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Flashbulb memories and posttraumatic stress reactions across the life span: age-related effects of the German occupation of Denmark during World War II.
(Psychol Aging, 2006-03)
A representative sample of older Danes were interviewed about experiences from the
German occupation of Denmark in World War II. The number of participants with flashbulb
memories for the German invasion (1940) and capitulation ...
Disputes over memory ownership: What memories are disputed?
(Genes Brain Behav, 2006)
The ownership of memories is sometimes disputed, particularly by twins. Examination
of 77 disputed memories, 71 provided by twins, showed that most of the remembered
events are negative and that the disputants appear to ...
People over forty feel 20% younger than their age: subjective age across the lifespan.
(Psychon Bull Rev, 2006-10)
Subjective age--the age people think of themselves asbeing--is measured in a representative
Danish sample of 1,470 adults between 20 and 97 years of age through personal, in-home
interviews. On the average, adults younger ...
Measuring disease-free survival and cancer relapse using Medicare claims from CALGB breast cancer trial participants (companion to 9344).
(J Natl Cancer Inst, 2006-09-20)
To determine the accuracy with which Medicare claims data measure disease-free survival
in elderly Medicare beneficiaries with cancer, we performed a criterion validation
study. We merged gold-standard clinical trial data ...
The impact of late career job loss on myocardial infarction and stroke: a 10 year follow up using the health and retirement survey.
(Occup Environ Med, 2006-10)
BACKGROUND: Involuntary job loss is a major life event associated with social, economic,
behavioural, and health outcomes, for which older workers are at elevated risk. OBJECTIVE:
To assess the 10 year risk of myocardial ...
Polymorphisms in thymidylate synthase gene and susceptibility to breast cancer in a Chinese population: a case-control analysis.
(BMC cancer, 2006-01)
BACKGROUND: Accumulative evidence suggests that low folate intake is associated with
increased risk of breast cancer. Polymorphisms in genes involved in folate metabolism
may influence DNA methylation, nucleotide synthesis, ...