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Frequency of median mononeuropathy in patients with mild diabetic neuropathy in the early diabetes intervention trial (EDIT)
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996-02)
We used electrophysiologic criteria to identify median mononeuropathy (MM) of the nondominant wrist among 414 patients enrolled in a multicenter study of patients with mild diabetic neuropathy, according to consensus ...
Using sex-averaged genetic maps in multipoint linkage analysis when identity-by-descent status is incompletely known
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-07)
The ratio of male and female genetic map distances varies dramatically across the human genome. Despite these sex differences in genetic map distances, most multipoint linkage analyses use sex-averaged genetic maps. We ...
Prevalence of radiologically defined osteoarthritis in the finger and wrist joints of adult residents of Tecumseh, Michigan, 1962-65
(Elsevier, 1988)
Radiographs of the fingers and wrists of adult participants in the Tecumseh Community Health Study in 1962-1965 were examined for signs of osteoarthritis (OA). The severity of OA for each of 32 joints of the fingers and ...
Sex Differences in Severe Pulmonary Emphysema
(2007)
Rationale: Limited data on sex differences in advanced COPD are
available.
Objectives: To compare male and female emphysema patients with
severe disease.
Methods: One thousand fifty-three patients (38.8% female) ...
The mental health care context and patient characteristics: Implications for provider job satisfaction
(Springer-Verlag; Association of Behavioral Healthcare Management, NCCBH, 2002-08)
This research examines job satisfaction among 282 staff providing mental health care to 574 patients with serious mental illness. The mental health staff worked in 18 Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient and outpatient ...
Longitudinal assessment of mortality risk among candidates for liver transplantation
(W.B. SaundersWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2003-01)
Liver allocation policy recently was modified to use the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) for patients with chronic liver disease to stratify potential recipients according to risk for waitlist death. In this study, ...
Composition and origin of summertime air pollutants at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland
(Elsevier, 1989)
A 1 month intensive summertime field study conducted in rural western Maryland resulted in a comprehensive set of fine particle, gaseous and meteorological data. Sulfur in the assumed form of ammonium sulfate accounted for ...
Trends of Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in New York City after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks
(2003)
The authors investigated trends in probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) prevalence in the general
population of New York City in the first 6 months after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Three random ...
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 ...