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  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Herbert B. Peterson is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Reproductive Medicine.

Their scholarly output includes work on a range of topics, notably:

  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact
  • Electrolyte and hormonal disorders
  • Endometriosis Research and Treatment

Peterson has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers as follows:

  • Achieving justice in implementation: the Lancet Commission on Evidence-Based Implementation in Global Health, 2023, The Lancet
  • Ethiopian and American Collaboration, 2020, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Maternal Influences on Nausea and Vomiting in Early Pregnancy, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Long-Acting Methods of Contraception, 2021, UNC Libraries

The frequent coauthors associated with Peterson include Queen Dube, Joy E Lawn, Joumana Haidar, Jessamy Bagenal, and Richard Horton. Their publications appear frequently in venues such as UNC Libraries, The Lancet, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In 2007, Herbert B. Peterson was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Best Publications

  • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;R. J. Coates;J. M. Liff

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;H. L. Miracle-McMahill;R. J. Coates

  • Hysterectomy in the United States, 1988-1990.

    Lynne S. Wilcox;Lisa M. Koonin;Robert Pokras;Lilo T. Strauss

  • Low and very low birth weight in infants conceived with use of assisted reproductive technology.

    Laura A. Schieve;Susan F. Meikle;Cynthia Ferre;Herbert B. Peterson

  • Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer - Collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58 515 women with breast cancer and 95 067 women without the disease

    N Hamajima;K Hirose;K Tajima;T Rohan

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Complications of abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy among women of reproductive age in the United States: The collaborative review of sterilization

    Richard C. Dicker;Joel R. Greenspan;Lilo T. Strauss;Martha R. Cowart

  • Contraception and health

    John Cleland;Agustin Conde-Agudelo;Herbert B Peterson;John Ross

  • The risk of pregnancy after tubal sterilization: Findings from the U.S. collaborative review of sterilization

    Herbert B. Peterson;Zhisen Xia;Joyce M. Hughesa;Lynne S. Wilcox

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Ectopic pregnancy risk with assisted reproductive technology procedures.

    Heather B. Clayton;Laura A. Schieve;Herbert B. Peterson;Denise J. Jamieson

  • Poststerilization regret: findings from the United States Collaborative Review of Sterilization.

    Susan D. Hillis;Polly A. Marchbanks;Lisa Ratliff Tylor;Herbert B. Peterson

  • Perinatal outcome among singleton infants conceived through assisted reproductive technology in the United States.

    Laura A. Schieve;Cynthia Ferre;Herbert B. Peterson;Maurizio Macaluso

  • Ovarian cancer and smoking: individual participant meta-analysis including 28 114 women with ovarian cancer from 51 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;S. M. Gapstur;A. V. Patel;L. Dal Maso

  • Live-birth rates and multiple-birth risk using in vitro fertilization.

    Laura A. Schieve;Herbert B. Peterson;Susan F. Meikle;Gary Jeng

  • The mortality risk associated with hysterectomy.

    Phyllis A. Wingo;Carlos M. Huezo;George L. Rubin;Howard W. Ory

  • The Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy after Tubal Sterilization

    Herbert B. Peterson;Zhisen Xia;Joyce M. Hughes;Lynne S. Wilcox

  • Does insertion and use of an intrauterine device increase the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease among women with sexually transmitted infection? A systematic review.

    Anshu P. Mohllajee;Kathryn M. Curtis;Herbert B. Peterson

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives: further results

    EE Calle;CW Heath;HL Miracle-McMahill;RJ Coates

  • Rate of hospitalization for gynecologic disorders among reproductive-age women in the United States

    Petr Velebil;Phyllis A. Wingo;Zhisen Xia;Lynne S. Wilcox

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank DeStefano
Frank DeStefano Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Valerie Beral
Valerie Beral University of Oxford
James Trussell
James Trussell Princeton University
Denise J. Jamieson
Denise J. Jamieson Emory University
Silvia Franceschi
Silvia Franceschi Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Richard Peto
Richard Peto University of Oxford
Håkan Olsson
Håkan Olsson Lund University
Chris Bain
Chris Bain Monash University
Anthony B. Miller
Anthony B. Miller University of Toronto
Eiliv Lund
Eiliv Lund University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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