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Open AccessAn observational study identifying obese subgroups among older adults at increased risk of mobility disability: do perceptions of the neighborhood environment matter?
Obesity is an increasingly prevalent condition among older adults, yet relatively little is known about how built environment variables may be associated with obesity in older age groups. This is particularly ...
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Gene-Centric Analysis of Serum Cotinine Levels in African and European American Populations
To date, most genetic association studies of tobacco use have been conducted in European American subjects using the phenotype of smoking quantity (cigarettes per day). However, smoking quantity is a very impr...
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Effects of Acute Tryptophan Depletion on Negative Symptoms and Smoking Topography in Nicotine-Dependent Schizophrenics and Nonpsychiatric Controls
We studied the effect of acute tryptophan depletion (ATD), which transiently reduces brain serotonin, on negative symptoms and cigarette smoking topography in schizophrenic smokers. Nicotine-dependent schizoph...