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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 ...
Effects of a family intervention on the quality of life of women with recurrent breast cancer and their family caregivers
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-06)
Background : The purpose of this study was to determine if patients with advanced breast cancer and their family caregivers, who participated in a family based intervention, report better quality of life and other psychosocial ...
College students' perception of vulnerability/susceptibility and desire for health information
(Elsevier, 1993-06)
The specific aims of this study were to develop a questionnaire and conduct a survey of college students 18-22 years of age, in order to determine (1) their perception of being vulnerable and susceptible to health problems ...
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 ...
Developmental changes in neurophysiological taste response from the medulla in sheep
(Elsevier, 1980-06-02)
To determine whether functional characteristics of the taste system change during development, electrophysiological taste responses were recorded from neurons in the solitary complex (nucleus and tractus solitarius) in the ...
Relationship of work schedules to gastrointestinal diagnoses, symptoms, and medication use in auto factory workers
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-12)
Background Gastrointestinal (GI) complaints are common in shift workers. This study examines the relationship between work schedules and GI symptoms, medications, and diagnoses. Methods In a cross-sectional survey of ...
A discrete-state discrete-time model using indirect observation
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2006-03-30)
This research was motivated by a desire to model the progression of a chronic disease through various disease stages when data are not available to directly estimate all the transition parameters in the model. This is a ...
Pre-treatment factors related to cognitive functioning in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-01)
Women treated for breast cancer have shown cognitive deficits with reduced capacity to focus and concentrate or to direct attention. This study examined the relationship between cognitive function prior to any treatment ...
Superior laryngeal nerve response patterns to chemical stimulation of sheep epiglottis
(Elsevier, 1983-10-03)
Responses were recorded from single fibers of the sheep superior laryngeal nerve during stimulation of the epiglottis with 0.5 M KCl, NH4Cl, NaCl and LiCl, distilled water, 0.005 M citric acid, and 0.01 N HCl. Recordings ...
Effects of chronic exercise conditioning on thermal responses to lipopolysaccharide and turpentine abscess in female rats
(Springer-Verlag, 2006-02)
Chronic exercise conditioning has been shown to alter basal thermoregulatory processes as well as the response to inflammatory agents. Two such agents, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and turpentine (TPT) are inducers of fever ...