Heatlines (1983) versus synergy (1998)

Recent trends in wealth ownership : 1983 - 1998

Who Are the Asset Poor ? : Levels , Trends , and Composition , 1983 – 1998

The booming U.S. economy of the 1990s has created the impression that all American households are doing well, particularly in terms of wealth acquisition. Our results show that this is decidedly not the case. In this paper, we develop several measures of “asset poverty” and use them to document changes from 1983 to 1998 in the extent to which American households are unable to rely on an asset c...

Mortality in asthmatics over 15 yrs: a dynamic cohort study from 1983-1998.

The Darlington and Northallerton long-term asthma study observes outcome in asthmatics in the light of potential explanatory variables recorded prospectively. This paper reports changes in mortality during the study, and assesses the relevant risk factors. All asthmatics attending secondary care were recruited at 5-yr intervals from 1983 and reviewed 5 yrs later. Demographic and functional vari...

Service provision in private general practice: 1983-1984 to 1998-1999.

Cancer incidence in the US radiologic technologists health study, 1983-1998.

BACKGROUND Workers exposed to low doses of radiation can provide information regarding cancer risks that are of public concern. However, characterizing risk at low doses requires large populations and ideally should include a large proportion of women, both of which rarely are available. METHODS Among 90305 radiologic technologists in the U.S. (77% women) who were followed during 1983-1998, d...