Published in Am J Epidemiol on October 01, 1981
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Effect measures in prevalence studies. Environ Health Perspect (2004) 1.38
The Simpson's paradox unraveled. Int J Epidemiol (2011) 1.35
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Physical violence against intimate partners and related exposures to violence among South African men. CMAJ (2008) 1.15
Premigration exposure to political violence and perpetration of intimate partner violence among immigrant men in Boston. Am J Public Health (2008) 1.11
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On quantifying the magnitude of confounding. Biostatistics (2010) 0.99
Estimation of the standardized risk difference and ratio in a competing risks framework: application to injection drug use and progression to AIDS after initiation of antiretroviral therapy. Am J Epidemiol (2014) 0.96
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Confounding of the Comparative Safety of Prenatal Opioid Agonist Therapy. J Addict Res Ther (2015) 0.77
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Methodological issues of confounding in analytical epidemiologic studies. Caspian J Intern Med (2012) 0.75
Observed and Expected Mortality in Cohort Studies. Am J Epidemiol (2017) 0.75
Estimating the Effect of Health Insurance on Personal Prescription Drug Importation. Med Care Res Rev (2016) 0.75
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Early Lung Cancer Action Project: overall design and findings from baseline screening. Lancet (1999) 13.67
Relationship between cancer patients' predictions of prognosis and their treatment preferences. JAMA (1998) 12.60
Does housestaff discontinuity of care increase the risk for preventable adverse events? Ann Intern Med (1994) 10.29
Proportion of disease caused or prevented by a given exposure, trait or intervention. Am J Epidemiol (1974) 9.27
Derivation and prospective validation of a simple index for prediction of cardiac risk of major noncardiac surgery. Circulation (1999) 8.17
Survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospital. N Engl J Med (1983) 8.07
Estimation of relative risk from individually matched series. Biometrics (1970) 6.47
Quality of informed consent in cancer clinical trials: a cross-sectional survey. Lancet (2001) 6.07
Drug complications in outpatients. J Gen Intern Med (2000) 5.04
Physician reporting compared with medical-record review to identify adverse medical events. Ann Intern Med (1993) 4.60
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Is the professional satisfaction of general internists associated with patient satisfaction? J Gen Intern Med (2000) 3.83
Comparative reproducibility and validity of systems for assessing cardiovascular functional class: advantages of a new specific activity scale. Circulation (1981) 3.74
The decline in ischemic heart disease mortality rates. An analysis of the comparative effects of medical interventions and changes in lifestyle. Ann Intern Med (1984) 3.71
Health values of hospitalized patients 80 years or older. HELP Investigators. Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project. JAMA (1998) 3.47
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Predicting bacteremia in hospitalized patients. A prospectively validated model. Ann Intern Med (1990) 3.31
Development of the 'Activities of Daily Vision Scale'. A measure of visual functional status. Med Care (1992) 3.06
Oral-contraceptive use in relation to myocardial infarction. Lancet (1979) 3.04
An alternative to the proportionate mortality ratio. Am J Epidemiol (1981) 3.03
The need for randomization in the study of intended effects. Stat Med (1984) 3.01
Effect of race on the presentation and management of patients with acute chest pain. Ann Intern Med (1993) 3.00
Concern Early lung cancer action project: initial findings on repeat screenings. Cancer (2001) 2.99
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Quality of informed consent: a new measure of understanding among research subjects. J Natl Cancer Inst (2001) 2.85
Indirect costs for medical education. Is there a July phenomenon? Arch Intern Med (1989) 2.66
Effects of indomethacin in premature infants with patent ductus arteriosus: results of a national collaborative study. J Pediatr (1983) 2.65
Evaluation and outcome of emergency room patients with transient loss of consciousness. Am J Med (1982) 2.59
Individual matching with multiple controls in the case of all-or-none responses. Biometrics (1969) 2.58
Ruling out acute myocardial infarction. A prospective multicenter validation of a 12-hour strategy for patients at low risk. N Engl J Med (1991) 2.47
A computer protocol to predict myocardial infarction in emergency department patients with chest pain. N Engl J Med (1988) 2.46
The estimation of oxygen consumption. Cardiovasc Res (1970) 2.40
Rat pulmonary circulation after chronic hypoxia: hemodynamic and structural features. Am J Physiol (1979) 2.40
Prediction of the need for intensive care in patients who come to the emergency departments with acute chest pain. N Engl J Med (1996) 2.39
Noninvasive tests in the initial evaluation of heart murmurs in children. N Engl J Med (1983) 2.39
A computer-derived protocol to aid in the diagnosis of emergency room patients with acute chest pain. N Engl J Med (1982) 2.28
Correlation between preoperative ischemia and major cardiac events after peripheral vascular surgery. N Engl J Med (1989) 2.28
Components of the crude risk ratio. Am J Epidemiol (1972) 2.25
Screening procedures in the asymptomatic adult. Comparison of physicians' recommendations, patients' desires, published guidelines, and actual practice. JAMA (1985) 2.20
Health values of the seriously ill. SUPPORT investigators. Ann Intern Med (1995) 2.14
Evidence in medicine: invited commentary. CMAJ (1998) 2.11
A multivariate approach to the prediction of no-show behavior in a primary care center. Arch Intern Med (1982) 2.10
Occupational mortality studies. Principles of validity. Scand J Work Environ Health (1982) 2.10
The relationship of postoperative delirium with psychoactive medications. JAMA (1994) 2.09
Right heart catheterization and cardiac complications in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: an observational study. JAMA (2001) 1.99
The association of physician attitudes about uncertainty and risk taking with resource use in a Medicare HMO. Med Decis Making (1998) 1.93
Critical pathways intervention to reduce length of hospital stay. Am J Med (2001) 1.92
The association of intraoperative factors with the development of postoperative delirium. Am J Med (1998) 1.92
Health literacy not race predicts end-of-life care preferences. J Palliat Med (2008) 1.89
Noncontraceptive estrogens and myocardial infarction in young women. JAMA (1980) 1.88
Acute chest pain in the emergency room. Identification and examination of low-risk patients. Arch Intern Med (1985) 1.86
Sensitivity of routine clinical criteria for diagnosing myocardial infarction within 24 hours of hospitalization. Ann Intern Med (1987) 1.81
Nicotine and carbon monoxide content of cigarette smoke and the risk of myocardial infarction in young men. N Engl J Med (1983) 1.80
Accuracy of ICD-9 coding for Clostridium difficile infections: a retrospective cohort. Epidemiol Infect (2006) 1.76
Health care research: what is it about? Qual Assur Health Care (1989) 1.70
Electrocardiographic diagnosis of myocardial infarction in the presence of complete left bundle branch block. Am Heart J (1988) 1.69
Cardiac troponin I as a predictor of major cardiac events in emergency department patients with acute chest pain. J Am Coll Cardiol (1998) 1.68
Coffee and myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med (1973) 1.66
Relation of cigarette smoking to myocardial infarction in young women. N Engl J Med (1978) 1.62
Cardiac troponin T as a marker for myocardial ischemia in patients seen at the emergency department for acute chest pain. Am Heart J (1999) 1.61
Influence of financial productivity incentives on the use of preventive care. Am J Med (2001) 1.61
Comorbidity as a correlate of length of stay for hospitalized patients with acute chest pain. J Gen Intern Med (1996) 1.56
Cyclophosphamide cardiotoxicity in bone marrow transplantation: a prospective evaluation of new dosing regimens. J Clin Oncol (1991) 1.55
Cost-effectiveness of a new short-stay unit to "rule out" acute myocardial infarction in low risk patients. J Am Coll Cardiol (1994) 1.55
Risk factors for breast cancer. Am J Epidemiol (1983) 1.54
Age and sex influence on pulmonary hypertension of chronic hypoxia and on recovery. Am J Physiol (1981) 1.51
Empiric comparison of multivariate analytic techniques: advantages and disadvantages of recursive partitioning analysis. J Chronic Dis (1984) 1.49
Pitfalls in the serial assessment of cardiac functional status. How a reduction in "ordinary" activity may reduce the apparent degree of cardiac compromise and give a misleading impression of improvement. J Chronic Dis (1982) 1.47
Impact of the availability of a prior electrocardiogram on the triage of the patient with acute chest pain. J Gen Intern Med (1990) 1.47
Induced abortion and ectopic pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol (1972) 1.46
The "case-control" study: valid selection of subjects. J Chronic Dis (1985) 1.46
Ebstein's anomaly. Clinical profile and natural history. Am J Cardiol (1971) 1.44
Comparison of the natural history of new onset and exacerbated chronic ischemic heart disease. The Chest Pain Study Group. J Am Coll Cardiol (1990) 1.43
Re: "Characteristics relating to ovarian cancer risk: collaborative analysis of 12 US case-control studies. II. Invasive epithelial ovarian cancers in white women". Am J Epidemiol (1993) 1.40
Failure of information as an intervention to modify clinical management. A time-series trial in patients with acute chest pain. Ann Intern Med (1995) 1.39
Risk of myocardial infarction in relation to current and discontinued use of oral contraceptives. N Engl J Med (1981) 1.39
Cigarette smoking and age at natural menopause. Am J Public Health (1980) 1.39
On-site physician staffing in a community hospital intensive care unit. Impact on test and procedure use and on patient outcome. JAMA (1984) 1.37
Medical consequences of missed appointments. Arch Intern Med (1984) 1.34
Matching and design efficiency in retrospective studies. Am J Epidemiol (1970) 1.34
Alcoholic beverages and myocardial infarction in young women. Am J Public Health (1981) 1.34
Costs and effectiveness of routine therapy with long-term beta-adrenergic antagonists after acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med (1988) 1.33
Drug evaluation after marketing. Ann Intern Med (1979) 1.33
Body mass index and mortality among nonsmoking older persons. The Framingham Heart Study. JAMA (1988) 1.33
Circadian variation of transient myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease. Circulation (1987) 1.29
Identification and preliminary validation of predictors of major bleeding in hospitalized patients starting anticoagulant therapy. Am J Med (1987) 1.29
Detection and significance of intraoperative and postoperative myocardial ischemia in peripheral vascular surgery. JAMA (1992) 1.28
Proportional hazards analysis of risk factors for coronary heart disease in individuals aged 65 or older. The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Geriatr Soc (1988) 1.28
Evaluation of creatine kinase and creatine kinase-MB for diagnosing myocardial infarction. Clinical impact in the emergency room. Arch Intern Med (1987) 1.26
Differences in the quality of care for women with an abnormal mammogram or breast complaint. J Gen Intern Med (2000) 1.25
A prospective comparative study of five measures of gluten-free diet adherence in adults with coeliac disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther (2007) 1.24
Breast cancer and alcoholic-beverage consumption. Lancet (1982) 1.22
Early lung cancer action project: a summary of the findings on baseline screening. Oncologist (2001) 1.20
Causal and preventive interdependence. Elementary principles. Scand J Work Environ Health (1982) 1.20
Clinical characteristics and outcome of acute myocardial infarction in patients with initially normal or nonspecific electrocardiograms (a report from the Multicenter Chest Pain Study). Am J Cardiol (1989) 1.19
Incremental value of the exercise test for diagnosing the presence or absence of coronary artery disease. Circulation (1982) 1.15
Post-marketing studies of drug efficacy: why? Am J Med (1985) 1.14
Patient satisfaction and health-related quality of life following breast reconstruction: patient-reported outcomes among saline and silicone implant recipients. Plast Reconstr Surg (2010) 1.14