Sentence examples for biologic indices from inspiring English sources

Other biologic indices can help to alert the radiologist to the likelihood of nodal metastases.

Inclusion of the oxidative metabolites MEHHP and MEOHP strengthened the association between intensiveness of product use and biologic indices of DEHP exposure over that observed with MEHP alone.

This demonstration of BMI's effectiveness in reducing both self-report and biologic indices of alcohol misuse in a community-recruited, nonclinical sample of recidivists extended the results of 2 previous controlled trials that indicated the self-reported benefits of MI in reducing both problem drinking (Woodall et al., 2007) and drink-driving behaviors (Stein et al., 2006) in forensic samples.

Rather than fish or aquatic plants, we chose to use the stream macroinvertebrate indices, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT), and Hilsenhoff Biologic Index (HBI) to assess the biological integrity of waterways at the parks.

A biologic index of sexual maturity can be visually assessed by day of vaginal opening (DVO).

Analysis of adipose samples remains the preferred biologic index for estimating exposure.

These authors found no significant impact of ER, PR, or HER-2/neu expression on recurrence risk in multivariate analyses, although Ringberg et. al. did observe a significant relation between a biologic index consisting of seven different markers and risk of DCIS recurrence on women who did not receive breast irradiation.

Studies on mesothelioma combining occupational history with biologic exposure indices indicate occupational asbestos exposure in 62 to 85% of the cases.

The date of initiation of the biologic (the index date) defined the start of a 1-year "treatment episode".

Although the ATSDR has not set a formal biologic exposure index for urine mercury, urine mercury concentrations < 10 μg/L are considered normal reference ranges by most laboratories.

"Continuing" patients had one or more pre-index claim for their index biologic, and "new" patients did not.