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Rothman KJ. The growing rift between epidemiologists and their data. Presented at the 160th Cutter Lecture on Preventive Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health; December 3, 2014.

Kawai AT, Jin R, Soumerai S, Vaz LE, Rett M, Lee G. Impact of nonpayment for preventable infections on billing rates for central line associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Presented at the 2014 Infectious Disease Week Conference; October 10, 2014. Philadelphia, PA. [abstract] Open Forum Infect Dis. 2014 Dec; 1(Suppl_1):S44. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofu051.118

Danysh HE, Mitchell LE, Zhang K, Scheurer ME, Lupo PL. A statewide assessment of childhood central nervous system tumors and traffic-related air pollution. Presented at the 46th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP); October 2014. Toronto, Canada. [abstract] Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Dec; 61(S2). Previously presented at the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium 2014 Annual Conference. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25314

Grufferman S, Lupo PJ, Vogel RI, Danysh HE, Erhardt EB, Ognjanovic S. Parental military service, agent orange exposure, and the risk of rhabdomyosarcoma in offspring. J Pediatr. 2014 Dec;165(6):1216-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.08.009

Amoly E, Dadvand P, Forns J, Lopez-Vicente M, Basagana X, Julvez J, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Sunyer J. Green and blue spaces and behavioral development in Barcelona schoolchildren: the BREATHE project. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Dec;122(12):1351-8. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408215

Arana A. Risk minimization strategies. Tools and evaluation. Presented at the University of Barcelona; November 20, 2014. Barcelona, Spain.

Garcia-Albeniz X, Gallego R, Hofheinz RD, Fernandez-Esparrach G, Ayuso-Colella JR, Bombí JA, Conill C, Cuatrecasas M, Delgado S, Gines A, Miquel R, Pages M, Pineda E, Pereira Y, Sosa A, Reig O, Victoria I, Feliz L, María de Lacy A, Castells A, Burkholder I, Hochhaus A, Maurel J. Adjuvant therapy sparing in rectal cancer achieving complete response after chemoradiation. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov 14;20(42):15820-9. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i42.15820

Simon T, Liu N, Baker N, Lin B, Hoffman V. Identification of tuberculosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients initiating therapy with biologic or non-biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs using health insurance claims data. Poster presented at the 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting; November 14, 2014. Boston, MA.

Garcia-Albeniz X, Logan RW, Schrag D, Hernan MA. Evaluation of the duplication of staging CT scans for localized colon cancer in a Medicare population. Med Care. 2014 Nov;52(11):963-8. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000231

Foraster M, Kunzli N, Aguilera I, Rivera M, Agis D, Vila J, Bouso L, Deltell A, Marrugat J, Ramos R, Sunyer J, Elosua R, Basagana X. High blood pressure and long-term exposure to indoor noise and air pollution from road traffic. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Nov;122(11):1193-200. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1307156

Rothman KJ, Walker A. Developments in pharmacoepi methods: current status and future direction. Presented at the 30th ICPE International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management; October 25, 2014. Taipei, Taiwan.

Rothman KJ, Huisman M, Lip G, Diener H, Dubner S, Ma C, Zint C, Teutsch C, Shoof N, Paquette M, Kleine E, Bartels D, Halperin J, the GLORIA AT study team . Use of propensity scores to assess comparability of treatment groups in a registry program. Presented at the 30th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management; October 25, 2014. Taipei, Taiwan.

Hallas J, Rothman KJ, Kubota K, Blackburn S, Navarro AA, Dal Pan G. A guide to guidelines. A symposium sponsored by the ISPE Public Policy Committee (73). Presented at the 30th ICPE International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management; October 25, 2014. Taipei, Taiwan.

Juhaeri J, Reynolds R, Rothman KJ, Shakir S. Advanced topics in pharmacoepidemiology: the unimportance of representativeness. Presented at the 30th ICPE International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management; October 24, 2014. Taipei, Taiwan.

Forns J, Iszatt N, White RA, Mandal S, Sabaredzovic A, Lamoree M. Perfluoroalkyl substances measured in breast milk and child neuropsychological development at 24 months old in a Norwegian birth cohort study. Poster presented at the ISEE-Europe 2014 Young and Early Career Researchers Conference; October 20, 2014. Barcelona, Spain.

Andrews EB, Margulis AV, Tennis PS, West SL. Opportunities and challenges in using epidemiologic methods to monitor drug safety in the era of large automated health databases. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2014 Oct 12;1(4):194-205.

Margulis AV, Pladevall M, Riera-Guardia N, Varas-Lorenzo C, Hazell L, Berkman ND, Viswanathan M, Perez-Gutthann S. Quality assessment of observational studies in a drug-safety systematic review, comparison of two tools: the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and the RTI item bank. Clin Epidemiol. 2014 Oct 10;6:359-68. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S66677

Kawai AT, Martin D, McMahill-Walraven C, Selvam N, Selvan M, Lee G, Mini-Sentinel PRISM Team. Validation of febrile seizures identified in the Mini-Sentinel Post-Licensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring (PRISM) system. Poster presented at the 2014 Infectious Diseases Society of America; October 10, 2014. Philadelphia, PA.

Schmidt M, Rothman KJ. Mistaken inference caused by reliance on and misinterpretation of a significance test. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 7;177(3):1089-90.

Patrick SW, Kawai AT, Kleinman K, Jin R, Vaz L, Gay C, Kassler W, Goldmann D, Lee GM. Health care-associated infections among critically ill children in the US, 2007-2012. Pediatrics. 2014 Oct;134(4):705-12. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-0613

Mines D, Tennis P, Curkendall SM, Li DK, Peterson C, Andrews EB, Calingaert B, Chen H, Deshpande G, Esposito DB, Everage N, Holick CN, Meyer NM, Nkhoma ET, Quinn S, Rothman KJ, Chan KA. Topiramate use in pregnancy and the birth prevalence of oral clefts. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Oct 1;23(10):1017-25. doi: 10.1002/pds.3612

Moride Y, Andrews EB, Perez-Gutthann S, Soriano-Gabarró M, Heaton S, Suzart-Woischnik K, Vassilev Z, Raine JM. Challenges in risk minimization evaluation: CIOMS Working Group IX consensus and recent field experience. Presented at the 30th ICPE International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management; October 2014. Taipei, China. [abstract] Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Oct; 23(S1):41-2.

Arana A, Johannes C, Varas-Lorenzo C, Rothman KJ, McQuay LJ, Yang Q, Fife D. Assessment of daily dose of domperidone in the clinical practice research datalink (CPRD) using multiple information sources. Poster presented at the 30th ICPE International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management; October 2014. Taipei, Taiwan. [abstract] Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Oct; 23(S1):329.

Arana A, Johannes CB, Varas-Lorenzo C, Rothman KJ, McQuay LJ, Yang Q, Fife D. Risk of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac death with use of domperidone, prototon pump inhibitors, and metoclopramide. Poster presented at the 30th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management; October 2014. Taipei, Taiwan. [abstract] Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Oct; 23(S1):189.

Margulis AV, Arana A. Handling missing exposure: a simulation study. Poster presented at the 30th ICPE International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management; October 2014. Taipei, Taiwan. [abstract] Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Oct; 23(S1):329.

Ragettli MS, Ducret-Stich RE, Foraster M, Morelli X, Aguilera I, Basagana X, Corradi E, Ineichen A, Tsai M, Probst-Hensch N, Rivera M, Slama R, Kunzli N, Phuleria HC. Spatio-temporal variation of urban ultrafine particle number concentrations. Atmos Environ. 2014 Oct;96:275-83. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.049

Hazell L, Pladevall-Vila M, Scotti L, De Berardis G, Varas-Lorenzo C, Perez-Gutthann S, Sturkenboom M, Shakir S. Diabetes drugs and acute pancreatitis: a systematic review of observational studies. Poster presented at the 30th ICPE International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management; October 2014. [abstract] Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Oct; 23(S1):277.

Ferrer P, Ballarín E, Sabate M, Laporte JR, Schoonen M, Rottenkolber M, Fortuny J, Hasford J, Tatt I, Ibanez L. Sources of European drug consumption data at a country level. Int J Public Health. 2014 Oct;59(5):877-87. doi: 10.1007/s00038-014-0564-8

Heaton B, Applebaum KM, Rothman KJ, Brooks DR, Heeren T, Dietrich T, Garcia RI. The influence of prevalent cohort bias in the association between periodontal disease progression and incident coronary heart disease. Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Oct;24(10):741-6. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.07.006

Accortt N, Anthony MS, Schenfeld J, Wheeling T, Hassebroek A, O'Malley CD, Sprafka M. Incidence and prevalence of myasthenia gravis in rheumatoid arthritis patients with and without treatment compared with the general population. Poster presented at the 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting; November 2014. Boston, MA. [abstract] Arthritis Rheumatol. 2014 Oct; 66(Suppl 1):S895.

Xu H, Kaye JA, Saltus CW, Crawford J, Gasa E, Goodnough LT. Blood utilization and hemoglobin levels in cancer patients after label and coverage changes for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents. Expert Rev Hematol. 2014 Oct;7(5):617-33. doi: 10.1586/17474086.2014.943730

Vilahur N, Fernandez MF, Bustamante M, Ramos R, Forns J, Ballester F, Murcia M, Riano I, Ibarluzea J, Olea N, Sunyer J. In utero exposure to mixtures of xenoestrogens and child neuropsychological development. Environ Res. 2014 Oct;134:98-104. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.07.002

Varas-Lorenzo C, Margulis AV, Pladevall M, Riera-Guardia N, Calingaert B, Hazell L, Romio S, Perez-Gutthann S. The risk of heart failure associated with the use of noninsulin blood glucose-lowering drugs: systematic review and meta-analysis of published observational studies. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2014 Sep 26;14(1):129. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-129

Schmiedl S, Fischer R, Ibanez L, Fortuny J, Klungel OH, Reynolds R, Gerlach R, Tauscher M, Thurmann P, Hasford J, Rottenkolber M. Utilisation and off-label prescriptions of respiratory drugs in children. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 2;9(9):e105110. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105110

Long A, Rahmaoui A, Rothman KJ, Guinan E, Eisner M, Bradley MS, Iribarren C, Chen H, Carrigan G, Rosén K, Szefler S. Incidence of malignancy in patients with moderate-to-severe asthma treated with or without omalizumab. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2014 Sep;134(3):560-567.e. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.02.007

Fuks KB, Weinmayr G, Foraster M, Dratva J, Hampel R, Houthuijs D, Oftedal B, oudin A, Panasevich S, Penell J, Sommar JN, Sorensen M, Tiittanen P, Wolf K, Xun WW, Aguilera I, Basagana X, Beelen R, Bots ML, Brunekreef B, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Caracciolo B, Cirach M, de Faire U, de Nazelle A, Eeftens M, Elosua R, Erbel R, Forsberg B, Fratiglioni L, Gaspoz J, Hilding A, Jula A, Korek M, Kramer U, Kunzli N, Lanki T, Leander K, Magnusson PKE, Marrugat J, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Ostenson C, Pedersen NL, Pershagen G, Phuleria HC, Probst-Hensch NM, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Schaffner E, Schikowski T, Schindler C, Schwarze PE, Sogaard AJ, Sugiri D, Swart WJR, Tsai M, Turunen AW, Vineis P, Peters A, Hoffmann B. Arterial blood pressure and long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution: an analysis in the European study of cohorts for air pollution effects (ESCAPE). Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Sep;122(9):896-905. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1307725

Hoffman V, Xue F, Gardstein B, Skerry K, Critchlow CW, Enger C. Development and evaluation of an algorithm to identify users of Prolia during the early postmarketing period using health insurance claims data. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Sep;23(9):993-8. doi: 10.1002/pds.3680

Hahn KA, Hatch EE, Rothman KJ, Mikkelsen EM, Brogly SB, Sorensen HT, Riis AH, Wise LA. Body size and risk of spontaneous abortion among Danish pregnancy planners. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2014 Sep;28(5):412-23. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12142

Layton JB, Klemmer PJ, Christiansen CF, Bomback AS, Baron JA, Sandler RS, Kshirsagar AV. Sodium phosphate does not increase risk for acute kidney injury after routine colonoscopy, compared with polyethylene glycol. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Sep;12(9):1514-21. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.01.034

Svensson E, Ehrenstein V, Nørgaard M, Bakketeig LS, Rothman KJ, Toft Sørensen H, Pedersen L. Estimating the proportion of all observed birth defects occurring in pregnancies terminated by a second-trimester abortion. Epidemiology. 2014 Aug 27;25(6):866-71. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.07.006

Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Donaire-Gonzalez D, Foraster M, Martinez D, Cisneros A. Using personal sensors to assess the exposome and acute health effects. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014 Aug 6;11(8):7805-19. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110807805

Rottenkolber M, Rottenkolber D, Fischer R, Ibáñez L, Fortuny J, Ballarin E, Sabaté M, Ferrer P, Thürmann P, Hasford J, Schmiedl S. Inhaled beta-2-agonists/muscarinic antagonists and acute myocardial infarction in COPD patients. Respir Med. 2014 Aug;108(8):1075-90.

Kawai AT. Assessment of febrile seizures after trivalent influenza vaccines during the 2010-2011 influenza season in PRISM. Presented at the Brookings Institution Roundtable on Active Medical Product Surveillance; July 21, 2014.

Rothman KJ. Six persistent research misconceptions. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Jul;29(7):1060-4. doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2755-z

Alonso-Espinaco V, Cuatrecasas M, Alonso V, Escudero P, Marmol M, Horndler C, Ortego J, Gallego R, Codony-Servat J, Garcia-Albeniz X, Jares P, Castells A, Lozano JJ, Rosell R, Maurel J. RAC1b overexpression correlates with poor prognosis in KRAS/BRAF WT metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated with first-line FOLFOX/XELOX chemotherapy. Eur J Cancer. 2014 Jul;50(11):1973-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.04.019

Patel V, Lin F-J, Ojo O, Rao S, Yu S, Zhan L, Touchette DR. Cost-utility analysis of genotype-guided antiplatelet therapy in patients with moderate-to-high risk acute coronary syndrome and planned percutaneous coronary intervention. Pharm Pract (Granada). 2014 Jul;12(3):438. doi: 10.4321/s1886-36552014000300007.

Radin RG, Hatch EE, Rothman KJ, Mikkelsen EM, Sørensen HT, Riis AH, Wise LA. Active and passive smoking and fecundability in Danish pregnancy planners. Fertil Steril. 2014 Jul;102(1):183-191.e. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.03.018

Dadvand P, Ostro B, Figueras F, Foraster M, Basagana X, Valentin A, Martinez D, Beelen R, Cirach M, Hoek G, Jerrett M, Brunekreef B, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ. Residential proximity to major roads and term low birth weight: the roles of air pollution, heat, noise, and road-adjacent trees. Epidemiology. 2014 Jul;25(4):518-25. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000107.

Lupo PJ, Danysh HE, Skapek SX, Hawkins DS, Spector LG, Zhou R, Okcu MF, Papworth K, Erhardt EB, Grufferman S. Maternal and birth characteristics and childhood rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Jul;25(7):905-13. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0390-6.