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Urban Health: Evidence, Challenges, and Directions
(2005)
Urbanization is one of the most important demographic shifts worldwide
during the past century and represents a substantial change from how most of the
world’s population has lived for the past several thousand years. ...
Taking CHARGE: A self-management program for women following breast cancer treatment
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-09)
The purpose of the study was to develop and evaluate Taking CHARGE, a self-management intervention designed to facilitate successful transitions to survivorship after breast cancer treatment. The Taking CHARGE intervention ...
Population-based study of the relationship of treatment and sociodemographics on quality of life for early stage breast cancer
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2005-08)
Objective : To examine the relationship between cancer stage, surgical treatment and chemotherapy on quality of life (QOL) after breast cancer and determine if sociodemographic characteristics modify the observed relationships. ...
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations of BMI with Socioeconomic Characteristics
(Obesity Research, 2005)
The urban built environment and overdose mortality in New York City neighborhoods
(2005)
Accidental drug overdose continues to be a substantial cause of mortality for drug users. Characteristics of the
neighborhood built environment may be important determinants of the likelihood of drug overdose mortality
...
Learning outcomes of a group behavioral modification program to prevent urinary incontinence
(Springer-Verlag; International Urogynecology Journal, 2005-12)
This study describes acquisition of knowledge and motor skill in bladder training (BT) and pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) and adherence following a behavioral modification program (BMP). Essentially continent (0–5 ...
Asthma Prevalence and Severity in Arab American Communities in the Detroit Area, Michigan
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-07)
Immigrant populations provide a unique intersection of cultural and environmental risk factors implicated in asthma etiology. This study focuses on asthma prevalence and severity in 600 Arab American households in metro ...
Race/ethnicity, Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Body Weight Trajectories over 34 years: the Alameda County Study
(American Journal of Public Health, 2005-09)