A 14-item, self-administered, multidimensional, functional social support questionnaire was
designed and evaluated on 401 patients attending a family medicine clinic. Patients were …

The role of the social environment in host resistance had been studied for some time when
in the mid 1970s, three major papers were published which reviewed the mounting evidence …

Objective. —To revise and update models in the Mortality Probability Model (MPM II) system
to estimate the probability of hospital mortality among 19124 intensive care unit (ICU) …

Low body mass index (BMI) is a well‐established risk factor for fracture in postmenopausal
women. Height and obesity have also been associated with increased fracture risk at some …

Objective: To develop models in the Mortality Probability Model (MPM II) system to estimate
the probability of hospital mortality at 48 and 72 hrs in the intensive care unit (ICU), and to …

Three hundred forty-three family-practice patients were surveyed by questionnaire and
medical record audit to evaluate the relationships between social support and medical care …

The Duke–UNC Health Profile (DUHP) was developed as a brief 63-item instrument designed
to measure adult health status in the primary care setting along four dimensions: symptom …

Blood lead levels were determined on a random sample of persons in all age groups living
near a lead-emitting smelter in El Paso, Texas. A blood lead level of ≥ 40 μg per 100 ml, …

Objectives To test whether women aged 55 and older with increasing evidence of a frailty
phenotype would have greater risk of fractures, disability, and recurrent falls than women who …

INTRODUCTION: Greater awareness of the relationship between co-morbidities and
fracture risk may improve fracture-prediction algorithms such as FRAX. MATERIALS AND …