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Air Pollution, Economic Development of Communities, and Health Status Among the Elderly in Urban China (with Danan Gu), American Journal of Epidemiology (2008)

In Western societies, the impact of air pollution on residents’ health is higher in less...

 

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Air pollution, economic development of communities, and health status among the elderly in urban China. (with Danan Gu), American Journal of Epidemiology (2008)

In Western societies, the impact of air pollution on residents' health is higher in less...

 

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The More Engagement, the Better? A Study of Mortality of the Oldest Old in China (with Yuzhi Liu), Healthy Longevity in China : Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Psychological Dimensions (2008)

This chapter investigates the role of social engagement in mortality among the oldest old in...

 

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Assessment of Pneumonia in Older Adults: Effect of Functional Status (with Lona Mody and Suzanne F. Bradley), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2006)

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Evaluate the effect of preadmission functional status on severity of pneumonia, length of hospital...

 

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Incidence of Four-Generation Family Lineages: Is Timing of Fertility or Mortality a Better Explanation? (with Sarah H. Matthews), Journals of Gerontology, Series B (2006)

Objectives. This article estimates the percentage of lineages that include four or more generations for...

 

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Mortality of the Oldest Old in China (with Yuzhi Liu), Journal of Aging and Health (2006)

Objective: This study investigates the role of customary activities, both social and solitary, in mortality...

 

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Financial Consequences of Rural Hospital Long-Term Care Strategies (with Bruce Stuart, Mary Fennell, and Susan E. Campbell), Health Care Management Review (2006)

Data for 540 rural hospitals from 1982 to 1997 were analyzed to determine whether adoption...

 

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Diversity and Structure of Intergenerational Relationships: Elderly Parent–Adult Child Relations in Korea (with Keong-Suk Park, Voonchin Phua, and James McNally), Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology (2005)

Korean society has undergone a rapid demographic transition that has challenged traditional patterns of family...

 

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Worry about Medical Care, Family Support, and Depression of the Elders in Urban China, Research on Aging (2004)

This study examines the role of family support in reducing the elders’s depression in the...

 

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Introduction of a Waterless Alcohol-based Hand Rub in a Long-term Care Facility (with Lona Mody, McNeil A. Shelly, Bradley Suzanne, and Carol A. Kauffman), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2003)

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To examine the impact of introduction of an alcohol-based hand rub on hand hygiene...

 

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Old Age Support in Contemporary Urban China from Both Parents’ and Children’s Perspectives, Research on Aging (2002)

This article explores the links between old age support and the characteristics of both parents...

 

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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Older Veterans: Does the Pneumonia Prognosis Index Help? (with Lona Mody and Suzanne Bradley), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2002)

OBJECTIVES: Mortality rates from pneumonia increase steadily with age. Recently, a disease severity model (the...

 

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Sexual and Fertility Behaviors of American Females Aged 15–19 Years: 1985, 1990, and 1995 (with Dennis P. Hogan and Gretchen T. Cornwell), American Journal of Public Health (2000)

Objectives.This study characterized changes in sexual and reproductive behaviors from 1985 through 1995 among American...

 

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Grandmothers, Formal Care, and Educational Advantage in China (with Susan Short), Inequality Across Societies: Families, Schools and Persisting Stratification (Research in the Sociology of Education, Volume 14) (2003)

Among U.S. children, research indicates that early childhood experiences, including the child care environment, affect...