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A coalescent simulation of marker selection strategy for candidate gene association studies Please cite this article as follows: Cole SM, Long JC. 2007. A Coalescent Simulation of Marker Selection Strategy for Candidate Gene Association Studies. Am J Med Genet Part B 147B:86–93.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-01-05)
Recent efforts have focused on the challenges of finding alleles that contribute to health-related phenotypes in genome-wide association studies. However, in candidate gene studies, where the genomic region of interest is ...
Development and evaluation of an advanced training technology course within a union-based industrial emergency response training program
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-04)
Background The Health and Safety Department of the United Automobile Workers recently introduced the use of Advanced Training Technologies (ATTs) into a previously successful Industrial Emergency Response (IER) program. ...
Radiographic outcomes among South African coal miners
(Springer-Verlag, 2004-10)
Objectives : This study, the first to document the prevalence of pneumoconiosis among a living South African coal mining cohort, describes dose–response relationships between coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and respirable ...
Estimation and Mapping of Wet and Dry Mercury Deposition Across Northeastern North America
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005-03)
Whereas many ecosystem characteristics and processes influence mercury accumulation in higher trophic-level organisms, the mercury flux from the atmosphere to a lake and its watershed is a likely factor in potential risk ...
Cross-shift peak expiratory flow changes are unassociated with respirable coal dust exposure among South African coal miners Human Subjects Declaration: All participants in this study gave written informed consent, participated voluntarily, and had the right to withdraw at any stage. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the University of Michigan and the Ethics Committee of University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-12)
Background The objectives of this study were to determine whether cross-shift changes in peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) were related to respirable dust exposure in South African coalminers. Methods Fifty workers were ...
Predictors of Persistent Elbow Tendonitis Among Auto Assembly Workers
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-09)
Introduction : Lateral and medial epicondylitis associated with work activity is a common upper extremity musculoskeletal disorder with a prevalence of 4–30% depending upon the work setting and diagnostic criteria. The ...
Evaluation of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System Performance Measurement Tool-III: Measurement of Initiation Elements
(American Industrial Hygene Association, 2002)
Acute Toxicity of Thallium to Daphnia magna and Ceriodaphnia dubia
(Springer-Verlag; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005-08)
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