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Associations between Appalachian youth tobacco consumption and communication channel use
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2020 Introduction Youth tobacco use rates in Appalachia exceed the US national average, and e-cigarette use has increased. Thus, further research is needed to understand how these youth receive and share product information.
Delvon T. Mattingly +6 more
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A tyrannosauroid metatarsus from the Merchantville Formation of Delaware increases the diversity of non-tyrannosaurid tyrannosauroids on Appalachia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 During the Late Cretaceous, the continent of North America was divided into two sections: Laramidia in the west and Appalachia in the east. Although the sediments of Appalachia recorded only a sparse fossil record of dinosaurs, the dinosaur faunas of ...
Chase D. Brownstein
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“If You Are Old Enough to Die for Your Country, You Should Be Able to Get a Pinch of Snuff”: Views of Tobacco 21 Among Appalachian Youth [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Multiple strategies have been utilized in attempts to decrease the prevalence of youth tobacco use. One strategy, raising the minimum legal sale age (MLSA) of tobacco products to 21, known as Tobacco 21, has recently gained popularity ...
Bhatnagar, Aruni +5 more
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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 2023 Introduction The Appalachia region of North America is known to have significant health disparities, specifically, worse risk factors and outcomes for stroke. Appalachians are more likely to have comorbidities related to stroke, such as diabetes, obesity,
Benton Maglinger
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Sociodemographic differences in single, dual, and poly tobacco use among Appalachian youth
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2020 Introduction Patterns of youth tobacco use, including use of multiple products, have likely shifted as e-cigarettes have grown in popularity. However, there is limited understanding of dual and poly tobacco use and the associated disparities, especially ...
Delvon T. Mattingly +3 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background The opioid crisis continues to grow in the United States with 46,700 drug overdose deaths due to opioids in 2017 alone. Vet shopping, the practice of soliciting veterinarians for prescription medications, has been receiving national media ...
Falguni C. Patel +8 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Soil-transmitted helminth infections are assumed to be uncommon in the US, despite numerous studies in the past few decades showing high burdens in Appalachia and the southern states.
Steven H. Adams +2 more
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Phylogenomics of paleoendemic lampshade spiders (Araneae, Hypochilidae, Hypochilus), with the description of a new species from montane California [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Hypochilus is a relictual lineage of Nearctic spiders distributed disjunctly across the United States in three montane regions (California, southern Rocky Mountains, southern Appalachia). Phylogenetic resolution of species relationships in Hypochilus has
Erik Ciaccio +2 more
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Predictors of use of dental care by children in north-central Appalachia in the USA.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Use of dental services in childhood, especially preventive care, is associated with many important oral health outcomes throughout life. The Andersen behavioral model of healthcare utilization posits that predisposing characteristics, enabling resources,
Cecelia I Nelson +7 more
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Oral Health in a Sample of Pregnant Women from Northern Appalachia (2011–2015)
International Journal of Dentistry, 2015 Background. Chronic poor oral health has a high prevalence in Appalachia, a large region in the eastern USA. The Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia (COHRA) has been enrolling pregnant women and their babies since 2011 in the COHRA2 study of ...
Katherine Neiswanger +15 more
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