Data from the National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey (NMCUES) are presented on access to medical care for low-income people in 1980. NMCUES was a national probability household survey jointly sponsored by the National Center for Hea...
A communitywide outbreak of hepatitis A occurred in Portland, OR, from 1983 through 1986. At the peak of the outbreak, the age- and sex-specific annual incidence rate approached 400 cases per 100,000 population among men ages 25 to 34, the highest ri...
Richwald, G A; Greenland, S; Johnson, B J; Friedland, J M; Goldstein, E J; Plichta, D T;
Published Date:
1988 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 103(5):489-493
Description:
The risk of serious illness attributable to infection with Salmonella dublin associated with the consumption of certified raw milk in California was evaluated. Data were derived from case reports of S. dublin isolations from persons in the State of C...
The fear of malpractice liability is mentioned frequently as a cause of increased cesarean section rates, but without quantitative investigations. This perception may be studied at an aggregate level by comparing malpractice insurance premiums, a pro...
Gillum, Richard F.; Gomez-Marin, Orlando; Prineas, Ronald J.;
Published Date:
1988 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 103(5):485-488
Description:
To determine the frequency of inaccuracies in racial designations of school children in a health survey, racial designations were examined for a sample of 1,509 children in Minneapolis public schools who participated in the first home interview of th...
Although safety belts have been shown to reduce the risk of serious injury or death in automobile crashes, evidence of their effectiveness in school buses is uncertain. In this paper, the potential costs and benefits of mandatory safety belts in Texa...
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
Published Date:
03/2011
Description:
The National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) aims to detect, prevent, and control infectious diseases from spreading, whether they are naturally occurring, unintentional, or the result of terrorism. The center focuses on...