Title: Tijdschrift Voor Nederlandse Taal-en Letterkunde

Title: Tissue Antigens

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? Kamdi, A.S., Kandavalli, N.B., Emusu, D., Jain, N., Mamtani, M. and Porterfield, J.R. (2011), Weak or absent evidence for the association of HLA-DR antigens with risk of thyroid carcinoma: A meta-analysis of observational studies. Tissue Antigens, 78 (5), 382-389.

Full Text: 2011\Tis Ant78, 382.pdf

Abstract: Inconsistent reports of associations between human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR and thyroid cancers exist. We conducted a comprehensive search of the PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science databases. Using random-effects modeling, subgroup analyses, meta-regression and prediction interval (PI) estimation, we combined the existing evidence from 13 studies (977 cases of thyroid cancer and 3735 controls). Only HLA-DR1 and HLA-DR11 were significantly associated; however, the evidence for HLA-DR11 came from only three studies while that for HLA-DR1 had large between-study heterogeneity. All the PIs estimated in the study straddled unity. Therefore, current evidence for the studied association is incomplete as well as uncertain. Attempts to include HLA-DR typing as a prognostic or therapeutic marker may be premature at this time.

Keywords: Association, Autoimmune-Thyroiditis, Cancer, Carcinoma, Class-II Antigen, Databases, Expression, Graves-Disease, Hashimotos-Thyroiditis, Human, Human Leukocyte Antigen, Iodine Sufficiency, Major Histocompatibility Complex, Major Histocompatibility Complex, Meta Analysis, Meta-Analysis, Modeling, Observational, Observational Studies, PI, Population, Pubmed, Risk, Science, Scopus, Susceptibility, Thyroid Carcinoma, Web of Science

Title: Tobacco Control

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? Scollo, M., Lal, A., Hyland, A. and Glantz, S. (2003), Review of the quality of studies on the economic effects of smoke-free policies on the hospitality industry. Tobacco Control, 12 (1), 13-20.

Full Text: 2003\Tob Con12, 13.pdf

Abstract: Objective: To compare the quality and funding source of studies concluding a negative economic impact of smoke-free policies in the hospitality industry to studies concluding no such negative impact. Data sources: Researchers sought all studies produced before 3 1 August 2002. Articles published in scientific journals were located with MEDLINE, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Current Contents, PsychInfo, Econlit, and Healthstar. Unpublished studies were located from tobacco company websites and through internet searches. Study selection: 97 studies that made statements about economic impact were included. 93% of the studies located met the selection criteria as determined by consensus between multiple reviewers. Data extraction: Findings and characteristics of studies (apart from funding source) were classified independently by two researchers. A third assessor blind to both the objective of the present stud and to funding source also classified each study. Data synthesis: In studies concluding a negative impact, the odds of using a subjective outcome measure was 4.0 times (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.4 to 9.6; p = 0.007) and the odds of not being peer reviewed was 20 times (95% Cl 2.6 to 166.7; p = 0.004) that of studies concluding no such negative impact. All of the studies concluding a negative impact were supported by the tobacco industry. 94% of the tobacco industry supported studies concluded a negative economic impact compared to none of the non-industry supported studies. Conclusion: All of the best designed studies report no impact or a positive impact of smoke-free restaurant and bar laws on sales or employment. Policymakers can act to protect workers and patrons from the toxins in secondhand smoke confident in rejecting industry claims that there will be an adverse economic impact.

Keywords: Characteristics, Confidence, Consensus, Criteria, Economic, Employment, Extraction, Funding, Impact, Interval, Journals, Laws, Measure, Outcome, Peer-Reviewed, Policies, Quality, Quality of, Science Citation Index, Scientific Journals, Selection Criteria, Source, Sources, Synthesis, Tobacco

? Byrne, F. and Chapman, S. (2005), The most cited authors and papers in tobacco control. Tobacco Control, 14 (3), 155-160

Full Text: 2005\Tob Con14, 155.pdf

Keywords: Authors, Citations, Control, Papers, Tobacco, Tobacco Control

? Lee, J.G.L., Griffin, G.K. and Melvin, C.L. (2009), Tobacco use among sexual minorities in the USA, 1987 to May 2007: A systematic review. Tobacco Control, 18 (4), 275-282.

Full Text: 2009\Tob Con18, 275.pdf

Abstract: Objectives: This paper examines the prevalence of tobacco use among sexual minorities in the US through a systematic review of literature from 1987 to May 2007. Methods: Seven databases were searched for peer-reviewed research (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Cochrane Library via Wiley InterScience, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), Health Source: Nursing/Academic, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Web of Science, PsycINFO via EBSCO Host and PUBMED). No language restrictions were used. Abstracts were identified in the literature search (n = 734) and were independently read and coded for inclusion or exclusion by two reviewers. When agreement was not reached, a third reviewer acted as arbitrator. Abstracts were included if they presented data collected in the US from 1987 to May 2007 and reported prevalence or correlation of tobacco use with sexual minority status. Studies reporting data from HIV-positive samples were excluded. The identified articles (n = 46) were independently read by two reviewers who recorded key outcome measures, including prevalence and/or odds ratios of tobacco use, sample size and domain of sexuality (identity, behaviour, or desire). Factors relating to study design and methodology were used to assess study quality according to nine criteria. Results: In the 42 included studies, 119 measures of tobacco prevalence or association were reported. The available evidence points to disparities in smoking among sexual minorities that are significantly higher than among the general population. Conclusions: Ongoing, targeted interventions addressing smoking among sexual minorities are warranted in tobacco control programs.

Keywords: Bisexual College-Students, Cigarette-Smoking, Cochrane, Control, Databases, Design, Disparities, Education, Factors, Health, Health-Related Behaviors, Heterosexual Women, Identity, Interventions, ISI, Literature, Methodology, Methods, Minorities, Nursing, Of-The-Literature, Outcome, Points, Prevalence, Pubmed, Research, Review, Risk-Factors, Same-Sex, Science, Scientific Information, Smoking, Substance-Use Behaviors, Systematic, Systematic Review, Tobacco, Tobacco Control, Transgender Community, United-States, US, Web of Science