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The National Survey of American Life: a study of racial, ethnic and cultural influences on mental disorders and mental health
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-11)
The objectives of the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) are to investigate the nature, severity, and impairment of mental disorders among national samples of the black and non-Hispanic white (n = 1,006) populations ...
Radiologic versus Histologic Diagnosis in UIP and NSIP: Survival Implications
(2003-02)
Background: High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) has an important diagnostic role in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP). We hypothesised that the HRCT appearance would have an impact on survival in patients with ...
Circumstances of Witnessed Drug Overdose in New York City: Implications for Intervention
(Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2005)
Drug users frequently witness the nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses of their peers, but often fail to intervene effectively to reduce morbidity
and mortality.We assessed the circumstances of witnessed heroin-related ...
Challenges in Understanding Disparities in Drug Use and its Consequences
(2005)
Racial/ethnic disparities in health have long been documented in a broad
range of medical conditions in the United States. For example, Blacks have higher HIV
incidence and AIDS-related mortality than do Whites. This ...
Non-parametric estimation of gap time survival functions for ordered multivariate failure time data
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-06-30)
Times between sequentially ordered events (gap times) are often of interest in biomedical studies. For example, in a cancer study, the gap times from incidence-to-remission and remission-to-recurrence may be examined. Such ...
Self-reported increase in asthma severity following the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York-2001
(Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2002)