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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis, Okeleji Olayinka, Mariam Z. Quraishi, Lakshmi V. Srivaths, Deborah L. Brown, Neethu M. Menon, Ricardo A. Mosquera, Ashwin P. Patel, James M. Stark, Aravind Yadav   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protective Effects of Educational Attainment Against Cigarette Smoking; Diminished Returns of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the National Health Interview Survey [PDF]

International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health, 2019
Introduction: Although educational attainment is protective against health risk behaviors such as smoking, the Minorities’ Diminished Return theory posits that these protective effects are smaller for ethnic minorities than majority groups.
Shervin Assari, Mohsen Bazargan
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Psychological type preferences of Christian groups : comparison with the UK population norms [PDF]

, 2010
A sample of 246 male and 380 female participants in courses about psychological type theory in a Christian context completed Form G (Anglicised) of the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator® (MBTI®) instrument.
Barwick, Jeannette, Craig, Charlotte L., Francis, Leslie J.   +2 more
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Pazopanib Combined With Vincristine and Irinotecan in Relapsed Wilms Tumor: Encouraging Outcomes in a Heavily Pretreated Pediatric Cohort

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background While Wilms tumor (WT) typically has a favorable prognosis, relapsed cases—especially those with high‐risk histology—remain therapeutically challenging after intensive frontline therapy. The combination of vincristine and irinotecan has demonstrated activity in pediatric solid tumors, and pazopanib, a multi‐targeted tyrosine kinase ...
Maria Debora De Pasquale, Alessandro Crocoli, Giuseppe Maria Milano, Pierluigi Di Paolo, Francesca Diomedi Camassei, Ida Russo, Annalisa Serra   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Black-White Achievement Gap: Role of Race, School Urbanity, and Parental Education

Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, 2021
Shervin Assari,1 Abbas Mardani,2 Maryam Maleki,3 Shanika Boyce,4 Mohsen Bazargan1,5 1Departments of Family Medicine, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA; 2Nursing Care Research Center, School of Nursing and ...
Assari S, Mardani A, Maleki M, Boyce S, Bazargan M   +4 more
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Blacks’ Diminished Return of Education Attainment on Subjective Health; Mediating Effect of Income

Brain Sciences, 2018
Background: Minorities’ Diminished Return (MDR) can be defined as smaller health gains from socioeconomic status (SES) indicators, such as education attainment among ethnic minorities compared to the majority group. The current study tested whether
Shervin Assari
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Assessment of Malocclusion in Population Groups

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1959
Abstract An objective method for assessing malocclusion in population groups has been presented. The examination provides for scoring the departure of each tooth from its ideal position in the arch and the summing-up of these scores for a malalignment index. The examination procedure is both rapid and simple in its application. In its preliminary use
Lawrence E. Van Kirk, Elliott H. Pennell
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Potential Early Risk Biomarkers for Reduced Forced Expiratory Volume in Children Post‐Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We sought to identify potential early risk biomarkers for lung disease in children post‐allogeneic HCT. Patients with pulmonary function tests 3 months post‐transplant and plasma samples between days 7 and 14 post‐HCT were included. Six of 27 subjects enrolled had reduced forced expiratory volume 1 (FEV1) z scores.
Isabella S. Small, Pi Chun Cheng, April L. Rahrig, Courtney M. Rowan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Number of Chronic Medical Conditions and Quality of Life of Ethnic Minority Older Adults

Geriatrics, 2022
Background: The Blacks’ mental health paradox is defined as disproportionately better mental health among Black individuals compared to White individuals, despite their higher exposure to a wide range of adversities.
Sharon Cobb, Babak Najand, Tara Gravidez, Berlin Navarro, Alondra Herreraramos, Mohsen Bazargan   +5 more
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The relationship of dementia prevalence in older adults with intellectual disability (ID) to age and severity of ID [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Previous research has shown that adults with intellectual disability (ID) may be more at risk of developing dementia in old age than expected. However, the effect of age and ID severity on dementia prevalence rates has never been reported. We
Hassiotis, A., King, M., Livingston, G., Strydom, A.   +3 more
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