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UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM VITAE FORMAT
DATE: May 2015
NAME: George Rhoads, M.D., M.P.H
PRESENT TITLE: Professor, Rutgers School of Public Health
OFFICE ADDRESS: 683 Hoes Lane West
Piscataway, NJ 08854
TELEPHONE NUMBER/E-MAIL ADDRESS: Office: 732-235-9700
Email: [email protected]
CITIZENSHIP: United States
EDUCATION:
A. Undergraduate Graduate and Professional
Haverford College
Haverford, Pennsylvania
B.A. 1961
B. Graduate and Professional
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
M.D. 1965
University of Hawaii, School of Public Health
Honolulu, Hawaii
M.P.H 1970
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
A. Internship and Residencies
Rotating Internship
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1965-1966
Residency, Internal Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1966-1968
Preventive Medicine Residency
University of Hawaii, School of Public Health, 1968-1971
MILITARY: US Public Health Service
Lieutenant Commander, 1968-1970
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Demographic Cancer Training Grant
University of Hawaii, School of Public Health
Honolulu, Hawaii
Research Associate, 1972-74
Japan-Hawaii Cancer Society
Epidemiologist, 1974-75
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Associate Professor of Public Health (Epidemiology) and
Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice and Community Health,
School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 1974-79
Chairman, Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Hawaii, 1978-81
Director, General Preventive Medicine Residency
University of Hawaii, School of Public Health
Honolulu, Hawaii, 1978-81
Professor of Public Health (Epidemiology) and
Professor, Department of Family Practice and Community Health,
School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 1979-82
Chief, Epidemiology Branch, Prevention Research Program
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health, 1982-89
Department of Environmental and Community Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
(UMDNJ)
UMDNJ Endowed Professor of Public Health
Director, Division of Public Health and Medical Humanities, 1989-
Department of Environmental and Community Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Director, Division of Public Health and Medical Humanities, 1989-99
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
Piscataway, NJ
Director, Division of Environmental Epidemiology and Statistics, 1989-2007
Director, New Jersey Graduate Program in Public Health, A joint program sponsored by UMDNJ
and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1989-2000
UMDNJ – School of Public Health
Piscataway, NJ
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, 2000-10
Rutgers School of Public Health
Piscataway, NJ
Interim Dean, 2010 – present
OTHER EMPLOYMENT OR MAJOR VISITNG APPOINTMENTS: Honolulu Heart Study, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH)
Large prospective study of coronary heart disease
Staff Physician, 1968-70
Assistant Director, 1970-71, 1972-75
Staff Epidemiologist, 1975-82
Medical Officer, Benue-Plateau State Government Nigeria
Arranged by American Friends Service Committee, 1971-72
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MEDICAL LICENSURE:
Pennsylvania 1966-1973
Hawaii 1969-1984
District of Columbia 1982-1991
New Jersey 1989-
NPI No. 6754328345
DRUG LICENSURE:
CDS: D05131100
DEA: BR2130259
CERTIFICATION:
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1970-
Diplomate, American Board of Preventive Medicine, 1973-
MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American College of Physicians, Fellow
American Epidemiological Society
President Elect, 2013-2014
President, 2014-15
American Heart Association
Epidemiology Council – Fellow
American Public Health Association
Secretary, Epidemiology Section, 1985-1988
Chair, Award Committee, Epidemiology Section, 1991-1998
Delta Omega Honorary Society, 1990-
Hawaii Heart Association
Research Committee, 1975-1982
Stroke Committee, 1975-1976
Blood Pressure Screening Program Committee, 1975-1982
Community Programs Coordinating Committee, 1978-1982
Society for Epidemiologic Research
HONORS AND AWARDS: Merit Award
University of Hawaii, 1976
Chancellor’s Award with Distinctive Merit
University of Hawaii, 1982
Recognized in Current Contents (Clinical Practice) as Author of a Citation Classic,
1982
Equal Employment Opportunity Award
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 1984
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NIH Director’s Award
National Institutes of Health, 1987
Recognized as Author of a “Classical Article.”
Hawaii Medical Journal, 1991
President’s Award
New Jersey Public Health Association, 1996
Who’s Who in America, 1998
Gallo Award for Outstanding Cancer Research
Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 2001
Dennis J. Sullivan Award
The New Jersey Public Health Association’s Highest Award, 2003
Abraham Lilienfeld Award
American Public Health Association Epidemiology Section, 2008
SERVICE ON NATIONAL GRANT REVIEW PANELS, STUDY SECTIONS, COMMITTEES:
Convenor, Workshop on Chorionic Villus Sampling, October 1983
Steering Committee, Vaginal Infection and Prematurity Study, 1983-89
Steering Committee, Collaborative Study on Chronic Villus Sampling, 1984-89
Steering Committee, Collaborative Project on Ethnic Differences in Low Birth Weight, 1985-88
Steering Committee, NICHD Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network, 1986-88
Alternate Member, 1988-89
Steering Committee, NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit Network, 1986-89
Project Officer, Data Support for the Better Babies Project, 1988-89
Public Health Service Epidemiology Training Program Preceptor, 1983-89
Alternate NIH Representative to Steering Committee, 1985-89
Convenor, NICHD Workshop on Tocodynamometry, March 1989
Chair, Maternal Fetal Medicine and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Advisory Committee,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1991-97
Member, Ad-hoc Review Committees for NIH Data Center for Collaborative Clinical Studies
NICHD, 1990
Program Project on Atherosclerosis Risk Factors in Children, NHLBI, 1991
Renewal of Atherosclerosis Research in Communities, NHLBI, 1992
Chairman, Data Monitoring Board, NHLBI Growth and Health Study, 1992-98
Chairman, Steering Committee, NIEHS Treatment of Lead-exposed Children (TLC) Study, 1993-
2004
Chairman, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Advisory Committee, National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, 1997-2006
Chairman, Review Panel for Clinical Centers, Multicenter Prospective Study of Sub-clinical
Cardiovascular Disease Study, NHLBI, 1998
Chairman, Ad-hoc Review Panel for Data Centers to Support the NICU and MFMU Networks of
the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2002
Member, Review Panel for Sampling Strategies for the proposed National Children’s Study.
Convened by Westat for U.S. Public Health Service, 2002
Member, Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, CDC, 2004-2012
Chair, 2006-2012
Member, Review Panel for Vanguard Clinical Centers, National Children’s Study, NICHD, 2005
Member, Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey,
NJDHSS, 2004
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SERVICE ON SELECTED COMMITTEES (ACADEMIA):
Hawaii
Personnel Committee
Department of Public Health Sciences, 1974-77, 1981-82
Chairman 1975-76
Faculty Senate
School of Public Health, Secretary 1975-76
Chairman 1976-77
Executive Council
School of Public Health, 1976-77, 1978-82
Managing Committee
Biostatistics-Epidemiology Ph.D. Program, 1976-82
Data Computation Committee
College of Health Sciences and Social Welfare (supervises College computer facility), 1976-82
Advisory Committee
Population Genetics Laboratory, 1975-82
Committee on Human Experimentation
University of Hawaii, 1976-79
Chairman 1977-78
Personnel Committee
School of Public Health
Chairman, 1981-82
Search Committee for Public Nutrition Faculty Position
Chairman,, 1981-82
New Jersey
Executive Committee
New Jersey Graduate Program in Public Health
Chairman, 1989-99
Executive Council
UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1989-1998
Ad-hoc Committee to Review the Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine, 1990
Search Committee for Chair of Department of Family Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1992-93
Curriculum Committee
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1990-93
Advisory Committee
New Jersey Department of Health Case-Control Study of Water Contaminants and Neural Tube
Defects, 1992-95
Ad-hoc Committee to Revise By-Laws
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1993
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Search Committee for Executive Director
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, 1993
UMDNJ Internal Advisory Committee on Occupational Health Nursing, 1993-95
Search Committee for Biostatistician for Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 1993-95
State Steering Committee
New Jersey Immunization Improvement Project, 1993-98
Search Committee for Dean
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1994-95
Advisory Committee on Appointments and Promotions
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1995-98
Graduate Medical Education/Residency Advisory Committee
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 1997-2002
Technical Review Panel for Regulations on Genetic Testing
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 1998-99
Advisory Committee on Research
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1999-2003
Internal Review Committee
Foundation of UMDNJ, 1999-2000
Health Information Networks and Technologies (HINT) Advisory Board
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 2000-01
Chair, Search Committee for the Dean
UMDNJ- School of Public Health, 2001
Chair, Search Committee for the Associate Dean, Newark Campus
UMDNJ- School of Public Health, 2001-02
Chair, Doctoral Committee
UMDNJ- School of Public Health, 2002-10
Middle States Subcommittee on Faculty and Academic Environment
UMDNJ, 2003-04
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
Principles of Epidemiology 1975-1982, 1993-2001
Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases 1975-1982, 1990-2012
Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics (for second year medical students) 1979-1982
Advanced Topics in Epidemiology (various years)
Issues in Clinical Prevention (for second year medical students) 1991-1994
Environmental and Community Medicine I (for first year medical students) 2002-2004
GRANT SUPPORT:
A. Principal Investigator
1. University of Hawaii President’s Instructional Improvement Fund, 1976, $10,000
2. Hawaii Heart Association, Coronary Risk Factors In Runners and non-Runners,
1978-79, $10,000.
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3. University of Hawaii, U.S. Public Health Service, General Preventive Medicine
Residency Traineeship Program, 1977-79, $40,000/year.
4. Hawaii Heart Association, Health Hazard Appraisal Estimates for Hawaii, 1980-82,
$13,000.
5. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Data processing sub-contract for the
Honolulu Heart Study, 1978-80, $30,000/year. 1980-82, $48,000/year.
6. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Lp lipoprotein as an inherited coronary
risk factor, 1981-83, $280,000.
7. Foundation of UMDNJ, Evaluation of selected components of prenatal care using
data from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Survey, 1990-92, $20,000.
8. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development (NIH), Development and initiation of a study for the
assessment and prevention of lead exposure in inner city children, 1991-95,
$900,000.
9. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Prevention of lead exposure in inner city
children, 1991-96, $445,000.
10. New Jersey Department of Health, Survey of Immunization Status of Two-Year-Old
Children in New Jersey, 1991-92, $135,000.
11. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH), Toxicity of Lead in
Children: Clinical Center, 1993-99, $7.7 million
12. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH), Determination of
Protective Level of Maternal Antibody against Early Onset Invasive Group B
Streptococcal Disease in Neonates, 1994-98, $497,000.
13. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Physician Education for
Childhood Lead Poisoning, 1995-96, $50,000.
14. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Statistical Analysis for
Environmental Indicators for Air, Water and Pesticides, 1997-98, $15,000.
15. National Cancer Institute, PSA Screening and Prostate Cancer Mortality, 1997-
2002, $1,789,223.
16. US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Development and Testing of
Lead Exposure Metrics and Cleaning Methods, 1997-2001, $852,617.
17. National Cancer Institute, Research Supplement for Underrepresented Minorities,
1998-2002, $299,788.
18. Centers for Disease Control, Effect of Community Reinvestment Act Loans for Lead
Abatement, 1998-2001, $300,000.
19. NIEHS, University of Cincinnati, Treatment of Lead-exposed Children: Follow-up,
1999-2004, $1,600,000.
20. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Comprehensive Survey of
Tobacco Use in New Jersey High Schools and Middle Schools, 1999-2000,
$300,000.
21. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Comprehensive Tobacco
Control Program Expanded Baseline Data Collection, 2000-01, $1,120,790.
22. Centers for Disease Control through the New Jersey Department of Health and
Senior Services, Conferences to Promote a Cancer Control Program for New Jersey,
May-Sept 2000, $90,000.
23. US Environmental Protection Agency, Cleaning after Renovation and Remodeling,
2000-01, $100,000.
24. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Evaluation of the New
JerseyComprehensive Tobacco ControlProgram, 2001-02, $1,300,000.
25. EOHSI, Community Help to Reduce Environmental Lead Exposure, 2002-05,
$29,000.
26. USEPA, Evaluation of Dry Steam Cleaning in Reducing Contaminants in Carpets,
2003-05, $238,967.
27. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Health Education for
Prevention of Antimicrobial Resistance, 2007-2008, $89,000.
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28. NICHD, Subcontract (from Mount Sinai School of Medicine) for Consultation on
Manhattan Location for National Children’s Study, 2008-2013, $62,000
29. NICHD, Subcontract (from Mount Sinai School of Medicine) for implementation of
National Children’s Study in Passaic County, NJ, 2009-2013, $110,000
30. Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Outcomes Research Fellowship Program, 2011-2013,
$395,000
31. New Jersey Department of Health, Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance
a. 2012-2014 $373,000
b. 2015-2017 $396,000
32. New Jersey Department of Health, Immunization Information System Coordinator
a. 2012-2014 $381,723
b. 2015-2017 $429,000
33. New Jersey Department of Health, Health Geographic Analysis, 2013-14, $117,000
34. New Jersey Department of Health, Vaccine Preventable Disease Surveillance
a. 2013-2015 $392,000
35. New Jersey Department of Health, Communicable disease Epidemiologists
a. 2013-2016 $3,459,000
36. New Jersey Department of Health, Healthcare Associated Infection Coordinator
a. 2014-2016 $323,000
37. New Jersey Department of Health, Perinatal Hepatitis B and Other VPD
a. 2014-2016 $332,000
B. Co-Investigator
1. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Honolulu Heart Program, 1980-85,
$360,000/year.
2. National Institute of Aging, Promoting Health in Elderly African Americans,
Exploratory Center Grant on Health Promotion, 1993-96, $190,000.
3. National Cancer Institute, Cancer Center Planning Grant, Served as PI for pilot
study on case control evaluation of prostate specific antigen screening, 1995-96,
$35,000.
4. Department of the Army, Comparison of Efficacy and Frequency of Screening and
Selected Treatment Modalities for Prostate Cancer in African American and White
Men, Pilot Study, 1999, $50,000.
5. Centers for Disease Control, Exogenous estrogens and hypospadias: a case control
study, 2000-02, $170,000.
6. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Functional Outcomes and Blood
Transfusion after Hip Replacement Surgery, 2003-2010, $7,500,000.
C. Project Director
1. Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public
Health Traineeships, $13,000 - $22,000 annually, 1991-2011
PUBLICATIONS:
A. Refereed Original Journal Articles
1. Rhoads GG and Brody J. Idiopathic alveolar hypoventilation: clinical spectrum.
Ann Intern Med 71:271-8, 1969
2. Kagan A, Rhoads GG, Zeegen PD, and Nichaman MZ. Coronary heart disease
among men of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii. The Honolulu Heart Study. Israel J Med
Sci 7:1573-77, 1971
3. Sano T, Yokoyama M, and Rhoads GG. Clinical significance of Alpha-1-
antitrypsin level-a preliminary evaluation among Japanese men. Hawaii Med J
31:27-32, 1972
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4. Tillotson JL, Kato H, Nichaman MZ, Miller DC, Gay ML, Johnson KG, and Rhoads
GG. Epidemiology of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in
Japan, Hawaii, and California: Methodology for comparison of diet. Amer J Clin
Nutr 26:177-84, 1973
5. Kato H, Tillotson J, Nichaman MZ, Rhoads GG, and Hamilton HB. Epidemiologic
studies of CHD and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii, and California:
Serum lipids and diet. Amer J Epidemiol 97:372-85, 1973
6. Go G, Nakamura FH, Rhoads GG, and Dickinson LE. Long-term health effects of
dietary mono-sodium glutamate. Hawaii Med J 32:13-17, 1973
7. Glober GA, Rhoads GG, Liu F, and Kagan A. Long-term results of gastrectomy
with respect to blood lipids, blood pressure, weight, and living habits. Ann Surg
179:896-901, 1974
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8. Rhoads GG, Glober GA, and Stemmermann GN. A review of some tumors of
interest for demographic study in Hawaii. Hawaii Med J 33:283-91, 1974
Reprinted Hawaii Med J 1991;50:326-33 as "classical article"
9. Kagan A, Harris BR, Winkelstein W Jr, Johnson KG, Kato H, Syme SL, Rhoads
GG, Gay ML, Nichaman MZ, Hamilton HB, and Tillotson J. Epidemiologic studies
of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii, and
California: Demographic, physical, dietary, and biochemical characteristics. J Chron
Dis 27:345-64, 1974
10. Yano K, Peskoe SM, Rhoads GG, Moore JO, and Kagan A. Epidemiology of left
anterior hemiblock among 8000 Japanese-American men. Amer J Cardiol 35:809-
15, 1975
11. Worth RM, Kato H, Rhoads GG, Kagan A, and Syme SL. Epidemiologic studies of
coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii, and
California: Mortality. Amer J Epidemiol 102:481-90, 1975
12. Hankin JH, Nomura A, and Rhoads GG. A dietary method for an epidemiologic
study of gastro-intestinal cancer. Amer J Clin Nutr 28:1055-61, 1975
13. Hankin JH, Nomura A, and Rhoads GG. Dietary patterns among men of Japanese
ancestry in Hawaii. Cancer Res 35:3259-64, 1975
14. Kagan A, Gordon T, Rhoads GG, and Schiffman J. Some factors related to
coronary heart disease incidence in Honolulu Japanese men. The Honolulu Heart
Study. Internat J Epidemiol 4:271-79, 1975
15. Rhoads GG, Kagan A, and Yano K. Usefulness of community surveillance for
ascertainment of coronary heart disease and stroke. Internat J Epidemiol 4:265-70,
1975
16. Nomura A, Stemmermann GN, Rhoads GG, and Glober GA. The Japan-Hawaii
Cancer Study: A progress report. Hawaii Med J 34:309-16, 1975
17. Syme SL, Marmot MG, Kagan A, and Rhoads GG. Epidemiologic studies of
coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii and
California: Introduction. Amer J Epidemiol 102:477-80, 1975
18. Rhoads GG, Gulbrandsen CL, and Kagan A. Serum lipoproteins and coronary heart
disease in Honolulu Japanese men. N Engl J Med 294:293-98, 1976
19. Stemmermann GN, Steer A, Rhoads GG, Lee K, Hayashi T, Nakashima T, and
Keehn R. A comparative pathology study of myocardial infarction and
atherosclerosis in Japanese men living in Hiroshima, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii.
Laboratory Investigation 34:592-600, 1976
20. Nomura A, Hankin JH, Rhoads GG. The reproducibility of dietary intake data in a
prospective study of gastro-intestinal cancer. Amer J Clin Nutr 29:1432-36, 1976
21. Fukuda K, Hirohata T, Rhoads GG. Difference in smoking habits between Japanese
in Japan and those in Hawaii and its relation to lung cancer risk. Japan J Publ Hlth
31:513-19, 1976
22. Rhoads GG, Klein K, Yano K, and Preston H. The earlobe crease - an aural sign of
obesity in middle-aged Japanese men. Hawaii Med J 36:74-77, 1977
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23. Robertson TL, Kato H, Rhoads GG, Kagan A, Marmot M, Syme SL, Gordon T,
Worth R, Belsky JL, Dock DS, Miyanishi M, Kawamoto S. Epidemiologic studies
of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii, and
California: Incidence of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease death.
Amer J Cardiol 39:239-43, 1977
24. Robertson TL, Kato H, Gordon T, Kagan A, Rhoads GG, Land CE, Worth RM,
Belsky JL, Dock DS, Miyanishi M, Kawamoto S. Epidemiologic studies of coronary
heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii, and California:
Coronary heart disease risk factors in Japan and Hawaii. Amer J Cardiol 39:244-49,
1977
25. Morton NE, MacLean CJ, Kagan A, Gulbrandsen CL, Rhoads GG, Yee S, Lew R.
Commingling in distributions of lipids and related variables. Amer J Human Genet
29:52-59, 1977
26. Roberts A, Kagan A, Rhoads GG, Pierce JA, Bruce RM. Antitrypsin and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease among Japanese-American men. Chest 72:489-91,
1977
27. Yano K, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Epidemiology of serum uric acid among 8000
Japanese-American men in Hawaii. J Chron Dis 30:171-84, 1977
28. Yano K, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Coffee, alcohol and the risk of coronary heart
disease among Japanese men living in Hawaii. N Engl J Med 279:405-409, 1977
29. Gulbrandsen CL, Morton NE, Rhoads GG, Kagan A, Lew R. Behavioral, social and
physiological determinants of lipoprotein concentrations. Social Biology 24:289-
293, 1977
30. Yano K, Rhoads GG, Kagan A, Tillotson J. Dietary intake and the risk of coronary
heart disease in Japanese men living in Hawaii. Amer J Clin Nutr 31:1270-1279,
1978
31. Rhoads GG, Blackwelder WC, Stemmermann GN, Hayashi T, Kagan A. Coronary
risk factors and autopsy findings in Japanese-American men. Laboratory
Investigation 38:304-311, 1978
32. Rashad MN, Mi MP, Rhoads GG. Dermatoglyphic studies of myocardial infarction
patients. Human Hered 28:1-6, 1978
33. Morton NE, Gulbrandsen CL, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. The Lp lipoprotein in
Japanese. Clin Genetics 14:207-212, 1978
34. Rhoads GG, Morton NE, Gulbrandsen CL, Kagan A. Sinking pre-beta lipoprotein
and coronary heart disease in Japanese-American men in Hawaii. Amer J Epidemiol
108:350-356, 1978
35. Morton NE, Gulbrandsen CL, Rhoads GG, Kagan A, Lew R. Major loci for lipo-
protein concentrations. Amer J Human Genet 30:583-589, 1978
36. Serdula MK, Rhoads GG. Frequency of systemic lupus erythematosus in different
ethnic groups in Hawaii. Arthritis and Rheumatism 22:328-333, 1979
37. Rao DC, Morton NE, Gulbrandsen CL, Rhoads GG, Kagan A, Yee S. Cultural and
biological determinants of lipoprotein concentrations. Ann Human Genet 42:467-
477, 1979
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38. Gulbrandsen CL, Morton NE, Rao DC, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Determinants of
plasmauric acid. Human Genetics 50:307-312, 1979
39. Kagan A, Yano K, Rhoads GG, Kato H. Is the reported high mortality from
cerebrovascular disease in Japan really an artifact? J Chron Dis 32:153-156, 1979
40. Yano K, Blackwelder WC, Kagan A, Rhoads GG, Cohen JB, Marmot MG.
Childhood cultural experience and the incidence of coronary heart disease in Hawaii
Japanese men. Amer J Epidemiol 109:440-450, 1979
41. Steer A, Lee SS, Stemmermann GN, Yamamoto T, Rhoads GG, Lee KK. Autopsy
study of small cardiac scars in Japanese men who lived in Hiroshima, Japan and
Honolulu, Hawaii. Laboratory Investigation 41538-545, 1979
42. Blackwelder WC, Yano K, Rhoads GG, Kagan A, Gordon T, Palesch Y. Alcohol
and mortality - Honolulu Heart Study. Amer J Med 68:164-170, 1980
43. Kagan A, Popper JS, Rhoads GG. Factors related to stroke incidence in Hawaii
Japanese men. The Honolulu Heart Study. Stroke 11:14-21, 1980
44. Rhoads GG, Popper JS, Kagan A, Yano K. Incidence of transient cerebral ischemic
attack in Hawaii Japanese men. The Honolulu Heart Study. Stroke 11:21-26, 1980
45. Morton NE, Gulbrandsen CL, Rao DC, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Determinants of
blood pressure in Japanese-American families. Human Genetics 53:261-266, 1980
46. Kagan A, McGee D, Yano K, Rhoads GG, Nomura A. Serum cholesterol and
mortality in a Japanese-American population: The Honolulu Heart Program. Amer J
Epidemiol 114:11-20, 1981
47. Kagan A, Yano K, Rhoads GG, McGee DL. Alcohol and cardiovascular disease:
the Hawaiian experience. Circulation 64 (Suppl. III):27-31, 1981
48. Blackwelder WC, Kagan A, Gordon T, Rhoads GG. Comparison of methods for
diagnosing angina pectoris: The Honolulu Heart Study. Internat J Epidemiol 10:211-
215, 1981
49. Yano K, Kagan A, McGee D, Rhoads GG. Glucose intolerance and nine-year
mortality in Hawaii Japanese men. Amer J Med 72:71-80, 1982
50. McGee D, Rhoads GG, Hankin J, Yano K, Tillotson J. Within person variability of
nutrient intake in a group of Hawaiian men of Japanese ancestry. Amer J Clin Nutr
36:657-663, 1982
51. Chun LT, Lam J, Stachowiak P, Rhoads GG. Throat streptococcal survey in school
children with respiratory infections. Hawaii 1976-1980. Hawaii Med J 41:256-258,
1982
52. Hulley SB, Rhoads GG. The plasma lipoprotein as risk factors: comparison of
electrophoretic and ultracentrifugation results. Metabolism 31:773-777, 1982
53. Rhoads GG, Kagan A. The relation of coronary disease, stroke and mortality to
weight in youth and in middle age. Lancet 1:492-495, 1983
54. Yamamoto L, Yano K, Rhoads GG. Characteristics of joggers among Japanese
men in Hawaii. Amer J Publ Hlth 73:147-152, 1983
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55. Rhoads GG, Feinleib M. Serum triglyceride and risk of coronary heart disease,
stroke, and total mortality in Japanese-American men. Arteriosclerosis 3:316-322,
1983
56. Williams WR, Morton NE, Rao DC, Gulbrandsen CL, Rhoads GG, and Kagan A.
Family resemblance for fasting blood glucose in a population of Japanese
Americans. Clinical Genetics 23:287-293, 1983
57. Rao DC, Williams WR, McGue M, Morton NE, Gulbrandsen CL, Rhoads GG,
Kagan A, Laskarzewski P, Glueck CJ, Russel JM. Cultural and biological
inheritance of plasma lipids. Am J Phys Anthropol 62:33-49, 1983
58. Takeya Y, Popper JS, Shimiza Y, Kato H, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Epidemiological
studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii
and California: Incidence of stroke in Japan and Hawaii. Stroke 15:15-23, 1984
59. Stemmermann GN, Hayashi T, Resch JA, Chung CS, Reed DM, Rhoads GG. Risk
factors related to ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease at autopsy: The
Honolulu Heart Study. Stroke 15:23-28, 1984
60. Chun LT, Reddy V, Rhoads GG. The occurrence of rheumatic fever among the
ethnic groups of Hawaii. Amer J Dis Child 138:476-478, 1984
61. Stemmermann GN, Heilbrun L, Nomura A, Rhoads GG, Glober GA. Late mortality
after partial gastrectomy. Internat J Epidemiol 13:299-303, 1984
62. Mills JL, Graubard BI, Harley EE, Rhoads GG, Berendes HW. Maternal alcohol
consumption and birth weight. JAMA 252:1875-1879, 1984
63. Klebanoff MK, Nugent RP, Rhoads GG. Coitus during pregnancy: Is it safe?
Lancet 2:914-917, 1984
64. Rhoads GG, Mills JL. The role of the case-control study in evaluating health
interventions: vitamin supplementation and neural tube defects. Amer J Epidemiol
120:803-808, 1984
65. McGee D, Reed D, Stemmermann G, Rhoads GG, Yano K, Feinleib M. The
relationship of dietary fat and cholesterol to mortality in 10 years: The Honolulu
Heart Program. Internat J Epidemiol 14:97-105, 1985
66. Kagan A, Popper JS, Rhoads GG, Yano K. Dietary and other risk factors for stroke
in Hawaii Japanese men. Stroke 16:390-396, 1985
67. Morton NE, Berg K, Dahlen G, Ferrell RE, Rhoads GG. Genetics of the Lp
lipoprotein in Japanese Americans. Genetic Epidemiol 2:113-121, 1985
68. Glober GA, Rhoads GG, Liu F, Kagan A. The effect of partial gastrectomy on
lipoprotein and other characteristics. J Chron Dis 38:609-615, 1985
69. Klebanoff MA, Koslowe PA, Kaslow R, Rhoads GG. The epidemiology of
vomiting in early pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 66:612-616, 1985
70. Shiono PH, Klebanoff MA, Graubard BI, Berendes HW, Rhoads GG. Birth weight
among women of different ethnic group. JAMA 255:48-52, 1986
71. Shiono PH, Klebanoff MA, Rhoads GG. Smoking and drinking during pregnancy:
their effects on preterm birth. JAMA 255:82-84, 1986
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72. Rhoads GG. Use of case-control studies for the evaluation of preventive health
care. J Ambulatory Care Management 9(4):53-64, 1986
73. Mills JL, Shiono PH, Shapiro LR, Crawford PB, Rhoads GG. Early growth
parameters predict the timing of puberty in boys: Results of a 14 year nutrition and
growth study. J Pediatr 109:543-547, 1986
74. Rhoads GG, Mills JL. Can vitamin supplements prevent neural tube defects?
Current evidence and ongoing investigations. Clin Obstet and Gynecol 29:569-579,
1986
75. Rhoads GG, Dahlen G, Berg K, Morton NE, Dannenberg AL. Lp(a) lipoprotein as
a risk factor for myocardial infarction. JAMA 256:2540-2544, 1986
76. Klebanoff MA, Rhoads GG. Collaborative epidemiological research in
perinatology. Seminars in Perinatology 10(3):169-178, 1986
77. Shiono PH, Fielden JG, McNellis D, Rhoads GG, Pearse WH. Recent trends in
Cesarean birth and trial of labor rates in the United States. JAMA 257:494-497,
1987
78. Shiono PH, McNellis D, Rhoads GG. Reasons for rising cesarean delivery rates:
1978-1984. Obstet and Gynecol 69:696-700, 1987
79. Rhoads GG. Reliability of diet measures as chronic disease risk factors. Amer J
Clin Nutr 45:1073-1079, 1987
80. Kurinij N, Shiono PH, Rhoads GG. Breast-feeding incidence and duration in black
and white women. Pediatr 81:365-371, 1988
81. Rhoads GG, Kurinij N. Epidemiological studies in nutrition: utility and limitations.
J Nutr 118:240-241, 1988
82. Shearer B, Shiono PH, Rhoads GG. Recent trends in family-centered maternity care
for cesarean families. Birth 15:3-7, 1988
83. Malloy MH, Rhoads GG. Syrup of ipecac: the case for distribution from physicians'
offices. Amer J Dis Child 142:640-642, 1988
84. Rhoads GG, Jackson LG, Schlesselman SE, de la Cruz FF, Desnick RJ, Golbus
MS, Ledbetter DH, Lubs HA, Mahoney MJ, Pergament E, Simpson JL, Carpenter
RJ, Elias S, Ginsberg NA, Goldberg JD, Hobbins JC, Lynch L, Shiono PH, Wapner
RJ, Zachary JM. The safety and efficacy of chorionic villus sampling for early
prenatal diagnosis. N Engl J Med 320:609-617, 1989
85. Klebanoff MA, Shiono PH, Berendes HW, Rhoads GG. Facts and artifacts about
anemia and preterm delivery. JAMA 262:511-15, 1989
86. Investigators of the Johns Hopkins Study of Cervicitis and Adverse Pregnancy
Outcome. Association of Chlamydia Trachomatis and Mycoplasma Hominis with
intrauterine growth retardation and preterm delivery. Am J Epidemiol 129:1247-57,
1989
87. Kurinij N, Shiono PH, Ezrine SF, Rhoads GG. Does maternal employment affect
breast feeding? Amer J Publ Hlth 79:1247-50, 1989
88. Villar J, Repke J, Markush L, Calvert W, Rhoads G. The measuring of blood
pressure during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 161:1019-24, 1989
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89. Malloy MH, Rhoads GG, Schramm W, Land G. Increasing cesarean section rates in
very low birth weight infants: effect on outcome. JAMA 262:1475-78, 1989
90. Willoughby A, Graubard BI, Hocker A, Storr C, Vietze P, Thackaberry JM, Gerry
MA, McCarthy M, Gist NF, Magenheim M, Berendes H, Rhoads GG. A population
based study of the developmental outcome of children exposed to chloride-deficient
infant formula. Pediatrics 85:485-90, 1990
91. Mills JM, Rhoads GG, Simpson JL, Cunningham GC, Conley MR, Lassman MR,
Walden ME, Depp OR, Hoffman HJ. Periconceptional vitamin use and neural tube
defects: is there an association? New Engl J Med 321:430-35, 1989
92. Ledbetter DH, Martin AO, Verlinsky Y, Pergament E, Jackson L, Yang-Feng T,
Schonberg SA, Gilbert F, Zachary JM, Barr M, Copeland KL, DiMiao MS, Fine B,
Rosinsky B, Schuette J, de la Cruz FF, Desnick RJ, Elias S, Golbus MS, Goldberg
JD, Lubs HA, Mahoney MJ, Rhoads GG, Simpson JL, Schlesselman SE.
Cytogenetic results of chorionic villus sampling: high success rate and diagnostic
accuracy in the United States Collaborative Study. Amer J Obstet Gynecol 162:495-
501, 1990
93. Mills JL, Simpson JL, Rhoads GG, Graubard BI, Hoffman H, Conley MR, Lassman
M, Cunningham G. The risk of neural tube defects in relation to maternal fertility
and fertility drug use. Lancet 1990;336:103-4
94. Malloy MH, Willoughby A, Graubard B, Lynch J, McCarthy M, Moss H, Vietze P,
Rhoads GG, Berendes H. Exposure to a chloride-deficient formula during infancy:
Outcome at ages 9 and 10 years. Pediatrics 1990;86:601-610
95. Malloy MH, Graubard B, Moss H, McCarthy M, Gwyn S, Vietze P, Willoughby A,
Rhoads GG, Berendes H. Hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis from ingestion of a
chloride-deficient infant formula: outcome 9 and 10 years later. Pediatrics
1991;87:811-22
96. Klebanoff MA, Shiono PH, Rhoads GG. Pregnancy outcome in a national sample of
resident physicians. New Engl J Med 1990;323:1040-45
97. Rhoads GG, McNellis DC, Kessel SS (Rapporteurs). Home monitoring of uterine
contractility: Summary of a workshop. Amer J Obstet Gynecol 1991;165:2-6
98. Klebanoff MA, Shiono PH, Rhoads GG. Spontaneous and induced abortion among
resident physicians. JAMA 1991;265:2821-25
99. Simpson JL, Mills JL, Rhoads GG, Cunningham GC, Hoffman HJ, Conley MR.
Vitamins, folic acid and neural tube defects: comments on investigations in the
United States. Prenatal Diagnosis 1991;11:641-8
100. Simpson JL, Mills J, Rhoads GG, Cunningham GC, Conley MR, Hoffman HJ.
Genetic heterogeneity of neural tube defects. Annales de Genetique 1991;34:279-86
101. Mills JL, Tuomilehto J, Yu KF, Colman N, Blaner WS, Koskela P, Rundle WE,
Forman M, Toivanen L, Rhoads GG. Maternal vitamin levels during pregnancies
producing infants with neural tube defects. J Pediatr 1992;120:863-71
102. Ledbetter DH, Zachary JM, Simpson JL, Golbus MS, Pergament E, Jackson L,
Mahoney MJ, Desnick RJ, Schulman J, Copeland KL, Verlinsky Y, Yang-Feng T,
Schonberg SA, Babu A, Tharapel A, Dorfmann A, Lubs HA, Rhoads GG, Fowler
SE, De La Cruz F. Cytogenetic results from the U.S. collaborative study on CVS.
Prenatal Diagnosis 1992;12:317-345
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103. Wapner RJ, Simpson JL, Golbus MS, Zachary JM, Ledbetter DH, Desnick RJ,
Fowler SE, Jackson LG, Lubs H, Mahoney RJ, Pergament E, Rhoads GG, Shulman
JD, De La Cruz F. Chorionic mosaicism: association with fetal loss but not with
adverse perinatal outcome. Prenatal Diagnosis 1992;12:347-355
104. Desnick RJ, Schuette JL, Golbus MS, Jackson L, Lubs HA, Ledbetter DH, Mahoney
MJ, Pergament E, Simpson JL, Zachary JM, Fowler SE, Rhoads GG, De La Cruz F.
Frist-trimester biochemical and molecular diagnoses using chorionic villi: high
accuracy inthe U.S. Collaborative Study. Prenatal Diagnosis 1992;12:357-372
105. Golbus MS, Simpson JL, Fowler SE, De La Cruz F, Desnick RJ, Wapner R,
Ledbetter DH, Lubs H, Mahoney MJ, Pergament E, Rhoads GG, Schulman JD,
Zachary J. Risk factors associated with transcervical cvs losses. Prenatal Diagnosis
1992;12:373-376
106. Kuliev AM, Modell B, Jackson L, Simpson JL, Brambati B, Rhoads GG, Froster U,
Verlinsky Y, Smidt-Jensen S, Halzgreve W, Ginsberg N, Ammola P, Dumez Y.
Chorionic villus sampling (CVS): World Health Organization European Regional
Office (WHO/EURO) meeting statement on the use of CVS in prenatal diagnosis. J
Assist Reprod Genet 1992;9:299-303
107. Kuliev AM, Modell B, Jackson L, Simpson JL, et al. Risk evaluation of CVS. Prenat
Diagn 1993;13:197-209
108. Waller DK, Mills JL, Simpson JL, Cunningham GC, Rhoads GG. Are obese
women at higher risk for producing malformed offspring? Am J Obstet and Gynecol
1994;170:541-8
109. Wang E, Rhoads GG, Wainman T, Lioy PJ. The effects of environmental and carpet
variables on vacuum sampler collection efficiency. Applied Occup Environ Hygiene
1995;10:111-119
110. Czachur M, Stanbury M, Gerwel B, Gochfeld M, Rhoads GG, and Wartenberg D. A
pilot study of take-home lead exposure in New Jersey. Am J Indus Med
1995;28:289-93
111. Wang EY, Willis RD, Buckley TJ, Rhoads GG, Lioy PJ. The relationship between
dust lead concentration and particle size in household dust collected in Jersey City
residences. Applied Occup Environ Hygiene 1996;11:199-206
112. Adgate JL, Weisel C, Wang Y, Rhoads GG, Lioy PJ. Lead in house dust:
relationships between exposure metrics. Environ Research 1995;70:134-47
113. Mills OF, Rhoads GG. The contribution of the case-control approach to vaccine
evaluation: pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type B PRP Vaccines. J Clin
Epidemiol 1996;49:631-36
114. Bohrer MK, Hock DL, Rhoads GG, Kemmann E. Sonographic assessment of
endometrial pattern and thickness in patients treated with human menopausal
gonadotropins. Fertil Steril 1996;66:244-7
115. Northridge ME, Rhoads GG, Wartenberg D, Koffman D. The importance of
histologic type on breast cancer survival. J Clin Epidemiol 1997;50:283-90
116. Herman AA, Berendes HW, Yu KF, Cooper LC, Overpeck MD, Rhoads GG,
Maxwell JP, Kinney BA, Koslowe PA, Coates DL. The evaluation of effectiveness
of a community-based enriched model prenatal intervention project in the District of
Columbia. Health Services Res 1996;31:609-21
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117. Mills JL, Simpson JL, Cunningham GC, Conley MR, Rhoads GG. Vitamin A and
birth defects. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1997;177:31-6
118. Cotch MF, Pastorek JG 2nd, Nugent RP, Hillier SL, Rhoads GG and others.
Trichomonas vaginalis associated with low birth weight and preterm delivery. The
Vaginal Infections and Prematurity Study Group. Sex Transm Dis 1997;353-60
119. Freeman NCG, Ettinger A, Berry M, Rhoads GG. Hygiene and food-related
behaviors associated with blood lead levels of young children from lead-
contaminated homes. J Exposure Anal Environ Epidemiol 1997;7:103-118
120. Lioy PJ, Yiin L-M, Adgate J, Weisel C, Rhoads GG. The effectiveness of a home
cleaning intervention strategy in reducing potential dust and lead exposures. J
Exposure Anal Environ Epidemiol 1998;8:17-35
121. Jobanputra NK, Jones R, Buckler G, Cody RP, Gochfeld M, Matte TM, Rich DQ,
Rhoads GG. Accuracy and reproducibility of blood lead testing in commercial
laboratories. Arch Pediatr Adolescent Med 1998;152:548-553
122. *Treatment of Lead-exposed Children Trial Group. The Treatment of Lead-exposed
Children (TLC) Trial: Design and recruitment for a study of the effect of oral
chelation on growth and development of toddlers. Pediatr Perinatal Epidemiol
1998;12:313-333
123. Demissie K, Mills OF, Rhoads GG. Empirical comparison of the results of
randomized controlled trials and case-control studies in evaluating the effectiveness
of mammography. J Clin Epidemiol 1998;51:81-91
124. Lin F-Y C, Clemens JD, Azimi PH, Regan JA, Weisman LE, Philips JB, Rhoads
GG, Clark P, Brenner RA, Ferrieri P. Capsular polysaccharide types of Group B
Streptococcal isolates from neonates with early-onset infection. J Infectious Dis
1998;177:790-2
125. Demissie K, Marcella S, Breckenridge MB, Rhoads GG. Maternal asthma and
transient tachypnea of the newborn. Pediatrics 1998;102:84-90
126. Adgate JL, Willis RD, Buckley TJ, Chow JC, Watson JG, Rhoads GG, Lioy PJ.
Chemical Mass Balance Source Apportionment of Lead in House Dust. Environ
Science Technology 1998;32:108-114
127. Demissie K, Breckenridge MB, Rhoads GG. Infant and maternal outcomes in the
pregnancies of asthmatic women. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 1998;1091-95
128. Adgate JL, Rhoads GG, Lioy PJ. The use of isotope ratios to apportion sources of
lead in Jersey City, N.J. house dust wipe samples, Science Total Environ
1998;221:171-80
129. Goldman KD, Demissie K, DiStefano D, Ty A, McNally K, Rhoads GG. Childhood
lead screening practices among New Jersey physicians. Am J Prev Med
1998;15:228-34l
130. Goldman KD, Ostrow D, Ty A, Rhoads GG. Getting the lead out. New Jersey
Medicine September 1998;95:49-53
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*Dr. Rhoads was Chairman of the Steering Committee of this Trial Groups.
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131. Brown I, Demissie K, Burka G, Rhoads GG. In-hospital cost savings associated
with continuity of care by specialists: an example in HIV-infected inpatients. Disease
Management and Clinical Outcomes 1998;1;224-228
132. Demissie K, Breckenridge MB, Rhoads GG. Placenta previa: preponderance of
male sex at birth. Am J Epidemiology 1999; 149 : 824-30
133. Rich DQ, Yiin L-M, Rhoads GG, Glueck DH, Weisel C, Lioy PJ. A field
comparison of two methods for sampling lead in household dust, the LWW Sampler
and the HUD Dust Wipe. J Exposure Anal Environ Epidemiol 1999;9:106-112
134. Rhoads GG, Ettinger AS, Weisel CP, Buckley TJ, Goldman KD, Adgate J, Lioy PJ.
The effect of dust lead control on blood lead in toddlers: a randomized trial.
Pediatrics, 1999;103:551-55|
135. Gregory PM, Rhoads GG, Wilson AC, O’Dowd KJ, Kostis JB. Impact of
availability of hospital-based invasive cardiac services on racial differences in the
use of these services. Amer Heart J, 1999;138:507-17 Created by George G. Rhoads
sex differences in presentation for care of HIV. AIDS Patient Care STDs
1999;13:103-110
136. Biber CL, Jaker MA, Kloser P, Auerbach S, Rhoads GG. A Study of sex
differences in presentation care of HIV. AIDS Patient Care STD’s 1999,;13:103-110
137. Serwint JR, Damokosh AI, Berger OG, Chisholm JJ, GunterEW, Jones RL, Rhoads
GG, Rogan W. No difference in iron status between children with low and moderate
lead exposure. J Pediatrics 1999;135:108-110
138. Gregory PM, Malka ES, Kostis JB, Wilson AC, Arora JK, Rhoads GG. Impact of
geographic proximity to cardiac revascularization services on service utilization.
Medical Care 2000;38:45-57
139. Yiin L-M, Rhoads GG, Lioy PJ. Seasonal influences on childhood lead exposure.
Environ Health Perspectives 2000;108:177-82
140. Farkas A, Marcella S, Rhoads GG. Ethnic differences in prostate cancer incidence
and mortality. Ethnicity and Disease 2000;10:69-75
141. Lin F-YC, Azimi PH,Weisman LE, Philips JB, Regan J, Clark P,Rhoads GG,
Clemens J Troendle J, Pratt E, Brenner RA,Gill V. Antibiotic susceptibility profiles
of group B streptococci isolated from neonates from 1995 to 1998.Clin Infectious
Dis 2000;31:76-79
142. *Treatment of Lead-exposed Children (TLC) Trial Group. Safety and efficacy of
succimer in toddlers with blood lead levels of 20-44 ug/dL. Pediatric Research
2000;48:593-599
143. Wen SW, Demissie K, August D, Rhoads GG. Level of aggregation for optimal
epidemiological analysis: the case of time to surgery and unnecessary removal of the
normal appendix. J Epidemiology Community Health. 2001 Mar; 55(3) : 198-203
144. Rogan WJ, Salganik M, Dietrich K, Ware J, Radcliffe J, Chisholm J, Jones R, Ragan
B, Rhoads GG for the Treatment of Lead-exposed Children Trial Group. Effect of
succimer chelation on cognitive, neuropsychological, and behavioral measures in
lead-exposed children. New Engl J Med 2001;1421-1426
145. Lin FYC, Brenner RA, Johnson YR, Azimi PH, Phillips JB, Regan JA, Clark P,
Weisman LE, Rhoads GG, Pratt E, Clemens JD. The effectiveness of risk-based
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intrapartum chemoprophylaxis for the prevention of early-onset neonatal Group B
streptococcal disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001;184:1204-1210
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*Dr. Rhoads was Chairman of the Steering Committee of this Trial Groups.
146. Petrova A, Demissie K, Rhoads GG, Smulian JC, Marcella S, Ananth CV.
Association of maternal fever during labor with neonatal and infant morbidity and
mortality. Obstetrics and Gynecology 2001;98:20-27
147. Rich DQ, Rhoads GG, Wartenberg D, Sweatlock J. A retrospective follow-up study
of the effects of home lead abatements on childhood blood lead levels. Journal of
Environmental Health 2001;63:9-15
148. Faiz AS, Demissie K, Ananth CV, Rhoads GG. Risk of abruptio placentae by region
of birth and residence among African- American women in the USA. Ethnicity &
Health,2001;6:247-253
149. Lin F-YC, Philips JB, Azimi PH, Weisman LE, Clark P, Rhoads GG, Regan J,
Concepcion NF, Frasch CE,Troendle J, Brenner RA, Gray BM, Fitzgerald G,
Bhushan R, Moyer P, Clemens JD. Level of maternal antibody required to protect
neonates against early-onset disease caused by Type 1a Group B Streptococcus: A
multicenter, seroepidemiology study. J Infect Dis 2001;184:1022-1028
150. Haynes E, Lanphear BP, Tohn E, Farr N, Rhoads GG. The effect of interior lead
hazard controls on children's blood lead concentrations: a systematic evaluation.
Environ Health Perspect 2002;110:103-7
151. Demissie K, Rhoads GG, Ananth CV, Alexander GR, Kramer MS, Kogan MD,
Joseph KS. Trends in preterm birth and neonatal mortality among blacks and whites
in the United States from 1989 to 1996. Am J Epidemiol 2001;154:307-315
152. Li T, Rhoads GG, Demissie K, Smulian J. The efficacy of the non-stress test in
preventing fetal death in post-term pregnancy. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
2001;15:265-270
153. Demissie K, Ananth CV, Martin J, Hanley ML, MacDorman MF, Rhoads GG. Fetal
and neonatal mortality among twin gestations in the United States: The role of
intrapair birth weight discordance. Obstet Gynecol 2002;100:474-80
154. Liu X, Dietrich KN, Radcliffe J, Ragan NB, Rhoads GG, Rogan WJ. Do children
with falling blood lead levels have improved cognition? Pediatrics 2002;110:787-
791
155. Rich DQ, Rhoads GG, Yiin L-M, Zhang J, Bai Z, Adgate JL, Ashley PJ, Lioy PJ.
Comparison of Home Lead Dust Reduction Techniques on Hard Surfaces: The New
Jersey Assessment of Cleaning Techniques Study. Environmental Health
Perspectives 2002;110:889-93
156. Yiin L-M, Rhoads GG, Rich DQ, Zhang J, Bai, Z, Adgate JL, Ashley PJ, Lioy PJ.
Comparison of techniques to reduce residential lead dust on carpet and upholstery;
The New Jersey Assessment of Cleaning Techniques Trial. Environ Health Perspect
2002;110:1233-1237
157. Bai Z, Yiin L-M, Rich DQ, Adgate JL, Ashley PJ, Lioy PJ, Rhoads GG, Zhang J.
Field evaluation and comparison of five methods of sampling lead dust on carpets.
Am Indus Hyg Assoc J (AIHA J), 2003;64:528-32
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158. Ettinger AS, Bornschein RL, Farfel M, Campbell C, Ragan NB, Rhoads GG,
Brophy M, Wilkens S, Dockery DW. Assessment of cleaning to control lead dust in
homes of children with moderate lead poisoning: Treatment of Lead-exposed
Children Trial. Environ Health Perspect 2002;110:A773-A779
159. Li T, Rhoads GG, Smulian JC, Demissie K, Wartenberg D, Kruse L. Physician
cesarean delivery rates and risk-adjusted perinatal outcomes. Obstet Gynecol
2003;1202-1210
160. Yiin L-M, Lioy PJ, Rhoads GG. Impact of home carpets on childhood lead
intervention study. Environmental Research 2003;92:161-5
161. Sannoh S, Demissie K, Balasubramanian B, Rhoads GG. Risk factors for intrapair
birth weight discordance. J Maternal Fetal Neonatal Med 2003;13:230-6
162. Demissie K, Rhoads GG, Balasubramanian BA, Gandhi K, Smulian JC, Joseph KS,
Kramer M. Operative vaginal delivery and neonatal and infant adverse outcomes- A
population-based retrospective analysis. BMJ 2004;329:1-6
163. Peterson KE, Salganik M, Campbell C, Rhoads GG, Rubin J, Berger O, Ware JH,
Rogan W. Effect of succimer on growth of preschool children with moderate blood
lead levels. Environ Health Perspect 2004;112:233-7
164. Tan H, Wen SW, Mark W, Fung KF, Demissie K, Rhoads GG. The association
between fetal sex and preterm birth in twin pregnancies. Obstet Gynecol. 2004
Feb;103(2):327-32
165. Yiin L-M, Lim BS, Sannoh S, Lu,S-E, Rhoads GG. Evaluation of cleaning methods
applied in home environments after renovation and remodeling activities.
Environmental Research 2004; Oct;96(2):156-62
166. Demissie K, Oluwule OO, Balasubramanian BA, Osinubi OO, August D, Rhoads
GG. Racial differences in the treatment of colorectal cancer: a comparison of
surgical and radiation therapy between Whites and Blacks. Ann Epidemiol
2004;14:215-221
167. Getahun D, Amre D, Rhoads GG, Demissie K. Maternal and obstetric risk factors
for sudden infant death syndrome in the United States. Obstet Gynecol 2004;646-
652
168. Getahun D, Demissie K, Lu S-E, Rhoads GG. Sudden infant death syndrome
among Twin Births: United States, 1995-1998. J Perinatology 2004;24:544-51
169. Lin F-Y, Weisman LE, Azimi PH, Philips JB 3rd
, Clark P, Regan J, Rhoads GG,
Frasch CE, Gray BM, Troendle J, Brenner RA, Moyer P, Clemens JD. Level of
maternal IgG anti-Group B streptococcus type III antibody correlated with protection
of neonates against early-onset disease caused by this pathogen. J Infect Dis
2004;190:928-34
170. Dietrich KN, Ware JH, Salganik M, Radcliffe J, Rogan WJ, Rhoads GG, Fay ME,
Davoli CT, Denckla MB, Bornschein RL, Schwarz D, Dockery DW, Adubato S,
Jones RL; Treatment of Lead-Exposed Children Clinical Trial Group. Effect of
chelation therapy on the neuropsychological and behavioral development of lead-
exposed children after school entry. Pediatrics. 2004 Jul;114(1):19-26
171. Chung KD, Demissie K, Rhoads GG. Asthma in pregnancy - its relationship with
race, insurance, maternal education, and prenatal care utilization. J Natl Med Assoc
2004;96(11)
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172. Yiin L-M, Weber J, Sannoh S, Rhoads GG. Efficacy of the community reinvestment
act in promoting lead abatement in urban settings. J Environ Health 2005;67:44-48
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173. Getahun D, Demissie K, Rhoads GG. Recent trends in asthma hospitalization and
mortality in the United States. J. Asthma. 2005;42(5):373-8
174. Rhoads GG, Orsini LS, Crown W, Wang S, Getahun D, Zhang Q. Contribution of
hypoglycemia to medical care expenditures and short term disability in diabetic
employees, J Occup Environ Med 2005; 47:447-52
175. Radican L, Wartenberg D, Rhoads GG, Schneider D, Wedeen R, Stewart P, Blair A.
A retrospective occupational cohort study of end-stage renal disease in aircraft
workers exposed to trichloroethylene and other hydrocarbons. J Occup Environ Med
2006 Jan;48(1):1-12
176. Stanley AH, Demissie K, Rhoads GG. Asthma development with obesity exposure:
observations from the cohort of the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey
Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS). J Asthma 2005;42:97-9
177. Foulds J, Gandhi KK, Steinberg MB, Richardson DL, Williams JM, Burke MV,
Rhoads GG. Factors Associated with Quitting Smoking at a Tobacco Dependence
Treatment Clinic. American Journal of Health Behavior 2006 Jul-Aug;30(4):400-412
178. Bachmann GA, Rosen R, Arnold DA, Burd I, Rhoads GG, Leiblum SR, Avis N.
Chronic vulvar and other gynecologic pain. Prevalence and characteristics in a self-
reported survey. J Reproductive Med 2006;51:3-9
179. Arnold LD, Bachmann GA, Rosen R, Kelly S, Rhoads GG. Vulvodynia:
Characteristics and associations with comorbidities and quality of life. Obstet
Gynecol 2006;107:617-24
180. Getahun D, Devendra A, Ananth CV, Demissie K, Rhoads GG. Temporal changes
in rates of stillbirth, neonatal and infant mortality among triplet gestations in the
United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2006 Dec; 195(6):1506-11
181. Chen A, Rhoads GG, Cai B, Salganik M, Rogan WJ. The Effect of Chelation on
Blood Pressure in Lead-exposed Children: A Randomized Study. Environ Health
Perspect 2006 Apr;114(4):579-83
182. Lin F-YC1, Whiting A,
Adderson E, Takahashi S, Diane Marie Dunn DM, Weiss R,
Azimi PH, Philips JB III, Weisman LE, Regan J, Clark P, Rhoads GG, Frasch CE,
Troendle J, Moyer P, Bohnsack JF. Phylogenetic Lineages of Invasive and
Colonizing Strains of Serotype III Group B Streptococci from Neonates: a
Multicenter Prospective Study. J Clin Microbiology (Apr) 2006;44:1257-61
183. Burke TA, Sturkenboom MC, Lu S-E, Wentworth CE, Lin Y, Rhoads GG.
Discontinuation of antihypertensive drugs among newly diagnosed hypertensive
patients in UK general practice. J Hypertension 2006 Jun;24(6):1193-1200
184. Arnold LD, Bachmann GA, Rosen R, Rhoads GG. Assessment of vulvodynia
symptoms in a sample of U.S. Women: a prevalence survey with a nested case
control study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;196(2):128.e1-6
185. Lee J, Demissie K, Lu S-E, Rhoads GG. Cancer incidence among Korean-American
immigrants in the United States and native Koreans in South Korea. Cancer Control
2007 Jan;14(1):78-85
186. Balasubramanian BA, Gandhi SK, Demissie K, August DA, Kohler B, Osinubi OY,
Rhoads GG. Use of Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for Early Breast Cancer among
Women 65 Years and Older. Cancer Control 2007 Jan;14(1):63-68
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187. Chen X-K, Wen SW Fleming N, Demissie K, Rhoads GG, Walker M. Teenage
pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: A large population based retrospective cohort
study. Internat J Epidemiol 2007 Apr;36(2):368-73
188. Kahler KH, Rajan M, Rhoads GG, Safford MM, Demissie K, Lu SE, Pogach LM.
Impact of oral anti-hyperglycemic therapy on all-cause mortality among patients
with diabetes in the Veterans Health Administration. Diabetes Care.
2007;30(7):1689-93
189. Burke TA, Sturkenboom MC, Ohman-Strickland PA, Wentworth CE, Rhoads GG.
The effect of antihypertensive drugs and drug combinations on the incidence of new-
onset type-2 diabetes mellitus. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2007 Sep;16(9):979-
87
190. Han IK, Duan X, Zhang L, Yang H, Rhoads GG, Wei F, Zhang J.1-Hydroxypyrene
concentrations in first morning voids and 24-h composite urine: intra- and inter-
individual comparisons. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2007 Dec 5;
191. Yiin L-M, Yu CH, Ashley PJ, Rhoads GG. Cleaning efficacy of high efficiency air-
filtered vacuuming and dry steam cleaning on carpet. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2008
Feb;5(2):94-9
192. Brown MJ, Rhoads GG. Guest editorial: Responding to blood lead levels < 10
microg/dL. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Feb;116(2):A60-1
193. Marcella SW, Rhoads GG, Carson JL, Merlino F, Wilcox H. Prostate specific
antigen screening and mortality from prostate cancer. J General Intern Med 2008
Mar;23(3):248-53
194. Riedt CS, Buckley BT, Brolin RE, Ambia-Sobhan H, Rhoads GG, Shapses SA;
Blood lead levels and bone turnover with weight reduction in women; J Expo Sci
Environ Epidemiol, 2009 Jan; 19(1); 90-6
195. Sutton JT, Bachmann GA, Arnold LD, Rhoads GG, Rosen RC; Assessment of
vulvodynia symptoms in a sample of U.S. women. A follow-up national incidence
survey; J Womens Health (Larchmt), 17(8): 1285–1292, Oct 2008
196. Jalba M, Rhoads GG, Demissie K; Association of codon 16 and codon 27 ADRB2
gene polymorphisms with obesity: a meta-analysis; Obesity(Silver Spring),
16(9):2096-106, Sept 2008
197. Bohnsack JF, Whiting A, Gottschalk M, Dunn DM, Weiss R, Azimi PH, Philips JB
3rd, Weisman LE, Rhoads GG, Lin FY; Population structure of invasive and
colonizing strains of Streptococcus agalactiae from neonates of six U.S. Academic
Centers from 1995 to 1999; J Clin Microbiol, 46(4):1285-91, April 2008
198. Greenberg MR, Gotsch A, Rhoads GG, Schneider D; Building and sustaining a
multiuniversity and multicampus program or school of public health; Am J Public
Health, 98(9):1556-8, Sept 2008
199. Yu CH, Yiin L-M, Fan Z-H, Rhoads GG; Evaluation of HEPA vacuum cleaning
and dry steam cleaning in reducing levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and
house dust mite allergens in carpets; J Environ Monitoring, 11:205-11, 2009
200. Rich DQ, Demissie K, Lu SE, Kamat L, Wartenberg D, Rhoads GG; Ambient air
pollutant concentrations during pregnancy and the risk of fetal growth restriction; J
Epidemiol Community Health, 63(6):488-96, Jun 2009
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201. Rhoads GG, Kosiborod M, Nesto RW, Fonseca VA, Lu S-E, Zhang Q, Foody JM;
Comparison of incidence of acute myocardial infarction in patients with type 2
diabetes mellitus following initiation of neutral protamine Hagedorn insulin versus
insulin glargine; Am J Cardiol.,104:910-916, 2009
202. Echeverría SE, Borrell LN, Brown D, Rhoads GG; A local area analysis of racial,
ethnic, and neighborhood disparities in breast cancer staging. Cancer Epidemiol
Biomarkers Prev., 18(11):3024-9, Nov 2009
203. Zhang Q, Ananth CV, Rhoads GG, Li Z; The impact of maternal anemia on
perinatal mortality: A population-based, prospective cohort study in China. Annals
of Epidemiology, 19(11):793-9, Nov 2009
204. Getahun D, Strickland D, Zeiger RS, Fassett MJ, Chen W, Rhoads GG, Jacobsen
SJ; Effect of chorioamnionitis on early childhood asthma. Arch Pediatr Adolesc
Med., 164(2):187-92, Feb 2010
205. Balasubramanian BA, Demissie K, Crabtree BF, Ohman Strickland PA, Kohler B,
Rhoads GG; Racial differences in adjuvant systemic therapy for early breast cancer
among Medicaid beneficiaries. Breast J., 16(2):162-8, Mar 2010
206. Mizan SS, Shendell DG, Rhoads GG; Absence, extended absence, and repeat
tardiness related to asthma status among elementary school children; Journal of
Asthma, 48(3):228-234, April 2011
207. Rhoads GG, Dain MP, Zhang Q, Kennedy L; Two-year glycemic control and health
care expenditures following initiation of insulin glargine vs NPH insulin in type 2
diabetes mellitus; Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, 13(8):711-717, Aug 2011
208. Carson JL, Terrin ML, Noveck H, Sanders DW, Chaitman BR, Rhoads GG, Nemo
G, Dragert K, Beaupre L, Hildebrand K, Macaulay W, Lewis C, Cook DR, Dobbin
G, Zakriya KJ, Apple F, Horney RA, Magaziner J; Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion
in High Risk Patients After Hip Surgery; New England Journal of Medicine, Dec
2011; 365:2453-2462
209. Ghai NR, Jacobsen SJ, Van Den Eeden SK, Ahmed AT, Haque R, Rhoads GG,
Quinn VP; A Comparison of Lifestyle and Behavioral Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Factors between Asian-Indian and White non-Hispanic Men; Ethnicity and Disease,
2012 Spring; 22
210. Faiz AS, Demissie K, Rich DQ, Kruse L, Rhoads GG; Trends and Risk Factors of
Stillbirth in New Jersey 1997-2005. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal
Medicine Jun. 2012; 25(6): 699-705
211. Faiz AS, Rhoads GG, Demissie K, Lin Y, Kruse L, Rich DQ; Ambient Air Pollution
and the Risk of Stillbirth; American Journal of Epidemiology, 2012 Aug; 176 (4);
308-316
212. Marcella SW, David A, Ohman-Strickland PA, Carson J, Rhoads GG; Statin Use
and Fatal Prostate Cancer: A Matched Case-Control Study; Cancer, Aug.
2012;15;118(16):4046-52
213. Balasubramanian BA, Demissie K, Crabtree BF, Ohman-Strickland PA, Pawlish K,
Rhoads GG; Black Medicaid Beneficiaries Experience Breast Cancer Treatment
Delays More Frequently Than Whites; Ethn Dis. 2012 Summer;22(3):288-94
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214. Getahun D, Jacobsen SJ, Fassett MJ, Chen W, Demissie, Rhoads GG; Recent
Trends in Childhood Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; JAMA Pediatr; 2013
Mar 1; 167(3):282-8
215. Getahun D, Rhoads GG, Demissie K, Lu S, Quinn VP, Fassett MJ, Wing DA,
Jacobsen, SJ; In Utero Exposure to Ischemic-Hypoxic Conditions and Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; Pediatrics. 2013 Jan:131(1);e53-61
216. Qui H, Rhoads GG, Berlin JA, Marcella SW, Demissie K; Initial Metformin or
Sulphonylurea Exposure and Cancer Occurrence among Patients with Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes, Obes Metab 2013 Apr;15(4):349-57
217. Faiz AS, Rhoads GG, Demissie K, Lin Y, Kruse L, Rich DQ; Does ambient air
pollution trigger stillbirth?; Epidemiology. 2013 Jul;24(4):538-44
218. Getahun D, Rhoads GG, Fassett MJ, Chen W, Strauss JA, Demissie K, Jacobsen SJ;
Accuracy of reporting maternal and infant perinatal service system coding and
clinical utilization coding. J Med Stat Inform. 2013 Nov;1(3)
219. Getahun D, Demissie K, Marcella SW, Rhoads GG; The impact of changes in
preterm birth among twins on stillbirth and infant mortality in the United States.
Journal of Perinatology. 2014 June;26
220. Carson JL, Sieber F, Cok DR, Hoover DR, Noveck H, Chaitman BR, Fleisher L,
Beaupre L, Macaulay W, Rhoads GG, Paris B, Zagorin A, Sanders D, Zakriya KJ,
Magaziner J; Liberal versus Restrictive Transfusion Strategy – 3 Year Survival and
Cause of Death: Results from the FOCUS Trial; The Lancet D-14-06990R1; in press.
221. Chandwani S, George PA, Azu M, Bandera EV, Ambrosone CB, Rhoads GG,
Demissie K; Role of Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Surgical
Management of Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2014 Oct;
21(11):3473-80
222. Faiz AS, Rhoads GG, Demissie K, Lin Y, Kruse L, Rich DQ; Does Ambient Air
Pollution Trigger Stillbirth? Epidemiology. 2013 Jul; 24(4):538-44
B. Books, Monographs and Chapters
1. Rhoads GG, Zeegen PD, Glober GA, and Boelling GM. The epidemiology of
pterygium in a high risk population. Implications for prevention. In: 1972
Transactions of the Pacific Coast Oto-ophthalmological Society, 1973
2. Rhoads JE and Rhoads GG. Preventive cancer surgery. In: Raven RW, ed.
Modern Trends in Oncology, Butterworths; London; 1973
3. Kagan A, Popper J, Rhoads GG, Takeya Y, Kato H, Brown Goode G, Marmot M.
Epidemiologic studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in
Japan, Hawaii and California: Prevalence of stroke. In: Scheinberg P, ed.,
Cerebrovascular Disease, Raven Press; New York; 1976
4. Stemmermann GN, Rhoads GG, Blackwelder WC. Atherosclerosis and its risk
factors in the Hawaii Japanese. In: Atherosclerosis IV. Proceedings of the Fourth
International Symposium. Schettler G, Goto Y, Hata Y, and Klose G, eds..; pp. 113-
116; Springer-Verlag; New York; 1977
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5. Takeya Y, Kato H, Kagan A, Popper J, Rhoads GG, Browne Goode G, Marmot M.
Epidemiologic study of stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii, and
California: Prevalence of stroke. In: Inouye E and Nishimura H, eds., Gene-
Environment Interaction in Common Disease. pp. 15-18; University of Tokyo Press,
1977
6. Stemmermann GN, Rhoads GG, Hayashi T. Atherosclerosis and its risk factors
among Hawaii Japanese. In: Atherosclerosis V. Proceedings of the Fifth
International Symposium. Gotto AM, Smith LC, Allen B, eds., Springer-Verlag,
New York, 1980
7. McGee D, Rhoads GG, Feinleib M. The logistic function. A model for assessing
the risk of coronary heart disease. In: Shriver B and Walker TM, eds., Proceedings of
the Fourteenth International Conference on System Sciences, pp. 722-740;
University of Hawaii Press; Honolulu; 1981
8. Kagan A, Yano K, McGee D, Rhoads GG. Epidemiology of glucose intolerance in
Hawaii Japanese men. In: Melish JS, Hanna J, Baba S, eds., Genetic Environmental
Interaction in Diabetes Mellitus. pp. 51-56; Excerta Medica; Princeton; 1981
9. Rhoads George G. The Tecumseh Study: Review of epidemiological data and
design, limitations and prospects. In: Rao DC et al. eds., Genetic Epidemiology of
Coronary Heart Disease: Past, Present, and Future. pp. 11-22; Alan R. Liss, Inc.;
New York; 1984
10. Nugent RP, Berlin L, Rhoads GG, Spence M, Quinn T, Polk BF. Risk factors for
Cervicitis and Chlamydia trachomatis in an inner city population. In: Oriel D,
Ridgway G, Schachter J, Taylor-Robinson D, Ward M (eds.). Chlamydial
Infections: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Human Chlamydial
Infections. pp. 185-188; Cambridge University Press; Cambridge; 1986
11. Polk BF, Berlin L, Kanchanaraksa S, Quinn T, Laughon B, Jones MD, Repke J,
Horn J, Bartlett J, Nugent R, Rhoads GG, Mattern CFT, Hoffman G, Winn K,
Spence M. Risk factors for prematurity in a high risk urban population. In: Oriel D,
Ridgway G, Schachter J, Taylor-Robinson D, Ward M (eds.). Chlamydial
Infections: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Human Chlamydial
Infections. pp. 293-296; Cambridge University Press; Cambridge; 1986
12. Overpeck MD, Cooper LC, Hoffman HJ, Rhoads GG. Changes in perinatal
mortality in U.S. cities, 1972-1981. In: American Statistical Association 1987
Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section. pp. 558-563; American Statistical
Association; Alexandria; 1988
13. Rhoads George G, Rhoads FA, Shiono PH. Nutritional influences on childhood
behavior: the epidemiologic approach. In Anderson GH, Krasnegor NA, Miller GD,
Simopoulos AP, eds. Diet and Behavior. pp 127-34; Berlin; Springer Verlag; 1990
14. Rhoads George G. The role of case-control studies and of clinical trials in assessing
the vitamin neural tube defect hypothesis. In Bader JD ed. Risk Assessment in
Dentistry. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, Dept of Dental Ecology; pp
267-9; 1990
15. Rhoads GG. Lipoprotein studies. In: Kagan A, ed. The Honolulu Heart Study. An
Epidemiology Study of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke. Harwood Academic
Publishers, Amsterdam, 1996
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C. Other Articles
1. Rhoads GG. Book Review. The Effect of Various Diseases on the Development of
Atherosclerosis. by AM Vikhert and VS Zhdanov. Ann Intern Med 96:405, 1982
2. Rhoads GG. Book Review. The Impact of Randomization Clinical Trials on Health
Policy and Medical Practice published by the Office of Technology Assessment.
JAMA 252:1350-1351, 1984
3. Rhoads GG. Book Review. Guide to Clinical Studies and Developing Protocols by
Bert Spiker. JAMA 255:264-265, 1986
4. Rhoads GG. Book Review. Fundamentals of Clinical Trials by LM Friedman, CD
Furberg, and DL DeMets. JAMA 256:1055-1056, 1986
5. Rhoads GG. Book Review. Clinimetrics by A. Feinstein. JAMA 260:3202, 1988
6. Rhoads, George G. Book Review. In: Quality of Life and Pharmacoeconomics in
Clinical Trials, 2nd Edition, by B. Spilker. JAMA ;276:652-3; 1996
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D. Abstracts
1. Kagan A, Rhoads GG, Gordon T, Schiffman J. Some factors related to coronary
heart disease incidence in Honolulu Japanese: The Honolulu Heart Study (Abstract)
American Heart Association, CVD Epidemiology Newsletter, 14:12-13, 1973
2. Rhoads GG, Kagan A, Peskoe SM. The relationship of coffee to coronary heart
disease and its risk factors in American Japanese. (Abstract) Circulation 48(Suppl
IV):22, 1973
3. Robertson TL, Kato H, Belsky JL, Dock DS, Miyanishi M, Kawamoto S, Kagan A,
Rhoads GG, Worth RM, Gordon T. Comparative incidence of myocardial infarction
among Japanese males living in Japan and Hawaii. (Abstract) Circulation 48(Suppl
IV): 24, 1973
4. Yano K, Peskoe SM, Rhoads GG, Moore JO, Kagan A. Epidemiology of left axis
deviation and left anterior hemiblock in 8000 men of Japanese origin in Hawaii.
(Abstract) American Heart Association, CVD Epidemiology Newsletter 16:15, 1974
5. Rhoads GG, Popper T, Yano K, Kagan A. The association of neck bruits with
subsequent stroke and its risk factors in American-Japanese men. (Abstract)
Circulation, 50 (Suppl III):66, 1974
6. Gulbrandsen CL, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Serum lipoproteins and coronary heart
disease in Hawaii Japanese men. (Abstract) Circulation, 50 (Suppl III):100, 1974
7. Yano K, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Epidemiology of serum uric acid among 8000 men
of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii. (Abstract) Circulation, 52 (Suppl II):259, 1975
8. Yano K, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Lung function and electrocardiographic findings in
8000 Japanese-American men. (Abstract) American Heart Association. CVD
Epidemiology Newsletter 20, 1976
9. Rhoads GG. Lipoprotein as risk factors and protective agents. (Abstract) Clin
Chem 24:979, 1978
10. Rhoads GG, Morton NE, Gulbrandsen CL, Kagan A. Sinking pre-beta lipoprotein
and coronary heart disease in Japanese-American men in Hawaii. (Abstract)
American Heart Association. CVD Epidemiology Newsletter 24, 1978
11. Stemmermann GN, Rhoads GG, Blackwelder WC, Kagan A. Coronary risk factors
and autopsy findings in Hawaii Japanese. (Abstract) American Heart Association.
CVD Epidemiology Newsletter 26:48, 1979
12. Yano K, Kagan A, McGee D, Rhoads GG. Glucose intolerance and 9-year mortality
in Hawaii Japanese men. (Abstract) American Heart Association. CVD
Epidemiology Newsletter 30:16, 1981
13. Blackwelder WC, Gordon T, Kagan A, Rhoads GG. Comparison of methods for
diagnosing angina pectoris. (Abstract) American Heart Association. CVD
Epidemiology Newsletter 30:18, 1981
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14. McGee D, Reed D, Yano K, Rhoads GG, Kagan A, Nomura A. Diet and its
relationship to mortality in ten years. (Abstract) American Heart Association. CVD
Epidemiology Newsletter 30:28, 1981
15. Kagan A, Rhoads GG. The relation of mortality to adiposity in youth and in middle
age. (Abstract) American Heart Association. CVD Epidemiology Newsletter
31:14, 1982
16. Rhoads GG. Citation Classic: Serum lipoproteins and coronary heart disease in a
population study of Hawaii Japanese men. Current Contents (Clinical Practice)
10(43):22, 1982
17. Chun LT, Reddy V, Rhoads GG. Epidemiology and primary prevention of
rheumatic fever in Hawaii. (Abstract) Amer J Epidemiol 118:412, 1983
18. Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Relation of coronary disease, stroke, and mortality to weight
in youth and in middle age. (Abstract) Cardiol Digest p.35, Feb. 1984
19. Mills JL, Shiono PH, Shapiro LR, Crawford PB, Rhoads GG. Predicting pubertal
development by weight in early childhood. (Abstract) Pediatr Res 20:Part 2:229A,
1986
20. Rhoads GG, Dahlen G, Berg K, Morton NE. Lp(a) lipoprotein as a risk factor for
myocardial infarction. (Abstract) American Heart Association. CVD Epidemiology
Newsletter 39:51, 1986
21. Nugent RP, Berlin L, Rhoads GG, Spence M, Quinn T, Polk BF. Risk factors for
Chlamydia in a pregnant population. (Abstract) Amer J Epidemiol 124(3):511,
1986
22. Shiono PH, McNellis D, Rhoads GG, Fielden JG, Pearse WH. Cesarean births and
trial of labor rates. (Letter) JAMA 257:2758-9, 1987
23. Willoughby AD, Graubard BI, Vietze PM, Hocker AM, Storr C, Gist NF, Rhoads
GG. A population-based study of children exposed to chloride deficient formula.
(Abstract) Pediatr Res 21(4, Part 2):228A, 1987
24. Rhoads GG. The epidemiologic necropsy. (Letter) JAMA 258:3253-4, 1987
25. Malloy MH, Rhoads GG, Land G, Schramm W. Trends in fetal and day 1 deaths in
Missouri (1979-1983). (Abstract) Pediatr Res 23:292A, 1988
26. Rhoads GG for the CVS Study Group. Safety and efficacy of trans-cervical
chorionic villus. (Abstract) Amer J Epidemiol 128:884, 1988
27. Klebanoff MA, Shiono PH, Berendes HW, Rhoads GG. Is maternal anemia a risk
factor for preterm birth? (Abstract) Pediatr Res 25:102A, 1989
28. Richardson CJ Malloy M, Rhoads GG, Lopez SM. A case-control study of the
association of high umbilical artery catheters and intra-ventricular hemorrhage.
(Abstract) Pediatr Res 25:261A, 1989
29. Rhoads GG, Jackson L, Schlesselman SE. Chorionic villus sampling (letter). New
Engl J Med 1989;321:547
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30. Mills JL, Rhoads GG, Hoffman HT, Simpson JL, Cunningham GC, Lassman M.
Periconceptional use of vitamins and the prevalence of neural-tube defects (letter). N
Engl J Med 1990;322:1083-4
31. Mills JL, Rhoads GG, Simpson JL, Cunningham GC. Vitamins during pregnancy
and neural tube defects (letter). JAMA 1990;263:2747-8
32. Overpeck MD, Cooper LC, Hoffman HJ, Rhoads G. Comparison of perinatal
mortality in 59 U.S. cities: 1972-1981. HHS Region III Perinatal Information
Consortium Technical Report Series 90-03. The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene
and Public Health, 1990
33. Klebanoff MA, Shiono PH, Rhoads GG. Outcomes of pregnancy in resident
physicians (letter). N Engl J Med 1991;324:631
34. Carey JC, Klebanoff MA, Regan JA, for the Vaginal Infections and Prematurity
Study Group. Evaluation of the gram stain as a screening tool for maternal carriage
of Group B beta-hemolytic streptococci. Obstet Gynecol 1990;76:693-97
35. Eschenbach DA et al and the Vaginal Infections and Prematurity Study Group. A
randomized placebo-controlled trial of erythromycin for the treatment of Ureaplasma
urealyticum to prevent premature delivery. Am J Obstet Gynec 1991;164:734-42
36. Simpson JL, Mills JL, Rhoads GG, Cunningham G. Folic acid and neural tube
defects (letter). Prenat Diagn 1992;12(10):856-9
37. McIntyre RL, Stolman CJ, Toreki W, Burnhill M et al. Editors' round-table:
physician assisted dying. Trends Health Care Law Ethics 1992;7:28-31
38. Wartenberg D, Northridge M, Rhoads GG. Is there really aconceptual difference in
choosing the cutpoint for dichotomizing outcome and predictor variables? (letter)
Epidemiology 1993;4:274-5
39. Rhoads GG. Psychology and survival (letter). Lancet 1994;343:174-5
40. Rhoads GG. Reporting of power and sample size in randomized controlled trials
(letter). JAMA 1995;273:22-3
41. Rhoads GG. Case-control evaluation of screening (letter). J Clin Epidemiol
1996;49:389-90
42. Rhoads GG, Mills OF. Effect of PSA screening on mortality still unclear (letter).
JAMA 1996;275:1155
43. Ananth CV, Rhoads GG. Parallel vs. cross-over trials of fertility treatments (letter).
Fertility and Sterility 1997;67:179-80
44. Rhoads GG. Cultural orientation: an individual- or group-level. variable? (letter).
Am J Public Health 1997;87:301-2
45. Demissie K, Ananth CV, Joseph KS, Rhoads GG. Secular trends and determinants or
pre-term birth rates in the United Sates of America from 1985 through 1996
(Abstract). Paediatric Perinatal Epidemiol 1999;13:A7
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46. Rhoads G, Delnevo C, Abatemarco D, Adler R, Hrywna M, Kaufman I, Lewis MJ,
Malka ES, Muthuraja S, Shah M. Evaluation of the New Jersey Department of
Health and Senior Services Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program. April 2001
47. Demissie K, Rhoads GG, Smulian JC, Balasubramanian BA, Gandhi K, Joseph KS,
Kramer M. Operative Vaginal Delivery and Neonatal and Infant Adverse Outcomes:
Population-Based Retrospective Analysis. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2005 Feb;60(2):86-
87
48. Rhoads GG, Brown MJ. Blood Lead Levels: Rhoads and Brown Respond Environ
Health Perspect. 2008 November; 116(11): A472–A473
E. Reports
1. Kagan A, Harris BR, Winkelstein W Jr, Johnson KG, Kato H, Syme SL, RhoadsGG,
Gay ML, Nichaman MZ, Hamilton HB, Tillotson J. Epidemiologic studies of
coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii, and
California: Demographic, physical, dietary, and biochemical characteristics. Atomic
Bomb Casualty Commission-Japanese National Institutes of Health Technical Report
No. 16-72, 1972
2. Tillotson JL, Kato H, Nichaman MZ, Miller DC, Gay ML, Johnson KG, Rhoads GG.
Epidemiology of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan,
Hawaii, and California: methodology for comparison of diet. Atomic Bomb
Casualty Commission-Japanese National Institutes of Health Technical Report No.
27-72, 1972
3. Kato H, Tillotson J, Nichaman MZ, Rhoads GG, Hamilton HB. Epidemiologic
studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii,
and California: serum lipids and diet. Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission-Japanese
National Institutes of Health Technical Report 28-72, 1972
4. Stemmermann GN, Steer A, Rhoads GG, Lee K, Hayaski T, Nakashima T, Keehn R.
A comparative pathology study of myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis in
Japanese men living in Hiroshima, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii. Radiation Effects
Research Foundation. Technical Report 2-75. Hiroshima, 1975
5. Robertson TL, Kato H, Gordon T, Kagan A, Rhoads GG, Land CE, Worth RM,
Belsky JL, Dock DS, Miyanishi M, Kawamoto S. Epidemiologic studies of coronary
heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii and California:
coronary heart disease risk factors in Japan and Hawaii. Radiation Effects Research
Foundation. Technical Report 1-76, Hiroshima, 1976.
6. Robertson TL, Kato H, Rhoads GG, Kagan A, Marmot M, Syme SL, Gordon T,
Worth RM, Belsky JL, Dock DS, Miyanishi M, Kawamoto S. Epidemiological
studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii,
and California: incidence of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease death.
Radiation Effects Research Foundation. Technical Report 2-76, Hiroshima, 1976
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7. Steer A, Lee SS, Stemmermann GN, Yamamoto T, Rhoads GG, Lee KK. Autopsy
study of small cardiac scars in Japanese men who lived in Hiroshima, Japan and
Honolulu, Hawaii. Radiation Effects Research Foundation. Technical Report 7-78,
Hiroshima, 1978
8. Takeya Y, Popper JS, Shimizu Y, Kato H, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. Epidemiologic
studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii,
and California: Incidence of stroke in Japan and Hawaii. Radiation Effects Research
Foundation Technical Report 6-84
F. Letters
1. Rhoads GG, Rhoads FA. Doctors for Nigeria. (Letter) N Engl J Med 286:1421-22,
1972
2. Gordon T, Kagan A, Rhoads GG. Relative weights in different populations. (Letter)
Amer J Clin Nutr 28:304-305, 1975
3. Rhoads GG, Hemoglobin A1C reproducibility. (Letter) Ann Intern Med 92:574,
1980
4. Yano K, Rhoads GG, Kagan A. On alcohol intake and CHD. (Letter) Aner J Publ
Hlth 70:746-47, 1980
5. Mills JL, Graubard BI, Rhoads GG. Maternal alcohol consumption and birth weight.
(Letter) JAMA 253:3551, 1985