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Gladys Block is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as plant science, molecular biology, nutrition and dietetics, general health professions, and oncology.

Their work explores various main topics, including:

  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Garlic and Onion Studies
  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Gladys Block has contributed to multiple recent scientific publications spanning from 2022 to 2024. These include:

  • Sustained Minimal Residual Disease Negativity in Multiple Myeloma is Associated with Stool Butyrate and Healthier Plant-Based Diets, 2022, Clinical Cancer Research
  • Estimation of Vitamin C Intake Requirements Based on Body Weight: Implications for Obesity, 2022, Nutrients
  • Estimation of Vitamin C Intake Requirements Based on Body Weight, 2022, Preprints.org
  • Sustained Minimal Residual Disease Negativity in Multiple Myeloma is Associated with Stool Butyrate and Healthier Plant-Based Diets, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Community Health workers United to Reduce Colorectal cancer and cardiovascular disease among people at Higher risk (CHURCH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, 2024, Trials

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Torin Block
  • Urvi A. Shah
  • Kylee Maclachlan
  • Andriy Derkach
  • Meghan Salcedo

Publications by Gladys Block appear in several venues, such as:

  • Clinical Cancer Research
  • Nutrients
  • Preprints.org
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trials

Best Publications

  • Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention: A review of the epidemiological evidence

    Gladys Block;Blossom Patterson;Amy Subar

  • A DATA-BASED APPROACH TO DIET QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN AND TESTING

    Gladys Block;Anne M. Hartman;Connie M. Dresser;Margaret D. Carroll

  • Validation of a self-administered diet history questionnaire using multiple diet records

    Gladys Block;Margo Woods;Arnold Potosky;Carolyn Clifford

  • Reverse epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors in maintenance dialysis patients

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Gladys Block;Gladys Block;Gladys Block;Michael H. Humphreys;Michael H. Humphreys;Michael H. Humphreys;Joel D. Kopple;Joel D. Kopple;Joel D. Kopple

  • Malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome in dialysis patients: causes and consequences.

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;T.Alp Ikizler;Gladys Block;Morrel M. Avram

  • A Malnutrition-Inflammation Score is correlated with morbidity and mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Joel D. Kopple;Gladys Block;Michael H. Humphreys

  • A reduced dietary questionnaire: development and validation

    Gladys Block;Anne M. Hartman;Darlene Naughton

  • Reverse epidemiology of conventional cardiovascular risk factors in patients with chronic heart failure

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Gladys Block;Tamara Horwich;Gregg C Fonarow

  • Appetite and inflammation, nutrition, anemia, and clinical outcome in hemodialysis patients.

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Gladys Block;Charles J McAllister;Michael H Humphreys

  • A rapid food screener to assess fat and fruit and vegetable intake

    Gladys Block;Christina Gillespie;Ernest H Rosenbaum;Christopher Jenson

  • Association Among SF36 Quality of Life Measures and Nutrition, Hospitalization, and Mortality in Hemodialysis

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Joel D. Kopple;Gladys Block;Michael H. Humphreys

  • Comparison of two dietary questionnaires validated against multiple dietary records collected during a 1-year period.

    Gladys Block;Frances E. Thompson;Anne M. Hartman;Francesa Larkin

  • Nutrient sources in the American diet: quantitative data from the NHANES II survey. I. Vitamins and minerals.

    Gladys Block;Connie M. Dresser;Anne M. Hartman;Margaret D. Carroll

  • Phytoestrogen content of foods—a compendium of literature values

    Kathrin Reinli;Gladys Block

  • Factors Associated with Oxidative Stress in Human Populations

    Gladys Block;Marion Dietrich;Edward P. Norkus;Jason D. Morrow

  • NUTRIENT SOURCES IN THE AMERICAN DIET: QUANTITATIVE DATA FROM THE NHANES II SURVEY II. MACRONUTRIENTS AND FATS

    Gladys Block;Connie M. Dresser;Anne M. Hartman;Margaret D. Carroll

  • Dietary diversity and subsequent mortality in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study.

    A K Kant;A Schatzkin;T B Harris;R G Ziegler

  • The Effect of Breakfast Type on Total Daily Energy Intake and Body Mass Index: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)

    Sungsoo Cho;Marion Dietrich;Coralie J.P. Brown;Celeste A. Clark

  • Dietary Intake, Dietary Patterns, and Changes With Age An Epidemiological Perspective

    Patricia Wakimoto;Gladys Block

  • The Data Support a Role for Antioxidants in Reducing Cancer Risk

    Gladys Block

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh University of California, Irvine
Joel D. Kopple
Joel D. Kopple University of California, Los Angeles
Douglas A. Corley
Douglas A. Corley Kaiser Permanente
Charles P. Quesenberry
Charles P. Quesenberry Kaiser Permanente
Theodore R. Levin
Theodore R. Levin Kaiser Permanente
Lester Packer
Lester Packer University of Southern California
Barbara Sternfeld
Barbara Sternfeld Kaiser Permanente
Jason D. Morrow
Jason D. Morrow Vanderbilt University
Lisa J Harnack
Lisa J Harnack University of Minnesota
Ellen B. Gold
Ellen B. Gold University of California, Davis

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