Dr. Ralph F. Frankowski

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

• Heesch KC, Masse LC, Dunn AL, Frankowski RF Dolan-Mullen P., Does adherence to a lifestyle physical activity intervention predict changes in physical activity, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26(4), 333-348, 2003
• Kennedy KA Frankowski RF, Evaluating the evidence about therapies. What the clinician needs to know about statistics, Clinics in Perinatology, 30(4), 205-216, 2003
• Baumgartner KB, Annegers JF, McPherson RS, Frankowski Rf, Gilliland FD, Samet JM., Is alcohol intake associated with breast cancer in Hispanic women? The New Mexico Women's Health Study, Ethnicity and Disease, vol. 12, in press, 2002
• Mercy JA, Kresnow MJ, O'Carroll PW, Lee RK, Powell KE, Potter LB, Swann AC, Frankowski RF, Bayer TL, Is suicide contagious? A study of the relation between exposure to the suicidal behavior of others and nearly lethal suicide attempts, American Journal of Epidemiology, 154(2), 120-7, July 2001
• Morgenstern LB, Huber JC, Luna-Gonzales H, Saldin KR, Grotta JC, Shaw SG, Knudson L, Frankowski RF, Headache in the emergency department, Headache, 41(6), 537-41, June 2001
• Morgenstern LB, Demchuk AM, Kim DH, Frankowski RF, Grotta JC, Rebleeding leads to poor outcome in ultra-early craniotomy for intracerebral hemorrhage, Neurology, 56(10), 1294-9, May 2001
• Orpinas P, Frankowski RF, The Aggression Scale: A self-report measure of aggressive behavior for young adolescents, Journal of Early Adolescence, 21(1), 50-67, 2001
• Kresnow M, Powell K, Webb K, Mercy J, Potter L, Simon T, Ikeda R, Frankowski R, Assigning time-linked exposure status to controls in unmatched case-control studies: alcohol use and nearly lethal suicide attempts, Statistics in Medicine, 20, 1479-1485, 2001
• Mercy JA, Kresnow MJ, O'Carroll P, Lee RK, Potter L, Powell KE, Swann A, Frankowski R, Bayer T., Is Suicide Contagious? A study of the relationship between exposure to the suicidal behavior of others and nearly lethal suicide, American Journal of Epidemiology, 154(2), 120-127, 2001
• Morganstern L, Huber L, Luna-Gonzalez H, Salid K, Grotta J, Knudson L, Frankowski R., Headache in the Emergency Department, Headache, 41(6), 537-541, 2001
• Morganstern LB, Demchuk AM, Kim DH, Frankowski RF, Grotta JC., Rebleeding leads to poor outcome in ultra early craniotomy for intracerebral hemorrhage, Neurology, 56, 1294-1299, 2001
• Chen AY, Frankowski R, Bishop-Leone J, Hebert T, Leyk S. Lewin J. Goepfert H., The development and validation of a dysphagia-specific questionnaire for head and neck cancer patients: the M.D. Anderson Dysphagia Inventory (MDADI), Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, 127, 870-876, 2001
• Powell KE, Kresnow MJ, Mercy JA, Potter LB, Swann AC, Frankowski RF, Lee RK, Bayer TL, Alcohol consumption and nearly lethal suicide attempts, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 32(suppl.)(1), 30-41, 2001
• Kresnow MJ, Ikeda RM, Mercy JA, Powell KE, Potter LB, Simon TR, Lee RK, Frankowski RF, An unmatched case-control study of nearly lethal suicide attempts in Houston, Texas: research methods and measurements, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 32(suppl.)(1), 7-20, 2001
• Potter LB, Kresnow MJ, Powell KE, Simon TR, Mercy JA, Lee RK, Frankowski RF, Swann AC, Bayer TL, O'Carroll PW., The influence of geographic mobility on nearly lethal suicide attempts, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 32(suppl.)(1), 42-48, 2001
• Steffen-Batey L, Nichman MZ, Goff Jr., DC, Frankowski, RF Hanis CL, Ramsey, DJ, Labarthe, DR, Change in level of physical activity and risk of all-cause mortality or reinfarction:The Corpus Christi Heart Project, Circulation, 102, 2204-2208, 2000
• Morgenstern LB, Frankowski RF, Brain Tumor Masquerading as Stroke, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 44, 47-52, 1999
• Downs T and Frankowski R, A cancer risk model with adaptive repair, Human and Experimental Toxicology, 17(12), 697-700, December 1998
• Morgenstern L B, Luna-Gonzales H, Huber J C Jr, Wong S S, Uthman M O, Gurian J H, Castillo P R, Shaw S G, Frankowski R F, Grotta J C, Worst headache and subarachnoid hemorrhage: prospective, modern computed tomography and spinal fluid analysis., Annals of Emergency Medicine, 32(3 Pt 1), 297-304, September 1998
• Villar-Cordova C, Morgenstern L B, Barnholtz J S, Frankowski R F, Grotta J C, Neurologists' attitudes regarding rt-PA for acute ischemic stroke., Neurology, 50(5), 1491-4, May 1998
• Morganstern LB, Frankowski RF, Shedden P, Pasteur W, Grotta JC., Surgical treatment for intrcerbral hemorrhage: a single center randomized clinical trial, Neurology, 51, 1359-1363, 1998
• Kinney A Y, Sahin A, Vernon S W, Frankowski R F, Annegers J F, Hortobagyi G N, Buzdar A U, Frye D K, Dhingra K, The prognostic significance of sialyl-Tn antigen in women treated with breast carcinoma treated with adjuvant chemotherapy., Cancer, 80(12), 2240-9, 15 Dec 1997
• Abi-Said D, Annegers JF, Combs-Cantrell D, Suki R, Frankowski RF, Willmore LJ, A case-control evaluation of treatment efficacy: the example of magnesium sulfate prophylaxis against eclampsia in patients with preeclampsia., Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 50(4), 419-23, 1997
• Vernon S W, Yeomans A C, Frankowski R, Weber D, Vogel V G, Behavioral and social factors that predict participation in the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial., Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 768, 300, 30 Sep 1995
• Yeomans-Kinney A, Vernon S W, Frankowski R F, Weber D M, Bitsura J M, Vogel V G, Factors related to enrollment in the breast cancer prevention trial at a comprehensive cancer center during the first year of recruitment., Cancer, 76(1), 46-56, 1 Jul 1995
• Hudmon Karen S, Chamberlain, Robert M, and Frankowski, Ralph F., Outcomes of a placebo run-in period in a head and neck cancer chemoprevention trial, Controlled Clin Trials 18:228-240, 1997
• Abi-Said, Dima, Annegers, John F., Combs-Cantrell Deborah, Suki, Rabi, Frankowski, Ralph F., and Willmore L. James., A case-control evaluation of treatment efficacy: the example of magnesium sulfate prophylaxis against eclampsia in patients with preeclampsia. J Clin Epidemiol 50 Number 4,419-423, 1997
• Lawrence, Louann W., Delclos, George L., Felknor, Sarah A., Johnson, Philip C., Frankowski, Ralph F., Cooper, Sharon P., and Davidson, Anthony. The effectiveness of a needleless intravenous connection system: an assessment by injury rate and user satisfaction. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 18:175-182, 1997
• Kelder Steven H., Orpinas, Pamela, McAlister Alfred, Frankowski, Ralph, Parcel Guy S., and Friday, Jennifer. The Students for Peace Project: a comprehensive violence-prevention program for middle school students. Am J Prev Med (suppl.) 12 Number 5:22-30,1996
• Plenger Patrick J., Dixon C. Edward, Castillo, Rosario M., Frankowski, Ralph F., Yablon, Stuart A., and Levin, Harvey S. Subacute methylphenidate treatment for moderate to moderately severe traumatic brain injury:a preliminary double-blind placebo-controlled study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 77:536-540, 1996