The suspicion that the use of tobacco adversely affects health existed for some time before a case-control study appeared in 1950 of 684 cases of lung...
State Crippled Children's (CC) programs are known for their diversity in organization and varying coverage of diagnostic categories. Relatively little...
Senile dementia is a progressive and irreversible decline of mental functions. The symptoms are mental confusion, memory loss, disorientation, cogniti...
The prevalence of controlled and uncontrolled hypertension in the United States is lower for persons ethnically classified as Asian, particularly Japa...
Asian Pacific Americans are one of the smallest but fastest growing minority groups in the U.S.. Between 1970 and 1980, this population increased 142 ...
State immunization laws which exempt religious groups present difficult problems in disease control in measles epidemics. Two outbreaks are described,...
Control of stress and violent behavior is 1 of the 15 priority areas addressed in the 1990 health objectives for the nation. For control of stress, im...
Hearing sensitivity was measured for tones from 1,000 through 8,000 hertz (Hz) in 534 males and 278 females who resided in rural Wisconsin and ranged ...
In a cooperative effort among the Centers for Disease Control, the Yale University Department of Epidemiology, and the Connecticut State Department of...
Estimates of the cost effectiveness and cost benefit of health promotion-health education methods for pregnant smokers designed to increase birth weig...
To study heterosexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 21 HIV antibody-positive hemophiliacs and their 21 spouses-sexual partne...
The use of primary health care services by urban American Indians and their health problems were compared with national and regional data compiled by ...
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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