This study concerns the frequency of visits to the dispensary by workers with vague symptoms of physical illness at a polyvinyl chloride plant in Loui...
An epidemic of abuse with "T's and blues" began in the late 1970's in which pentazocine-Talwin tablets ("T")--and the antihistamine tripelennamine (kn...
National Hospice Study data for 1981-82 were used to predict the location of care for terminal cancer patients. Sites of care were conventional care i...
Sex education continues to gain prominence as a critical factor in current challenges to the nation's public health. Adolescent pregnancy, with its fr...
The objective of this study was to determine how the sales of various segments of the high fiber and nonhigh fiber, ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal market w...
To assess the level of reporting of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases, the authors reviewed death certificates for periods of 3 months d...
Fluoridation of public water supplies is the best method of preventing dental caries. Yet, many water systems do not maintain the optimal concentratio...
To identify variables that discriminate needle-sharing among drug abusers, 224 male drug abusers were studied. They had been admitted to a 30-day inpa...
The health care profession is witnessing a shift in focus from the interests and needs of the service provider to those of the potential consumer in a...
The McLaughlin Public Health Service clinic serves several thousand Lakota people (Sioux) on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, SD. In 1981, a priority...
Intravenous drug abusers in a methadone program in Minnesota were offered HIV-antibody screening to determine the degree of interest in screening and ...
The Indian Health Service (IHS) was transferred from the Department of Interior to the Public Health Service in the Department of Health, Education, a...
This case-control study investigated the potential association between ambient levels of carbon monoxide in a pregnant woman's neighborhood of residen...
A graduate education program in public health for American Indians was introduced in the fall of 1971 at the College of Public Health, University of O...
A review of surveys on smoking was undertaken by the Smoking, Tobacco, and Cancer Program of the National Cancer Institute as part of its planning for...
Background:Nearly half of the world’s population is exposed to household air pollution (HAP) due to long hours spent in close proximity to biomass-f...
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