Robert C Millikan

Biographic Data

ID6056863
NAMERobert C Millikan
GIVEN NAMESRobert C
FAMILY NAMEMillikan
SIGNATUREMILLIKAN R C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS20
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
H-INDEX2

  • Genomics and the Public Health Code of Ethics

    Couvillon Thomas, James C Thomas et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005Cited by: 2References: 10

    We consider the public health applications of genomic technologies as viewed through the lens of the public health code of ethics. We note, for example, the potential for genomics to increase our appreciation for the public health value of interdependence, the potential for some genomic tools to exacerbate health disparities because of their inaccessibility by the poor and the way in which genomics forces public health to refine its notions of pr…

  • Development and implementation of a science training course for breast cancer activists

    Open AccessKay Dickersin, Lundy Braun et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2001

    Objective To develop and implement Project LEAD (leadership, education, and advocacy development), a science course for breast cancer activists. Population Students were breast cancer activists and other consumers, mainly affiliated with advocacy organizations in the United States of America. Setting Project LEAD is offered by the National Breast Cancer Coalition; the course takes place over 5 days and is offered 4 times a year, in various cities…

  • Vitamin supplement use and breast cancer in a North Carolina population

    Open AccessPatricia G Moorman, Mary F Ricciuti et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2001

    Objective: Laboratory data suggest that several different vitamins may inhibit the growth of mammary cancers, however epidemiologic data on the relationship between vitamin supplement use and breast cancer are inconsistent. We examined the association between self-reported vitamin supplement use and breast cancer among black women and white women. Design and setting: The data came from a population-based, case–control study conducted in North Car…

  • Area-Level Characteristics and Smoking in Women

    Marilyn Tseng, Karin Yeatts et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2001Cited by: 18References: 27

    Objectives. This study examined whether area-level characteristics are associated with individual smoking behavior among women. Methods. Analyses included 648 women enrolled as control patients in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study (1993–1996). Smoking and covariate information was obtained from interviews. Area-level characteristics included census block-group education level, poverty, unemployment, car–home ownership, crowding, and, for 431 women…

  • Association between low levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and breast cancer risk

    Open AccessEsther C Janowsky, Gayle E Lester et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition1999

    Objective To determine if blood levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-D) or its active metabolite, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25-D), are lower in women at the time of first diagnosis of breast cancer than in comparable women without breast cancer. Design This was a clinic-based case–control study with controls frequency-matched to cases on race, age, clinic and month of blood drawing. Setting University-based breast referral clinics. Subjects One hun…