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The relationship between insulin resistance and surrogates of adiposity in children and adolescents	The effect of school environment on the association between sweetened beverage consumption, physical activity levels, and body mass index

The hygiene hypothesis and childhood asthma in Orange County, North Carolina	Environmental tobacco smoke and periodontitis in U.S. non-smokers

Maternal & nutritional influences on pediatric chronic disease	The Effect of Foot Type on Star-Excursion and Time-to-Boundary Measures During Single-leg Stance Balance Tasks

Disease mapping of syphilis in Forsyth County, North Carolina with enhanced geoprivacy and spatial resolution	A test for detecting space-time clustering and a comparison with some existing methods

Undiagnosed chlamydial and gonococcal infections in an emergency department	Examining the association between self-reported condom use and sexually transmitted infections

Effects of air pollution on liver metabolism with relevance for cardiovascular disease: A multilevel analysis	Adiponectin and risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in Black and White youth

HIV and STI among women in Uganda, Zimbabwe and Thailand: Associations with male circumcision and changes in condom use	Mexican-American adolescents and metabolic syndrome: Deciphering the role of acculturation

Relationship of neighborhood and individual socioeconomic characteristics to type 2 diabetes, hyperinsulinemia, and impaired fasting glucose: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, 1987--1998	The effect of vaginal lactobacilli and estrogen on trichomoniasis in non-pregnant women

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and risk factors for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) subtypes defined by t(14;18) translocations and bcl-2 expression	STI/HIV and incarceration in the United States: Modifiable factors of risky sexual partnerships and depression

The identification and validation of neural tube defects in the General Practice Research Database	Exposure to drinking water disinfection by-products and pregnancy health: Impacts of fetal growth and duration of gestation

Uterine location of leiomyomata: Risk factors and relation to stress urinary incontinence	A longitudinal ultrasound study of fetal growth and intrauterine growth restriction in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Bayesian latent variable methods for longitudinal processes with applications to fetal growth	Breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): Reproductive and hormonal risk factors and reliability of histologic diagnoses

Association of reproductive history with human papillomavirus and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia severity	Health care service utilization and Medicaid costs among children with and without orofacial clefts in North Carolina, 1995--2002

The microbiological and health impact of the biosand filter in the Dominican Republic: A randomized controlled trial in Bonao	Occupational injury and physical assault experience of nurse aides employed at Duke University Health System

Genotype-by-smoking interaction and the risk of atherosclerosis and its clinical sequelae	Evaluation of insulin-like growth factor polymorphisms with prevalence and size of uterine leiomyomata

Malodor from industrial hog operations, stress, negative mood, and secretory immune function in nearby residents	Association between tardive dyskinesia and dopamine receptor genes among patients with chronic schizophrenia

Workplace homicide in North Carolina, 1994--2003: A case series and an examination of recommended prevention strategies	Sedentary behavior and physical activity: Risk factors associated with modern lifestyles

DDE and PCBs: Intra-individual changes, correlations, predictors and role in timing of menopause	Factors associated with voluntary HIV testing and serostatus among North Carolina state prisoners, 2004--2006

Effectiveness of ceramic filtration for drinking water treatment in Cambodia	Classes of physical activity: Associations with sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors for the metabolic syndrome

Obesity, inflammation and colorectal neoplasia	Genetic investigation of both complex and Mendelian disorders: Neural tube defects and Native American myopathy

Identifying the determinants of coexisting over and undernutrition in Cebu, Philippines	Literacy in arthritis

Justice, health, and status: Moral theory and the new epidemiology of health disparities	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha gene, obesity, and breast cancer incidence and survival: A LIBCSP ancillary study

Maternal health exposures and pregnancy outcome: Examining symptoms of nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy, maternal caffeine consumption, and spontaneous abortion utilizing regression and propensity score methodologies	Depression and comorbid panic and pain in primary care patients

Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and obesity across the transition from adolescence to adulthood	Studies of the "activitystat" hypothesis

Trans fatty acid intake and its association with adenomas and cancers of the colon and rectum	The relationships between changes in weight status, leptin, cortisol, growth hormone and insulin resistance in youth

Association between exposure to combat and burden of coronary heart disease, ischemic stroke and subclinical atherosclerosis in aging men: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study	HIV, antiretroviral therapy, and tuberculosis: Outcomes in Johannesburg, South Africa

Contextual exploration of neighborhoods and workplace violence	Association of STI/HIV infection with reported behavior change and concurrency among rural youth in South Africa and Malawi

Polyunsaturated fat intake and prostate cancer	Under the same roof: Understanding the gender disparity in obesity prevalence in U.S. Black young adults

HIV testing and linkage to care in North Carolina: Early diagnosis, late diagnosis, and delayed presentation to care	The interaction of Francisella tularensis with lung epithelial cells

Francisella tularensis interactions with the lung	Acculturation and the risk of violence among Hispanic adolescents in the United States

Screening for syphilis and HIV in North Carolina jails	Determining body mass index cutoffs to identify increased risk of hypertension for Asian ethnicities

The epidemiology of varicella under a two-dose vaccination strategy: Results of a mathematical transmission model with a novel strategy of sensitivity analysis	The association of overweight and obesity with incident heart failure

Effects of lifestyle exposures and body mass index on sperm quality parameters of fertile men	A study of the mechanisms of diesel exhaust enhanced allergic lung disease

Contact with beach sand and risk of illness	Polychlorinated biphenyls, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, and infant development and growth: An analysis of the PIN Babies Study

The association of overweight with allergy and asthma in children: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999--2006	In utero environmental exposures and reproductive endpoints

Determinants of dietary intake and consequences of away-from-home food consumption	Estimating the effects of overweight duration, sodium intake and genetic variants on hypertension risk among Filipino women in Cebu, Philippines

Combat deployment and mental health in military dependents	The evaluation of the menopause-specific quality of life questionnaire and association of vasomotor and psychosocial symptoms among postmenopausal women in the United States

Diabetes susceptibility polymorphisms and risk of prediabetes and diabetes complications in the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study	Hurricane evacuation failure: The role of social cohesion, social capital, and social control

Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in breast milk and infant formula, maternal perinatal mental health, and infant development	The ecology of birth defects: Socio-economic and environmental determinants of gastroschisis in North Carolina

Cervical precancerous lesions in HIV-positive women in Cameroon: Prevalence, predictors and potential impact of screening	Short-term and long-term changes of select electrocardiogram variables preceding heart failure

Geographic influences on autism diagnosis: Accessibility of health services and exposure to hazardous air pollutants	Post-diagnosis weight change, physical activity, and survival among women with breast cancer: A longitudinal study with missing data

Tuberculosis stigma, AIDS stigma, and tuberculosis control in southern Thailand	The effects of institutional racism, perceived discrimination and maternal stress on preterm birth

The role of religion among women in the HIV epidemic in Malawi	Physical activity, uteroplacental and umbilical circulation, and the risk of gestational hypertension/preeclampsia

Malaria and pregnancy outcomes in an area of high HIV and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency prevalence	Examining correlates of serostatus disclosure and sexual transmission risk behaviors among people living with HIV in North Carolina

The association between dietary factors and risk of rectal cancer in African Americans and whites	Geographic and social influences on HIV risk behavior among urban young men in Tanzania

Optimization of pediatric antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: Timing of initiation in HIV/TB co-infected children and using gains in weight, height, or CD4 count to monitor the response	Human genetic susceptibility to mother to child transmission of HIV: A study of mother-infant pairs in Malawi

Latent class linear mixed models - a general approach implemented via SAS(RTM) macro with a tutorial for clinical researchers	Factors correlated with physical activity during pregnancy and associations of physical activity with spontaneous abortion, length of gestation, and birthweight

Incorporation of private demand and herd protection into vaccine policy models: An example for cholera vaccination in Matlab, Bangladesh	Central line-associated blood-stream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonias: Changing infection rate across duration of hospitalization and with different definitions of time at risk

Mediation of the effects of obesity on coronary heart disease in a bi-ethnic cohort: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study	The case-only method for gene-environment interaction studies: The independence assumption illustrated with empirical data from the published literature and two population-based control groups, the Carolina breast cancer study and the North Carolina colon cancer study

Relationships between serum and meconium biomarkers of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure and their association with infant and early childhood growth	Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder in a commercially insured population

Predictors of differences in adolescent adiposity trends and weight-related behaviors among states in the United States	Understanding concurrent sexual partnerships among US men: Examining relationship characteristics and racial differences

An evaluation of mandatory communicable disease reporting in North Carolina	Preterm birth risk in New York City's ethnic and immigrant enclaves

Determinants of prenatal nutritional status and adverse birth outcomes in HIV-infected, pregnant Malawian women	Association between cancer and the detection and management of comorbid health conditions among elderly men with prostate cancer in the United States

Association of obstructive airway disease and lung function with incident heart failure, and optimal prediction of heart failure in community settings: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study	Natural history of human papillomavirus infection among young men from Kisumu, Kenya

Socioeconomic status and the progression of heart failure	Malaria and anemia in HIV-infected pregnant women in Malawi: Associations with cotrimoxazole prophylaxis, submicroscopic malaria, iron supplementation and iron deficiency

The feasibility of replacement feeding as an HIV prevention method: The breastfeeding, antiretroviral and nutrition (BAN) study in Lilongwe, Malawi	Sexual risk behaviors of men who have sex with men in Viet Nam

Correcting for non-adherence in a randomized study of hip protectors to prevent fractures	Exploring the relationship between childhood neglect and violence in a sample of high-risk early adolescents: Findings from a longitudinal study

The effects of highly active antiretroviral therapy on survival and CD4 cell percentage in HIV-infected children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo	Bayesian methods for the evaluation of Tritium: Relative Biological Effectiveness and cancer risk

Severe Hypoglycemia, Risk of Recurrent Events and Weight Gain on Insulin Therapy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus	Prescription patterns and injury risk among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the UK

Enhancing drug safety through active surveillance of observational healthcare data	National study of teen driver licensing systems and graduated driver licensing program core components

Perceived survival expectations and young adult outcomes	Human papillomavirus type competition and the associations between HPV types and future HPV acquisition in men

Effects of malaria endemicity on the development of immunity in Kenyan children	Alcohol and HIV seroconversion in men who have sex with men

Exploring the genetic basis of chronic periodontitis: A genome-wide approach	The geography of groundwater quality and childhood diarrheal disease in Bangladesh

The Effects of Malaria in Pregnancy on Utero- and Fetoplacental Blood Flow and Fetal Growth: A longitudinal Doppler ultrasound study from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo	Joint effects of alcohol consumption and polymorphisms in alcohol and oxidative stress metabolism genes on risk and survival from head and neck cancer

Semi-Markov multi-state modeling of human papillomavirus	The validity of administrative data and patterns of chemotherapy use among elderly colorectal cancer patients

Disease ecology in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Integration of spatial analysis with population surveillance	Outcomes of China Free Antiretroviral Treatment Program, 2003--2010

Predicting Risk Of Recurrent Stroke Based On Changes In Risk Factors: The VISP Study	Community patterns of acute myocardial infarction therapy and survival

Relationships between community violence and sensitization and exposure to cockroach allergen among asthmatic innercity children	Breast density, race, and intrinsic subtypes of breast cancer

Influenza vaccine effectiveness among patients on hemodialysis: Methods to control the healthy-user bias	Evaluation of the Performance of the High-Dimensional Propensity Score Algorithm to Adjust for Confounding of Treatment Effects Estimated in Healthcare Claims Data

Causal inference in occupational epidemiology: Asbestos, lung cancer mortality, and the healthy worker survivor effect	Interventional physical and occupational therapy services and motor coordination among low birth weight infants

Environmental, occupational, and medical exposures associated with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in patients admitted to an eastern North Carolina hospital	Prevention of healthcare-associated infections in U.S. hospital settings