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Faculty and staff publications for 2007


Andrade SE, Raebel MA, Brown J, Lane K, Livingston J, Boudreau D, Rolnick SJ, Roblin D, Smith DH, Willy ME, Staffa JA, Platt R. Use of antidepressant medications during pregnancy: a multisite study. Am J. Obstet Gynecol. 2007;Sept 29 (Epub ahead of print)

Abrams AM, Kleinman KP. A SaTScan macro accessory for cartography (SMAC) package implemented with SAS software. Int J Health Geogr. 2007;6;6:6.

Bambauer KZ, Gillick MR. The effect of underlying health status on patient or surrogate preferences for end-of-life care: a pilot study. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2007;24;3:185-190.

Bambauer KZ, Soumerai SB, Adams AS, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D. Provider and patient characteristics associated with antidepressant nonadherence: the impact of provider specialty. J Clin Psychiatry 2007;68;6:867-873.

Bambauer KZ, Safran DG, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Adams A, Gurwitz J, Pierre-Jacques M, Soumerai SB. Depression and cost-related medication nonadherence in Medicare beneficiaries. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2007;64:602-608.

Belfort MB, Rifas-Shiman SL, Rich-Edwards J, Kleinman KP, Gillman MW. Size at brith, infant growth, and blood pressure at three years of age. J Pediatr. 2007;151;6:670-674.

Briesacher BA, Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB. Patients at risk for cost related medication nonadherence: a review of the literature. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22;6:864-871.

Berry JG, Lieu TA, Forbes PW, Goldmann DA. Hospital volumes for common pediatric specialty operations. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007;161:38-43.

Bleich SN, Cutler DM, Adams AS, Lozano R, Murray JL. Impact of insurance and supply of health professionals on coverage of treatment for hypertension in Mexico: population based study. BMJ. 2007;Oct. 22 (Epub ahead of print).

Bokhour BG, Cohn ES, Cortes DE, Yinusa-Nyahkoon LA, Hook JM, Smith LA, Rand CS, Lieu TA. Patterns of concordance and non-concordance with clinician recommendations and parents’ explanatory models in children with asthma. Patient Educ Couns. 2007. Dec. 24 (Epub ahead of print).

Briesacher BA, Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB. Patients at risk for cost-related medication nonadherence: a review of the literature. J Gen Intern Med 2007;22:864-871.

Brown JS, Kulldorff M, Chan KA, Davis RI, Graham D, Pettus PT, Andrade SE, Raebel MA, Herrinton L, Roblin D, Boudreau D, Smith D, Gurwitz JH, Gunter MJ, Platt R. Early detection of adverse drug events within population-based health networks: application of sequential testing methods. Pharmacoepidemiolog Drug Saf. 2007;16;12:1275-1284.

Buehler JW, Sosin DM, Platt R. Evaluation of surveillance systems for early epidemic detection: In: Infectious Disease Surveillance. Mikanathan NM, Lynfield R, Van Beneden CA, de Valk H (eds). Oxford, UK, Blackwell Publishing, 2007.

Bush TV, Bonomi AE, Nekhlyudov L, et al. How the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) influenced physicians’ practice and attitudes. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22;9:1311-1316.

Camargo CA Jr., Rifas-Shiman SL, Litonjua AA, Rich-Edwards JW, Weiss ST, Gold DR, Kleinman K, Gillman MW. Maternal intake of Vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 yrs of age. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;3:788-795.

Chen YC, Giovannucci E, Kraft P, Lazarus R, Hunter DJ. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2007;16;10:1982-1989,

Collins SC, Achacoco NA, Nekhlyudov L, Fletcher SW, et al. Clinical and pathologic features of ductal carcinoma in situ associated with the presence of flat epithelial atypia: an analysis of 543 patients. Mod Pathol. 2007;11:1149-1155.

Davis RL, Rubanowich D, McPhillips H, Raebel MA, Andrade SE, Smith D, Yood MU, Platt R. , for the HMO Research Network Center for Education, Research in Therapeutics. Risk of congenital malformations and perinatal events among infants exposed to antidepressant medications during pregnancy. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2007;16;10:1086-1094.

DMeo DL, Hersh CP, Hoffman EA, Litonjua AA, Lazarus R, et al. Genetic determinants of emphysema distribution in the national emphysema treatment trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007;1;176;1:42-8.

Eisenberg DM, Post DE, Davis RB, Connelly MT, Legedza ATR, Hrbek AL, Prosser LA, Buring JE, Inui TS, Cherkin DC. Addition of choice of complementary therapies to usual care for acute low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. Spine 2007;32:157.

Elliott RA, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS, Safran DG, Soumerai SB. Strategies for coping in a complex world: adherence behavior among older adults with chronic illness. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22;6:805-810.

Fleegler EW, Lieu TA, Wise PH, Muret-Wagstaff S. Families' health-related social problems and missed referral opportunities. Pediatrics 2007;119:1332-1441.

Fletcher RH, Lobb R, Bauer MR, Kemp JA, Palmer RC, Kleinman KP, Miroshnik I, Emmons KM. Screening patients with a family history of colorectal cancer. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22;4:312-319.

Forman JP, Rifas-Shiman SL, Taylor EN, Lane K, Gillman MW. Association between the serum anion gap and blood pressure among patients at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. J Hum Hypertens. Sept. 13, 2007. (Epub ahead of print).

Friedberg MW, Coltin KL, Pearson SD, Kleinman KP, et al. Does affiliation of physician groups with one another produce higher quality primary care? J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22;10:1385-1392.

Geiger AM, Nekhlyudov L, Herrinton LJ, et al. Quality of life after bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. Ann Surg. Oncol. 2007;14;2:686-694.

Gillick MR. The technological imperative and the battle for the hearts of American. Perspect Biol Med. 2007;50;2:276-294.

Gillman MW, Kleinman K. Antecedents of obesity – analysis, interpretation, and use of longitudinal data. Am J Epidemiol. 2007;166;1:14-16.

Gillman MW, Mantazoros CS. Breastfeeding, adipokines, and childhood obesity. Epidemiology. 2007;18;6:730-732.

Glaz J, Kulldorff M, Pozdnyakov V, Steele JM. Gambling teams and waiting times for patterns in two-stage Markov chains. Journal of Applied Probability 2007;43:127-140.

Grant R, Adams AS, Mah-Trinacty C, Zhang F, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, Meigs JB, Ross-Degnan D. Relationship between patient medication adherence and subsequent clinical inertia in Type 2 diabetes glycemic management. Diabetes Care 2007;30;4:807-812.

Go AS, Yang J, Gurwitz, JH, Hsu J, Lane K, Platt R. Comparative effectiveness of beta-adrenergic antagonists (atenolol, metoprolol tartrate, carvedilol) on the risk of rehospitalization in adults with heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 2007;100;4:690-696.

Gregorio DI, Huang L, DeChello LM, Samociuk H, Kulldorff M. Place of residency effect on likelihood of surviving prostate cancer. Ann Epidemiol. 2007;17;7:520-524.

Gunderson EP, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Rich-Edwards JW, Kleinman KP, Taveras EM, Gillman MW. Association of fewer hours of sleep at 6 months postpartum with substantial weight retention at 1 year postpartum. Am J Epidemiol. Oct 29, 2007. (Epub ahead of print)

Gunter MJ, Divi RL, Kulldorff M, et al. Leukocyte polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adduct formation and colorectal adenoma. Carcinogenesis. 2007;28;7:1426-1429.

Haines J, Neumark-Sztainer D, Wall M, Story M. Personal, behavioral, and environmental risk and protective factors for adolescent overweight. Obesity. 2007;15;11:2748-2760.

Hanage WP, Huang SS, Lipsitch M, Bishop CJ, Gudoy D, Pelton SL, Goldstein R, Huot H, Finkelstein JA. Diversity and antibiotic resistance among non-vaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage isolates in the post-heptavalent conjugate vaccine era. J Infect Dis. 2007;195;3:347-352.

Herrinton LJ, Liu L, Lafata JE, Allison JE, Andrade SE, Korner EJ, Chan KA, Platt R, Hiatt D, O’Connor S, Estimation of the period prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease among nine health plans using computerized diagnoses and outpatient pharmacy dispensings. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2007;13;4:451-461..

Hinrichsen VL, Kruskal B, O’Brien MA, Lieu TA, Platt R, Using electronic medical records to enhance detection and reporting of vaccine adverse events. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14;6:731-735..

Huang L, Kulldorff M, Gregorio D. A spatial scan statistic for survival data. Biometrics. 2007;63;1:109-118.

Huang SS, Livingston JM, Rawson NS, Schmaltz S, Platt R. Developing algorithms for healthcare insurers to systematically monitor surgical site infection rates. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2007;Jun 6;7;20.

Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Warren DK, Fraser VJ,Climo MW, Wong ES, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM, Pottinger JM, Herwaidt LA, Jernigan JA, Tokars JL, Kickema DJ, Hinrichsen VL, Yokoe DS, Platt R. Improving the assessment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by routine screening. J Infect Dis. 2007;195;3:339-346.

Kappelman MD, Bousvaros A, Hyams J, Markowitz J, Pfefferkorn M, Kugathasas S, rosh J, Otley A, Mack D, Griffiths A, Evans J, Grand R, Langton C, Kleinman K, Finkelstein JA. Interventr variation in initial management of children with Chrohn’s disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2007;13;7:890-895.

Kappelman MD, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Ollendorf D, Sousvaros A, Grant RF, Finkelstein JA. The prevalence and geographic distribution of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in the United States. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;5;12:1424-1429.

Kleinman KP, Oken E, Radesky JS, Rich-Edwards JW, Peterson KE, Gillman MW. How should gestational weight be assessed? A comparison of existing methods and novel methods, area under the weight gain curve. Int J Epidemiol. 2007;36;6:1275-1282.

Klompas M. Does this patient have ventilator-associated pneumonia? JAMA. 2007;297;14:1583-1593.

Klompas M, Lazarus R, Daniel J, Haney GA, Campion FX, Kruskal BA, Hou X, DeMaria A, Platt R. Electronic medical record support for public health (ESP): Automated detection and reporting of statutory notifiable diseases to public health authorities. Advances in Disease Surveillance. 2007;3:3.

Klompas M, Lazarus R,Daniel J, Haney GA, Campion FX, Kruskal BA, Platt R, Klompas, et al. Respond: Automated public health reporting – possible with a coalition of the willing. Advances in Disease Surveillance. 2007;3:5.

Klompas M, Platt R. Ventilator-associated pneumonia – the wrong quality measure for benchmarking. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147;11:803-805.

Kramer MS, Matush L, Vanilovich I, Platt RW, Bogdanovich N, Serkovskaya Z, Dzikovich I, Shishko G, Collett JP, Martin RM, Davey Smith G, Gillman MW, Chalmers B, Hodnett E, Shapiro S: PROBIT Study Group. Effects of prolonged and exclusive brastfeeding on child height, weight, adiposith and blood pressure at age 6.5 y: evidence from a large randomized trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;86;6:1717-1721.

Kulldorff M, Mostashari F, Duczmal L, Yih K, Kleinman K, Platt R. Multivariate scan statistics for disease surveillance. Stat Med. 2007;26;8:1824-1833.

Harrold LR, Saag KG, Yood RA, Mikuls TR, Andrade SE, Fouayzi H, Davis J, Chan KA, Raebel MA, Von Worley A, Platt R. Validity of gout diagnoses in administrative data. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;57;1:103-8.

Herrinton LJ, Liu L, Lafata JE, Allison JE, Andrade SE, Korner EJ, Chan KA, Platt R, Hiatt D, O'Connor S. Estimation of the period prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease among nine health plans using computerized diagnoses and outpatient pharmacy dispensings. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2007;13;4:451-461.

Hinrichsen VL, Kruskal B, O’Brien MA, Lieu TA, Platt R. Using electronic medical records to enhance detection and reporting of vaccine adverse events. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2007;14;6:731-735.

Horton NJ, Kleinman KP. Much ado about nothing: a comparison of missing data methods and software to fit incomplete data regression models. Am Stat. 2007;61;1:79-90.

Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Warren DK, Fraser VJ, Climo MW, Wong ES, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM, Pottinger JM, Herwaldt LA, Jernigan JA, Tokars JL, Diekema DJ, Hinrichsen VL, Yokoe DS, Platt R, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters. Improving methicillin-resistant syaphylococcus aureus surveillance and reporting in intensive care. J Infect Dis 2007;195:330-338.

Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Pottinger JM, Herwaldt LA, Zembower TR, Noskin GA, Cosgrove SE, Perl TM, Curtis AB, Tokars JL, Diekema DJ, Jernigan JA, Hinrichsen VL, Yokoe DS, Platt R, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenters Program. Improving the assessment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci by routine screening. J Infect Dis 2007;195:339-346.

Huang SS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Kleinman K, Kotch J, Schiff N, Stille CJ, Steingard R, Finkelstein JA. Parental knowledge about antibiotic use: results of a cluster-randomized, multi-community intervention. Pediatrics 2007;119:698-702.

Kappelman MD, Bousvaros A, Hyams J, Markowitz J, Pfefferkorn M, Kugathasan S, Rosh J, Otley A, Mack D, Griffiths A, Evans J, Grant R, Langton C, Kleinman K, Finkelstein JA. Intercenter variation in initial management of children with Crohn’s disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2007; 13;7:890-895.

Kawakumi Y, Tamblyn R, Platt R, Ernst P, Abrahamowicz M, Taylor L. Evaluation of the use of an integrated drug information system by primary care physicians for vulnerable populations. Int J Med Inform 2007;Feb. 28 (Epub ahead of print).

Klassen AC, Curriero F, Kulldorff M, et al. Missing stage and grade in Maryland prostate cancer surveillance data, 1992-1997. Am J Prev Med 2007;30:S77-87.

Kleinman KP, Oken E, Radesky JS, Rich-Edwards, JW, Peterson KE, Gillman MW. How should gestational weight gain be assessed? A comparison of existing methods and a novel method, area under the weight curve. Int J Epidemiol. 200736;6;1275-1282.

Kramer MS, Matush L, Vanilovich I, Platt R, et al. Effect of prolonged and exclusive breast feeding on risk of allergy and asthma: cluster randomized trial. BMJ. 2007;335;7624:815.

Kulldorff M, Mostashari F, Duczmal L, Yih K, Kleinman K, Platt R. Multivariate scan statistics for disease surveillance. Stat Med 2007;26;8:1824-1833.

Lafata JE, Gunter MJ, Hsu J, Kaatz S, Krajenta R, Platt R, Schultz L, Selby JV, Simon SR, Simpkins J, Soumerai SB, Uratsu C. Academic detailing to improve laboratory testing among outpatient medication users. Med Care. 2007;45:966-972.

Landon BE, Hicks LS, O'Malley AJ, Lieu TA, Keegan T, McNeil BJ, Guadagnoli E. Improving the management of chronic disease at community health centers. NEJM 2007;356:921-934.

Landon BE, Normand SL, Meara E, Zhou Q, Simon SR, Frank R, McNeil BJ. The relationship between medical practice characteristics and quality of care for cardiovascular disease. Med Care Res Rev. Dec 20, 2007 (Epub ahead of print)

Lee GM. Varicella vaccination in adults: is it cost-effective? Clin Infect Dis. 2007:44;8:1040-1048.

Lee GM, Murphy TV, Lett S, Cortese MM, Kretsinger K, Schauer S, Lieu TA. Cost effectiveness of pertussis vaccination in adults. Am J Prev Med 2007;32:186-193.

Lee GM, Santoli J, Hannan C, Messonnier ML, Sabin JE, Rusinak D, Gay C, Lett SM, Lieu TA. Gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children in the United States. JAMA 2007;298:638-643.

Lee TA, Fuhlbrigge AL, Sullivan SD, Finkelstein JA, Inui TS, Lozano P, Weiss KP. Agreement between caregiver reported healthcare utilization and administrative data form children with asthma. J Asthma. 2007;44;3:189-194.

Lieu TA, Kulldorff M, Davis RL, Lewis EM, Weintraub E, Yih K, Yim R, Brown JS, Platt R: for the Vaccine Safety Datalink Rapid Cycle Analysis Team. Real-time vaccine safety surveillance for the early detection of adverse events. Med Care. 2007;45;(10 suppl 2):S89-95.

Ly NP, Rifas-Shiman SL, Litonjua AA, Tzianabos AO, Schaub B, Ruiz-Perez B,Tantisira KG, Finn PW, Gillman MW, Weiss ST, Gold DR. Cord blood cytokines and acute lower respiratory illnesses in the first year of life. Pediatrics. 2007;119;1:171-178.

Mazor KM, Sabin JE, Boudreau D, Goodman MJ, Gurwitz JH, Herrinton LJ, Raebel MA, Roblin D, Smith DH, Meterko V, Platt R. Cluster randomized trials: opportunities and barriers identified by leaders of eight health plans. Med Care. 2007;45;(10 supl 2):S29-37.

Mazumdar M, Heeney MM, Sox CM, Lieu TA. Preventing stroke among children with sickle cell anemia: an analysis of strategies that involve Transcranial Doppler Testing and chronic transfusion. Pediatrics 2007;120;4:1107-1116.

Mehrota A, Pearson SD, Coltin KL, Kleinman KP, Singer JA, Rabson B, Schneider EC. The response of physician groups to P4P incentives. Am J Man Care. 2007;13;5:249-255.

Miner AL, Losina E, Katz JN, Fossel AH, Platt R. Deep infection after total knee-replacement: impact of laminar airflow systems and body exhaust suits in the modern operating room. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007;28;2:222-226.

Neumark-Sztainer DR, Wall MM, Haines JI, Story MT, Sherwood NE, van den Berg PA. Shared risk and protective factors for overweight and disordered eating in adolescents. Am J Prev Med. 2007;33;5:359-369.

Oken E, Ning Y, Rifas-Shiman SL, Rich-Edwards JW, Olsen SF, Gillman MW. Diet during pregnancy and risk of preeclampsia or gestational hypertension. Ann Epidemiol. 17;9:663-668.

Oken E, Taveras EM, Kleinman KP, Rich-Edwards JW, Gillman MW. Gestational weight gain and child adiposity at age 3 years. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;196.

Oken E, Taveras EM, Popoola FA, Rich-Edwards JW, Gillman MW. Television, walking, and diet associations with postpartum weight retention. Am J Prev Med 2007;32:305-311.

Olsen SF, Halldorsson TI, Willett WC, Knudson VK, Gillman MW, Mikkelsen TB, Olsen J, and the NUTRIX Corsortium. Milk consumption during pregnancy is associated with increased infant size at birth: prospective cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;86:1104-1110.

Pelton SI, Huot H, Finkelstein JA, Bishop CJ, Hsu KK, Kellenberg J, Huang SS, Goldstein R, Hanage WP. Emergency of 19A as virulent and multidrug resistant Pneumococcus in Massachusetts following universal immunization in infants with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2997;26;6468-472.

Pereira MA, Rifas Shiman SL, Kleinman KP, Rich-Edwards JW, Peterson KE, Gillman MW. Predictors of change in physical activity during and after pregnancy: Project Viva. Am J Prev Med. 2007;32;4:312-319.

Platt R. Speed bumps, potholes, and tollbooths on the road to panacea: making best use of data. Health Affairs. 2007;26;2:w153-155.

Raebel MA, McClure DL, Chan KA, Simon SR, Feldstein AC, Lafata FE, Andrade SE, Gunter MJ, Nelson WW, Roblin D, Platt R. Laboratory evaluation of potassium and creatinine among ambulatory patients prescribed spironolactone: are we monitoring for lyperkalemia. Ann Pharmacother. 2007;41;2:193-200.

Recuenco S, Eidson M, Kulldorff M, Johnson G, Cherry B. Spatial and temporal patterns of enzootic raccoon rabies adjusted for multiple covariate. Int J Health Georgr. 2007;11;6:14.

Rolka H, Burkom H, Cooper GF, Kulldorff M, Madigan D, Wong WK. Issues in applied statistics for public health bioterrorism surveillance using multiple data streams: research needs. Stat Med. 2007;26;8:1834-1856.

Rolnick SJ, Altschuler A, Nekhlyudov L, Elmore JG, Greene SM, Harris EL, Herrinton LJ, Barton MB, Geiger AM, Fletcher SW. What women wish they knew before prophylactic mastectomy. Cancer Nurs. 2007;30;4:285-291.

Schech S, Graham D, Staffa J, Andrade SE, Grenade LL, Burgess M, Blough D, Stergachis A, Chan KA, Platt R, Shatin D. Risk factors for statin-associated rhabdomyolysis. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2007;Aug 7 (epub ahead of print).

Sequist TD, Cullen T, Hays H, Taualii MM, Simon SR, Bates DW. Implementation and use of an electronic health record within the Indian Health Service. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14;2:171-197.

Simon SR, Bui A, Day S, Berti D, Volkan K. The relationship between second-year medical students’ OSCE scores and USMLE Step scores. J Eval Clin Pract. 2007;13;6:901-905.

Simon SR, Kaushal R, Cleary PD, Jenter CA, Volk LA, Poon EG, Orav EJ, Lo HG. Correlates of electronic health record adoption in offices practices: a statewide survey. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2007;14:110-117.

Simon SR, Rodriguez HP, Kleinman K, Warner C, Salem-Schatz S, Miroshnik I, Soumerai SB, Prosser LA. Economic analysis of a randomized trial of academic detailing interventions to improve use of hypertensive medications. J Clin Hypertens. 2007;9;1:15-20.

Sinha A, Levine O, Knoll MD, Muhib F, Lieu TA. Cost effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the prevention of child mortality: an international economic analysis. Lancet 2007;369:389-396.

Soumerai SB, Law MR. Cost-effectiveness of schizophrenia pharmacotherapy. Am J Psych. 2007;164;4:678.

Spear BA,Barlow SE, Ervin C, Ludwig DS, Laelens BE, Schetzina KE, Taveras EM. Recommendations for treatment of child and adolescent overweight and obesity. Pediatrics. 2007;120 (suppl);4:S254-S288.

Srivastava R, Landrigan CP, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Homer CJ, Goldmann DA, Muret-Wagstaff S. Impact of a hospitalist system on length of stay and cost for children with common conditions. Pediatrics. 2007;120;2:267-274.

Steinberg S. Ethical issues of egg donation, in Biomedical Ethics: A multidisciplinary approach to moral issues in medicine and biology, Steinberg D, ed., University Press of New England, Hanover, New Hampshire and London, England, 2007, p. 122-123.

Tantisira KG, Silverman ES, Mariani TJ, Xu J, Richter BG, Klanderman BJ, Litonjua AA, Lazarus R, Rosenwasser LJ, Fuhlbrigge AL, Weiss ST. FCER2: a pharmacogenetic basis for severe exacerbations in children with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2007;120;6:1285-1291.

Taveras EM, Field AE, Berkey CS, Rifas-Shiman SL, Frazier AL, Colditz GA, Gillman MW. Longitudinal relationship between television viewing and leisure-time physical activity during adolescence. Pediatrics 2007;119:e314-319.

Taveras EM, Lapelle N, Gupta RA, Finkelstein JA. Planning for health promotion in low income preschool child care settings: focus groups of parents and child care providers. Ambul Pediatr 2007;6:342-346.

Taveras EM, Sobol AM, Hannon C. Finkelstein D, Wiecha J, Gortmaker SL. Youths’ perception of overweight-related prevention counseling at a primary care visit. Obesity. 2007;15;4:831-836.

Thompson WW, Price C, Goodson B, Shay DK, Benson P, Hinrichsen VL, Lewis E, Eriksen E, Ray P, Marcy SM, Dunn J, Jackson LA, Lieu TA, Black S, Steward G, Weintraub ES,Davis RL, Destefano F, Vaccine Safety Datalink Team. Early thimersol exposure and neuropsychological outcomes at 7 to 10 years. N Engl J Med. 2007;357;1281-1292.

Trinacty CM, Adams AS, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Meigs JB, Piette JD, Ross-Degnan D. Racial differences in long-term self-monitoring practice among newly drug-treated diabetes patients in an HMO. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22;11:506-513.

Volandes AF, Lehmann LS, Cook EF, Shaykevich S, Abbo ED, Gillick MR. Using video images of dementia in advance care planning. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167;8:828-833.

Wagner AK, Ross-Degnan D,Gurwitz JH, Zhang F, Gilden DB, Cosler L, Soumerai SB. Effect of New York State regulatory action on benzodiazepine prescribing and hip fracture rates. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146;2:96-103.

Ward MH, Cross AJ, Divan H, Kulldorff M, Nowell-Kadlubar S, Kadlubar FF, Sinha R. Processed meat intake, CYP2A6 activity and risk of colorectal adenoma. Carcinogenesis. 2007;28;6:1210-1216.

Wharam JF, Daniels N. Toward evidence-based policy making and standardized assessment of health policy reform. JAMA. 2007;298;6:676-679.

Wharam JF, Landon BE, Galbraith AA, Kleinman KP, Soumerai SB. Emergency department use and subsequent hospitalization among members of a high-deductible health plan. JAMA. 2007;297;10:1093-1102.

Wu AC, Paltiel AD, Kuntz KM, Weiss ST, Fuhlbrigge AL. Cost-effectiveness of amalizumab in adults with severe asthma: results from the Asthma Policy Model. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2007;120;5:1146-1152.

Wu AC, Wisler-Sher DJ, Griswold K, Colson E, Shapiro ED, Holmboe ES, Benin AL. Postpartum mothers’ attitudes, knowledge, and trust regarding vaccination. Matern Child Health J. 2007. Nov 7, Epub ahead of print.

Zhang Y, Soumerai SB. Do newer prescription drugs pay for themselves? A reassessment of the evidence. Health Aff 2007;26:880-886.


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