Mortality from Suicide, Chronic Liver Disease, and Drug Poisonings among Middle-Aged U.S. White Men and Women, 1980-2013 [0.03%]
1980～2013年美国白人中年人自杀、慢性肝病和药物中毒死亡率性别差异分析
Ryan K Masters,Andrea M Tilstra,Daniel H Simon
Ryan K Masters
Recent increases in all-cause mortality rates among the middle-aged U.S. white population have been explained in terms of elevated levels of midlife distress. This brief report provides evidence against this explanation for recent mortality...
Response to noymer [0.03%]
对Noymer的回应
Benjamin S Bradshaw,David W Smith,Stephen Blanchard
Benjamin S Bradshaw
Fertility History, Children's Gender, and Post-Reproductive Survival in a Longevous Population [0.03%]
生育史、子女性别与长寿人群的生殖后生存率
Michel Poulain,Anne Herm,Dany Chambre et al.
Michel Poulain et al.
The question of whether mothers' fertility history influences their post-reproductive survival has been addressed frequently in the scientific literature. Using data from Villagrande Strisaili, Sardinia, where longevity is higher than anywh...
Neal Krause,Gail Ironson,Kenneth I Pargament
Neal Krause
Research indicates that praying for others may offset the effects of stress on self-rated health and psychological well-being. The purpose of the current study is to extend this literature by seeing whether praying for others moderates the ...
The Theoretical Potential for Selection on Determinants of Fertility to Cause Aggregate Fertility Increases in Human Populations [0.03%]
论决定生育率的因素造成人类群体生育率增加的理论潜力
Stephen Cranney
Stephen Cranney
While prior literature on the genetics of human fertility outcomes and attitudes has generally yielded significantly positive results in developed-country contexts, the implications of this dynamic for the potential for intergenerational in...
A Longitudinal Study of Income Differences in the Height-BMI Relation among U.S. Children Ages 6 to 14 [0.03%]
美国儿童纵向身高体重指数关系的收入差异研究（年龄在6至14岁）
Jason E Murasko
Jason E Murasko
Previous work has shown a positive height-obesity association in U.S. children that is more pronounced in those from lower-income families than in those from higher-income families. That work has been limited to cross-sectional analysis. Th...
Between (Racial) Groups and a Hard Place: An Exploration of Social Science Approaches to Race and Genetics, 2000-2014 [0.03%]
种族群体夹缝中：社会科学研究中的种族与遗传学(2000-2014)
W Carson Byrd,Latrica E Best
W Carson Byrd
As the social sciences expand their involvement in genetic and genomic research, more information is needed to understand how theoretical concepts are applied to genetic data found in social surveys. Given the layers of complexity of studyi...
Validation of an Optimized ELISA for Quantitative Assessment of Epstein-Barr Virus Antibodies from Dried Blood Spots [0.03%]
优化定量测定干血斑中爱泼斯坦-巴尔病毒抗体的酶联免疫吸附测定方法的验证
Geeta Eick,Samuel S Urlacher,Thomas W McDade et al.
Geeta Eick et al.
Our objective was to validate a commercially available ELISA to measure antibody titers against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in dried blood spots (DBS) to replace a previously validated assay for DBS that is no longer available. We evaluated th...
Population Distributions of Thymic Function in Adults: Variation by Sociodemographic Characteristics and Health Status [0.03%]
成人胸腺功能的人口分布：不同社会人口统计学特征和健康状况的差异性分析
Lydia Feinstein,Sara Ferrando-Martínez,Manuel Leal et al.
Lydia Feinstein et al.
The thymus is critical for mounting an effective immune response and maintaining health. However, epidemiologic studies characterizing thymic function in the population setting are lacking. Using data from 263 adults in the Detroit Neighbor...
Clostridium difficile Infection: An Emerging Cause of Death in the Twenty-First Century [0.03%]
二十一世纪难辨梭菌感染的流行导致死亡率上升
Viytta N Abdullatif,Andrew Noymer
Viytta N Abdullatif
Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile is major emerging cause of death in the U.S. Between 1999 and 2012, C. diff. deaths rose by a staggering almost ten-fold amount, to 7,739 from 793. This article has three goals. First, we present a...