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Body size, estrogen use and thiazide diuretic use affect 5-year radial bone loss in postmenopausal women
(Springer-Verlag; European Foundation for Osteoporosis, 1993-11)
Understanding factors associated with more rapid bone mineral loss among aging women is important for establishing preventive strategies for intervention. This study reports factors associated with the 5-year change in ...
Relation between coronary risk and coronary mortality in women of the Renfrew and Paisley survey: comparison with men
(Elsevier, 1992-03-21)
Most epidemiological and intervention studies in patients with coronary artery disease have focused on men, the assumption being that such data can be extrapolated to women. However, there is little evidence to support ...
The reproducibility and sensitivity of sural nerve morphometry in the assessment of diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy
(Springer-Verlag, 1992-06)
The nerve fibre loss, atrophy and injury of diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy and their responses to metabolic intervention have been studied by morphometric analysis of sural nerve biopsies. The magnitudes and sources ...
Hopelessness and 4-Year Progression of Carotid Atherosclerosis: The Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study
(Arterioscler Throm Vasc Biol., 1997)
Vitamins and Arthritis: The Roles of Vitamins A, C, D and E
(W.G. Saunders Company, 1999)
Interactions between all of the major joint tissues, including articular cartilage, synovium, and subchondral bone, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). [24] [53] [69] The pathogenetic mechanisms ...
Alcohol consumption and the risk of breast cancer: A report from the Tecumseh Community Health Study
(Elsevier, 1991)
The relationship between prior alcohol consumption and the risk of breast cancer was studied in 1954 women in the Tecumseh Community Health Study (TCHS) who entered the cohort in 1959-1960 and were followed potentially for ...
Commingling and segregation analyses: Comparison of results from a simulation study of a quantitative trait
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1990)
Commingling analysis is commonly used to provide preliminary evidence for a single genetic locus with a major effect on the quantitative trait of interest. In this paper, the effectiveness of commingling analysis as a ...
Health behavior and urinary tract infection in college-aged women
(Elsevier, 1990)
We conducted a case-control study to examine the associations between various behavioral risk factors and urinary tract infection among college-aged women. Cases were collected from a University Health Service, and were ...
A radiation hybrid map of the region on human chromosome 22 containing the neurofibromatosis type 2 locus
(Elsevier, 1992-11)
We describe a high-resolution radiation hybrid map of the region on human chromosome 22 containing the neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) gene. Eighty-five hamster--human somatic cell hybrids generated by X-irradiation and ...
Physical mapping of the nail patella syndrome interval at 9q34: ordering of STSs and ESTs
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1998-11)