Ralph R. Frerichs
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Ralph R. Frerichs is professor emeritus of epidemiology at UCLA where he was active as a full-time faculty member in the School of Public Health for 31 years and as the Epidemiology department chair for 13 years, before retiring in late 2008. Both at UCLA and in international workshops he taught epidemiologic methods, the use of rapid community-based surveys, epidemiologic simulation models for focused research, and screening and surveillance methods for HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
Ralph R. Frerichs's Published Works
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Published Works
- Prevalence of depression in Los Angeles County. (1981) (406)
- Studies of Blood Pressures in Children, Ages 5–14 Years, in a Total Biracial Community (1976) (354)
- Family roles and sex differences in depression. (1981) (347)
- Depression and physical illness: a multiwave, nonrecursive causal model. (1984) (331)
- Body height and body mass as determinants of basal blood pressure in children--The Bogalusa Heart Study. (1977) (251)
- Serum Lipoprotein Profile in Children from a Biracial Community: The Bogalusa Heart Study (1976) (247)
- Stress, support, and depression: A longitudinal causal model (1982) (195)
- Measuring depression in the community: a comparison of telephone and personal interviews. (1982) (174)
- Anthropometric and maturation measurements of children, ages 5 to 14 years, in a biracial community--the Bogalusa Heart Study. (1977) (173)
- The right not to know HIV-test results (1995) (163)
- Analysis of effects of sex and age in response to items on the CES-D scale (1981) (157)
- Epidemiology of urinary tract infection: I. Diaphragm use and sexual intercourse. (1985) (133)
- Nepalese origin of cholera epidemic in Haiti. (2012) (121)
- Relation of serum lipids and lipoproteins to obesity and sexual maturity in white and black children. (1978) (120)
- Occurrence in children of multiple risk factors for coronary artery disease: the Bogalusa heart study. (1979) (103)
- Personal health habits and symptoms of depression at the community level. (1988) (100)
- Race, ethnicity, and depression: a confirmatory analysis. (1983) (99)
- Telephone versus in-person surveys of community health status. (1982) (99)
- Cardiovascular disease risk factor variables at the preschool age. The Bogalusa heart study. (1978) (94)
- Densitometry and anthropometry of black and white children. (1978) (92)
- Epidemiology of urinary tract infection: II. Diet, clothing, and urination habits. (1985) (85)
- Comparison of saliva and serum for HIV surveillance in developing countries (1992) (74)
- Cardiovascular disease risk factor variables in children at two successive years--the Bogalusa heart study. (1979) (73)
- Computer-assisted rapid surveys in developing countries. (1989) (70)
- The right not to know HIV-test results. (1995) (70)
- Serum Lipids and Lipoproteins at Birth in a Biracial Population: The Bogalusa Heart Study (1978) (61)
- Physical health and depression: an epidemiologic survey. (1982) (58)
- Equations for Estimating Percentage of Body Fat in Children 10-14 Years Old (1979) (58)
- Saliva‐based HIV‐antibody testing in Thailand (1994) (52)
- On measures and models for the effectiveness of vaccines and vaccination programmes. (1988) (48)
- Epidemiologic surveillance in developing countries. (1991) (45)
- Analysis of non-response in a prospective study of depression in Los Angeles County. (1983) (45)
- Social status and cardiovascular disease risk factor variables in children: the Bogalusa Heart Study. (1979) (44)
- Mortality due to all causes and to cardiovascular diseases among seven race-ethnic populations in Los Angeles County, 1980. (1984) (42)
- Los Angeles airport noise and mortality--faulty analysis and public policy. (1980) (41)
- The Ghost Map (2007) (38)
- Smoking and depression: a community survey. (1981) (36)
- Hemoglobin levels in children from a biracial southern community. (1977) (35)
- Smoking and menstrual disorders. (1983) (35)
- A case-control study of the effectiveness of BCG vaccine for preventing leprosy in Yangon, Myanmar. (1997) (34)
- Serum lipid and lipoprotein profile in school children from a rural community. (1975) (33)
- Clinical predictors of bioterrorism-related inhalational anthrax (2004) (30)
- Randomised, controlled trial of effectiveness of ampicillin in mild acute respiratory infections in Indonesian children (1991) (25)
- Path analysis of environmental and genetic influences on blood pressure. (1979) (24)
- Simple analytic procedures for rapid microcomputer-assisted cluster surveys in developing countries. (1989) (24)
- Introduction of a microcomputer for health research in a developing country--the Bangladesh experience. (1985) (23)
- Childhood sibling aggregation of coronary artery disease risk factor variables in a biracial community. (1978) (23)
- Small-community-based surveys. (2001) (21)
- Blood pressure in children and its interpretation. (1978) (21)
- Immunization coverage among predominantly Hispanic children, aged 2-3 years, in central Los Angeles. (2000) (18)
- A street intercept survey to assess HIV-testing attitudes and behaviors. (2001) (18)
- Discriminating inhalational anthrax from community-acquired pneumonia using chest radiograph findings and a clinical algorithm. (2007) (17)
- Source attribution of 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti (2012) (15)
- A Computer Simulation Model for the Control of Rabies in an Urban Area of Colombia (1975) (15)
- HIV Sentinel Surveillance in Thailand — An Example for Developing Countries (1995) (15)
- Compliance with Childhood Immunizations in Kern County, California (2000) (15)
- Validity of three assays for HIV-1 antibodies in saliva. (1994) (15)
- Response from Drs. Foxman and Frerichs (1986) (14)
- Serum Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels in 3 , 446 Children from a Biracial Community The Bogalusa Heart Study (2005) (13)
- Personal screening for HIV in developing countries (1994) (12)
- Cholera and blame in Haiti. (2015) (11)
- Acceptance of HIV testing and counseling among unmarried young adults in Northern Thailand. (2002) (11)
- Deadly River: Cholera and Cover-Up in Post-Earthquake Haiti (2016) (10)
- Prevalence and cost of illness episodes in rural Bolivia. (1980) (10)
- Use of rapid survey methodology to determine immunization coverage in rural Burma. (1988) (9)
- Serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels in children from a biracial community--the Bogalusa heart study. (1977) (9)
- Rapid Epidemiologic Assessment: The Evolution of a New Discipline—Introduction (1989) (9)
- A simple and complete densitometric technique for underwater weighing. (1978) (8)
- Screening for childhood malnutrition in rural Bolivia. (1981) (8)
- Stability of saliva for measuring HIV in the tropics. (1999) (8)
- Reducing the cost of HIV antibody testing (1993) (7)
- Training faculty in Bangladesh to use a microcomputer for public health: followup report. (1986) (6)
- Serum high density lipoprotein and its relationship to cardiovascular disease risk factor variables in children—The bogalusa heart study (2006) (6)
- Epidemiologic impact of water reuse in Los Angeles County. (1982) (6)
- Minimum attack rate for measuring measles vaccine efficacy. (1995) (6)
- Personal screening for HIV in developing countries (1994) (5)
- HIV winners and losers. (1995) (5)
- Breast-feeding, dietary intake and weight-for-age of children in rural Burma. (1988) (5)
- Epidemiologic monitoring of possible health reactions of wastewater reuse. (1984) (5)
- Physician-diagnosed abnormalities in black and white children in a total community. (1979) (5)
- The effect of misclassification of diarrhoea on estimates of its occurrence, the identification of risk factors, and the assessment of prevention efforts. (1989) (5)
- More on office-based testing for HIV. (1993) (4)
- MORE ON OFFICE-BASED TESTING FOR HIV. AUTHORS' REPLY (1993) (4)
- HIV saliva test for surveillance and surveys. (1995) (4)
- Health status of migrants. (1984) (4)
- Secondary HIV prevention. (1998) (4)
- A household survey of health and illness in rural Bolivia. (1980) (4)
- Accuracy of a saliva test for HIV antibody. (1995) (3)
- Three-dimensional computer mapping of disease in Los Angeles County. (1982) (2)
- RE: "definitions of epidemiology". (1978) (2)
- Harm of not permitting personal HIV screening in developing countries. (1997) (2)
- Childbearing and breast feeding a rural Bolivia-a household survey. (1981) (2)
- An Integrated Approach to Operations Research for Strengthening Family Planning Programs: A Case Example in Kenya (1992) (2)
- HIV testing and blood recipients (1993) (1)
- Computer-assisted learning—principles and practice (2010) (1)
- Rapid microcomputer surveys. (1988) (1)
- Personal screening for HIV revisited (1997) (1)
- Estimation of potential carcinogenic effects related to waterborne environmental contaminants. (1982) (1)
- Microcomputer for Public Health: Followup Report (2006) (0)
- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Variables at the Preschool Age: The Bogalusa Heart Study (1978) (0)
- Disease Maps, History, and More. (2017) (0)
- 302: Design Effect of the Rapid Surveys Conducted in Los Angeles County (2005) (0)
- Title: Nepalese origin of cholera epidemic in Haiti (2012) (0)
- Period and Point Prevalence (1979) (0)
- Not-so-hyper hyperlipo-proteinemia and coronary artery disease. (1976) (0)
- Special Supplement on Rapid Epidemiological Assessment (REA) (1990) (0)
- Cardiovascular Disease RiskFactor Variables atthePreschool Age TheBogalusa HeartStudy (1977) (0)
- The Bogalusa Heart Study (2005) (0)
- Readers respond to "Cholera in Paris". (2001) (0)
- Recognizing HIV Infection--The Role of Home Testing (1999) (0)
- Positive Images : Primary Prevention for People with HIV (2005) (0)
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