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| Gopal K SinghSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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All-cause and cause-specific mortality of immigrants and native born in the United StatesG K Singh
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza North, Suite 343, 6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7352, Bethesda, MD 20892 7352, USA
Am J Public Health 91:392-9. 2001..This study examined whether US-born people and immigrants 25 years or older differ in their risks of all-cause and cause-specific mortality and whether these differentials, if they exist, vary according to age, sex, and race/ethnicity...- Area deprivation and widening inequalities in US mortality, 1969-1998Gopal K Singh
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1137-43. 2003..This study examined age-, sex-, and race-specific gradients in US mortality by area deprivation between 1969 and 1998... 
Persistent area socioeconomic disparities in U.S. incidence of cervical cancer, mortality, stage, and survival, 1975-2000Gopal K Singh
Surveillance Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
Cancer 101:1051-7. 2004..The current article analyzed temporal area socioeconomic inequalities in U.S. cervical cancer incidence, mortality, stage, and survival...- Increasing rural-urban gradients in US suicide mortality, 1970-1997Gopal K Singh
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1161-7. 2002..This study examined rural-urban gradients in US suicide mortality and the extent to which such gradients varied across time, sex, and age... - Changing area socioeconomic patterns in U.S. cancer mortality, 1950-1998: Part II--Lung and colorectal cancersGopal K Singh
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 94:916-25. 2002..S. cancer mortality. Because mortality rates for many cancers vary by socioeconomic characteristics, we used area socioeconomic indices to examine patterns in U.S. lung and colorectal cancer mortality between 1950 and 1998... - Changing area socioeconomic patterns in U.S. cancer mortality, 1950-1998: Part I--All cancers among menGopal K Singh
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 94:904-15. 2002..However, such indices have not been used in cancer surveillance in the United States. We developed an area socioeconomic index to examine area socioeconomic patterns in all-cancer mortality among U.S. men between 1950 and 1998... - Increasing inequalities in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among US adults aged 25-64 years by area socioeconomic status, 1969-1998Gopal K Singh
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, 6116 Executive Blvd, Suite 504, MSC 8316, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
Int J Epidemiol 31:600-13. 2002..This study examined the extent to which areal socio-economic gradients in all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among US men and women aged 25-64 years increased between 1969 and 1998... - Health, life expectancy, and mortality patterns among immigrant populations in the United StatesGopal K Singh
Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, 6116 Executive Blvd, Suite 504, MSC 8316, Bethesda, MD 20892 8316, USA
Can J Public Health 95:I14-21. 2004..In this study, we examined the extent to which US- and foreign-born blacks, whites, Asians, and Hispanics differ in their health, life expectancy, and mortality patterns across the life course... - Ethnic-immigrant differentials in health behaviors, morbidity, and cause-specific mortality in the United States: an analysis of two national data basesGopal K Singh
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-8316, USA
Hum Biol 74:83-109. 2002.... - Widening socioeconomic disparities in US childhood mortality, 1969 2000Gopal K Singh
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1658-65. 2007..We examined the extent to which area socioeconomic inequalities in overall and cause-specific mortality among US children aged 1-14 years changed between 1969 and 2000... - A multilevel analysis of state and regional disparities in childhood and adolescent obesity in the United StatesGopal K Singh
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
J Community Health 33:90-102. 2008..Prevention efforts targeting individual risk factors as well as contextual social and environmental factors may reduce geographic disparities in childhood and adolescent obesity... 
High levels of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors among US immigrant children and adolescentsGopal K Singh
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Ln, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:756-63. 2008..To examine the prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior among immigrant and US-born children...- Multivariate analysis of state variation in breastfeeding rates in the United StatesMichael D Kogan
Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1872-80. 2008..We sought to determine the impact of sociodemographic and behavioral factors and state legislation on breastfeeding initiation (child ever fed breastmilk) and duration... - Happiness and life satisfaction prospectively predict self-rated health, physical health, and the presence of limiting, long-term health conditionsMohammad Siahpush
Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 6075, USA
Am J Health Promot 23:18-26. 2008..To examine the effect of happiness and life satisfaction on health... - Nativity/immigrant status, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic determinants of breastfeeding initiation and duration in the United States, 2003Gopal K Singh
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Pediatrics 119:S38-46. 2007.... - Trends and disparities in socioeconomic and behavioural characteristics, life expectancy, and cause-specific mortality of native-born and foreign-born populations in the United States, 1979-2003Gopal K Singh
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Int J Epidemiol 35:903-19. 2006.... - Cancer disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic statusElizabeth Ward
Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 54:78-93. 2004..Opportunities to reduce cancer disparities exist in prevention (reductions in tobacco use, physical inactivity, and obesity), early detection (mammography, colorectal screening, Pap tests), treatment, and palliative care... - Racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and behavioral determinants of childhood and adolescent obesity in the United States: analyzing independent and joint associationsGopal K Singh
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:682-95. 2008..This study examines independent and joint associations between several socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioral characteristics and obesity prevalence among 46,707 children aged 10-17 years in the United States... - Sociodemographic variations in breast cancer screening behavior among Australian women: results from the 1995 National Health SurveyMohammad Siahpush
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton, Australia
Prev Med 35:174-80. 2002..We examined sociodemographic variations in breast cancer screening behavior among Australian women... - Epidemiology of cancer in the United StatesShanita Williams-Brown
Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 1495, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 21:236-42. 2005..To describe the epidemiology of cancer in the United States-risk factors, trends, and recent patterns of disparities in cancer incidence, mortality, and survival... - Health status and health services utilization among US Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, and other Asian/Pacific Islander ChildrenStella M Yu
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Office of Data and Information Management, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA
Pediatrics 113:101-7. 2004.... - Sociodemographic predictors of pap test receipt, currency and knowledge among Australian womenMohammad Siahpush
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, Cancer Control Research Institute, Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton South, Australia
Prev Med 35:362-8. 2002..The aim of this research was to examine sociodemographic predictors of receipt, currency (being up-to-date for), and knowledge of Pap test... - Independent and joint effects of socioeconomic, behavioral, and neighborhood characteristics on physical inactivity and activity levels among US children and adolescentsGopal K Singh
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville MD, 20857, USA
J Community Health 33:206-16. 2008.... - The association of smoking with perception of income inequality, relative material well-being, and social capitalMohammad Siahpush
The Cancer Council Victoria, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, 100 Drummond Street, Carlton, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia
Soc Sci Med 63:2801-12. 2006..While the cross-sectional design of the study does not allow causal inferences, the results imply that smoking is less prevalent in communities that are more egalitarian and have a higher stock of social capital... - Smoking cessation and financial stressMohammad Siahpush
Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986075 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 6075, USA
J Public Health (Oxf) 29:338-42. 2007..Research on the financial consequences of quitting smoking is scant. We examined the association of smoking cessation with the subsequent likelihood of experiencing financial stress... - Association of smoking cessation with financial stress and material well-being: results from a prospective study of a population-based national surveyMohammad Siahpush
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Victoria, Australia
Am J Public Health 97:2281-7. 2007..We used 4 waves of prospective data to examine the association of smoking cessation with financial stress and material well-being... - Persistent socioeconomic disparities in infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates in the United States, 1969-2001Gopal K Singh
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers La, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Pediatrics 119:e928-39. 2007..This study examines changing patterns of inequalities in US infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates between 1969 and 2001 by area deprivation and maternal education... - Widening socioeconomic inequalities in US life expectancy, 1980-2000Gopal K Singh
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18 41, Rockville, MD 20857, USA
Int J Epidemiol 35:969-79. 2006..This study examines changes in the extent of inequalities in life expectancy at birth and other ages in the United States between 1980 and 2000 by gender and socioeconomic deprivation levels...