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Screening by prostate-specific antigen and digital rectal examination in relation to prostate cancer mortality: a case-control studySheila Weinmann
Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, 3800 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227, USA
Epidemiology 16:367-76. 2005....
Prostate cancer screening and mortality: a case-control study (United States)Sheila Weinmann
Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, 3800 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR 97227, USA
Cancer Causes Control 15:133-8. 2004..We performed a case-control study at Kaiser Permanente Northwest to assess the association between digital rectal examination (DRE) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, separately and together, and prostate cancer mortality...
Medical history, body size, and cigarette smoking in relation to fatal prostate cancerSheila Weinmann
Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:117-25. 2010..As part of a population-based case-control study conducted in four health maintenance organizations, the authors examined the associations between fatal prostate cancer and several medical and behavioral characteristics...
Racial differences in treatment of early-stage prostate cancerKathryn E Richert-Boe
Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon 97227, USA
Urology 71:1172-6. 2008....
COPD and occupational exposures: a case-control studySheila Weinmann
Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, Oregon 97227, USA
J Occup Environ Med 50:561-9. 2008..This case-control study evaluated the association between occupational exposures and prevalent COPD based on lifetime occupational history...
Cervical cancer in women with comprehensive health care access: attributable factors in the screening processWendy A Leyden
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:675-83. 2005..In addition, strategies to improve the accuracy of Pap screening could afford earlier detection of cervical cancer...
Reason for late-stage breast cancer: absence of screening or detection, or breakdown in follow-up?Stephen H Taplin
Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1518-27. 2004..However, despite high national mammography screening rates, late-stage breast cancers still occur, possibly because of failures in screening implementation...
Implementation of systems strategies for breast and cervical cancer screening services in health maintenance organizationsKarin Valentine Goins
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Meyers Primary Care Institute University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Ave N, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Am J Manag Care 9:745-55. 2003..To describe the systems strategies used to reduce failures in delivery of breast and cervical cancer screening services in HMOs with high performance rates for these services...
Guidelines for breast and ovarian cancer genetic counseling referral: adoption and implementation in HMOsJudy Mouchawar
Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
Genet Med 5:444-50. 2003....
Digoxin therapy and the risk of primary cardiac arrest in patients with congestive heart failure: effect of mild-moderate renal impairmentThomas D Rea
Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Department of Medicine, Metropolitan Park, 1730 Minor Avenue, East Tower, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 56:646-50. 2003..The cardiac safety of digoxin therapy for congestive heart failure (CHF) is a source of concern, especially among those with renal impairment...
Sudden death and myocardial infarction in first degree relatives as predictors of primary cardiac arrestYechiel Friedlander
Department of Social Medicine, The Hebrew University Hadassah School of Public Health, PO Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Atherosclerosis 162:211-6. 2002..Findings suggest a potential role of familial factors related to both MI and SD in PCA. Stronger findings for a familial patterning of PCA were noted for early onset disease in cases and their relatives...
Cell membrane trans-fatty acids and the risk of primary cardiac arrestRozenn N Lemaitre
Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98101, USA
Circulation 105:697-701. 2002..The relation of trans-fatty acid intake to life-threatening arrhythmias and primary cardiac arrest is unknown...
