Moyses Szklo
Johns Hopkins University
457 Papers
3.7K Citations
Moyses Szklo is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 99, co-authored 428 publications. Previous affiliations of Moyses Szklo include Ohio State University & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Papers
•Journal Article
Comparison of methods for determining occupational exposure in a case-control interview study of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
TL;DR: A comparison was made between two indirect methods for linking reported lifetime occupations and industries of employment with specific exposures and with directly reported exposure information, using data from a population-based case-control interview study of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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Dietary antioxidant intake and cognitive performance in middle-aged adults
James M. Peacock,Aaron R. Folsom,David S. Knopman,Thomas H. Mosley,David C. Goff,Moyses Szklo +5 more
TL;DR: This study suggests little, if any, association between antioxidant vitamin intake and better cognitive function in middle-aged adults.
Determinants of salivary cotinine level: a population-based study in Brazil
Valeska Carvalho Figueiredo,Moyses Szklo,André Salem Szklo,Neal L. Benowitz,José de Azevedo Lozana,Letícia Casado,Elaine Masson,Jonathan M. Samet +7 more
TL;DR: A positive association between self-reporting smoking five minutes after waking up, and inhaling more than (1/2) the time are consistent and higher cotinine levels are found, which can be markers of dependence and higher nicotine intake.
Racial/ethnic differences in the associations between obesity measures and severity of sleep-disordered breathing: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Xiaoli Chen,Rui Wang,Pamela L. Lutsey,Phyllis C. Zee,Sogol Javaheri,Carmela Alcántara,Chandra L. Jackson,Moyses Szklo,Naresh M. Punjabi,Susan Redline,Michelle A. Williams +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, a community-based cross-sectional study of 2053 racially/ethnically diverse adults in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis was used to evaluate associations between obesity measures and sleep-disordered breathing severity among White, Black, Hispanic, and Chinese Americans.
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Acquired Disorders Affecting the Immune System: A Case-Control Study
Martha S. Linet,Lee McCaffrey,Richard L. Humphrey,Ron Brookmeyer,Mark L. Van Natta,James M. Tielsch,Wilma B. Bias,Jan A. Markowitz,Seldon C. Kravitz,Seldon C. Kravitz,Moyses Szklo +10 more
TL;DR: Examination of the relationship between surgical excision of lymphoid tissue in several anatomic locations and CLL showed a protective effect, statistically significant for tonsillectomy-adenoidectomy and a statistically significant negative dose-response relationship, substantiating the protectiveness of the effect, was found.
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