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
Selective screening: when should screening be limited to high-risk individuals?
TL;DR: The distinction between test accuracy and program accuracy is presented in the context of impact on cost/true case detection, which in turn reflects the gain in specificity and loss in sensitivity for the total target population.
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Thyroid hormones and duration of ovulatory activity in the etiology of breast cancer.
Alfredo Morabia,Moyses Szklo,Walter F. Stewart,Leonard M. Schuman,David B. Thomas,Howard A. Zacur +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that women combining low levels of circulating free T4 with long duration of ovulatory activity may be at increased risk for this disease.
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Antidepressant Use and Subclinical Measures of Atherosclerosis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Alvaro Camacho,Robyn L. McClelland,Joseph A.C. Delaney,Matthew A. Allison,Bruce M. Psaty,Dena E. Rifkin,Stephen R. Rapp,Moyses Szklo,Murray B. Stein,Michael H. Criqui +9 more
TL;DR: The results of the current study do not support an association between antidepressants and subclinical atherosclerosis.
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Design and conduct of epidemiologic studies.
TL;DR: This article reviews the advantages and disadvantages of the experimental vis-a-vis the nonexperimental (observational) epidemiologic approach in the assessment of causal relationships.
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Assessing the relationship between smoking and abdominal obesity in a National Survey of Adolescents in Brazil.
Neilane Bertoni,Liz Maria de Almeida,Moyses Szklo,Valeska Carvalho Figueiredo,André Salem Szklo +4 more
TL;DR: A positive association between cigarette consumption and the prevalence of abdominal obesity, for both boys and girls, is suggested, using a nationwide representative sample of medium and large municipalities.
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