an analysis and commentary on progress toward that goal through ...
MSM in HIV-Prevention Trials are Sexual Partners With Each Other: An Ancillary Study to the EXPLORE Intervention
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006-01)
The EXPLORE study evaluated a behavioral intervention to prevent HIV seroconversion among men who have sex with men (MSM). The present ancillary study enrolled 345 EXPLORE participants at one study site (Boston) and assessed ...
Identity Impairment and the Eating Disorders: Content and Organization of the Self-Concept in Women with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
(Wiley InterScience, 2006-08-14)
Objective: The cognitive model of the self-concept was used to
test the theoretical proposition that disturbances in overall
identity development are a core vulnerability that lead to
formation of a fat body weight ...
Synthesis of a Potentially Bioactive, Hydroxyapatite-Nucleating Molecule
(Springer-Verlag; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006-01)
A human phosphophoryn (PP) cDNA was previously cloned from immature root apex total RNA in our laboratory. This cDNA comprises 2,364 bp, encoding 788 amino acids. More than 80% of the sequences are arranged as (DSS) n ( n ...
Effect of diclofenac on germ cell apoptosis following testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury in a rat
(Springer-Verlag, 2006-01)
Recent evidence suggests that enhanced cell apoptosis is responsible for germ cell loss following testicular ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac sodium (Voltaren) is a ...
Putting evidence into practice (PEP): Prevention of infection
(2006-12)
The prevention of infection is an important outcome to measure in patients with cancer because infectious complications are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Nurses play a vital role in the prevention of ...
Laparoscopic technology for the treatment of endometrial cancer
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2006-05)