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Renee A. Desmond
Researcher at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Publications - 185
Citations - 11940
Renee A. Desmond is an academic researcher from University of Alabama at Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 185 publications receiving 11232 citations. Previous affiliations of Renee A. Desmond include American Society of Clinical Oncology & Johns Hopkins University.
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Health-seeking behaviors and sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents attending an urban pediatric emergency department.
TL;DR: A high prevalence of treatable STDs among adolescents in an urban ED setting is confirmed and information on frequency of ED usage and health-seeking behaviors among adolescents is provided.
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Peer Reviewed: Fruit and Vegetable Pricing by Demographic Factors in the Birmingham, Alabama, Metropolitan Area, 2004-2005
Jamy D. Ard,Suzanne E. Perumean-Chaney,Renee A. Desmond,Bryce Sutton,Tiffany L. Cox,David B. Allison,Frank A. Franklin,Monica L. Baskin,W. Scott Butsch +8 more
TL;DR: Neighborhood demographics have little consistent influence on fruit and vegetable prices in Birmingham, Alabama, which may be a function of grocery store density, transportation patterns, and shopping patterns.
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Lower frequency of TLR9 variant associated with protection from breast cancer among African Americans.
Madison R. Chandler,Kimberly S. Keene,Johanna Tuomela,Andres Forero-Torres,Renee A. Desmond,Katri S. Vuopala,Kevin W. Harris,Kevin W. Harris,Nancy D. Merner,Katri S. Selander +9 more
TL;DR: The prognostic significance of tumor Toll like receptor-9 (TLR9) protein expression among African American (AA) triple negative breast cancer patients is not associated with prognosis, and three previously unreported TLR9 variants were associated with late onset breast cancer.
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Fruit and vegetable pricing by demographic factors in the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area, 2004-2005.
Jamy D. Ard,Suzanne E. Perumean-Chaney,Renee A. Desmond,Bryce Sutton,Tiffany L. Cox,Butsch Ws,David B. Allison,Frank A. Franklin,Monica L. Baskin +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that neighborhood demographics have little consistent influence on fruit and vegetable prices in Birmingham, Alabama, which may be a function of grocery store density, transportation patterns, and shopping patterns.
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Effect of folic acid fortification of foods on folate intake in female smokers with cervical dysplasia.
James M. Shikany,Douglas C. Heimburger,Chandrika J. Piyathilake,Renee A. Desmond,Paul G. Greene +4 more
TL;DR: Folic acid fortification resulted in an increased intake of folate in women of predominantly childbearing age at high risk for cervical cancer, however, even with fortification, folate intake in a large proportion of these women remained below recommended levels.