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Utilities of dentin regeneration among insured and uninsured adults
(Munksgaard International PublishersBlackwell Publishing Ltd, 2004-02)
– Objectives: This population-based study measured utilities (preferences measured under conditions of uncertainty) of dentin regeneration (DR), a potential new therapy, root canal therapy (RCT), and extraction (EXT). ...
Self-Esteem and Psychological Distress in Later Life
(Sage Publications, 1990)
The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between self-esteem and psychological distress in later life. The majority of researchers who have assessed this relationship assume that greater self-esteem is ...
Received Support, Anticipated Support, Social Class, and Mortality
(Sage Publications, 1997)
The purpose of this study was to assess the relationships among received support, anticipated support, social class, and mortality. Anticipated support is defined as the belief that significant others will provide assistance ...
Early Parental Loss, Recent Life Events, and Changes in Health among Older Adults
(Sage Publications, 1998)
The purpose of this study is to see whether older adults who lost a parent early in life are more vulnerable to the effects of recent stressful events than elderly people who were raised in an intact home. Data from a ...
Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Schooling Among Young People in Urban South Africa
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-12)
On summary measures analysis of the linear mixed effects model for repeated measures when data are not missing completely at random
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1999-09-15)
Subjects often drop out of longitudinal studies prematurely, yielding unbalanced data with unequal numbers of measures for each subject. A simple and convenient approach to analysis is to develop summary measures for each ...
Assessing the Measurement Properties of Neighborhood Scales: From Psychometrics to Ecometrics
(Am J Epidemiol, 2007-04-15)
Stress, Social Support, and Negative Interaction in Later Life
(Sage Publications, 1991)
The aim of this research is to examine the impact of stress on supportive social relationships in later life. Although a number of researchers propose that exposure to life stress increases the amount of assistance provided ...
Measuring Religiosity in Later Life
(Sage Publications, 1993)
The purpose of this study is to devise and test a multidimensional measurement model of late life religiosity that is composed of three major components: organizational religiosity, subjective religiosity, and religious ...
Risk indicators for dental caries using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS)
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2008-02)