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Relationship Between Long Working Hours and Depression: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study of Clerical Workers.

...  mood scale were established. The final model was constructed after comparing and testing the goodness-of-fit index using structural equation modeling. Multiple logistic regression analysis was also performed.The final model showed the best fit (normed fit index = 0.908; goodness-of-fit… Continue reading

E-Cigarettes: What’s Known, What’s Unknown.

...  strategy. An unmatched case control study was conducted in 2010. Purposively recruited 136 culture-proved multi-drug-resistant- tuberculosis cases and 152 cured tuberculosis patients were interviewed. Associations between exposure and outcome variables were initially tested by chi2-test, t-test. A result was… Continue reading

Exercise During Pregnancy: The Role of Obstetric Providers.

...  providers discussing exercise and other health behaviors (tobacco use, alcohol use, and nutrition) with their patients.We received completed surveys from 238 pregnant women and 31 obstetric providers at 12 obstetrician offices. The offices were located throughout the United States… Continue reading

Use of Conventional and Novel Smokeless Tobacco Products Among US Adolescents.

...  tobacco, snuff, or dip; 1.9% used snus; and 0.3% used dissolvable tobacco products. Among users of any smokeless tobacco, 64.0% used only conventional products, 26.8% were concurrent users of novel plus conventional products, whereas 9.2% exclusively used novel products.… Continue reading

Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Patients With Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Single-Blinded Randomized Clinical Study.

...  femoral neck bone mineral density (fnBMD), osteoporosis medication use, and incident morphometric VCF at 1-year (n?=?878) and 3-year follow-ups (n?=?503). Multiple logistic regressions, adjusted for gender, age, injurious fall(s), fnBMD, prevalent VCF at baseline, and osteoporosis medication use, were… Continue reading

Influence of Pre-Exposure to Morphine on Cannabinoid-Induced Impairment of Spatial Memory in Male Rats.

...  TVEM was applied to EMA data from a smoking cessation study to investigate a “time-varying lagged” effect of negative affect on high smoking urges. Participants included 224 smokers with a smoking history of 23.1 years (SD = 9.8) smoking… Continue reading

Pharmacology of Rasagiline, a New MAO-B Inhibitor Drug for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease With Neuroprotective Potential.

...  patients with NSCLC, ADC and SCC, respectively. Men had an equivalent mutation (27.18%) to women (30.77%). The mutation in smokers and nonsmokers was 27.68% and 29.17%, respectively. In unselected patients, there was no correlation between EGFR exon 20 mutations… Continue reading

Transitional Changes in Energy Intake, Skeletal Muscle Content and Nutritional Behavior in College Students During Course-Work Based Nutrition Education.

...  after the wedding and controls were guests who remained well during the same time period.There were 256 guests. Of 69 interviewees, 52 got sick (attack rate 75%). Aside from diarrhoea, cases had abdominal pain (94%), vomiting (48%), nausea (42%)… Continue reading

Association Between Ward-Specific Antimicrobial Use Density and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcu Aureus Surveillance: A 60-Month Study.

...  with MRSA ratio included AUDs averaged for the sampling month and its previous month, outpatient MRSA ratio by age, ward specialty, specimen type, and half intervals to represent historical changes. Of a total of 4,245 strains of S. aureus… Continue reading

A Randomized Pilot Study of a Brief Outpatient Problem-Solving Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating and Activity Habits in Adolescents.

...  Health Organization. The dietary intake data of the participants were collected on three consecutive days at both the household and individual levels.Of the children 6-11 years of age, 18.9 % were underweight and 15.3 % were… Continue reading