Lab-related scholarly articles authored or
co-authored by laboratory affiliates

O'Connor KA, Ferrell RJ, Brindle E, Shofer J, Holman DJ, Miller RC, Schechter DE, Singer B, Weinstein M. (2009) Total and unopposed estrogen across stages of the transition to menopause. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 18(3):828-836. [Full Text]

Wander KW, Brindle E, O'Connor KA. (2008) C-reactive protein across the menstrual cycle. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.136(2):138-146. [Full Text] (UW access only)

Fujita M, Brindle E, Shofer J, Ndemwa P, Kombe Y, Shell-Duncan B, O'Connor KA. (2007) Retinol-binding protein stability in dried blood spots. Clinical Chemistry 53: 1972-1975. [ Full Text ]

Ferrell RJ, O’Connor KA, Rodriguez G, Holman DJ, Brindle E, Miller RC, Simon J, Mansfield PK, Wood JW, Weinstein M. (2007) Monitoring reproductive aging in a 5-year prospective study: aggregate and individual changes in luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) with age. Menopause 14(1):29-37. [Full Text]

Brindle E, Miller RC, Shofer JB, Klein NA, Soules MR, O'Connor KA. (2006) Urinary beta-luteinizing hormone and beta-follicle stimulating hormone immunoenzymometric assays for population research. Clinical Biochemistry 39(11): 1071-79. [ Full Text ]

Ferrell RJ, Simon JA, Pincus SM, Holman DJ, O’Connor KA, Rodriguez G, Weinstein M. (2006) The length of perimenopausal menstrual cycles increases later and to a greater degree than previously reported. Fertility and Sterility 86(3):619-624. [ Full Text ]

Holman DJ, Grimes MA, Achterberg JT, Brindle E, O'Connor KA. (2006) The distribution of postpartum amenorrhea in rural Bangladeshi women. The American Journal of Physical Anthropology  129(4):609-619.
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O'Connor KA, Brindle E, Miller RC, Shofer JB, Ferrell RJ, Klein NA, Soules MR, Holman DJ, Mansfield PK, Wood JW. (2006) Ovulation detection methods for urinary hormones: Precision, daily and intermittent sampling, and a combined hierarchical method, Human Reproduction 21(6):1442-1452. [ Full Text ]

Ferrell RJ, O'Connor KA, Holman DJ, Brindle E, Miller RC, Schechter DE, Gorrindo T, Korshalla L, Simon J, Voda A, Wood JW, Mansfield PK, Weinstein M. (2005) Monitoring the transition to menopause in a five year prospective study: aggregate and individual changes in steroid hormones and menstrual cycle lengths with age. Menopause 12(5):567-577. [ Full Text ]

Holman DJ, Grimes MA, Brindle E, O'Connor KA. (2004) Hormonal correlates for the initiation of breastfeeding in Bangladeshi women. Hormones and Behavior 46(4):382-391.  [ Full Text ]

O’Connor KA., Brindle E, Shofer JB, Miller RC, Klein NA, Soules MR, Campbell KL, Mar C, Handcock MS (2004). Statistical correction for non-parallelism in a urinary enzyme immunoassay. Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry 25 (3): 259-278.  [ Abstract ] [ Full Text ]

Miller RC, Brindle E, Holman DJ, Shofer J, Klein NA, Soules MR, O’Connor KA. (2004) Comparison of specific gravity and creatinine methods for normalizing urinary reproductive hormone concentrations. Clinical Chemistry 50: 924-932.  [ Abstract ] [ Full Text ]

O’Connor KA, Brindle E, Holman DJ, Klein NA, Soules MR, Campbell KL, Kohen F, Munro CJ, Shofer J, Lasley WL, Wood JW. (2003) Urinary estrone conjugate and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide enzyme-immunoassays for population research. Clinical Chemistry 49(7):1139-1148. [ Abstract ] [ Full Text ]

McConnell HJ, O’Connor KA, Brindle E, Williams NI (2002) Validity of methods for analyzing urinary steroid data to detect ovulation in athletes. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 34(11):1836-1844.

Holman DJ, Wood JW (2001) Pregnancy loss and fecundability in women. In Ellison PT (ed.) Reproductive Ecology and Human Evolution. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, pp. 15-38.

O'Connor KA, Holman DJ, Wood JW (2001) Menstrual cycle variability and the perimenopause. American Journal of Human Biology 13(4):465-478.

Wood JW, O'Connor KA, Holman DJ, Brindle E, Barsom SH, Grimes MA (2001) The evolution of menopause by antagonistic pleiotropy. Working Paper 01-04 Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, University of Washington.

Holman DJ, Wood JW, and Campbell KL (2000) Age-dependent decline of female fecundity is caused by early fetal loss. Chapter 9 in te Velde ER, Broekmans F, and Pearson P (eds) Female Reproductive Ageing. Studies in Profertility series, Vol 9, Carnforth, UK: Parthenon Publishing Group. pp. 123-136.

O'Connor KA, Holman DJ, Wood JW (1998). Declining fecundity and ovarian ageing in natural fertility populations. Maturitas 30:127-136.

Holman DJ, Rasheed FN, Stroud CM, Brindle E, O'Connor KA, and Campbell KL (1998) A commercial pregnancy test modified for field studies of fetal loss. Clinica Chimica Acta 271:25-44.

Holman DJ (1996) Total Fecundability and Fetal Loss in Rural Bangladesh. Doctoral Dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.