Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) might increase the risk of childhood diseases by
disrupting hormone-mediated processes that are critical for growth and development during …

Controlling for too many potential confounders can lead to or aggravate problems of data
sparsity or multicollinearity, particularly when the number of covariates is large in relation to …

Background: Gestational exposure to several common agricultural pesticides can induce
developmental neurotoxicity in humans, and has been associated with developmental delay …

Objective: To examine cross sectional associations between mobility with or without
disability and social engagement in a community-based sample of older adults. Methods …

ABSTRACT Background Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is an established risk factor for develo**
Parkinson's disease (PD), but its effect on disease progression is not well understood …

Most epidemiology textbooks that discuss models are vague on details of model selection.
This lack of detail may be understandable since selection should be strongly influenced by …

Background Emerging findings have increased concern that exposure to fine particulate
matter air pollution (aerodynamic diameter≤ 2.5 μm; PM 2.5) may be neurotoxic, even at …

Background Older adults and people from certain racial and ethnic groups are
disproportionately represented in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalizations …

STUDY QUESTION Are different dietary patterns associated with semen parameters in
young men? STUDY ANSWER The consumption of a Prudent dietary pattern was …

Background: We sought to determine the association between maternal vitamin D status
at≤ 26 weeks' gestation and the risk of preeclampsia by clinical subtype. Methods: We …