2001
Cancer incidence in women with or at risk for HIV
Phelps R, Smith D, Heilig C, Gardner L, Carpenter C, Klein R, Jamieson D, Vlahov D, Schuman P, Holmberg S, Group S. Cancer incidence in women with or at risk for HIV. International Journal Of Cancer 2001, 94: 753-757. PMID: 11745473, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive cervical cancerLung cancerHigh-risk human immunodeficiency virusRace-matched womenCurrent antiretroviral therapyHistory of smokingMonths of diagnosisInjection drug useHuman immunodeficiency virusHIV Epidemiology Research StudyCare of womenRates of cancerCancer incidence dataInterval diagnosisUninfected womenAntiretroviral therapyHIV infectionStudy closureCervical cancerImmunodeficiency virusYoung smokersHodgkin's lymphomaMedical recordsCancer incidenceKaposi's sarcoma
1999
Relationship between HIV‐1 viral load and continued drug use in untreated infected injection drug users
CARRIERI M, TAMALET C, VLAHOV D, YAHI N, CHESNEY M, MOATTI J. Relationship between HIV‐1 viral load and continued drug use in untreated infected injection drug users. Addiction Biology 1999, 4: 197-202. PMID: 20575786, DOI: 10.1080/13556219971704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecent heroin injectionViral loadDrug useHeroin injectionHIV-1 plasma viral loadInfected injection drug usersHIV-1 viral loadHIV viral loadPlasma viral loadDevelopment of AIDSContinued drug useInjection drug usersLong-term progressionSelf-administered questionnaireAntiretroviral treatmentClinical stageClinical examinationMedical recordsOutpatient carePatientsDrug usersSerological assaysHospital departmentsLaboratory informationRisk practices
1997
Design and Baseline Participant Characteristics of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemiology Research (HER) Study: A Prospective Cohort Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in US Women
Smith D, Warren D, Vlahov D, Schuman P, Stein M, Greenberg B, Holmberg S, Group F. Design and Baseline Participant Characteristics of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemiology Research (HER) Study: A Prospective Cohort Study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in US Women. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1997, 146: 459-469. PMID: 9290506, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009299.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUS womenHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionPublic Health Service agenciesImmunodeficiency virus infectionProspective cohort studyInjection drug useHIV-infected womenBaseline participant characteristicsInpatient medical recordsHealth service agenciesSexual risk behaviorsUninfected womenHIV cohortCohort studyInfected womenHIV infectionPhysical examinationMedical recordsHIV epidemicLongitudinal cohortVirus infectionCare settingsHigh riskDrug useRisk behaviors
1995
Review of Accidents/Injuries Among Emergency Medical Services Workers in Baltimore, Maryland
Gershon R, Vlahov D, Kelen G, Conrad B, Murphy L. Review of Accidents/Injuries Among Emergency Medical Services Workers in Baltimore, Maryland. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 1995, 10: 14-18. PMID: 10155400, DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00041583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency medical service workersMedical service workersEMS workersEmployee health clinicLost work daysMost incidentsHospital visitsAccidents/injuriesHeavier patientsMedical recordsHealth clinicsOccupational exposureBlinded reviewPrevention strategiesBody sitesInjuryUrban fire departmentRespiratory systemWork daysService workersFire departmentsExposureDepartmentBody fluidsSprains
1990
Variation in Risk for Falls by Clinical Department: Implications for Prevention
Rohde J, Myers A, Vlahov D. Variation in Risk for Falls by Clinical Department: Implications for Prevention. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1990, 11: 521-524. DOI: 10.2307/30151319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient daysFall rateClinical departmentsTotal patient daysInjury prevention programsAcute care hospitalsBed acute care hospitalRate of fallInpatient fallsOncology servicesMedical recordsRetrospective analysisAdult servicesPrevention programsOne-year periodPsychiatry departmentPatientsInjuryAdditional yearIncident reportsDepartmentAgeFallDaysHospitalVariation in risk for falls by clinical department: implications for prevention.
Rohde J, Myers A, Vlahov D. Variation in risk for falls by clinical department: implications for prevention. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1990, 11: 521-4. PMID: 2230041, DOI: 10.1086/646085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient daysFall rateClinical departmentsTotal patient daysInjury prevention programsAcute care hospitalsBed acute care hospitalRate of fallInpatient fallsOncology servicesMedical recordsRetrospective analysisAdult servicesPrevention programsOne-year periodPsychiatry departmentPatientsInjuryAdditional yearIncident reportsDepartmentAgeFallDaysHospital