Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Psaty BM, Koepsell TD, Lin DY, Weiss NS, Siscovick DS, Rosendaal FR, Pahor M, Furberg CD. Assessment and control for confounding by indication in observational studies. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999;47:749-754. PubMed

Teri L, Ferretti LE, Gibbons LE, Logsdon RG, McCurry SM, Kukull WA, McCormick WC, Bowen JD, Larson EB. Anxiety in Alzheimer's disease: prevalence, and comorbidity. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1999;54(7):M348-52. PubMed

Graves AB, Rosner D, Echeverria D, Yost M, Larson EB. Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 1999;13(3):165-70. PubMed

Psaty BM, Furberg CD, Kuller LH, Bild DE, Rautaharju PM, Polak JF, Bovill E, Gottdiener JS. Traditional risk factors and subclinical disease measures as predictors of first myocardial infarction in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 1999;159(12):1339-47. PubMed

Unutzer J, Katon W, Russo J, Simon G, Bush T, Walker E, Lin E, Van Korff M, Ludman E. Patterns of care for depressed older adults in a large-staff model HMO. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1999;7(3):235-43. PubMed

McCurry SM, Logsdon RG, Teri L, Gibbons LE, Kukull WA, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Larson EB. Characteristics of sleep disturbance in community-dwelling Alzheimer's disease patients. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 1999;12(2):53-9. PubMed

Smith NL, Heckbert SR, Bittner VA, Savage PJ, Barzilay JI, Dobs AS, Psaty BM. Antidiabetic treatment trends in a cohort of elderly people with diabetes.The cardiovascular health study, 1989-1997. Diabetes Care. 1999;22(5):736-42. PubMed

Edland SD, Graves AB, McCormick WC, Larson EB. Estimation and sample design in prevalence surveys of dementia. J Clin Epidemiol. 1999;52(5):399-403. PubMed

Graves AB, Rajaram L, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, McCurry SM, Larson EB. Cognitive decline and Japanese culture in a cohort of older Japanese Americans in King County, WA: the Kame Project. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1999;54(3):S154-61. PubMed

Lim A, Tsuang D, Kukull W, Nochlin D, Leverenz J, McCormick W, Bowen J, Teri L, Thompson J, Peskind ER, Raskind M, Larson EB. Clinico-neuropathological correlation of Alzheimer's disease in a community-based case series. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999;47(5):564-9. PubMed

Checkoway H, Nelson LM. Epidemiologic approaches to the study of Parkinson's disease etiology.  Epidemiology. 1999;10(3):327-36. PubMed

Jackson LA, Holmes SJ, Mendelman PM, Huggins L, Cho I, Rhorer J. Safety of a trivalent live attenuated intranasal influenza vaccine, FluMist, administered in addition to parenteral trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine to seniors with chronic medical conditions. Vaccine. 1999;17(15-16):1905-9. PubMed

Cushman M, Meilahn EN, Psaty BM, Kuller LH, Dobs AS, Tracy RP. Hormone replacement therapy, inflammation, and hemostasis in elderly women. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999;19(4):893-9. PubMed

Shadlen MF, Larson EB, Gibbons L, McCormick WC, Teri L. Alzheimer's disease symptom severity in blacks and whites. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999;47(4):482-6. PubMed

Bosworth HB, Schaie KW. Survival effects in cognitive function, cognitive style, and sociodemographic variables in the Seattle Longitudinal Study. Exp Aging Res. 1999;25(2):121-39. PubMed

Cushman M, Lemaitre RN, Kuller LH, Psaty BM, Macy EM, Sharrett AR, Tracy RP. Fibrinolytic activation markers predict myocardial infarction in the elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999;19(3):493-8. PubMed

Sakkinen PA, Cushman M, Psaty BM, Rodriguez B, Boineau R, Kuller LH, Tracy RP. Relationship of plasmin generation to cardiovascular disease risk factors in elderly men and women. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999;19(3):499-504. PubMed

Mosher BA, Cuddigan J, Thomas DR, Boudreau DM. Outcomes of 4 methods of debridement using a decision analysis methodology. Advances in Wound Care. 1999;12(2):81-88. PubMed

Smith NL, Psaty BM, Heckbert SR, Tracy RP, Cornell ES. The reliability of medication inventory methods compared to serum levels of cardiovascular drugs in the elderly. J Clin Epidemiol. 1999;52(2):143-6. PubMed

Teri L. Training families to provide care: effects on people with dementia.  Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1999;14(2):110-6; discussion 116-9. PubMed