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Over a dozen cancers have been associated with excess body mass index, primarily in mid‐to‐late adulthood. Whether obesity‐related cancer risk differs across adulthood remains unclear. Using the Sensitive Periods Model and super‐landmarking approaches, this study found that higher BMI increased obesity‐related cancer risk across ages 30–65.
Nadin K. Hawwash +13 more
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Do Adolescents with Emotional or Behavioral Problems Respond to Cigarette Prices? [PDF]
Adolescents with mental health problems have much higher rates of smoking than those without such problems. Although a large body of evidence suggests that higher cigarette prices reduce smoking prevalence and the quantity smoked, little is known about ...
Erdal Tekin, Lan Liang, Naci Mocan
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Chromosomal instability is a hallmark of cancer, but minimally invasive ways to detect systemic DNA damage and cancer risk remain limited. Here, using patient blood samples, the authors investigated lymphocyte micronuclei (MN) frequency as a potential marker of DNA damage across the progression from gastroesophageal reflux disease to Barrett's ...
Kathryn Munn +13 more
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Elasticity of cigarette demand in Argentina: An empirical analysis using vector error-correction model. [PDF]
Is objective this paper estimate empirically the short and long-term effects on cigarette demand in Argentina based on changes in cigarette price and income. We analyzed data from the Ministry of Economy and Production of Argentina. Analysis was based on
Eliseo Pérez Stable +2 more
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Cigarette deaths, cigarette advertisements, cigarette recruits, cigarette money
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Tobacco use and alcohol consumption are primary risk factors for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, with combined use occurring in three‐quarters of cases. This large international study of former smokers shows that the risk reduction effect of smoking cessation occurs more slowly for laryngeal cancer than for other head and neck cancer subsites ...
Matheus de Abreu +41 more
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Associations between outdoor air pollution and cancers other than lung cancer remain unclear, particularly in the context of tobacco use. Here, the authors assessed possible links between ambient air pollutant exposure and incidence of 20 non‐lung cancers among adults followed over a 25‐year period in the United States.
W. Ryan Diver +4 more
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Threshold Effects in Cigarette Addiction: An Application of the Threshold Model in Dynamic Panels [PDF]
We adopt the threshold model of myopic cigarette addiction to US state-level panel data. The threshold model is used to identify the structural effects of cigarette demand determinants across the income stratification.
Chang-Ching Lin, Yi-Chi Chen
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Abstract Objectives The current study evaluates the efficacy of artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted measurement of cervical length (CL) in predicting spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB), comparing the traditional single‐line and two‐line methods with the innovative AI‐line method in the first trimester of pregnancy. Materials and Methods This study is a
Yi‐yun Tai +4 more
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Addiction, Social Interactions and Gender Differences in Cigarette Consumption [PDF]
This paper addresses the impact of addiction and social interactions on cigarette demand, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic factors. A Box-Cox double-hurdle model for the simultaneous decisions of how much to smoke and whether to quit smoking
David Aristei, Luca Pieroni
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