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Parkinsonism and pesticide exposure among rural residents of Washington State
(1999)Objective. To determine the prevalence of parkinsonism among a cohort of rural men, primarily orchardists, and to examine associations between that prevalence and smoking, occupational pesticide use, and MAO-B and ND1/4216 ... -
Partner Disclosure And Early CD4 Response Among HIV-Infected Adults Initiating Antiretroviral Treatment In Nairobi, Kenya
Background: Disclosure of HIV sero-status can have significant positive implications for people living with HIV/AIDS. However, there is limited data on whether partner disclosure influences ART treatment response. Methods: ... -
Patterns in completion of colorectal cancer screening using fecal immunochemical tests in a health maintenance organization setting
Background: Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is a home-based stool test for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and an effective means to improve rates of CRC screening overall, and thus reduce CRC mortality. We investigated ... -
Patterns of obesogenic neighborhood features and residential property values
(2012-09-13)Obesity is a growing problem in the United States, and past research has investigated ways in which neighborhood characteristics may influence obesity prevalence. However, studying features of the obesogenic neighborhood ... -
Pedestrian Safety in Peru: The role of visible signalization, transit stops and other features of the built environment
(2013-04-17)<bold>Background:</bold> In Peru, pedestrians are 78% of road fatality victims. The objective of the study was to explore the relationship between signalization for pedestrians, bus stop characteristics, and other features ... -
Pediatric HIV: Immunologic and Virologic Response to Antiretroviral Therapy
Background: Virologic and immunologic responses to antiretroviral treatment (ART) in infants may differ from older children and adults due to immunologic, clinical or epidemiologic characteristics. There are few longitudinal ... -
Pediatric Solid Organ Injury Operative Interventions at Harborview Medical Center, 2001 to 2012
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of the Pediatric Solid Organ Injury Pathway at Harborview Medical Center (HMC): to determine what proportion of pediatric solid organ injury patients qualify for care under this ... -
Performance of commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) for diagnosis of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infection in a clinical setting
Background FDA-approved ELISA assays for determining type-specific herpes simplex virus (HSV) serostatus are widely used in clinics. We compared the performance of such assays with the University of Washington western ... -
Perinatal characteristics, maternal reproductive history and juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A case-control study
(2012-09-13)Background: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of chronic inflammatory arthritis conditions in children with onset before 16 years of age, and is the leading cause of acquired short and long-term ... -
Pharmacogenetic determinants of calcineurin inhibitor associated nephrotoxicity in liver transplant patients
(2013-11-14)The use of calcineurin inhibitors (tacrolimus and cyclosporine) has become standard of care in post-transplant immunosuppression. While these medications have greatly reduced organ rejection, they can cause nephrotoxicity ... -
Physical Activity and Clinical Outcomes in the Setting of Chronic Kidney Disease
(2013-02-25)Background: Physical activity promotes diverse metabolic benefits that may counteract the toxic biochemical environment of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We tested the hypotheses that greater physical activity levels are ... -
Physical Activity Program Participation and the Risk of Falls for Older Group Health Members
Introduction: Falls are one of the biggest health concerns for aging adults. Despite evidence suggesting the importance of regular physical activity (PA) for reducing fall risk, few older adults engage in fall-prevention-oriented ... -
Pneumonia in Patients with Acute Stroke: Derivation of a Clinical Prediction Rule
(University of Washington Graduate School, 2012)Background: Pneumonia is a common and dangerous consequence of acute stroke. Others have derived pneumonia prediction scores to guide management but included information on swallowing function, which may not be routinely ... -
Polyomavirus-negative Merkel cell carcinoma: a more aggressive subtype based on analysis of 282 cases using multi-modal tumor virus detection
Previous studies have reached conflicting conclusions regarding the proportion of Merkel cell carcinomas (MCCs) that contain the Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) and the clinical significance of tumor viral status. To ... -
A population-based case-control study risk factors for connective tissue diseases
(1997)This dissertation describes the results of a population-based case-control study of risk factors for five connective tissue diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, systemic sclerosis/CREST syndrome, ... -
Potential Etiologies Of Pediatric Acute Diarrhea And Assessment Of Current Treatment Guidelines In Rural Western Kenya
Introduction: Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age and diarrhea case fatality rates are highest in sub-Saharan Africa where the HIV burden is concentrated and where laboratory ... -
Potential Etiologies Of Pediatric Acute Diarrhea And Assessment Of Current Treatment Guidelines In Rural Western Kenya
Introduction: Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age and diarrhea case fatality rates are highest in sub-Saharan Africa where the HIV burden is concentrated and where laboratory ... -
Potential Etiologies Of Pediatric Acute Diarrhea And Assessment Of Current Treatment Guidelines In Rural Western Kenya
Introduction: Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age and diarrhea case fatality rates are highest in sub-Saharan Africa where the HIV burden is concentrated and where laboratory ... -
Power, privilege and HIV prevalence: examination of sexual HIV-risk factors in MSM and transgender women who engage in transactional sex
Objective: To understand power-related predictors for risky sexual behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) and Transgender Women (TW) at high risk for HIV infection in Lima, Peru. Methods: Survey data from a ... -
Precipitation Associated with Increased Diarrheal Disease in Mozambique; A Time Series Analysis
Background Diarrheal diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. Though research has shown diarrheal diseases to be impacted by weather, there is limited evidence of this association in sub-Saharan ...