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2007:

Urban G, Vergani P, Tironi R, Ceruti P, Vertemati E, Sala F, Pogliani E, Triche E, Lockwood C, Paidas M. Antithrombotic prophylaxis in multiparous women with preeclampsia or intrauterine growth retardation in antecedent pregnancy. International Journal of Fertility & Women's Medicine 2007, Vol 52, number 2. In Press.

Triche EW, Hossein N: Genetic Influences on smoking cessation and relapse in pregnant women. Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Feb 2008, Vol 29, No. 2.

Bracken MB, DeWan A, Hoh J. Genome Wide Association Studies, In Rebbeck TR, Ambrosone CA, Shields, PG. Fundamentals of Molecular Epidemiology. New York: Taylor and Francis, 2007.

Rogal SS, Poschman K, Belanger K, Howell HB, Smith MV, Medina J, Yonkers KA. Effects of posttraumatic stress disorder on pregnancy outcomes. J Affect Disord. 2007 Sep;102(1-3):137-43. Epub 2007 Feb 8.

Bracken MB. Rosiglitazone and cardiovascular risk. N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 30;357(9):937-8; author reply 939-40.

Hossain N, Shamsi T, Haider S, Soomro N, Khan NH, Memon GU, Farzana T, Ansari S, Triche EW, Kuczynski E, Lockwood CJ, Paidas MJ. Use of recombinant activated factor VII for massive postpartum hemorrhage. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2007 Aug 29;:1-7 [Epub ahead of print].

Bell ML, Ebisu K, Belanger K. Ambient air pollution and low birth weight in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2007 Jul;115(7):1118-24, 2007.

Beckett W, Gent J, Naeher L, Belanger K, Triche E, Bracken MB, Leaderer B. Peak expiratory flow rate variability is not affected by home combustion sources in a group of non-smoking women. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 2006 Jul-Aug;61(4):176-82, 2007.

De Wan A, Bracken MB, Hoh J. Two distinct genetic pathways for age-related macular degeneration. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, Jun;17(3):228-33. Epub 2007 Apr 27. Review.

Triche EW, Hossain N. Environmental factors implicated in the causation of adverse pregnancy outcome. Semin Perinatol. 2007 Aug;31(4):240-2. Review.

Goyert HF, Frank ME, Gent JF, Hettinger TP. Characteristic component odors emerge from mixtures after selective adaptation. Brain Res Bull. Apr 2;72(1):1-9. Epub 2007 Jan 16. Erratum in: Brain Res Bull. 2007 Jul 12;73(4-6):330.

Pettigrew MM, Gent JF, Zhu Y, Triche EW, Belanger K, Holford TR, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Respiratory symptoms among infants at risk for asthma: association with surfactant protein A haplotypes. BMC Medical Genetics 8:15 (02 Apr 2007).

Sanyal MK, Mercan D, Belanger K, Santella RM. DNA adducts in human placenta exposed to ambient environment and passive cigarette smoke during pregnancy. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2007 Apr;79(4):289-94.

2006:

Illuzzi JL, Bracken MB. Duration of intrapartum prophylaxis for neonatal group B streptococcal disease: A systematic review . Obstetrics and Gynecology 108(5):1254-65, 2006.

Kwon H, Triche E, Belanger K, Bracken MB. The epidemiology of asthma during pregnancy: prevalence, diagnosis and symptoms. In Asthma and Rhinitis during Pregnancy, M Schatz (Ed.). Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 26(1):29-62, 2006.

Pettigrew MM, Gent JF, Zhu Y, Triche EW, Belanger KD, Holford TR, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Association of surfactant protein A polymorphisms with otitis media in infants at risk for asthma. BMC Medical Genetics 7: 68, 2006

Bell ML, RD Peng, F Dominici (2006). The exposure-response curve for ozone and risk of mortality and the adequacy of current ozone regulations. Environmental Health Perspectives 114(4), p. 532-536.

Belanger K, Gent JG, Triche EW, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Association of indoor nitrogen dioxide exposure with respiratory symptoms in asthmatic children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Feb 1;173(3):297-303. Epub 2005 Oct 27.

Bracken MB . Cotinine and spontaneous abortion: might variations in metabolism play a role? Epidemiology 17: 492-494, 2006

Kwon H, Belanger K, Holford TR, Bracken MB. Effect of fetal sex on airway lability in pregnant women with asthma. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Feb 1;163(3):217-21. Epub 2005 Dec 15.

Bell ML, Davis DL, Gouveia N, Borja-Aburto VH, Cifuentes LA. The avoidable health effects of air pollution in three Latin American cities: Santiago, Sao Paulo , and Mexico City. Environ Res. 2006 Mar;100(3):431-440. Epub 2005 Sep 19.

Triche EW, Gent JF, Holford TR, Belanger K, Bracken MB, Beckett WS, McSharry J-e, Leaderer BP. Low level ozone exposure and respiratory symptoms in infants. Env Health Persp; 2006 Jun; 114(6):911-916.

Grosso LM, Triche EW, Belanger K, Benowitz NL, Holford TR, Bracken MB. Caffeine metabolites in umbilical cord blood, cytochrome P450 1A2 activity and intrauterine growth restriction. Am J Epidemiol; 2006 Jun 1;163(11):1035-41. Epub 2006 Apr 26.

Smith GL, Lichtman JH, Bracken MB, Phillips CO, Capua P, Krumholz HM (2006). Renal impariment and outcomes in heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiology; 47: 1987-1996.

Bloch MH, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Kelmendi B, Coric V, Bracken MB, Leckman JF. Antipsychotic augmentation with treatment refractory obsessive compulsive disorder: a systematic review. Molecular Psychiatry; 2006; 7:622-632.

Gould-Rothberg BE, Bracken MB. E-cadherin immunohistochemical expression as a prognostic factor in infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment; 2006 Jun 22; [Epub ahead of print].

National Institutes of Health State-of–the Science Conference Statement ( Bracken MB member): Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request. Obstetrics and Gynecology 107: 1386-1397, 2006

Hardy JR, Leaderer BP, Holford TR, Hall GC, Bracken MB. Safety of medications prescribed before and during early pregnancy in a cohort of 81,975 mothers from the UK General Practice Research Database. Pharmacology and Drug Safety; 2006 Aug;15(8):555-64.

2005:
Beydoun H, Saftlas AF, Harland K, Triche E. Combining conditional and unconditional recruitment incentives could facilitate telephone tracing in surveys of post-partum women. J Clin Epidemiol.; in press, 2005.

Bracken MB. CRASH (Corticosteroid Randomization after Significant Head Injury Trial): landmark and storm warning.
Neurosurgery. 2005 Dec;57(6):1300-2; discussion 1300-2.

Gluckman PD, Wyatt JS, Azzopardi D, et al. CoolCap Study Group. Selective head cooling with mild systemic hypothermia after neonatal encephalopathy: multicentre randomised trial. Lancet. 365:663-70, 2005.

Triche EW, Belanger K, Hellenbrand K, Bracken MB, Beckett WS, Holford TR, Gent JF, McSharry J-e, Leaderer BP. Indoor heating sources and respiratory symptoms in nonsmoking women. Epidemiology.16:377-84, 2005.

Litonjua AA, Belanger K, Celedón JC, Milton DK, Bracken MB, Kraft P, Triche EW, Weiss ST, Leaderer BP, Gold DR. Polymorphisms in the 5’ region of the CD14 gene are associated with eczema in young children. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 115:1056-62, 2005.

Klein RJ, Zeiss C, Chew EY, Tsai J, Sackler RR, Haynes C, Henning AK, SanGiovanni JP, Mane SM, Mayne ST, Bracken MB, Ferris FL, Ott J, Barnstable C, Hoh J. Complement factor H polymorphism in age-related macular degeneration. Science. 308:385-9, 2005.

Saftlas AF, Beydoun H, Triche EW. Immunogenetic determinants of preeclampsia and related pregnancy disorders: A systematic review. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 106(1):162-172, 2005.

Bell ML, Dominici F, Samet JM. A meta-analysis of time-series studies of ozone and mortality with comparison to the national morbidity, mortality, and air pollution study. Epidemiology 16(4):436-445, 2005.

Jarvis DL, Leaderer BP, Chinn S, Burney PG. Indoor nitrous acid and respiratory symptoms and lung function in adults. Thorax. 2005 Jun;60(6):474-9.

Lioy P, Leaderer B, Graham J, Lebret E, Sheldon L, Needham L, Pellizzari E, Lebowitz M. The Major Themes from the Plenary Panel Session of the International Society of Exposure Analysis -- 2004 Annual Meeting on: The Application of Exposure Assessment to Environmental Health Science and Public Policy -- What has been Accomplished and What Needs to Happen before Our 25th Anniversary in 2014. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 2005 Mar;15(2):121-2.

CRASH trial collaborators. Final results of MRC CRASH, a randomized placebo-controlled trial of intravenous corticosteroid in adults with head injury - outcomes at 6 months. Lancet. 365:1957-59, 2005.

Grosso LM, Bracken MB. Caffeine metabolism, genetics and perinatal outcomes: a review of exposure assessment considerations during pregnancy. Annals of Epidemiology. 15:460-466, 2005.

Bracken MB. Genomic epidemiology of complex disease: the need for an electronic evidence-based approach to research synthesis. Am J Epidemiol. 162:297-301, 2005.

2004:
Zheng T, Holford TR, Leaderer B, Zhang Y, Zahm SH, Flynn S, Tallini G, Zhang B, Zhou K, Owens PH, Lan Q, Rothman N, Boyle P. Diet and Nutrient Intakes and Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Connecticut Women. Am J Epidemiol. 159:454-66, 2004.

Zhang Y, Holford TR, Leaderer B, Boyle P, Zahm SH, Flynn S, Tallini G, Owens PH, Zheng T. Hair-coloring product use and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a population-based case-control study in Connecticut. Am J Epidemiol. 159:148-54, 2004.

Zhang Y, Holford TR, Leaderer B, Zahm SH, Boyle P, Morton LM, Zhang B, Zou K, Flynn S, Tallini G, Owens PH, Zheng T. Prior Medical Conditions and Medication use and Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Connecticut United States Women. Cancer Causes Control, 2004. 15:419-28.

van Strien RT, Gent J, Belanger K, Triche E, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Exposure to NO2 and nitrous acid and respiratory symptoms in the first year of life. Epidemiology, 2004. 15:471-478.

van Strien RT, Gehring U, Belanger K, Triche E, Gent J, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. The influence of air conditioning, humidity, temperature and other household characteristics on mite allergen concentrations in the Northeastern United States. Allergy, 2004. 59:645-52.

Triche EW, Saftlas AF, Belanger K, Leaderer BP, Bracken MB. Association of asthma diagnosis, severity, symptoms, and treatment with risk of preeclampsia. Obstet Gynecol, 2004. 104:585-93.

Saftlas AF, Logsden-Sackett N, Wang W, Woolson RF, Bracken MB. Work, leisure time physical activity and risk of preeclampsia. Am J Epidemiol, 2004. 160:758-765.

Bell ML, McDermott A, Zeger SL, Samet JM, Dominici F. Ozone and short term mortality in 95 US urban communities, 1987-2000. JAMA 292(19):2372-2378, 2004.

Saftlas AF, Waldschmidt M, Logsden-Sackett N, Triche E, Field E. Optimizing buccall cell DNA yields in mothers and infants for Human Leukocyte Antigen genotyping. Am J Epidemiol, 2004. 160:77-84.

Pound P, Ebrahim S, Sandercock P, Bracken MB, Roberts I. Revewing Animal Trials Systematically (RATS) Group. Where is the evdience that animal research benefits humans? BMJ, 2004. 328:514-7.

Pettigrew M, Gent JF, Triche EW, Belanger KD, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Association of early-onset otitis media in infants and exposure to household mold. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 2004. 18:441-7.

Pettigrew M, Gent J, Belanger K, Triche E, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Infant otitis media and the use of secondary heating sources. Epidemiology, 2004. 15:13-20.

Paidas MP, Ku D-H, Triche EW, Lockwood C, Arkel Y. Does heparin therapy improve pregnancy outcome in patients with thrombophilias? Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2004. 2:1194-95.

Morton LM, Engels EA, Holford TR, Leaderer B, Zhang Y, Zahm SH, Boyle P, Zhang B, Flynn S, Tallini G, Owens PH, Zheng T. Hepatitis C virus and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a population-based case-control study among Connecticut women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2004. 13:425-30.

Kwon H, Belanger K, Bracken MB. Effect of pregnancy and stage of pregnancy on asthma severity: a systematic review. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2004. 190:1201-10.

Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Buzas J, Soll RF, Suresh G, Bracken MB, Leviton LC, Plsek PE, Sinclair JC. Collaborative quality improvement to promote evidence based surfactant for preterm infants: a cluster randomized trial. BMJ, 2004. 329:1004-1011.

Horbar JD, Carpenter JH, Buzas J, Soll RF, Suresh G, Bracken MB, Leviton LC, Plsek PE, Sinclair JC. Timing of initial surfactant treatment for infants 23 to 29 weeks gestation: is routine practice evidence-based? Pediatrics, 2004. 113:1593-602.

Hardy JR, Holford TR, Hall GC, Bracken MB. Strategies for identifying pregnancies in the automated medical records of the General Practice Research Database. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2004. 13:749-759.

Grosso L, Triche EW, Bracken MB. Letter to Editor: Regarding "An unexpected distribution of sodium concentration in serum specimens stored for more than 30 years". Annals of Epidemiology, 2004. 14:77-78.

Gehring U, Triche E, van Strien RT, Belanger K, Holford T, Gold DR, Jankun T, Ren P, McSharry J-e, Beckett WS, Platts-Mills TAE, Chapman MD, Bracken MB, Leaderer B. Prediction of residential pet and cockroach allergen levels using questionnaire information. Environ Health Perspect, 2004. 112:834-839.

Bracken MB, Triche EW. Asthma during pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol, 2004. 103:1001-2.

2003:
Triche E, Belanger K, Hellenbrand K, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Exposure to allergens and IgE sensitization in at-risk children. 13th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis. Stresa, Italy, September 21-25, 2003:313.

Belanger K, Triche E, Gent J, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Indoor and outdoor sources of nitrogen dioxide in homes of asthmatic children. 13th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis. Stresa, Italy, September 21-25, 2003:310.

van Strien RT, Gent J, Belanger K, Triche E, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. NO2 and nitrous acid: Differential gender effects on respiratory symptoms in the first year of life. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2003. 167:A20.

van Strien RT, Belanger K, Triche E, Gehring U, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Prevalence of respiratory symptoms during the first year of life and combined exposure to indoor NO2 and indoor allergens. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2003. 111:abstr 820.

Sinclair JC, Haughton D, Bracken MB, Horbar J, Soll R. Cochrane neonatal systematic reviews: a survey of the evidence for neonatal therapies. In, Evidence-Based Medicine. Clinics of Perinatology, 2003. 30:285-304.

Rose D, Mannino DM, Leaderer BP. Asthma prevalence in US adults, 1998 - 2000: Puerto Rican ethnicity, behavioral and environmental factors. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2003. 167:A36.

Morton LM, Holford TR, Leaderer B, Zhang Y, Zahm SH, Boyle P, Flynn S, Tallini G, Owens PH, Zhang B, Zheng T. Alcohol use and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among Connecticut women (United States). Cancer Causes Control, 2003. 14:687-94.

Morton LM, Holford TR, Leaderer B, Boyle P, Zahm SH, Zhang Y, Flynn S, Tallini G, Zhang B, Owens PH, Zheng T. Cigarette smoking and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes among women. Br J Cancer, 2003. 89:2087-92.

Kwon HL, Belanger K, Bracken MB. Asthma prevalence among pregnant and childbearing-aged women in the United States: Estimates from National Health surveys. Annals of Epidemiology, 2003. 13:317-324.

Katz DL, Williams A-l, Girard C, Goodman J, Comerford B, Behrman A, Bracken MB. The evidence base for complimentary and alternative medicine: methods of evidence mapping with application to CAM. Alternative Therapies, 2003. 9:22-30.

Higgins M, Bailar JC, 3rd, Brauer M, Brunekreef B, Clayton D, Feinleib M, Leaderer B, Smith RL. Commentary: health review committee. J Toxicol Environ Health A, 2003. 66:1655-87.

Gent JF, Belanger K, Triche EW, Holford TR, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Women's peak expiratory flow rate variability is not affected by home combustion sources. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2003. 167:A501.

Gent JF, Triche EW, Holford TR, Belanger K, Bracken MB, Beckett WS, Leaderer BP. Association of low-level ozone and fine particles with respiratory symptoms in children with asthma. Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003. 290:1859-1867.

Bracken MB. The first epidemiologic text. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2003. 157:855-856.

Bracken MB, Triche EW, Belanger K, Hellenbrand K, Saftlas A, Beckett WS, Leaderer BP. Asthma symptoms, severity, and drug therapy: a prospective study of effects on 2205 pregnancies. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2003. 102:739-52.

Bracken MB, Triche E, Belanger K, Hellenbrand K, Leaderer BP. Association of maternal caffeine consumption with decrements in fetal growth. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2003. 157:456-466.

Belanger K, Beckett W, Triche E, Bracken MB, Holford TR, Ren P, McSharry J-E, Gold DR, Platts-Mills TAE, Leaderer BP. Symptoms of wheeze and persistent cough in the first year of life: associations with indoor allergens, air contaminants and maternal history of asthma. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2003. 158:195-202.

Beckett WS, Gent J, Belanger K, Triche E, Naeher L, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Women's peak expiratory flow rate variability is not affected by home combustion sources. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2003. 167:A501.

2002:
Bracken MB. Steroid and spinal cord injury. A Cochrane Systematic Review. Cochrane Library, 2002, Spring.

Zheng T, Niu S, Lu B, Fan X, Sun F, Wang J, Zhang Y, Owens P, Hao L, Li Y, Leaderer B. A population-based case-control study of childhood asthma in Zunyi county, Beijing, China. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2002. 165:A126.

Zheng T, Niu S, Lu B, Fan X, Sun F, Wang J, Zhang Y, Owens P, Hao L, Li Y, Leaderer BP. Childhood Asthma in Beijing, China: A Population-Based Case-Control Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2002. 156:977-983.

Triche EW, Belanger K, Beckett W, Bracken MB, Holford T, Jankun T, McSharry J-e, Leaderer BP. Association between indoor heating and cooking sources and respiratory symptoms in infants. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2002. 165:A676.

Triche EW, Belanger K, Gent JF, Beckett W, Holford T, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Association between indoor heating sources and winter episodes of respiratory symptoms in nonsmoking women. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2002. 165:A676.

Triche E, Belanger K, Beckett W, Bracken MB, Holford TR, Gent J, Jankun T, McSharry J-E, Leaderer B. Infant respiratory symptoms associated with indoor heating sources. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2002. 166:1105-1111.

Ren P, Gent JF, Belanger K, Triche EW, Bracken MB, Hellenbrand K, McSharry J-e, Leaderer BP. Mold levels inside and outside the homes of children with asthma in Southern New England. Epidemiology, 2002. 13:S143.

Ren P, Jankun TM, Leaderer BP. Prevalence of house dust mites, cat and dog allergens in homes in one Northeast American county. 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, 2002. IV:758-763.

Ortega AN, Gergen PJ, Paltiel AD, Bauchner H, Belanger K, Leaderer BP. Impact of site of care, race, and Hispanic ethnicity on medication use for childhood asthma. Pediatrics, 2002. 109:E1.

Narayan RK, Michel ME, Ansell B, Baethmann A, Biegon A, Bracken MB, Bullock MR, Choi SC, Clifton GL, Contant CF, Coplin WM, Dietrich WD, Ghajar J, Grady SM, Grossman RG, Hall ED, Heetderks W, Hovda DA, Jallo J, Katz RL, Knoller N, Kochanek PM, Maas AI, Majde J, Marion DW, Marmarou A, Marshall LF, McIntosh TK, Miller E, Mohberg N, Muizelaar JP, Pitts LH, Quinn P, Riesenfeld G, Robertson CS, Strauss KI, Teasdale G, Temkin N, Tuma R, Wade C, Walker MD, Weinrich M, Whyte J, Wilberger J, Young AB, Yurkewicz L. Clinical trials in head injury. J Neurotrauma, 2002. 19:503-57.

Lee K, Xue J, Geyh AS, Ozkaynak H, Leaderer BP, Weschler CJ, Spengler JD. Nitrous Acid, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Ozone Concentrations in Residential Environments. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002. 110:145-150.

Leaderer BP, Triche E, Belanger K, Holford T, Kim Y, Jankun T, Ren P, McSharry J-e, Bracken MB. Predictors of elevated levels of dust mite, cockroach, cat and dog allergens in the bedding of infants and asthmatic children. Epidemiology, 2002. 13:S146.

Leaderer BP, Triche E, Belanger K, Holford T, Jankun T, Ren P, Beckett W, Bracken M. Household characteristics and dust allergen concentrations in asthmatic homes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2002. 165:A677.

Leaderer BP, Belanger K, Triche E, Holford T, Gold DR, Young K, Jankun TM, Ren P, McSharry J-E, Platts-Mills TAE, Chapman MD, Bracken MB. Dust mite, cockroach, cat and dog allergen concentrations in homes of asthmatic children in northeastern US: impact of socioeconomic factors and population density. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002. 110:419-425.

Holford TR, McKay L, Belanger K, Triche EW, Gent J, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. The association between residential distance from a highway or interstate and severity of asthma symptoms. Epidemiology, 2002. 13:S155.

Gent JF, Belanger K, Triche EW, Holford TR, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Association of summer ozone levels with daily respiratory symptoms and bronchodilator use among children with asthma. Epidemiology, 2002. 13:S155.

Gent JF, Belanger K, Triche E, Ren P, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Levels of household mold associated with respiratory symptoms in the first year of life in a cohort at risk for asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2002. 165:A679.

Gent JF, Ren P, Belanger K, Triche E, Bracken MB. Levels of household mold associated with respiratory symptoms in the first year of life in a cohort at risk for asthma. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002. 110:A781-786.

Bracken MB, Triche E, Belanger K, Hellenbrand K, Leaderer B. Reproductive outcomes in asthmatic women: A prospective study of 2379 pregnancies. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2002. 165:A1226.

Bracken MB. Steroids for acute spinal cord injury. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2002. 3:CD001046.

Bracken MB. Methylprednisolone and acute spinal cord injury. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, 2002. 96:140-141.

Bracken MB, Belanger K, Cookson WO, Triche E, Christiani DC, Leaderer BP. Genetic and perinatal risk factors for asthma onset and severity. Epidemiologic Reviews, 2002. 24:176-189.

Bracken MB. Clinical trials in head injury: a call for larger simpler trials. Journal of Neurotrauma, 2002. 19:532-536.

Bracken MB, Holford TR. Reply to Dr. Benzel. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2002. 95:257-258.

Bracken MB, Holford TR. Neurological and functional status one year after acute spinal cord injury: estimates of functional recovery in NASCIS 2 from results modeled in NASCIS 3. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2002. 96:259-266.

Bracken MB, Eisenberg HM, Herr DL, Hitchon PW, Holford TR, Marshall LF, Perot PL, Piepmeier J, Wagner F, Walker MW, Wilberger JE, Winn HR, Young W. Commentary on: Guidelines for Management of Acute Cervical Spinal Injuries. Neurosurgery, 2002. 50:S xiv-S xix.

Bracken MB, Triche E, Grosso L, Hellenbrand K, Belanger K, Leaderer B. Heterogeneity in assessing self-reports of caffeine exposure: Implications for studies of health effects. Epidemiology, 2002. 13:165-171.

Belanger K, Beckett W, Gent J, Triche E, Leaderer BP. Infant eczema: Association with ethnicity and feeding practices. Ann Epidemiol, 2002. 12:498.

Belanger K, Shi J, Triche EW, Gent JF, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Reliability of indoor allergen measurements repeated after three years in homes in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Epidemiology, 2002. 13:S145.

Belanger K, Triche EW, Leaderer BP, Hellenbrand K, Bracken MB. Asthma treatment during pregnancy: Are national guidelines being met? Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2002. 165:A318.

Beckett W, Belanger K, Triche E, Bracken M, Ortega A, Gergen P, Leaderer B. Ethnic variation in asthma diagnosis by age two in children with comparable symptoms. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2002. 165:A739.

2001:
von Maffei J, Beckett WS, Belanger K, Triche E, Zhang H, Machung J, Leaderer B. Risk factors for asthma prevalence among urban and non-urban African American children. Journal of Asthma, 2001. 38:555-564.

Ren P, Jankun TM, Belanger K, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. The relation between fungal propagules in indoor air and home characteristics. Allergy, 2001. 56:419-424.

Ortega AN, Belanger KD, Paltiel AD, Horwitz SM, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Use of health services by insurance status among children with asthma. Medical care, 2001. 39:1065-1074.

Ortega AN, Belanger KD, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. A childhood asthma severity scale: Symptoms, Medications, and health care visits. Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, 2001. 86:405-413.

Naeher LP, Smith KR, Leaderer BP, Neufeld L, Mage DT. Carbon monoxide as a tracer for assessing exposures to particulate matter in wood and gas cookstove households of highland Guatemala. Environ Sci Technol, 2001. 35:575-81.

Grosso LM, Rosenberg KD, Belanger K, Saftlas AF, Leaderer B, Bracken MB. Maternal caffeine intake and intrauterine growth retardation. Epidemiology, 2001. 11:447-455.

Fehlings MG, Bracken MB. Summary statement: the Sygen (GM-1 Ganglioside) clinical trial in acute spinal cord injury. Spine, 2001. 26:S99-S100.

Bracken MB. Methylprednisolone and acute spinal cord injury: an update of the randomized evidence. Spine, 2001. 26:S47-54.

Bracken MB. Toward systematic reviews in epidemiology. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2001. 30:954-957.

Bracken MB. Methylprednisolone and acute spinal cord injury. Journal of Trauma, 2001. 51:421-422.

Bracken MB. On stratification, minimization and protection against types I and II error. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2001. 54:104-105.

Bracken MB. High dose methylprednisolone must be given for 24 to 48 hours after spinal cord injury. British Medical Journal, 2001. 32:862-863.

Bracken MB. Methylprednisolone and acute spinal cord injury: an update of the randomized evidence. Spine, 2001. 26:S47-S54.

Bracken MB. Congress of Epidemiology 2001: personal reflections on a unique professional moment. Annals of Epidemiology, 2001. 11:519-521.

2000:
Zhang H, Triche E, Leaderer B. Model for the analysis of binary time series of respiratory symptoms. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2000. 151:1206-15.

The Neonatal Inhaled Nitric Oxide Study Group. Inhaled nitric oxide in term and near-term infants: neurodevelopment follow-up of the neonatal inhaled nitric oxide study group (NINOS). Journal of Pediatrics, 2000. 136:611-617.

Shah N, Bracken MB. A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between maternal cigarette smoking and pre-term delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000. 182:465-472.

Saftlas A, Wang W, Risch H, Woolson R, Hsu C, Bracken M. Prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain as risk factors for preeclampsia and transient hypertension. Ann Epidemiol, 2000. 10:475.

Sadler L, McCowan L, North R, White H, Stewart A, Bracken MB. Pregnancy outcomes and cardiac complications in women with mechanical, bioprosthetic and homograft valves. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2000. 107:245-253.

Naeher LP, Leaderer BP, Smith KR. Particulate matter and carbon monoxide in highland Guatemala: indoor and outdoor levels from traditional and improved wood stoves and gas stoves. Indoor Air 2000, 2000. 10:200-5.

Naeher LP, Smith KR, Leaderer BP, Mage D, Grajeda R. Indoor and outdoor PM2.5 and CO in high- and low-density Guatemalan villages. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 2000. 10:544-551.

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