Acculturation and Latino health in the United States: a review of the literature and its sociopolitical context

…, C Gamboa, MI Kahramanian, LS Morales… - Annu. Rev. Public …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract This chapter provides an overview of the concept of acculturation and reviews
existing evidence about the possible relationships between acculturation and selected health …

The RAND-36 measure of health-related quality of life

RD Hays, LS Morales - Annals of medicine, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The RAND-36 is perhaps the most widely used health-related quality of life (HRQoL) survey
instrument in the world today. It is comprised of 36 items that assess eight health concepts: …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic, cultural, and behavioral factors affecting Hispanic health outcomes

LS Morales, M Lara, RS Kington… - Journal of health care …, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Morales, principal investigator) and the Agency for Health Care Policy Research to RAND (…
MORALES and DR. LARA are assistant professors in residence at the University of California, …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

…, S Mohammed, AH Mokdad, L Morales… - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Health system planning requires careful assessment of chronic kidney disease
(CKD) epidemiology, but data for morbidity and mortality of this disease are scarce or non-…

Health information on the Internet: accessibility, quality, and readability in English and Spanish

GK Berland, MN Elliott, LS Morales, JI Algazy… - jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
ContextDespite the substantial amount of health-related information available on the Internet,
little is known about the accessibility, quality, and reading grade level of that health …

[HTML][HTML] Primary results from IMpassion131, a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised phase III trial of first-line paclitaxel with or without atezolizumab for …

…, M Reinisch, S Patel, M Patre, L Morales… - Annals of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background In the phase III IMpassion130 trial, combining atezolizumab with first-line
nanoparticle albumin-bound-paclitaxel for advanced triple-negative breast cancer (aTNBC) …

Pembrolizumab in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin compared with gemcitabine and cisplatin alone for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer …

…, M Milella, N Mizuno, T Mizutani, C Moniz, L Morales… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Biliary tract cancers, which arise from the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts
and the gallbladder, generally have a poor prognosis and are rising in incidence worldwide. …

Matrix cells from Wharton's jelly form neurons and glia

…, BM Mitchell, P Martin, D Davis, L Morales… - Stem …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We have identified an easily attainable source of primitive, potentially multipotent stem cells
from Wharton's jelly, the matrix of umbilical cord. Wharton's jelly cells have been propagated …

Item response theory and health outcomes measurement in the 21st century

RD Hays, LS Morales, SP Reise - Medical care, 2000 - journals.lww.com
… The standardized Z L Fit Index is one such index: Z L |θ I = Σ[ln L|θ I − ΣE(ln L|θ I ]/(ΣV[ln …
Large negative Z L values (Z L < = −2.0) indicate misfit. Large positive Z L values indicate …

[HTML][HTML] Monkeypox outbreak predominantly affecting men who have sex with men, Madrid, Spain, 26 April to 16 June 2022

…, MA García, AMH Navarro, LM Morales… - …, 2022 - eurosurveillance.org
Up to 22 June 2022, 508 confirmed cases of monkeypox (MPX) have been reported in the
Madrid region of Spain, 99% are men (n = 503) with a median age of 35 years (range: 18–67). …