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Charles Dillon

Researcher at National Center for Health Statistics

Publications -  20
Citations -  1735

Charles Dillon is an academic researcher from National Center for Health Statistics. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1575 citations. Previous affiliations of Charles Dillon include Silver Spring Networks & University of Connecticut Health Center.

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Prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in the United States : Arthritis data from the third national health and nutrition examination survey 1991-94

TL;DR: NHANES III data provide an overall national assessment of the prevalence, demographic distributions, and functional impact of symptomatic knee OA, which affects more than 1 in 10, or 4.3 million older US adults.
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The Economic and Social Consequences of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders: The Connecticut Upper-extremity Surveillance Project (CUSP)

TL;DR: A population-based telephone survey was conducted in Connecticut to determine the social and economic impact of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs), supporting significant externalization of costs for WRMSD out of the workers' compensation system and a substantial social andEconomic impact on workers.
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Resting pulse rate reference data for children, adolescents, and adults; United States, 1999-2008

TL;DR: National reference data on resting pulse rate (RPR), for all ages of the U.S. population, from 1999-2008 is presented, which provides current, updated population-based percentiles of RPR, which is one of the key vital signs routinely measured in clinical practice.
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The prevalence of HLA-B27 in the US: Data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009

TL;DR: The findings provide the first US national prevalence estimates for HLA-B27, and suggest a decline in the prevalence of HLA -B27 with age is suggested by these data but must be confirmed by additional studies.
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Trends in work-related musculoskeletal disorder reports by year, type, and industrial sector: a capture-recapture analysis.

TL;DR: Upper-extremity MSD appears to be significantly under-reported, and rates are not decreasing over time, and capture-recapture methods provide an improved surveillance method for monitoring temporal trends in injury rates.