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Chapter
If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Count: Elements to Consider in Understanding Global Sexual and Gender Minority Data on Noncommunicable Diseases
Evaluation and comparison of incidence and prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) among sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) to cisgender and/or heterosexual populations rest on the belief that SGM popul...
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Sexual and Gender Minority Population’s Health Burden of Five Noncommunicable Diseases: Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
This chapter will describe five noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and their implications for the sexual and gender minority (SGM) population: cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancer, diabetes mellitus (DM), asthma...
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Article
It’s Not Always Easy: Cancer Survivorship Care in Primary Care Settings
By 2040, an anticipated 26.1 million people with a history of cancer will be part of the healthcare system. The purpose of this study was to explore Missouri-based non-oncology clinicians’ perspectives on cari...
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Article
Breaking bad news of a breast cancer diagnosis over the telephone: an emerging trend
This study evaluated how breast cancer diagnoses were shared with patients.
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Article
Unmet support needs of sexual and gender minority breast cancer survivors
This study explored sources of stress and support experienced by sexual and gender minority (SGM) breast cancer survivors and the impact of treatment on their lives.
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Article
Open AccessDietary cadmium intake and risk of prostate cancer: a Danish prospective cohort study
Cadmium is classified as a human lung carcinogen based on evidence from high-exposure occupational settings. Though cadmium has no physiological role, increasing evidence suggests cadmium may mimic steroid hor...
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Article
Open AccessThe Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure for population health research: rationale and methods
Evidence-based public health requires the existence of reliable information systems for priority setting and evaluation of interventions. Existing data systems in the United States are either too crude (e.g., ...
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Risk of breast cancer for women living in rural areas from adult exposure to atrazine from well water in Wisconsin
Research has suggested possible human health effects from low-level widespread exposure to environmental contaminants. We employed a novel exposure estimation technique using a publicly available data set to e...
