Tanya Agurs-Collins

Summary

Affiliation: National Institutes of Health
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Racial variation in umbilical cord blood sex steroid hormones and the insulin-like growth factor axis in African-American and white female neonates
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 23:445-54. 2012
  2. ncbi Will web-based research suffice when collecting U.S. school district policies? The case of physical education and school-based nutrition policies
    Jamie F Chriqui
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, M C 275, Chicago, Illinois 60608, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:64. 2008
  3. ncbi Legume intake and reduced colorectal adenoma risk in African-Americans
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Department of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine and Nutrition Epidemiologist, Howard University Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
    J Natl Black Nurses Assoc 17:6-12. 2006
  4. ncbi Public health genomics: translating obesity genomics research into population health benefits
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:S85-94. 2008
  5. ncbi Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in women participating in the Black Women's Health Study
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7335, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 90:621-8. 2009
  6. ncbi Dopamine polymorphisms and depressive symptoms predict foods intake. Results from a nationally representative sample
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Health Behavior Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Appetite 57:339-48. 2011
  7. ncbi Dietary patterns and the risk of colorectal adenomas: the Black Women's Health Study
    Kepher H Makambi
    Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:818-25. 2011
  8. ncbi Epidemiology of health disparities in relation to the biology of estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Semin Oncol 37:384-401. 2010
  9. ncbi Health disparities in breast cancer: biology meets socioeconomic status
    Barbara K Dunn
    Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7340, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 121:281-92. 2010
  10. ncbi Antioxidant supplement use in Women's Health Initiative participants
    James M Shikany
    Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    Prev Med 36:379-87. 2003

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Racial variation in umbilical cord blood sex steroid hormones and the insulin-like growth factor axis in African-American and white female neonates
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 23:445-54. 2012
    ..To evaluate whether there is racial variation in venous umbilical cord blood concentrations of sex steroid hormones and the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis between female African-American and white neonates...
  2. ncbi Will web-based research suffice when collecting U.S. school district policies? The case of physical education and school-based nutrition policies
    Jamie F Chriqui
    University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Health Research and Policy, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, M C 275, Chicago, Illinois 60608, USA
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:64. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Legume intake and reduced colorectal adenoma risk in African-Americans
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Department of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine and Nutrition Epidemiologist, Howard University Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA
    J Natl Black Nurses Assoc 17:6-12. 2006
    ..Nurses working with African-Americans should encourage consumption of these foods to decrease this risk...
  4. ncbi Public health genomics: translating obesity genomics research into population health benefits
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:S85-94. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in women participating in the Black Women's Health Study
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7335, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 90:621-8. 2009
    ..No studies have examined dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in a large cohort of African American women...
  6. ncbi Dopamine polymorphisms and depressive symptoms predict foods intake. Results from a nationally representative sample
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Health Behavior Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, 6130 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Appetite 57:339-48. 2011
    ..13; LS mean any 9 allele=1.8, SE=.13, p<.05). These findings highlight that the relationship between depression and food intake may vary as a function of genetic polymorphism. Further research is needed to confirm these findings...
  7. ncbi Dietary patterns and the risk of colorectal adenomas: the Black Women's Health Study
    Kepher H Makambi
    Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 20:818-25. 2011
    ..We examined data from the Black Women's Health Study to determine whether dietary patterns are associated with the risk of developing colorectal adenomas...
  8. ncbi Epidemiology of health disparities in relation to the biology of estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer
    Tanya Agurs-Collins
    Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Semin Oncol 37:384-401. 2010
    ..We will attempt to clarify some of the issues, in terms of their contribution to that component of health disparities that involves biological differences in breast cancer between women of African ancestry and white women...
  9. ncbi Health disparities in breast cancer: biology meets socioeconomic status
    Barbara K Dunn
    Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7340, USA
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 121:281-92. 2010
    ..We will attempt to clarify some of the issues, including risk factors, in terms of their contribution to that component of health disparities that involves biological differences in breast cancer between women of AA and white women...
  10. ncbi Antioxidant supplement use in Women's Health Initiative participants
    James M Shikany
    Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    Prev Med 36:379-87. 2003
    ..Although antioxidant supplements are widely available and commonly used in the United States, there is a lack of detailed information on their use, including types of supplements used, doses, duration of use, and changes in use over time...