Eric Roberts
Biographic Data
| ID | 5544851 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Roberts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Roberts |
| SIGNATURE | ROBERTS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1379-7931 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi
Recent excavations in the Rising Star Cave System of South Africa have revealed burials of the extinct hominin species Homo naledi. A combination of geological and anatomical evidence shows that hominins dug holes that disrupted the subsurface stratigraphy and interred the remains of H. naledi individuals, resulting in at least two discrete features within the Dinaledi Chamber and the Hill Antechamber. These are the most ancient interments yet re…
The Consequences of Missing Children With Elevated Blood Lead Levels
AffiliationsBoth authors are with the California Environmental Health Tracking Program, Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA
Estimating the Proportion of Childhood Cancer Cases and Costs Attributable to the Environment in California
Objectives. To estimate the proportion of cases and costs of the most common cancers among children aged 0 to 14 years (leukemia, lymphoma, and brain or central nervous system tumors) that were attributable to preventable environmental pollution in California in 2013. Methods. We conducted a literature review to identify preventable environmental hazards associated with childhood cancer. We combined risk estimates with California-specific exposur…
Using 10Be cosmogenic isotopes to estimate erosion rates and landscape changes during the Plio-Pleistocene in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Patient Sharing and Quality of Care
BACKGROUND: With the goal of improving clinical efficiency and effectiveness, programs to enhance care coordination are a major focus of health care reform. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether "care density"--a claims-based measure of patient sharing by office-based physicians--is associated with measures of quality. Care density is a proxy measure that may reflect how frequently a patient's doctors collaborate. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cohort study using admi…
Community Characteristics and Mortality
Objectives. We compared the strength of association between average 5-year county-level mortality rates and area-level measures, including air quality, sociodemographic characteristics, violence, and economic distress. Methods. We obtained mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System and linked it to socioeconomic and demographic data from the Census Bureau, air quality data, violent crime statistics, and loan delinquency data. We mod…
Prenatal Service Use by Adolescents
Although pregnant adolescents often have serious medical and social service needs, prenatal service use by this population is much lower than that by adults. We compared the prenatal care use by mothers of different ages and sociodemographic characteristics in Illinois in 1990, for both first and repeat births. Most of the lack of service use by adolescents is due to delays in initializing care, and the associations of use with race and ethnicity…
Associations of Social Integration Variables with Prenatal Care Use by Adolescents and Young Adults
This study examines the degree to which social indicators such as rates of employment, divorce, death and population density are predictive of the timing and frequency of prenatal visits among adolescents and young adults. Predictive models are examined separately for urban versus rural women, and by age cohort: early, middle, late adolescents and young adults. Findings suggest that the timing of prenatal care is predominantly influenced by emoti…
Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi
Recent excavations in the Rising Star Cave System of South Africa have revealed burials of the extinct hominin species Homo naledi. A combination of geological and anatomical evidence shows that hominins dug holes that disrupted the subsurface stratigraphy and interred the remains of H. naledi individuals, resulting in at least two discrete features within the Dinaledi Chamber and the Hill Antechamber. These are the most ancient interments yet re…
Community Characteristics and Mortality
Objectives. We compared the strength of association between average 5-year county-level mortality rates and area-level measures, including air quality, sociodemographic characteristics, violence, and economic distress. Methods. We obtained mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System and linked it to socioeconomic and demographic data from the Census Bureau, air quality data, violent crime statistics, and loan delinquency data. We mod…
Using 10Be cosmogenic isotopes to estimate erosion rates and landscape changes during the Plio-Pleistocene in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Prenatal Service Use by Adolescents
Although pregnant adolescents often have serious medical and social service needs, prenatal service use by this population is much lower than that by adults. We compared the prenatal care use by mothers of different ages and sociodemographic characteristics in Illinois in 1990, for both first and repeat births. Most of the lack of service use by adolescents is due to delays in initializing care, and the associations of use with race and ethnicity…
Associations of Social Integration Variables with Prenatal Care Use by Adolescents and Young Adults
This study examines the degree to which social indicators such as rates of employment, divorce, death and population density are predictive of the timing and frequency of prenatal visits among adolescents and young adults. Predictive models are examined separately for urban versus rural women, and by age cohort: early, middle, late adolescents and young adults. Findings suggest that the timing of prenatal care is predominantly influenced by emoti…
Estimating the Proportion of Childhood Cancer Cases and Costs Attributable to the Environment in California
Objectives. To estimate the proportion of cases and costs of the most common cancers among children aged 0 to 14 years (leukemia, lymphoma, and brain or central nervous system tumors) that were attributable to preventable environmental pollution in California in 2013. Methods. We conducted a literature review to identify preventable environmental hazards associated with childhood cancer. We combined risk estimates with California-specific exposur…
Associations of Social Integration Variables with Prenatal Care Use by Adolescents and Young Adults
This study examines the degree to which social indicators such as rates of employment, divorce, death and population density are predictive of the timing and frequency of prenatal visits among adolescents and young adults. Predictive models are examined separately for urban versus rural women, and by age cohort: early, middle, late adolescents and young adults. Findings suggest that the timing of prenatal care is predominantly influenced by emoti…
Prenatal Service Use by Adolescents
Although pregnant adolescents often have serious medical and social service needs, prenatal service use by this population is much lower than that by adults. We compared the prenatal care use by mothers of different ages and sociodemographic characteristics in Illinois in 1990, for both first and repeat births. Most of the lack of service use by adolescents is due to delays in initializing care, and the associations of use with race and ethnicity…
Community Characteristics and Mortality
Objectives. We compared the strength of association between average 5-year county-level mortality rates and area-level measures, including air quality, sociodemographic characteristics, violence, and economic distress. Methods. We obtained mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System and linked it to socioeconomic and demographic data from the Census Bureau, air quality data, violent crime statistics, and loan delinquency data. We mod…
Patient Sharing and Quality of Care
BACKGROUND: With the goal of improving clinical efficiency and effectiveness, programs to enhance care coordination are a major focus of health care reform. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether "care density"--a claims-based measure of patient sharing by office-based physicians--is associated with measures of quality. Care density is a proxy measure that may reflect how frequently a patient's doctors collaborate. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cohort study using admi…
Using 10Be cosmogenic isotopes to estimate erosion rates and landscape changes during the Plio-Pleistocene in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Estimating the Proportion of Childhood Cancer Cases and Costs Attributable to the Environment in California
Objectives. To estimate the proportion of cases and costs of the most common cancers among children aged 0 to 14 years (leukemia, lymphoma, and brain or central nervous system tumors) that were attributable to preventable environmental pollution in California in 2013. Methods. We conducted a literature review to identify preventable environmental hazards associated with childhood cancer. We combined risk estimates with California-specific exposur…
The Consequences of Missing Children With Elevated Blood Lead Levels
AffiliationsBoth authors are with the California Environmental Health Tracking Program, Public Health Institute, Oakland, CA
Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi
Recent excavations in the Rising Star Cave System of South Africa have revealed burials of the extinct hominin species Homo naledi. A combination of geological and anatomical evidence shows that hominins dug holes that disrupted the subsurface stratigraphy and interred the remains of H. naledi individuals, resulting in at least two discrete features within the Dinaledi Chamber and the Hill Antechamber. These are the most ancient interments yet re…
Medicine (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Population (3 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Cave (2 works) · Cohort (2 works) · Confidence interval (2 works)