2025
Increasing rat numbers in cities are linked to climate warming, urbanization, and human population
Richardson J, McCoy E, Parlavecchio N, Szykowny R, Beech-Brown E, Buijs J, Buckley J, Corrigan R, Costa F, DeLaney R, Denny R, Helms L, Lee W, Murray M, Riegel C, Souza F, Ulrich J, Why A, Kiyokawa Y. Increasing rat numbers in cities are linked to climate warming, urbanization, and human population. Science Advances 2025, 11: eads6782. PMID: 39888984, PMCID: PMC11784805, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ads6782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRat numbersHuman populationSeasonal activity periodFuture management strategiesMitigation needsFood availabilityFuture vulnerabilityLong-term trendsPublic complaintsBiological impactClimate warmingEnvironmental changesWarmer temperaturesCommensal pestsManagement strategiesCityRat populationsWashington D.C.Estimate trendsUrbanizationNew YorkUrban ratsActive periodIncreasing trendWarming
2018
Trends in Illicit Drug Use Among Smokers and Nonsmokers in the United States, 2002-2014.
Moeller S, Fink D, Gbedemah M, Hasin D, Galea S, Zvolensky M, Goodwin R. Trends in Illicit Drug Use Among Smokers and Nonsmokers in the United States, 2002-2014. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2018, 79 PMID: 29894597, PMCID: PMC6139671, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.17m11718.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPast-month illicit drug useIllicit drug useCigarette smoking statusFormer smokersNever smokersDrug useSmoking statusGeneral populationNational Survey on Drug Use and HealthDrug Use and HealthNationally representative dataDrug-related outcomesUnited StatesTobacco controlModifiable barriersDrug use prevalenceRepresentative dataSmokersCigarette smokingCigarette smokersEstimate trendsCigaretteNeverCannabis usePrevalence
2016
Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants
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Boeing H, Boissonnet C, Bongard V, Bovet P, Braeckman L, Bragt M, Brajkovich I, Branca F, Breckenkamp J, Brenner H, Brewster L, Brian G, Bruno G, Bueno-de-Mesquita H, Bugge A, Burns C, de León A, Cacciottolo J, Cama T, Cameron C, Camolas J, Can G, Cândido A, Capuano V, Cardoso V, Carvalho M, Casanueva F, Casas J, Caserta C, Castetbon K, Chamukuttan S, Chan A, Chan Q, Chaturvedi H, Chaturvedi N, Chen C, Chen F, Chen H, Chen S, Chen Z, Cheng C, Chetrit A, Chiolero A, Chiou S, Chirita-Emandi A, Cho Y, Christensen K, Chudek J, Cifkova R, Claessens F, Clays E, Concin H, Cooper C, Cooper R, Coppinger T, Costanzo S, Cottel D, Cowell C, Craig C, Crujeiras A, D’Arrigo G, d’Orsi E, Dallongeville J, Damasceno A, Damsgaard C, Danaei G, Dankner R, Dauchet L, De Backer G, De Bacquer D, de Gaetano G, De Henauw S, De Smedt D, Deepa M, Deev A, Dehghan A, Delisle H, Delpeuch F, Dhana K, Di Castelnuovo A, Dias-da-Costa J, Diaz A, Djalalinia S, P H, Dobson A, Donfrancesco C, Döring A, Doua K, Drygas W, 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