Published in Am J Public Health on May 01, 1992
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Differences in prevalence of urinary incontinence by race/ethnicity. J Urol (2006) 3.30
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Sexual activity and function in middle-aged and older women. Obstet Gynecol (2006) 2.59
Cohort Profile: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)--objectives and design of a survey follow-up study of social health disparities in a managed care population. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 2.59
The role of diabetes mellitus in the higher prevalence of tuberculosis among Hispanics. Am J Public Health (1997) 2.55
Longitudinal study of new and prevalent use of self-monitoring of blood glucose. Diabetes Care (2006) 2.44
Directly measured second hand smoke exposure and asthma health outcomes. Thorax (2005) 2.32
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Abdominal obesity, ethnicity and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms. Gut (2006) 2.28
Effects of health insurance and race on colorectal cancer treatments and outcomes. Am J Public Health (2000) 2.26
Immigration and acculturation in relation to health and health-related risk factors among specific Asian subgroups in a health maintenance organization. Am J Public Health (2004) 2.26
Neighborhood context and youth cardiovascular health behaviors. Am J Public Health (2002) 2.23
Elevated rates of diabetes in Pacific Islanders and Asian subgroups: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Diabetes Care (2012) 2.20
Occupational exposures and the risk of COPD: dusty trades revisited. Thorax (2008) 2.20
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Explaining black-white differences in receipt of recommended colon cancer treatment. J Natl Cancer Inst (2005) 2.08
Patterns of cigarette smoking and alcohol use among lesbians and bisexual women enrolled in a large health maintenance organization. Am J Public Health (2001) 2.06
Prevention of vertical transmission of hepatitis B: an observational study. Ann Intern Med (2014) 2.05
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Avoidable mortality by neighbourhood income in Canada: 25 years after the establishment of universal health insurance. J Epidemiol Community Health (2007) 2.02
Fecal incontinence in females older than aged 40 years: who is at risk? Dis Colon Rectum (2006) 2.01
Using aggregate geographic data to proxy individual socioeconomic status: does size matter? Am J Public Health (2001) 1.95
Examining the contextual effects of neighborhood on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation (2011) 1.94
Recent trauma and acute infection as risk factors for childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Ann Neurol (2012) 1.94
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The effect of English language proficiency on length of stay and in-hospital mortality. J Gen Intern Med (2004) 1.80
The late-stage diagnosis of colorectal cancer: demographic and socioeconomic factors. Am J Public Health (1996) 1.79
Screening pharmaceuticals for possible carcinogenic effects: initial positive results for drugs not previously screened. Cancer Causes Control (2009) 1.79
Treatment intensification and risk factor control: toward more clinically relevant quality measures. Med Care (2009) 1.79
Chronic kidney disease and risk of renal cell carcinoma: differences by race. Epidemiology (2015) 1.78
Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) and improved patient-centered outcomes for chronic conditions. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.78
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Geography and service supply do not explain socioeconomic gradients in angiography use after acute myocardial infarction. CMAJ (2003) 1.76
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Economic deprivation and AIDS incidence in Massachusetts. Am J Public Health (2000) 1.71
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Achieving good glycemic control: initiation of new antihyperglycemic therapies in patients with type 2 diabetes from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry. Am J Manag Care (2005) 1.70
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Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and the risk of coronary heart disease hospitalization and mortality. Environ Health Perspect (2010) 1.68
Diagnosing Barrett's esophagus: reliability of clinical and pathologic diagnoses. Gastrointest Endosc (2009) 1.68
Effects of race, neighborhood, and social network on age at initiation of injection drug use. Am J Public Health (2005) 1.67
Variation of adenoma prevalence by age, sex, race, and colon location in a large population: implications for screening and quality programs. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2012) 1.65
Effectiveness of telaprevir and boceprevir triple therapy for patients with hepatitis C virus infection in a large integrated care setting. Dig Dis Sci (2014) 1.63
Race/ethnicity and risk of AIDS and death among HIV-infected patients with access to care. J Gen Intern Med (2009) 1.63
Timing and number of minor infections as risk factors for childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Neurology (2014) 1.62
Antihypertensive drugs and lip cancer in non-Hispanic whites. Arch Intern Med (2012) 1.62
Visit-to-visit variability of blood pressure and death, end-stage renal disease, and cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease. J Hypertens (2016) 1.61
Risk score for prediction of 10 year dementia risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a cohort study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol (2013) 1.61
Hypoglycemia is more common among type 2 diabetes patients with limited health literacy: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). J Gen Intern Med (2010) 1.61
Asian ethnicity and breast cancer subtypes: a study from the California Cancer Registry. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2010) 1.59
The geographic distribution of breast cancer incidence in Massachusetts 1988 to 1997, adjusted for covariates. Int J Health Geogr (2004) 1.59
Socioeconomic differences in sexually transmitted disease rates among black and white adolescents, San Francisco, 1990 to 1992. Am J Public Health (1995) 1.59
Midlife serum cholesterol and increased risk of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia three decades later. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord (2009) 1.58
Association of hospice patients' income and care level with place of death. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 1.57
COPD as a systemic disease: impact on physical functional limitations. Am J Med (2008) 1.57
Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of Barrett's oesophagus: a community-based study. Gut (2007) 1.57
Imaging data reveal a higher pediatric stroke incidence than prior US estimates. Stroke (2009) 1.56
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The Black report on socioeconomic inequalities in health 10 years on. BMJ (1990) 14.93
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Deprivation: explaining differences in mortality between Scotland and England and Wales. BMJ (1989) 11.02
Deprivation and mortality: an alternative to social class? Community Med (1989) 7.07
Use of survey data and small area statistics to assess the link between individual morbidity and neighbourhood deprivation. J Epidemiol Community Health (1990) 4.68
Women and social class: a methodological study comparing individual, household, and census measures as predictors of black/white differences in reproductive history. J Epidemiol Community Health (1991) 4.43
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in childhood mortality in Boston. N Engl J Med (1985) 4.41
Social class and black-white differences in breast cancer survival. Am J Public Health (1986) 3.44
ACORN group, social class, and child health. J Epidemiol Community Health (1983) 3.27
Measuring social inequality: occupational classifications and their alternatives. Community Med (1983) 3.22
Race, socioeconomic status, and domestic homicide, Atlanta, 1971-72. Am J Public Health (1984) 3.17
Race and socio-economic status in survival from breast cancer. J Chronic Dis (1982) 3.08
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Social class, non-employment, and chronic illness: continuing the inequalities in health debate. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1987) 2.91
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Two issues concerning the analysis of grouped data. Eur J Epidemiol (1987) 1.79
Race, poverty, and survival in multiple myeloma. Cancer (1984) 1.78
Rising incidence of breast cancer among young women in Washington State. J Natl Cancer Inst (1987) 1.74
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