Universities

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The relationship of perceived benefits and barriers to reported exercise behaviors in college undergraduates.

This study examines current exercise habits and perceived benefits and barriers to exercise in a sample of 147 undergraduate university students. It found a significant relationship between perceived benefits and barriers to exercise and current exercise ...
Laurie Grubbs, Jason Carter (Fam Community Health, 200207)
relationship-perceived-benefits-barriers-reported-exercise-behaviors.asp

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Preoccupation with weight and disordered eating behaviors of entering students at a university in Lebanon.

OBJECTIVES: This research explores the prevalence of preoccupation with weight indicators and disordered eating behaviors among entering university students, and identifies factors associated with these indicators and behaviors. METHOD: Data was ...
Rema A Afifi-Soweid, Martine B Najem Kteily, Mona C Shediac-Rizkallah (Int J Eat Disord, 200207)
preoccupation-weight-disordered-eating-behaviors-entering-students.asp

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Relationship of body composition to body-fatness estimation in Japanese university students.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between self-estimated whole body size and fatness and whole body and regional composition, and the relationship between self-estimated whole body fatness and self-estimated regional fatness in Japanese university ...
Shigeho Tanaka, Yukako Itoh, Komei Hattori (Obes Res, 200207)
relationship-body-composition-body-fatness-estimation-japanese.asp

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Drinking to cope among college students: prevalence, problems and coping processes.

OBJECTIVE: To examine four issues regarding college-student drinking to cope: (1) The prevalence of drinking to cope among students in a medium-sized Midwestern state university; (2) the relationships among drinking to cope and alcohol-related outcomes; ...
Crystal L Park, Michael R Levenson (J Stud Alcohol, 200207)
drinking-cope-college-students-prevalence-problems-coping-processes.asp

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Postsecondary education and heavy drinking by young adults: the moderating effect of race.

OBJECTIVE: This study examined racial differences in the relationship between postsecondary education (PSE) and heavy drinking among young adults who participated in the 1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. METHOD: In-home survey data collected ...
Mallie J Paschall, Robert L Flewelling (J Stud Alcohol, 200207)
postsecondary-education-heavy-drinking-young-adults-moderating-effect.asp

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Stages of change among ethnically diverse college students.

The authors applied the stage-of-change construct in the transtheoretical model to examine the distribution of Asian (n = 869), African American (n = 373), White (n = 1322), and Hispanic (n = 535) American undergraduate students across the 5 stages of ...
Richard R Suminski, Rick Petosa (J Am Coll Health, 200207)
stages-change-ethnically-diverse-college-students.asp

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House dust mite allergen levels in university student accommodation in Dunedin.

AIM: To quantify the levels of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p1) in different university student accommodation in Dunedin, and to assess relationships with housing characteristics and housekeeping practices. METHODS: Dwellings (n=178) were randomly ...
W M McRae, E M Flannery, J O Cowan, C R McLachlan, G P Herbison, R W Siebers, J Crane, C S Wong (N Z Med J, 200207)
house-dust-mite-allergen-levels-university-student-accommodation.asp

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Conference summary. Conflict of interest and its significance in science and medicine. Warsaw, Poland, 5-6 April, 2002.

This article summarizes the April 5-6, 2002 conference on Conflict of Interest and Its Significance in Science and Medicine. Several themes are identified and addressed, including the globalization of science, the widespread presence of conflicts, the ...
Wendy Baldwin (Sci Eng Ethics, 200207)
conference-summary-conflict-interest-significance-science-medicine.asp

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Academic-industrial relationships: opportunities and pitfalls.

Over the past 50 years, academic-industrial collaborations and technology transfer have played an increasingly prominent role in the biomedical sciences. These relationships can speed the delivery of innovative drugs and medical technologies to clinical ...
Joseph B Martin, Thomas P Reynolds (Sci Eng Ethics, 200207)
academic-industrial-relationships-opportunities-pitfalls.asp

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Links between past abuse, suicide ideation, and sexual orientation among San Diego college students.

The authors explored relationships among childhood abuse, suicidal ideation, and sexual orientation of 18- to 30-year-old students enrolled in 2 San Diego area colleges, using responses from anonymous questionnaires. Sixty percent of the 138 eligible ...
Jacob Garcia, Joyce Adams, Lawrence Friedman, Patricia East (J Am Coll Health, 200207)
links-past-abuse-suicide-ideation-sexual-orientation-san-diego.asp