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  • The study aimed to investigate how social determinants of health (SDoH), specifically socioeconomic status using the Yost Index, affect disparities in care and outcomes for pediatric CNS tumors in the US.
  • Researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of data from over 18,000 patients aged 19 or younger with CNS tumors from 2010-2018, analyzing various demographic and treatment-related factors.
  • Results indicated significant disparities in mortality risks, treatment accessibility, delays, and cancer staging related to certain SDoH factors, suggesting that both individual and community-level influences play a critical role in health outcomes for these patients.
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Visualizing High-Order Decay after Disequilibria.

Health Phys

December 2018

1J. Bennett Johnston Sr. Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), Louisiana State University, 6980 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70806; 2University of Florida Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 1819 Lewis Turner Blvd, Ft Walton Beach, FL 32547; 3Louisiana State University Radiation Safety Office, 112 Nuclear Science Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; 4Louisiana State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, 202 Nicholson Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; 5Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies, 1067 Energy, Coast and Environment Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

High-order decay equations are often difficult to study without significant care taken with variables and assumptions. As parent and progeny activities evolve over time, the effects of uncertainties and approximations confound the quality and interpretation of results. Of particular concern is the situation when decay equilibrium has been disturbed and progenies have arbitrary initial activities.

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Concussion in the absence of head impact: a case in a collegiate hammer thrower.

Curr Sports Med Rep

January 2015

1Division of Neurosurgery, Rochester Regional Health System, Rochester, NY; 2Division of Neurological Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ; 3Department of Neurosurgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL; 4The NeuroMedical Center Clinic, Baton Rouge, LA; 5Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and 6Burnham Family and Sports Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA.

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