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School of Public Health: Calderon-Margalit Ronit

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 Last updated February 2023 - School of Public Health

List of Publications

(1) Guedalia J, Lipschuetz M, Calderon-Margalit R, Cohen SM, Goldman-Wohl D, Kaminer T, et al. Effectiveness of a third BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy: a national observational study in Israel. Nat Commun 2022;13(1).

(2) Abdel-Rahman N, Manor O, Valinsky L, Mosenzon O, Calderon-Margalit R, Roberman S. What is important for people with type 2 diabetes? A focus group study to identify relevant aspects for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in diabetes care. PLoS ONE 2022;17(11 11).

(3) Rose AJ, Ein Mor E, Krieger M, Ben-Yehuda A, Cohen AD, Matz E, et al. Israeli COVID lockdowns mildly reduced overall use of preventive health services, but exacerbated some disparities. Int J Qual Health Care 2022;34(3).

(4) Velosa M, Hochner H, Yerushalmi B, Harel S, Friss C, Calderon-Margalit R, et al. Pre- and Perinatal Factors Predicting Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-Based Study with Fifty Years of Follow-Up. J Crohns Colitis 2022;16(9):1397-1404.

(5) Harari-Kremer R, Calderon-Margalit R, Yuval, Broday D, Kloog I, Raz R. Exposure errors due to inaccurate residential addresses and their impact on epidemiological associations: Evidence from a national neonate dataset. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2022;246.

(6) Calderon-Margalit R, Strahilevitz J, Paltiel O. Questioning the justification for a fourth SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Clin Microbiol Infect 2022;28(7):905-907.

(7) Youssim I, Israel S, Shapiro I, Calderon-Margalit R, Manor O, Paltiel O, et al. Independent associations of inter-spousal gaps in age and education with long-term mortality and cancer survival: The Jerusalem Perinatal Study 1964–2016. Ann Epidemiol 2022;70:32-36.

(8) Luria S, Liba G, Zimmerman D, Polliack G, Volk I, Calderon-Margalit R. Nationwide community based emergency centers reveal scale of hand trauma. Injury 2022;53(6):2102-2109.

(9) Shafrir A, Benson AA, Katz LH, Hershcovici T, Bitan M, Paltiel O, et al. The Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitors and COVID-19 is Confounded by Hyperglycemia in a Population-Based Study. Front Pharmacol 2022;13.

(10) Hauzer M, Rubin L, Grotto I, Calderon-Margalit R. Are the World Health Organization growth standards universal? The Israeli children validity study. J Public Health 2022;30(2):281-291.

(11) Abdel-Rahman N, Calderon-Margalit R, Cohen A, Elran E, Cohen AG, Krieger M, et al. Longitudinal Adherence to Diabetes Quality Indicators and Cardiac Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Historical Cohort Study of Patients With Pharmacologically Treated Diabetes. J Am Heart Assoc 2022;11(19).

(12) Dionicio López CF, Alterman N, Calderon-Margalit R, Hauzer M, Kloog I, Raz R. Postnatal exposure to ambient temperature and rapid weight gain among infants delivered at term gestations: a population-based cohort study. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2022;36(1):26-35.

(13) Harari-Kremer R, Calderon-Margalit R, Korevaar TIM, Nevo D, Broday D, Kloog I, et al. Associations Between Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution and Congenital Hypothyroidism. Am J Epidemiol 2021;190(12):2630-2638.

(14) Paltiel O, Hochner H, Chinitz D, Clarfield AM, Gileles-Hillel A, Lahad A, et al. Academic activism on behalf of children during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel; beyond public health advocacy. Isr J Health Policy Res 2021;10(1).

(15) Schtrechman-Levi G, Ioscovich A, Hart J, Bar J, Calderon-Margalit R, Nir EA, et al. Correction to: Obstetric anesthesia services in Israel snapshot (OASIS) study: a 72 hour cross-sectional observational study of workforce supply and demand (Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, (2021), 10, 1, (24), 10.1186/s13584-021-00460-2). Isr J Health Policy Res 2021;10(1).

(16) Schtrechman-Levi G, Ioscovich A, Hart J, Bar J, Calderon-Margalit R, Nir EA, et al. Obstetric anesthesia services in Israel snapshot (OASIS) study: a 72 hour cross-sectional observational study of workforce supply and demand. Isr J Health Policy Res 2021;10(1).

(17) Lin AW, Siscovick D, Sternfeld B, Schreiner P, Lewis CE, Wang ET, et al. Associations of diet, physical activity and polycystic ovary syndrome in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Women’s Study. BMC Public Health 2021;21(1).

(18) Lubotzky-Gete S, Gete M, Levy R, Kurzweil Y, Calderon-Margalit R. Comparing the different manifestations of postpartum mental disorders by origin, among immigrants and native-born in israel according to different mental scales. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021;18(21).

(19) Pleniceanu O, Twig G, Tzur D, Sherman G, Afek A, Erlich T, et al. Acute pyelonephritis in children and the risk of end-stage kidney disease. J Nephrol 2021;34(5):1757-1765.

(20) Loewenberg Weisband Y, Torres L, Paltiel O, Sagy YW, Calderon-Margalit R, Manor O. Socioeconomic disparity trends in cancer screening among women after introduction of national quality indicators. Ann Fam Med 2021;19(5):396-404.

(21) Youssim I, Gorfine M, Calderon-Margalit R, Manor O, Paltiel O, Siscovick DS, et al. Holocaust Experience and Mortality Patterns: 4-Decade Follow-up in a Population-Based Cohort. Am J Epidemiol 2021;190(8):1541-1549.

(22) Shauly-Aharonov M, Shafrir A, Paltiel O, Calderon-Margalit R, Safadi R, Bicher R, et al. Both high and low pre-infection glucose levels associated with increased risk for severe COVID-19: New insights from a population-based study. PLoS ONE 2021;16(7 July).

(23) Stern-Zimmer M, Calderon-Margalit R, Skorecki K, Vivante A. Correction to: Childhood risk factors for adulthood chronic kidney disease (Pediatric Nephrology, (2021), 36, 6, (1387-1396), 10.1007/s00467-020-04611-6). Pediatr Nephrol 2021;36(6):1661.

(24) Stern-Zimmer M, Calderon-Margalit R, Skorecki K, Vivante A. Childhood risk factors for adulthood chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol 2021;36(6):1387-1396.

(25) Lubotzky-Gete S, Ornoy A, Grotto I, Calderon-Margalit R. Postpartum depression and infant development up to 24 months: A nationwide population-based study. J Affective Disord 2021;285:136-143.

(26) Calderon-Margalit R, Efron G, Pleniceanu O, Tzur D, Stern-Zimmer M, Afek A, et al. Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract and Adulthood risk of Urinary Tract Cancer. Kidney Intl Rep 2021;6(4):946-952.

(27) Calderon-Margalit R, Pleniceanu O, Tzur D, Stern-Zimmer M, Afek A, Erlich T, et al. Childhood cancer and the risk of ESKD. J Am Soc Nephrol 2021;32(2):495-501.

(28) Pleniceanu O, Twig G, Tzur D, Gruber N, Stern-Zimmer M, Afek A, et al. Kidney failure risk in type 1 vs. type 2 childhood-onset diabetes mellitus. Pediatr Nephrol 2021;36(2):333-340.

(29) Dior UP, Karavani G, Bursztyn M, Paltiel O, Calderon-Margalit R, Friedlander Y, et al. Birth Weight and Maternal Body Size as Determinants of Blood Pressure at Age 17: Results from the Jerusalem Perinatal Study Cohort. Matern Child Health J 2021;25(1):162-171.

(30) Nano J, Carinci F, Okunade O, Whittaker S, Walbaum M, Barnard-Kelly K, et al. A standard set of person-centred outcomes for diabetes mellitus: results of an international and unified approach. Diabet Med 2020;37(12):2009-2018.

(31) Loewenberg Weisband Y, Krieger M, Calderon-Margalit R, Manor O. Trends and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes prevalence and quality of care among Israeli children; 2011-2018. Isr J Health Policy Res 2020;9(1).

(32) Leiter E, Finkelstein A, Donchin M, Greenberg KL, Keidar O, Wetzler S, et al. Integration of Mixed Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research: Development of a Disease Prevention Intervention for Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women. Am J Health Promot 2020;34(5):479-489.

(33) Eden-Friedman Y, Ginosar Y, Sela HY, Calderon-Margalit R, Eventov-Friedman S, Ezra Y, et al. Delivery outcomes in subsequent pregnancy following primary breech cesarean delivery: a retrospective cohort study. J Matern -Fetal Neonatal Med 2020;33(9):1554-1560.

(34) Weisband YL, Manor O, Friedlander Y, Hochner H, Paltiel O, Calderon-Margalit R. Interpregnancy and interbirth intervals and all-cause, cardiovascular-related and cancer-related maternal mortality: Findings from a large population-based cohort study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2020.

(35) Paltiel O, Keidar Tirosh A, Paz Stostky O, Calderon-Margalit R, Cohen AD, Elran E, et al. Adherence to national guidelines for colorectal cancer screening in Israel: Comprehensive multi-year assessment based on electronic medical records. J Med Screen 2020.

(36) Ein-Mor E, Berman T, Barnett-Itzhaki Z, Göen T, Ergaz-Shaltiel Z, Natsheh J, et al. Newborn infant urinary cotinine and birth outcomes in the Jerusalem Environment Mother and Child Cohort Study. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2019;222(7):1054-1058.

(37) Luria S, Talmud D, Volk I, Liebergall M, Calderon-Margalit R. The epidemiology of wrist and hand injury in two hospitals in Jerusalem: Substantial differences between population subgroups. Isr J Health Policy Res 2019;8(1).

(38) Laughlin-Tommaso SK, Fuchs EL, Wellons MF, Lewis CE, Calderon-Margalit R, Stewart EA, et al. Uterine Fibroids and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adult Women's Study. J Women's Health 2019;28(1):46-52.

(39) Bar-Meir M, Friedlander Y, Calderon-Margalit R, Hochner H. Mode of delivery and offspring adiposity in late adolescence: The modifying role of maternal pre-pregnancy body size. PLoS ONE 2019;14(1).

(40) Sklair-Levy M, Segev A, Sella T, Calderon-Margalit R, Zippel D. Mammographic breast density in recent and longer-standing ethiopian immigrants to israel. Breast J 2018;24(5):772-777.

(41) Ein-Mor E, Ergaz-Shaltiel Z, Berman T, Göen T, Natsheh J, Ben-Chetrit A, et al. Decreasing urinary organophosphate pesticide metabolites among pregnant women and their offspring in Jerusalem: Impact of regulatory restrictions on agricultural organophosphate pesticides use? Int J Hyg Environ Health 2018;221(5):775-781.

(42) Calderon-Margalit R, Skorecki K, Vivante A. The authors reply. New Engl J Med 2018;378(18):1751-1752.

(43) Katz D, Tengekyon AJ, Kahan NR, Calderon-Margalit R. Patient and physician characteristics affect adherence to screening mammography: A population-based cohort study. PLoS ONE 2018;13(3).

(44) Calderon-Margalit R, Paltiel O. Women's health in Israel. Lancet 2018;391(10120):538-539.

(45) Calderon-Margalit R, Golan E, Twig G, Leiba A, Tzur D, Afek A, et al. History of childhood kidney disease and risk of adult end-stage renal disease. New Engl J Med 2018;378(5):428-438.

(46) Calderon-Margalit R, Cohen-Dadi M, Opas D, Jaffe DH, Levine J, Ben-Yehuda A, et al. Trends in the performance of quality indicators for diabetes care in the community and in diabetes-related health status: An Israeli ecological study. Isr J Health Policy Res 2018;7(1).

(47) Lawrence GM, Friedlander Y, Calderon-Margalit R, Enquobahrie DA, Huang JY, Tracy RP, et al. Associations of social environment, socioeconomic position and social mobility with immune response in young adults: The Jerusalem Perinatal Family Follow-Up Study. BMJ Open 2017;7(12).

(48) Kim C, Slaughter JC, Wang ET, Appiah D, Schreiner P, Leader B, et al. Anti-Müllerian hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, antral follicle count, and risk of menopause within 5 years. Maturitas 2017;102:18-25.

(49) Groeger J, Opler M, Kleinhaus K, Perrin MC, Calderon-Margalit R, Manor O, et al. Live birth sex ratios and father's geographic origins in Jerusalem, 1964–1976. Am J Human Biol 2017;29(3).

(50) Reichman O, Gal M, Nezer M, Shen O, Calderon-Margalit R, Farkash R, et al. Delivering elsewhere between the first and second deliveries is a risk marker for obstetric complications in the second delivery. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2016;294(6):1141-1144.

(51) Savitsky B, Manor O, Friedlander Y, Burger A, Lawrence G, Calderon-Margalit R, et al. Associations of socioeconomic position in childhood and young adulthood with cardiometabolic risk factors: The Jerusalem Perinatal Family Follow-Up Study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2016;71(1):43-51.

(52) Eisenstadt I, Nice S, Constantini N, Kerem E, Calderon-Margalit R. EXERCISE CAPACITY AND AEROBIC PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS BY A QUESTIONNAIRE AND EXERCISE TESTS. Harefuah 2016;155(6):352-6, 387, 386.

(53) Abdeen Z, Berman T, Azmi K, Abu Seir R, Agha H, Ein-Mor E, et al. Urinary organophosphate metabolite levels in Palestinian pregnant women: Results of the Middle East Regional Cooperation Project. Int J Environ Health Res 2016;26(3):254-266.

(54) Lawrence GM, Siscovick DS, Calderon-Margalit R, Enquobahrie DA, Granot-Hershkovitz E, Harlap S, et al. Cohort profile: The jerusalem perinatal family follow-up study. Int J Epidemiol 2016;45(2):343-352.

(55) Paltiel O, Tajuddin SM, Polanker Y, Yazdgerdi S, Manor O, Friedlander Y, et al. Grand multiparity and reproductive cancer in the Jerusalem Perinatal Study Cohort. Cancer Causes Control 2016;27(2):237-247.

(56) Schorr L, Burger A, Hochner H, Calderon R, Manor O, Friedlander Y, et al. Mortality, cancer incidence, and survival in parents after bereavement. Ann Epidemiol 2016;26(2):115-121.

(57) Goldberg M, Calderon-Margalit R, Paltiel O, Abu Ahmad W, Friedlander Y, Harlap S, et al. Socioeconomic disparities in breast cancer incidence and survival among parous women: Findings from a population-based cohort, 1964-2008. BMC Cancer 2015;15(1).

(58) Dior UP, Kogan L, Eventov-Friedman S, Gil M, Bahar R, Ergaz Z, et al. Very High Intrapartum Fever in Term Pregnancies and Adverse Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes. Neonatology 2015;109(1):62-68.

(59) Calderon-Margalit R, Sherman D, Manor O, Kurzweil Y. Adverse perinatal outcomes among immigrant women from ethiopia in Israel. Birth 2015;42(2):125-131.

(60) Jaul E, Calderon-Margalit R. Systemic factors and mortality in elderly patients with pressure ulcers. Int Wound J 2015;12(3):254-259.

(61) Reichman O, Samueloff A, Gdansky E, Yekel Y, Calderon-Margalit R. Delivery during time of shift change is not a risk factor for obstetric complication: a historical cohort study. Harefuah 2015;154(3):159-61, 213.

(62) Calderon-Margalit R, Siscovick D, Merkin SS, Wang E, Daviglus ML, Schreiner PJ, et al. Prospective association of polycystic ovary syndrome with coronary artery calcification and carotid-intima-media thickness the coronary artery risk development in young adults women's study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014;34(12):2688-2694.

(63) Loewenberg-Weisband Y, Grisaru-Granovsky S, Ioscovich A, Samueloff A, Calderon-Margalit R. Epidural analgesia and severe perineal tears: A literature review and large cohort study. J Matern -Fetal Neonatal Med 2014;27(18):1864-1869.

(64) Yesuf EA, Kerie MW, Calderon-Margalit R. Birth in a health facility -inequalities among the Ethiopian women: Results from repeated national surveys. PLoS ONE 2014;9(4).

(65) Vivante A, Twig G, Tirosh A, Skorecki K, Calderon-Margalit R. Childhood history of resolved glomerular disease and risk of hypertension during adulthood. JAMA 2014;311(11):1155-1157.

(66) Dior UP, Kogan L, Calderon-Margalit R, Burger A, Amsallem H, Elchalal U, et al. The association of maternal intrapartum subfebrile temperature and adverse obstetric and neonatal outcomes. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2014;28(1):39-47.

(67) Rais A, Zarka S, Derazne E, Tzur D, Calderon-Margalit R, Davidovitch N, et al. Varicocoele among 1 300 000 Israeli adolescent males: Time trends and association with body mass index. Androl 2013;1(5):663-669.

(68) Tirosh A, Stern Z, Mazar M, Calderon-Margalit R. The influence of age on the management of patients with diabetes in the israeli population. Popul Heath Manage 2013;16(4):276-282.

(69) Yesuf EA, Calderon-Margalit R. Disparities in the use of antenatal care service in Ethiopia over a period of fifteen years. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2013;13.

(70) Vivante A, Calderon-Margalit R, Skorecki K. Hematuria and risk for end-stage kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2013;22(3):325-330.

(71) Kleinhaus K, Harlap S, Perrin M, Manor O, Margalit-Calderon R, Opler M, et al. Prenatal stress and affective disorders in a population birth cohort. Bipolar Disord 2013;15(1):92-99.

(72) Shkedi-Rafid S, Ofer-Bialer G, Meiner V, Calderon-Margalit R. Clinicians' attitudes toward general screening of the ashkenazi-jewish population for prevalent founder BRCA1/2 and LRRK2 mutations. Public Health Genomics 2013;16(4):174-183.

(73) Dior UP, Hochner H, Friedlander Y, Calderon-Margalit R, Jaffe D, Burger A, et al. Association between number of children and mortality of mothers: Results of a 37-year follow-up study. Ann Epidemiol 2013;23(1):13-18.

(74) Ginosar Y, Ioscovich A, Weissman C, Calderon-Margalit R, Weiniger CF. Comparison of the obstetric anesthesia activity index with total delivery numbers as a single denominator of workload demand in Israeli maternity units. Isr J Health Policy Res 2012;1(1).

(75) Vivante A, Golan E, Tzur D, Leiba A, Tirosh A, Skorecki K, et al. Body mass index in 1.2 million adolescents and risk for end-stage renal disease. Arch Intern Med 2012;172(21):1644-1650.

(76) Hochner H, Friedlander Y, Calderon-Margalit R, Meiner V, Sagy Y, Avgil-Tsadok M, et al. Associations of maternal prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with adult offspring cardiometabolic risk factors: The jerusalem perinatal family follow-up study. Circulation 2012;125(11):1381-1389.

(77) Jaffe DH, Shmueli A, Ben-Yehuda A, Paltiel O, Calderon R, Cohen AD, et al. Community healthcare in Israel: Quality indicators 2007-2009. Isr J Health Policy Res 2012;1(1).

(78) Michaiel R, Margalit RC, Shteyer E, Ashur Y, Safadi R. [Vertical HBV transmission in Jerusalem in the vaccine era]. Harefuah 2012;151(12):671-674, 722, 721.

(79) Vivante A, Skorecki K, Calderon-Margalit R. Microscopic hematuria in adolescents and young adults and risk for end-stage renal disease - Reply. J Am Med Assoc 2011;306(18):1980-1981.

(80) Vivante A, Afek A, Frenkel-Nir Y, Tzur D, Farfel A, Golan E, et al. Persistent asymptomatic isolated microscopic hematuria in Israeli adolescents and young adults and risk for end-stage renal disease. J Am Med Assoc 2011;306(7):729-736.

(81) Wang ET, Calderon-Margalit R, Cedars MI, Daviglus ML, Merkin SS, Schreiner PJ, et al. Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk for long-term diabetes and dyslipidemia. Obstet Gynecol Surv 2011;66(5):285-287.

(82) Merkin SS, Azziz R, Seeman T, Calderon-Margalit R, Daviglus M, Kiefe C, et al. Socioeconomic status and polycystic ovary syndrome. J Women's Health 2011;20(3):413-419.

(83) Wang ET, Calderon-Margalit R, Cedars MI, Daviglus ML, Merkin SS, Schreiner PJ, et al. Polycystic ovary syndrome and risk for long-term diabetes and dyslipidemia. Obstet Gynecol 2011;117(1):6-13.

(84) Calderon-Margalit R, Qiu C, Williams MA. Reply. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203(4).

(85) Calderon-Margalit R, Navon-Venezia S, Gefen D, Amitai Z, Barda R, Vulikh I, et al. Biennial hyperepidemic shigellosis in an observant Jewish community. Epidemiol Infect 2010;138(2):244-252.

(86) Calderon-Margalit R, Schwartz SM, Wellons MF, Lewis CE, Daviglus ML, Schreiner PJ, et al. Prospective association of serum androgens and sex hormone-binding globulin with subclinical cardiovascular disease in young adult women: The "coronary artery risk development in young adults" women's study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010;95(9):4424-4431.

(87) Stern Z, Calderon-Margalit R, Mazar M, Brezis M, Tirosh A. Emergency room visit: A red-flag indicator for poor diabetes care. Diabet Med 2009;26(11):1105-1111.

(88) Qiu C, Williams MA, Calderon-Margalit R, Cripe SM, Sorensen TK. Preeclampsia risk in relation to maternal mood and anxiety disorders diagnosed before or during early pregnancy. Am J Hypertens 2009;22(4):397-402.

(89) Calderon-Margalit R, Friedlander Y, Yanetz R, Kleinhaus K, Perrin MC, Manor O, et al. Cancer risk after exposure to treatments for ovulation induction. Am J Epidemiol 2009;169(3):365-375.

(90) Friedlander Y, Manor O, Paltiel O, Meiner V, Sharon N, Calderon R, et al. Birth Weight of Offspring, Maternal Pre-pregnancy Characteristics, and Mortality of Mothers: The Jerusalem Perinatal Study Cohort. Ann Epidemiol 2009;19(2):112-117.

(91) Calderon-Margalit R, Qiu C, Ornoy A, Siscovick DS, Williams MA. Risk of preterm delivery and other adverse perinatal outcomes in relation to maternal use of psychotropic medications during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201(6):579.e1-579.e8.

(92) Calderon-Margalit R, Friedlander Y, Yanetz R, Deutsch L, Perrin MC, Kleinhaus K, et al. Preeclampsia and subsequent risk of cancer: update from the Jerusalem Perinatal Study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200(1):63.e1-63.e5.

(93) Paltiel O, Yanetz R, Calderon-Margalit R, Manor O, Sharon N, Harlap S, et al. Very high birth weight of offspring is associated with an increased risk of leukemia in their mothers: Results of a population-based cohort study. Leuk Res 2008;32(11):1709-1714.

(94) Kleinhaus K, Harlap S, Perrin MC, Manor O, Calderon-Margalit R, Friedlander Y, et al. Twin pregnancy and the risk of schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2008;105(1-3):197-200.

(95) Harlap S, Kleinhaus K, Perrin MC, Calderon-Margalit R, Paltiel O, Deutsch L, et al. Consanguinity and birth defects in the jerusalem perinatal study cohort. Hum Hered 2008;66(3):180-189.

(96) Sheffer R, Calderon-Margalit R. Trends in overweight, obesity and blood pressure among Israeli working adults - Implications for public health. Eur J Public Health 2008;18(2):121-125.

(97) Perrin MC, Terry MB, Kleinhaus K, Deutsch L, Yanetz R, Tiram E, et al. Gestational diabetes and the risk of breast cancer among women in the Jerusalem perinatal study. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2008;108(1):129-135.

(98) Calderon-Margalit R, Gordon E-, Hoshen M, Kark JD, Rotem A, Haklai Z. Dialysis in Israel, 1989-2005 - Time trends and international comparisons. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2008;23(2):659-664.

(99) Kleinhaus K, Perrin MC, Manor O, Friedlander Y, Calderon-Margalit R, Harlap S, et al. Paternal age and twinning in the Jerusalem Perinatal Study. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2008;141(2):119-122.

(100) Tirosh A, Calderon-Margalit R, Mazar M, Stern Z. Differences in quality of diabetes care between Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem. Am J Med Qual 2008;23(1):60-65.

(101) Friedlander Y, Paltiel O, Manor O, Deutsch L, Yanetz R, Calderon-Margalit R, et al. Birthweight of Offspring and Mortality of Parents: The Jerusalem Perinatal Study Cohort. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17(11):914-922.

(102) Jaul E, Calderon-Margalit R. Persistent vegetative state and dementia in the elderly. Int Psychogeriatr 2007;19(6):1064-1071.

(103) Perrin MC, Terry MB, Kleinhaus K, Deutsch L, Yanetz R, Tiram E, et al. Gestational diabetes as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer: A prospective cohort study. BMC Med 2007;5.

(104) Harlap S, Friedlander Y, Barchana M, Calderon R, Deutsch L, Kleinhaus KR, et al. Late fetal death in offspring and subsequent incidence of prostate cancer in fathers: The Jerusalem perinatal study cohort. Prostate 2007;67(9):989-998.

(105) Harlap S, Calderon-Margalit R, Perrin MC, Kleinhaus KR, Friedlander Y. Response: Re: Prostate cancer in fathers with fewer male offspring: The Jerusalem perinatal study cohort [8]. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007;99(11):903-904.

(106) Calderon-Margalit R, Friedlander Y, Yanetz R, Deutsch L, Manor O, Harlap S, et al. Late stillbirths and long-term mortality of mothers. Obstet Gynecol 2007;109(6):1301-1308.

(107) Harlap S, Davies AM, Deutsch L, Calderon-Margalit R, Manor O, Paltiel O, et al. The Jerusalem Perinatal Study cohort, 1964-2005: Methods and a review of the main results. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2007;21(3):256-273.

(108) Paltiel O, Friedlander Y, Deutsch L, Yanetz R, Calderon-Margalit R, Tiram E, et al. The interval between cancer diagnosis among mothers and offspring in a population-based cohort. Fam Cancer 2007;6(1):121-129.

(109) Samuels-Kalow ME, Funai EF, Buhimschi C, Norwitz E, Perrin M, Calderon-Margalit R, et al. Prepregnancy body mass index, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and long-term maternal mortality. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197(5):490.e1-490.e6.

(110) Jaul E, Singer P, Calderon-Margalit R. Tube feeding in the demented elderly with severe disabilities. Isr Med Assoc J 2006;8(12):870-874.

(111) Paltiel O, Laniado DE, Yanetz R, Deutsch L, Calderon-Margalit R, Harlap S, et al. The risk of cancer following hospitalization for infection in infancy: A population-based cohort study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006;15(10):1964-1968.

(112) Calderon-Margalit R, Adler B, Abramson JH, Gofin J, Kark JD. Butyrylcholinesterase activity, cardiovascular risk factors, and mortality in middle-aged and elderly men and women in Jerusalem. Clin Chem 2006;52(5):845-852.

(113) Calderon-Margalit R, Mor-Yosef S, Mayer M, Adler B, Shapira SC. An administrative intervention to improve the utilization of laboratory tests within a university hospital. Int J Qual Health Care 2005;17(3):243-248.

(114) Calderon-Margalit R, Sheffer R, Halperin T, Orr N, Cohen D, Shohat T. A large-scale gastroenteritis outbreak associated with Norovirus in nursing homes. Epidemiol Infect 2005;133(1):35-40.

(115) Calderon-Margalit R, Sofer D, Gefen D, Lewis M, Shulman L, Mendelson E, et al. Immune status to poliovirus among immigrant workers in Israel. Prev Med 2005;40(6):685-689.

(116) Peich S, Calderon-Margalit R. Reduction of nosocomial pressure ulcers in patients with hip fractures: A quality improvement program. Int J Health Care Qual Assur 2004;17(2):75-80.

(117) Calderon-Margalit R, Paltiel O. Prevention of breast cancer in women who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations: A critical review of the literature. Int J Cancer 2004;112(3):357-364.

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