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The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network

8 | Methodology , NAC Favorite , NEJM , Social Contagion , Social Determinants , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Smoking

Citation:

N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network" New England Journal of Medicine, 358(21): 2249-2258 (May 2008); doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa0706154

Racial Disparity in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002

3 | Hospice Care , Social Determinants , Terminal Care

Citation:

S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Racial Disparity in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002" Palliative Medicine, 22(3): 205-213 (April 2008)

Measuring Clinically Significant Chemotherapy-Related Toxicities Using Medicare Claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Trial Participants

2 | Methodology , Cancer

Citation:

E.B. Lamont, J.E. Herndon, J. C. Weeks, I.C. Henderson, R. Lilenbaum, R.L. Schilsky, and N.A. Christakis, "Measuring Clinically Significant Chemotherapy-Related Toxicities Using Medicare Claims from Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Trial Participants" Medical Care, 46(3): 303-308 (March 2008)

Widowhood and Mortality Among the Elderly: The Modifying Role of Neighborhood Concentration of Widowed Individuals

4 | Geographic Effects , Health Services Research , Widowhood Effect , Marriage

Citation:

S.V. Subramanian, F. Elwert, and N.A. Christakis, "Widowhood and Mortality Among the Elderly: The Modifying Role of Neighborhood Concentration of Widowed Individuals" Social Science and Medicine, 66(4): 873-884 (February 2008)

Geographic Variation in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002

3 | Hospice Care , Geographic Effects , Health Services Research

Citation:

S.R. Connor, F. Elwert, C. Spence, and N.A. Christakis, "Geographic Variation in Hospice Use in the United States in 2002" Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 34(3): 277-285 (September 2007)

The Emotional Toll of Spousal Morbidity and Mortality

3 | Emotion , Widowhood Effect , Marriage

Citation:

K. Zivin and N.A. Christakis, "The Emotional Toll of Spousal Morbidity and Mortality" American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15(9): 772-779 (September 2007)

The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years (NEJM, 2007)

8 | Methodology , NEJM , NAC Favorite , Social Contagion , Social Network , Sociocentric Network , Obesity , Social Determinants

Citation:

N.A. Christakis and J.H. Fowler, "The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network Over 32 Years" New England Journal of Medicine, 357(4): 370-379 (July 2007); doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa066082

Identifying, Recruiting, And Retaining Seriously-Ill Patients And Their Caregivers in Longitudinal Research At The End Of Life

3 | Methodology , Terminal Care , Health Services Research

Citation:

K. E. Steinhauser, E. C. Clipp, J. C. Hays, M. Olsen, R. Arnold, N.A. Christakis, J.H. Lindquist, and J.A. Tulsky, "Identifying, Recruiting, And Retaining Seriously-Ill Patients And Their Caregivers in Longitudinal Research At The End Of Life" Palliative Medicine, 20(8): 745- 754 (December 2006)

Measuring Disease-Free Survival and Cancer Relapse Using Medicare Claims from CALGB Breast Cancer Trial Participants

4 | Methodology , Prognostication , Cancer , Health Services Research

Citation:

E.B. Lamont, J.E. Herndon, J.C. Weeks, I.C. Henderson, C.C. Earle, R.L. Schilsky, and N.A. Christakis, for the Cancer and Leukemia Group B, "Measuring Disease-Free Survival and Cancer Relapse Using Medicare Claims from CALGB Breast Cancer Trial Participants" Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 98(18): 1335-1338 (September 2006)

Fixed Effects Methods for the Analysis of Non-Repeated Events

1 | Methodology

Citation:

P.D. Allison and N.A. Christakis, "Fixed Effects Methods for the Analysis of Non-Repeated Events" Sociological Methodology, 36(1): 155-172 (Summer 2006)