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The epidemiology of at-risk and binge drinking among middle-aged and elderly community adults: National Survey on Drug Use and Health. 

Blazer, Dan G; Wu, Li-Tzy (The American journal of psychiatry, 2009-10)
The purpose of this article was to estimate the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of at-risk alcohol use (especially binge drinking) among middle-aged and elderly persons in the United States and to compare at-risk ...
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The epidemiology of substance use and disorders among middle aged and elderly community adults: national survey on drug use and health. 

Blazer, Dan G; Wu, Li-Tzy (The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2009-03)
To estimate the prevalence, distribution, and correlates of drug use among middle aged and elderly persons in the United States and to compare with alcohol use in this age group.The 2005 and 2006 National Surveys on Drug ...
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Nonprescription use of pain relievers by middle-aged and elderly community-living adults: National Survey on Drug Use and Health. 

Blazer, Dan G; Wu, Li-Tzy (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2009-07)
To estimate the frequency, distribution, and correlates of nonprescription use of pain relievers by middle-aged and elderly persons in the United States.Cross-sectional data analysis of a national community survey.The 2005 ...
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Substance use disorders among inhalant users: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on alcohol and related conditions. 

Wu, Li-Tzy; Howard, Matthew Owen; Pilowsky, Daniel J (Addictive behaviors, 2008-07)
To assess the prevalence, correlates, and age of onset of DSM-IV substance use disorders (SUDs) among adult inhalant users.Analyses were based on structured psychiatric interviews of a nationally representative sample of ...
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Psychiatric disorders in inhalant users: results from The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. 

Wu, Li-Tzy; Howard, Matthew Owen (Drug and alcohol dependence, 2007-05)
To examine the prevalence and correlates of mood, anxiety, and personality disorders among lifetime inhalant users.Statistical analyses were based on data from the 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ...
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The estimated rate of depressed mood in US adults: recent evidence for a peak in later life. 

Wu, LT; Anthony, JC (Journal of affective disorders, 2000-11)
OBJECTIVE:The main aim of this study is to add new evidence on the descriptive epidemiology of depressed mood, and to investigate suspected determinants for depressed mood in adulthood. METHODS:The data are from a continuing ...
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Sequence variations in DNA repair gene XPC is associated with lung cancer risk in a Chinese population: a case-control study. 

Bai, Yun; Xu, Liang; Yang, Xiaobo; Hu, Zhibin; Yuan, Jing; Wang, Feng; Shao, Minhua; ... (24 authors) (BMC cancer, 2007-01)
BACKGROUND: The nucleotide excision repair (NER) protein, xeroderma pigmentosum C (XPC), participates in recognizing DNA lesions and initiating DNA repair in response to DNA damage. Because mutations in XPC cause a high ...
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Polymorphisms in thymidylate synthase gene and susceptibility to breast cancer in a Chinese population: a case-control analysis. 

Zhai, Xiangjun; Gao, Jun; Hu, Zhibin; Tang, Jinhai; Qin, Jianwei; Wang, Shui; Wang, Xuechen; ... (14 authors) (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, ...
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Polymorphisms of TGFB1 and VEGF genes and survival of patients with gastric cancer. 

Guan, Xiaoxiang; Zhao, Hui; Niu, Jiangong; Tan, Dongfeng; Ajani, Jaffer A; Wei, Qingyi (Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2009-06-30)
Some TGFB1 and VEGF polymorphisms are believed to be functional. Given that these genes are involved in tumor growth and progression including angiogenesis, dissemination, and invasiveness, we hypothesized that ...
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The VEGF -634G>C promoter polymorphism is associated with risk of gastric cancer. 

Guan, Xiaoxiang; Zhao, Hui; Niu, Jiangong; Tang, Dongfeng; Ajani, Jaffer A; Wei, Qingyi (BMC gastroenterology, 2009-10-16)
Both TGF-beta1 and VEGF play a critic role in the multiple-step process of tumorgenesis of gastric cancer. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the TGFB1 and VEGF genes have been associated with risk and progression ...
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