Published in Am J Epidemiol on March 15, 2008
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Seven mistakes and potential solutions in epidemiology, including a call for a World Council of Epidemiology and Causality. Emerg Themes Epidemiol (2009) 0.83
Changes in use of lipid-lowering medications among black and white dual enrollees with diabetes transitioning from Medicaid to Medicare Part D drug coverage. Med Care (2014) 0.81
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All-cause and cause-specific death rates by educational status for two million people in two American Cancer Society cohorts, 1959-1996. Am J Epidemiol (2002) 2.64
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Progress in cancer screening practices in the United States: results from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Cancer (2003) 6.92
Patterns of colorectal cancer screening uptake among men and women in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2006) 6.67
Cancer statistics, trends, and multiple primary cancer analyses from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program. Oncologist (2007) 6.03
Five-year outcomes after prostatectomy or radiotherapy for prostate cancer: the prostate cancer outcomes study. J Natl Cancer Inst (2004) 5.84
A common LRRK2 mutation in idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Lancet (2005) 5.81
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How sociodemographics, presence of oncology specialists, and hospital cancer programs affect accrual to cancer treatment trials. J Clin Oncol (2002) 4.68
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Burden of illness in cancer survivors: findings from a population-based national sample. J Natl Cancer Inst (2004) 3.74
Methodological issues in measuring health disparities. Vital Health Stat 2 (2005) 3.57
Disentangling contextual effects on cause-specific mortality in a longitudinal 23-year follow-up study: impact of population density or socioeconomic environment? Int J Epidemiol (2006) 3.53
Barriers to colorectal cancer screening: a comparison of reports from primary care physicians and average-risk adults. Med Care (2005) 3.53
A brief conceptual tutorial on multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: investigating contextual phenomena in different groups of people. J Epidemiol Community Health (2005) 3.39
Cancer knowledge and disparities in the information age. J Health Commun (2006) 3.30
Trends in the black-white life expectancy gap in the United States, 1983-2003. JAMA (2007) 3.18
Comparative risk for angioedema associated with the use of drugs that target the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Arch Intern Med (2012) 3.08
The mediation proportion: a structural equation approach for estimating the proportion of exposure effect on outcome explained by an intermediate variable. Epidemiology (2005) 3.08
Cancer survival and incidence from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program. Oncologist (2003) 3.04
Patient time costs associated with cancer care. J Natl Cancer Inst (2007) 2.90
The contribution of childhood and adult socioeconomic position to adult obesity and smoking behaviour: an international comparison. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 2.76
Measuring socioeconomic position in health research. Br Med Bull (2007) 2.71
A brief conceptual tutorial on multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: interpreting neighbourhood differences and the effect of neighbourhood characteristics on individual health. J Epidemiol Community Health (2005) 2.69
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Trends in colorectal cancer test use among vulnerable populations in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2011) 2.62
Improved estimates of cancer-specific survival rates from population-based data. J Natl Cancer Inst (2010) 2.59
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Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries. Eur J Public Health (2005) 2.38
Quality of race, Hispanic ethnicity, and immigrant status in population-based cancer registry data: implications for health disparity studies. Cancer Causes Control (2007) 2.36
Barriers to colorectal cancer screening among Medicare consumers. Am J Prev Med (2006) 2.31
Comparison of a spatial perspective with the multilevel analytical approach in neighborhood studies: the case of mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use in Malmo, Sweden, 2001. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 2.30
Anti-apoptotic MCL-1 localizes to the mitochondrial matrix and couples mitochondrial fusion to respiration. Nat Cell Biol (2012) 2.25
Impact of cancer on health-related quality of life of older Americans. J Natl Cancer Inst (2009) 2.20
Dabigatran and postmarketing reports of bleeding. N Engl J Med (2013) 2.15
Intrathoracic positioning of a thoracic epidural catheter inserted via the median approach. Can J Anaesth (2005) 2.15
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Disparities in mammography use among US women aged 40-64 years, by race, ethnicity, income, and health insurance status, 1993 and 2005. Med Care (2008) 2.11
Data and trends in cancer screening in the United States: results from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey. Cancer (2010) 2.05
Data sources for measuring colorectal endoscopy use among Medicare enrollees. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2007) 2.02
The effectiveness of interventions to promote mammography among women with historically lower rates of screening. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2002) 2.01
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Using population-based cancer registry data to assess the burden of human papillomavirus-associated cancers in the United States: overview of methods. Cancer (2008) 2.00
Population effects on individual systolic blood pressure: a multilevel analysis of the World Health Organization MONICA Project. Am J Epidemiol (2004) 1.97
Estimating patient time costs associated with colorectal cancer care. Med Care (2005) 1.94
Broken guide wire--a fault of design? Can J Anaesth (2005) 1.92
The social determinants of cancer: a challenge for transdisciplinary science. Am J Prev Med (2008) 1.86
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Breast and cervical cancer screening rates of subgroups of Asian American women in California. Med Care Res Rev (2007) 1.79
Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in adult health behaviors among U.S. states, 1990-2004. Public Health Rep (2007) 1.79
Cervical cancer screening rates in the United States and the potential impact of implementation of screening guidelines. CA Cancer J Clin (2007) 1.77
Bias associated with self-report of prior screening mammography. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2009) 1.75
The US Food and Drug Administration's Sentinel Initiative: expanding the horizons of medical product safety. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2012) 1.73
Do patients consistently report comorbid conditions over time?: results from the prostate cancer outcomes study. Med Care (2005) 1.71
Varus and valgus alignment and incident and progressive knee osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis (2010) 1.70
Ibuprofen inhibits survival of bladder cancer cells by induced expression of the p75NTR tumor suppressor protein. Cancer Res (2004) 1.64
Another round in the mammography controversy. J Womens Health (Larchmt) (2003) 1.62
A nomenclature for intestinal in vitro cultures. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol (2012) 1.61
Predicting patterns of mammography use: a geographic perspective on national needs for intervention research. Health Serv Res (2002) 1.60
The importance of place of residence in predicting late-stage diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer. Health Place (2005) 1.57
Measuring contextual characteristics for community health. Health Serv Res (2003) 1.57
Prostate-specific antigen test use reported in the 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Prev Med (2004) 1.55
Correlates of repeat and recent mammography for women ages 45 to 75 in the 2002 to 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 2003). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2006) 1.54
Whatever happened to clinical breast examinations? Am J Prev Med (2003) 1.47
Cervical arterial dissection: time for a therapeutic trial? Stroke (2003) 1.47
Patellar cartilage: T2 values and morphologic abnormalities at 3.0-T MR imaging in relation to physical activity in asymptomatic subjects from the osteoarthritis initiative. Radiology (2009) 1.47
Understanding the factors underlying disparities in cancer screening rates using the Peters-Belson approach: results from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey. Med Care (2004) 1.46
A population-based study of colorectal cancer test use: results from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. Cancer (2004) 1.45
The role of varus and valgus alignment in the initial development of knee cartilage damage by MRI: the MOST study. Ann Rheum Dis (2012) 1.42
Prevalence and correlates of repeat mammography among women aged 55-79 in the Year 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Prev Med (2004) 1.39
Perceived ambiguity about screening mammography recommendations: association with future mammography uptake and perceptions. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2007) 1.37
What factors are associated with diagnostic follow-up after abnormal mammograms? Findings from a U.S. National Survey. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2004) 1.36
Awareness of genetic testing for increased cancer risk in the year 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Community Genet (2003) 1.36
Racial/ethnic patterns of care for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, sinuses, and salivary glands. Cancer Metastasis Rev (2003) 1.34
Understanding the rapid increase in life expectancy in South Korea. Am J Public Health (2010) 1.32
Social determinants and the decline of cardiovascular diseases: understanding the links. Annu Rev Public Health (2011) 1.31
Socioeconomic inequality in exposure to bullying during adolescence: a comparative, cross-sectional, multilevel study in 35 countries. Am J Public Health (2009) 1.31
The impact of acculturation on awareness of genetic testing for increased cancer risk among Hispanics in the year 2000 National Health Interview Survey. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2006) 1.29
Decision making in prostate-specific antigen screening National Health Interview Survey, 2000. Am J Prev Med (2006) 1.28
Factors associated with men's use of prostate-specific antigen screening: evidence from Health Information National Trends Survey. Prev Med (2005) 1.27
National female literacy, individual socio-economic status, and maternal health care use in sub-Saharan Africa. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.24
Evaluation of claims, medical records, and self-report for measuring fecal occult blood testing among medicare enrollees in fee for service. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2008) 1.24
Preventing coronary heart disease. BMJ (2006) 1.22
Is there a language divide in pap test use? Med Care (2006) 1.22
Cervical cancer screening among young adult women in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2013) 1.22
Associations between selected biomarkers and prognosis in a population-based pancreatic cancer tissue microarray. Cancer Res (2009) 1.22