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Lisa Chasan-Taber
Researcher at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Publications - 189
Citations - 10648
Lisa Chasan-Taber is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Amherst. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Gestational diabetes. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 157 publications receiving 9591 citations. Previous affiliations of Lisa Chasan-Taber include Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard University.
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Reproducibility of oral contraceptive histories and validity of hormone composition reported in a cohort of US women
David J. Hunter,JoAnn E. Manson,Graham A. Colditz,Graham A. Colditz,Lisa Chasan-Taber,Lisa Chasan-Taber,Lisa M. Troy,Lisa M. Troy,Meir J. Stampfer,Meir J. Stampfer,Frank E. Speizer,Frank E. Speizer,Walter C. Willett +12 more
TL;DR: Histories of oral contraceptive use were reported by 116,686 women aged 25 to 42 years in the Nurses' Health Study II on a self-administered questionnaire accompanied by a color photo booklet of all OC preparations ever marketed in the US.
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Estimating physical activity using the CSA accelerometer and a physical activity log.
TL;DR: Comparing two methods for measuring time spent in physical activity of differing absolute intensities found that three published cut points designed to classify CSA output by intensity level produced different estimates of physical activity participation.
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A Prospective Study of Oral Contraceptives and NIDDM Among U.S. Women
Lisa Chasan-Taber,Walter C. Willett,Meir J. Stampfer,David J. Hunter,Graham A. Colditz,Donna Spiegelman,JoAnn E. Manson +6 more
TL;DR: In this large prospective study, no appreciable increase in the 4-year risk of NIDDM among current users of oral contraceptives was found and there was no apparent increase in risk among past users.
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Epidemiology of Oral Contraceptives and Cardiovascular Disease
TL;DR: The association between combined oral contraceptives and cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on oral contraceptives containing low doses of estrogen (low-dose oral contraceptiv...
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Physical activity in pregnancy and neonatal body composition: the Healthy Start study.
Curtis S. Harrod,Lisa Chasan-Taber,Regina M. Reynolds,Tasha E. Fingerlin,Deborah H. Glueck,John T. Brinton,Dana Dabelea +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined associations between pregnancy physical activity and neonatal fat mass and fat-free mass, birth weight, and small for gestational age (SGA), and analyzed 826 mother-neonate pairs (term births) participating in the longitudinal Healthy Start study.