1992
Congental Defects and Electric Bed Heating in New York State: A Register-based Case-Control Study
Dlugosz L, Vena J, Byers T, Sever L, Bracken M, Marshall E. Congental Defects and Electric Bed Heating in New York State: A Register-based Case-Control Study. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1992, 135: 1000-1011. PMID: 1595686, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBedsCase-Control StudiesCleft LipCleft PalateConfidence IntervalsConfounding Factors, EpidemiologicEducational StatusElectricityEmploymentFemaleFeverHeatingHumansInfant, NewbornMaleMaternal AgeNeural Tube DefectsNew YorkOdds RatioParityRacial GroupsRegistriesResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsSex FactorsSmokingSurveys and QuestionnairesVitaminsConceptsCase-control studyCleft palateOdds ratioCleft lipCongenital defectsOral cleft defectsRespective odds ratiosNew York State Congenital Malformations RegistryConfidence intervalsElectric blanket usePotential confounding factorsCongenital Malformations RegistryNeural tube defectsOdds ratio estimatesElectric blanketHeated waterbedsNew York residentsSeason of conceptionLast mensesRisk factorsChildhood cancerMaternal raceCleft defectsConfounding factorsMalformations Registry
1986
EFFECT OF MARIJUANA USE IN PREGNANCY ON FETAL GROWTH
HATCH E, BRACKEN M. EFFECT OF MARIJUANA USE IN PREGNANCY ON FETAL GROWTH. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1986, 124: 986-993. PMID: 3776981, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational age infantsLow birth weightPreterm deliveryAge infantsBirth weightSmall gestational age infantsLow birth weight infantsWhite womenYale-New Haven HospitalBirth weight infantsSingleton live birthsMarijuana useWeight infantsGestational ageProspective studyFetal growthRisk factorsLive birthsNonwhite womenInfantsRegular useWomenPregnancyElevated ratesRiskCHORIOCARCINOMA INCIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
BRINTON L, BRACKEN M, CONNELLY R. CHORIOCARCINOMA INCIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1986, 123: 1094-1100. PMID: 3706279, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114337.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFold elevated riskIncidence of choriocarcinomaMajority of casesOverall incidenceMaternal ageExcess riskHigh riskElevated riskIncidence patternsHealth StatisticsDisease controlIncidenceBirth effectLivebirthsLower ratesRiskAgeUnited StatesWhitesEnd resultPregnancyChoriocarcinomaYearsEpidemiologyWomen
1984
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HYDATIDIFORM MOLE AND CHORIOCARCINOMA
BRACKEN M, BRINTON L, HAYASHI K. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HYDATIDIFORM MOLE AND CHORIOCARCINOMA. Epidemiologic Reviews 1984, 6: 52-75. PMID: 6386504, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a036275.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1982
HYDATIDIFORM MOLE IN THE UNITED STATES (1970–1977): A STATISTICAL AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS1
HAYASHI K, BRACKEN M, FREEMAN D, HELLENBRAND K. HYDATIDIFORM MOLE IN THE UNITED STATES (1970–1977): A STATISTICAL AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS1. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1982, 115: 67-77. PMID: 7055132, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence of hydatidiformMaternal ageWomen 35 yearsHospital Discharge SurveyHigh rateEpidemiologic featuresDischarge SurveyIncidence rateSecond highest rateAge adjustmentHealth StatisticsHydatidiform MoleWhite womenHydatidiformEight-year periodWomenPregnancyBlack womenUnited StatesIncidencePresent studyAgeAndrogenetic originApparent increaseEntire sample