To determine the frequency of and risk factors fo falls and injurious falls in the noninstitutionalized
elderly, the authors conducted a follow-up study of 409 community-dwelling persons …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. In fact, CVD is
responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide and half of all deaths of women over …

Objective To extend the findings of the first Development and Assessment of Nicotine
Dependence in Youth study by using diagnostic criteria for tobacco dependence and a …

Background: Many placebo-controlled trials have demonstrated the efficacy of individual
pharmacotherapies approved for smoking cessation. However, few direct or indirect …

Background It is well-established that smoking and depression are associated in adolescents,
but the temporal ordering of the association is subject to debate. Methods Longitudinal …

Purpose This longitudinal study examined the association between participation in school
sport during adolescence and mental health in early adulthood. Methods Adolescents (n = 853…

Background Stressful life events are associated with mood disorders in adults in clinical
settings. Less described in the literature is the association between common life stressors and a …

Objective: Obesity prevention in childhood is important. However, changing children's lifestyle
behaviors to reduce overweight is a substantial challenge. Accurately perceiving oneself …

BACKGROUND: Although many sociodemographic and psychosocial factors have been
identified as related to adolescent smoking, few studies have examined the role of nicotine-…

PURPOSE: Little is known about how seasonal variation in physical activity relates to declining
physical activity in adolescence. We quantified how each of daily weather conditions and …