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Browsing Duke Faculty Articles by Subject "Health"

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Browsing Duke Faculty Articles by Subject "Health"

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  • Are mature smokers misinformed?
    Khwaja, Ahmed; Silverman, Dan; Sloan, Frank; Wang, Yang (Journal of Health Economics, 2009)
    While there are many reasons to continue to smoke in spite of its consequences for health, the concern that many smoke because they misperceive the risks of smoking remains a focus of public discussion and motivates tobacco ...
  • If smoking increases absences, does quitting reduce them?
    Sindelar, J. L.; Duchovny, N.; Falba, Prof Tracy; Busch, S. H. (Tobacco Control, 2005)
    Objective: This study examined the impact of smoking, quitting, and time since quit on absences from work. Methods: Data from the nationally representative Tobacco Use Supplements of the 1992/93, 1995/96, and 1998/99 ...
  • The measurement and interpretation of health in social surveys
    Thomas, Duncan; Frankenberg, Elizabeth (RAND, 2000)
    Health status is hard to measure. It is widely recognized that health is multi-dimensional reflecting the combination of an array of factors that include physical, mental and social well-being, genotype and phenotype ...
  • Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee.
    Ruhl, L; Vengosh, A; Dwyer, GS; Hsu-Kim, H; Deonarine, A; Bergin, M; Kravchenko, J (2009-08-15)
    An investigation of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of one of the largest coal ash spills in U.S. history at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston coal-burning power plant ...