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Cancer trends among Hispanic men in South Florida, 1981-1998James D Wilkinson
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA
Cancer 94:1183-90. 2002..Periodic updating of cancer incidence data, reflecting current population distribution, lifestyle, and environmental risk factors, is necessary to inform cancer prevention and control activities optimally...- Secondhand smoke exposure and C-reactive protein levels in youthJames D Wilkinson
Tobacco Research and Evaluation Coordinating Center, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL 33101, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:305-7. 2007..Secondhand smoke exposure may pose an important long-term cardiovascular risk for children and adolescents... - Accuracy of parental reporting of secondhand smoke exposure: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey IIIJames D Wilkinson
University of Miami Tobacco Research and Evaluation Coordinating Center, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:591-7. 2006..Also, additional research is needed to better determine the level of secondhand smoke exposure that is biologically important in children and adolescents... - Providers' HIV prevention discussions with HIV-seropositive injection drug usersJames D Wilkinson
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1801 NW 9th Avenue, Suite 200, FL 33136, USA
AIDS Behav 10:699-705. 2006..Effective HIV prevention interventions in primary care settings, including interventions to improve patient-provider communication, are needed for HIV-seropositive IDUs... 
Longitudinal correlates of health care-seeking behaviors among HIV-seropositive injection drug users: how can we intervene to improve health care utilization?James D Wilkinson
Department of Pediatrics, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33101, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:S120-6. 2007..To identify modifiable factors associated with health care utilization by HIV-negative seropositive injection drug users (IDUs)...- Cancer incidence among Hispanic children in the United StatesJames D Wilkinson
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida Cancer Data System, Miami, FL 33101, USA
Rev Panam Salud Publica 18:5-13. 2005..To directly compare cancer incidence among Hispanic children and non-Hispanic white children in California and Florida, two states in the United States of America that include nearly one in three Hispanic children in the country... - Cancer among Hispanic women in South Florida: an 18-year assessment: a report from the Florida Cancer Data SystemJames D Wilkinson
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
Cancer 95:1752-8. 2002..Cancer incidence, risk, and mortality data should reflect current population distribution, lifestyle, and environmental risk factors so that cancer prevention and control activities are informed optimally... - Accuracy of self-reported smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in the US workforce: the National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveysKristopher L Arheart
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Fla 33136, USA
J Occup Environ Med 50:1414-20. 2008..Occupational health studies often rely on self-reported secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. This study examines the accuracy of self-reported tobacco use and SHS exposure... - Earlier stage at diagnosis and improved survival among Medicare HMO patients with breast cancerRobert S Kirsner
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:1619-24. 2010..We sought to evaluate differences in the stage at diagnosis and the survival of breast cancer patients enrolled in two different Medicare healthcare delivery systems: fee for service (FFS) and health maintenance organizations (HMO)... - Inflammatory markers and secondhand tobacco smoke exposure among U.S. workersJohn D Clark
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA
Am J Ind Med 51:626-32. 2008..The association between SHS indicated by serum cotinine and markers of inflammation has not been investigated in adult workers... 
Competing risks for death and cardiac transplantation in children with dilated cardiomyopathy: results from the pediatric cardiomyopathy registryJorge A Alvarez
Department of Pediatrics D820, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, P O Box 016820, Miami, FL 33101, USA
Circulation 124:814-23. 2011..Risk factors by etiology at clinical presentation have not been determined separately for death and transplantation in population-based studies. Competing risks analysis may inform patient prioritization for transplantation listing...- Earlier age at menopause, work, and tobacco smoke exposureLora E Fleming
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Menopause 15:1103-8. 2008..Earlier age at menopause onset has been associated with increased all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality risks. The risk of earlier age at menopause associated with primary and secondary tobacco smoke exposure was assessed... - Detecting an association between socioeconomic status and late stage breast cancer using spatial analysis and area-based measuresJill Amlong MacKinnon
Florida Cancer Data System, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, P O Box 016960 D4 11, Miami, FL 33101, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:756-62. 2007..To assess the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and late stage breast cancer using the cluster detection software SaTScan and U.S. census-derived area-based socioeconomic measures... - Respiratory effects of secondhand smoke exposure among young adults residing in a "clean" indoor air stateDavid J Lee
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
J Community Health 33:117-25. 2008..All municipalities should pursue clean indoor air legislation which does not exempt bars and restaurants. Educational campaigns directed at reducing SHS exposure in motor vehicles also are needed... - Outcomes in children with Noonan syndrome and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a study from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy RegistryJames D Wilkinson
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA
Am Heart J 164:442-8. 2012..Studies of cardiomyopathy in children with Noonan syndrome (NS) have been primarily small case series or cross-sectional studies with small or no comparison groups... - The pediatric cardiomyopathy registry and heart failure: key results from the first 15 yearsJames D Wilkinson
Department of Pediatrics D820, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, PO Box 016820, Miami, FL 33101, USA
Heart Fail Clin 6:401-13, vii. 2010.... - The effect of medicare health care delivery systems on survival for patients with breast and colorectal cancerRobert S Kirsner
Department of Dermatology, University of Miami, FL 33101, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:769-73. 2006..We evaluated differences in the survival of patients with breast and colorectal cancer at diagnosis between the two Medicare health care delivery systems (FFS and HMO)... - Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and serum inflammatory markers of cardiovascular diseaseJohn D Clark
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, Room 1049, CRB Building R669 Miami, FL 33136, USA
Environ Res 117:132-7. 2012..The results of this study do not provide evidence for a relationship between PAH exposure (as measured by urinary levels of PAH metabolites) and serum biomarkers of cardiovascular disease after controlling for tobacco use... - Declining trends in serum cotinine levels in US worker groups: the power of policyKristopher L Arheart
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
J Occup Environ Med 50:57-63. 2008..To explore trends in cotinine levels in US worker groups... - Can the consequences of universal cholesterol screening during childhood prevent cardiovascular disease and thus reduce long-term health care costs?Steven E Lipshultz
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 9:698-705. 2012..This commentary discusses the medical, psychosocial and economic benefits and risks of universal cholesterol screening in children... - The effect of Medicare health care systems on women with breast and cervical cancerRobert S Kirsner
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33125, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:1381-8. 2005..We evaluated possible differences in the stage at diagnosis for breast and cervical cancer between 2 Medicare health care delivery systems (ie, fee for service and HMO) over the period 1985-2001... - The impact of heart failure severity at time of listing for cardiac transplantation on survival in pediatric cardiomyopathyRanae L Larsen
Department of Pediatrics, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 30:755-60. 2011..We hypothesized a similar survival benefit of heart transplantation for childhood cardiomyopathies with heart failure... - Treating children with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry)William G Harmon
Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
Am J Cardiol 104:281-6. 2009..In conclusion, therapeutic clinical trials are strongly indicated because practice variation is substantial and medical outcomes in these children have not improved in the previous several decades... - Cardiac effects of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-negative infants born to HIV-positive mothers: NHLBI CHAART-1 (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Cardiovascular Status of HAART Therapy in HIV-Exposed Infants and Children cohort study)Steven E Lipshultz
Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 57:76-85. 2011..The aim of this study was to investigate the possible effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in utero on cardiac development and function in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative children... - Caregiver health literacy and the use of child health servicesLee M Sanders
Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1601 NW 12th Ave, Suite 4063, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Pediatrics 119:e86-92. 2007..The purpose of this work was to assess the association between caregiver health literacy and the use and cost of child health services... - Clinical research directions in pediatric cardiologySteven E Lipshultz
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Clinical Research, University of Miami, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 21:585-93. 2009..Renewed interest in federally funded clinical research makes it timely to propose a comprehensive research agenda that, with its associated rationale, will attract public funds for research into child cardiovascular health and disease... - Proteinuria in children infected with the human immunodeficiency virusAida I Chaparro
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
J Pediatr 152:844-9. 2008..To determine the prevalence of proteinuria in a large cohort of children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and their longitudinal progression during treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy... - The association of Medicare health care delivery systems with stage at diagnosis and survival for patients with melanomaRobert S Kirsner
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Arch Dermatol 141:753-7. 2005.... - Psychological and behavioral correlates of entering care for HIV infection: the Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study (ARTAS)Lytt I Gardner
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
AIDS Patient Care STDS 21:418-25. 2007..Knowing a person's stages of readiness to enter care and their support networks can help case managers formulate optimal client plans... - Incidence, causes, and outcomes of dilated cardiomyopathy in childrenJeffrey A Towbin
Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
JAMA 296:1867-76. 2006..Race, sex, and age affect the incidence of disease. Most children do not have a known cause of DCM, which limits the potential for disease-specific therapies... - Microsocial environmental influences on highly active antiretroviral therapy outcomes among active injection drug users: the role of informal caregiving and household factorsAmy R Knowlton
Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:S110-9. 2007..The findings suggest that adherence interventions for IDUs should promote existing informal HIV caregiving, living with supportive others, and positive medication-taking norms among social networks... - Results from a randomized controlled trial of a peer-mentoring intervention to reduce HIV transmission and increase access to care and adherence to HIV medications among HIV-seropositive injection drug usersDavid W Purcell
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:S35-47. 2007..We sought to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to reduce sexual and injection transmission risk behaviors and to increase utilization of medical care and adherence to HIV medications among this population... - Increased fatalities after motorcycle helmet law repeal: is it all because of lack of helmets?Terence O'Keeffe
Division of Burn, Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas 75390 9158, USA
J Trauma 63:1006-9. 2007..We examined the effect of the repeal of Florida's helmet law in July 2000 to test the hypothesis that the increase in fatalities observed after repeal resulted from an increase in the number of motorcycle riders... - Factors associated with establishing a causal diagnosis for children with cardiomyopathyGerald F Cox
Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 118:1519-31. 2006..Although not widely used, skeletal muscle biopsy may yield a cause for some patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and for patients suspected of having a mitochondrial disorder...