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Steven S. Coughlin
Public Health
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Investigating the role of county-level colorectal cancer screening rates on stage at diagnosis of colorectal cancer in rural Georgia
To examine the impact of county-level colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates on stage at diagnosis of CRC and identify factors associated with stage at diagnosis across different levels of screening rates in ...
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Open AccessCoauthorship by patients and other stakeholders with limited knowledge of scientific publishing practices
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Open AccessEnsuring Emerging Themes in Epidemiology’s continued success
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Use of consumer wearable devices to promote physical activity among breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors: a review of health intervention studies
A growing amount of research has successfully incorporated Fitbit devices and other wearable activity trackers into technology-oriented lifestyle interventions to increase physical activity among cancer surviv...
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Open AccessAn assessment of survey measures used across key epidemiologic studies of United States Gulf War I Era Veterans
Over the past two decades, 12 large epidemiologic studies and 2 registries have focused on U.S. veterans of the 1990–1991 Gulf War Era. We conducted a review of these studies’ research tools to identify existi...
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Open AccessBreast and cervical cancer screening among women in metropolitan areas of the United States by county-level commuting time to work and use of public transportation, 2004 and 2006
Commuting times and behaviors have been associated with a variety of chronic disease outcomes and health behaviors. We examined the relationships between ecologic measures of commuting time and use of public t...
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Colorectal cancer screening among Latinos from U.S. cities along the Texas–Mexico border
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates are comparatively low for U.S. Hispanics. To learn more about the factors influencing CRC screening among Hispanics living along the U.S.–Mexico border, 12 focus groups ...
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Open AccessEthical issues in epidemiologic research and public health practice
A rich and growing body of literature has emerged on ethics in epidemiologic research and public health practice. Recent articles have included conceptual frameworks of public health ethics and overviews of hi...
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Cancer Survivorship: A New Challenge in Comprehensive Cancer Control
Cancer survivors are a growing population in the United States because of earlier cancer diagnosis, the aging of society, and more effective risk reduction and treatment. Concerns about the long-term physical,...
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Breast cancer screening practices among women in the United States, 2000
Results from recent studies indicate that many women in the US undergo routine screening for breast cancer, but some groups of women are under-screened. In this study, we examined the breast cancer screening p...
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Predictors of pancreatic cancer mortality among a large cohort of United States adults
Objectives: Cigarette smoking is considered an important risk factor for pancreatic cancer, but other purported risk factors are less well established. To learn more about the epidemiology of this important caus...
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Marital status as a predictor of survival in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: The Washington, DC dilated cardiomyopathy study
Marital status and other socioeconomic and clinical factors were examined as predictors of survival in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy using data from a hospital-based study in Washington, DC. Twenty-five (1...
