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Relationship Trajectories and Psychological Well-Being Among Sexual Minority Youth
(Springer, 2010)
Dating in adolescence plays an integral part in the development of sexual and social identities. This process is particularly salient for sexual minority youth who face additional obstacles to their identity formation due ...
Clinical Predictors of a Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
(2010)
Rationale: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other idiopathic
interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) have similar clinical and radiographic
features, but their histopathology, response to therapy, and natural
history ...
Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of Bronchoreversibility in Severe Emphysema
(2010-05-01)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibits airflow obstruction that is
not fully reversible. The importance of bronchoreversibility remains controversial.
We hypothesised that an emphysematous phenotype of ...
Cytotoxic potential of lung CD8+ T cells increases with COPD severity and with in vitro stimulation with IL-18 or IL-15
(2010)
Lung CD8+ T cells might contribute to progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) indirectly via IFN-gamma
production or directly via cytolysis, but evidence for either mechanism is largely circumstantial. ...
Parent Perceived Impact of Spaniard Boys' and Girls' Inattention, Hyperactivity, and Oppositional Defiant Behaviors on Family Life
(Sage, 2010)
Objective: This study examined the impact of inattention, hyperactivity, and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) behaviors and gender on family life. Method: We created scales for the Family Experiences Inventory (FEI) in ...
Significance of Travel to Rural Areas as a Risk Factor for Malarial Anemia in an Urban Setting
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010)
The epidemiology of malaria in urban environments is poorly characterized, yet increasingly problematic.
We conducted an unmatched case–control study of risk factors for malarial anemia with high parasitemia in urban
Kisumu, ...
Psychological distress, Substance Use and HIV/STI Risk Behaviors Among Youth
(Springer, 2010)
Psychological distress has been inconsistently associated with sexual risk behavior in youth, suggesting additional factors, such as substance use, may explain this relationship. The mediating or moderating role of substance ...
Gender influences health-related Quality of Life in IPF
(Elsevier, 2010-05)
Background
HRQL in IPF patients is impaired. Data from other respiratory diseases led us to hypothesize that significant gender differences in HRQL in IPF also exist.
Methods
Data were drawn from the NIH-sponsored ...
Individual and Neighborhood Correlates of HIV Testing Among African American Youth Transitioning from Adolescence into Young Adulthood
(Guilford Press, 2010)
Disparities in HIV testing rates exist among socially disadvantaged communities. Using a longitudinal sample of urban African American youth followed from adolescence into young adulthood (n = 396; 51% female), we examined ...
Mental Health in Youth Infected with and Affected by HIV: The Role of Caregiver HIV
(Oxford University Press, 2010)
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of youth and caregiver HIV status, and other contextual and social regulation factors with youth mental health. METHOD: Data were from two longitudinal studies of urban youth perinatally ...