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Household survey of child-safe packaging for medications.
  • Published Date:
    1990 Jul-Aug
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 105(4):430-432
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Reported cat bites in Dallas: characteristics of the cats, the victims, and the attack events.
      Personal Author:
      Wright, J C
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):420-424
      Description:
      Associated with the increased popularity of cats as pets in American households has been an increase in the number of cat bites reported to health departments. Bite reports from Dallas, TX, for 1985 were analyzed for different aspects of the cat bite...
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    2. A pilot survey of aquatic activities and related consumption of alcohol, with implications for drowning.
      Personal Author:
      Howland, J; Mangione, T; Hingson, R; Levenson, S; Winter, M; Altwicker, A;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):415-419
      Description:
      The investigators considered the relationship between participation in aquatic activities and the consumption of alcohol, with their implications for the risk of drowning. In a telephone survey with random-digit dialing, interviewers asked Massachuse...
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    3. Trends in rates for mortality from all causes among Indians in Minnesota, 1960-79.
      Personal Author:
      Ringhand, T H; Snowdon, D A; Johnson, R A;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):425-428
      Description:
      Trends in age- and sex-specific mortality rates for all causes of death for Indians in Minnesota during the years 1960-79 were examined using the Mantel-Haenszel chi-square extension test. Indians younger than 15 years of age were not included in the...
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    4. Networking in a rural community focuses on at-risk children.
      Personal Author:
      Epstein, M R
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):428-430
      Description:
      The need to integrate social and medical services to deal with the issues of child abuse prevention and treatment has been documented frequently. In rural areas, referral to the various programs developed to reach the at-risk child is hampered by lac...
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    5. A church-based cholesterol education program.
      Personal Author:
      Wiist, W H; Flack, J M;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):381-388
      Description:
      The leading cause of death among black people in the United States is coronary heart disease, accounting for about 25 percent of the deaths. The Task Force on Black and Minority Health formed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1985 subs...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.40 MB]
    6. Comparison of risk factors for ill health in a sample of homeless and nonhomeless poor.
      Personal Author:
      Winkleby, M A
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):404-410
      Description:
      This cross-sectional survey was undertaken to examine whether the homeless poor have a higher prevalence of risk factors for ill health than the nonhomeless poor. Seventy-one adults in four age groups who attended a free-meal program in northern Cali...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.36 MB]
    7. Mortality from diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease among blacks in a higher income area.
      Personal Author:
      Polednak, A P
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):393-399
      Description:
      According to the 1980 census, blacks in Suffolk County on Long Island, NY, had a median family income of almost $20,000 versus $12,618 for blacks in the entire United States, or only 20 percent lower than that for whites in the county. Black-white ra...
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    8. Blood lead levels of 4-11-year-old Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban children.
      Personal Author:
      Carter-Pokras, O; Pirkle, J; Chavez, G; Gunter, E;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):388-393
      Description:
      Data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to estimate arithmetic mean blood lead and percent with elevated blood lead [25 micrograms per deciliter (micrograms per dl) or greater] for 4-11-year-old Mexican American, Puer...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.08 MB]
    9. The accuracy of liver cancer as the underlying cause of death on death certificates.
      Personal Author:
      Percy, C; Ries, L G; Van Holten, V D;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):361-367
      Description:
      Studies of liver cancer mortality are subject to confusion attributable to the changes in categories by which liver cancer is identified in successive revisions of the International Classification of Diseases. To determine the effects of these change...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.99 MB]
    10. The Vietnam Era Twin Registry: a resource for medical research.
      Personal Author:
      Henderson, W G; Eisen, S; Goldberg, J; True, W R; Barnes, J E; Vitek, M E;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):368-373
      Description:
      The Vietnam Era Twin Registry consists of 4,774 male-male twin pairs born between 1939 and 1957 with both brothers having served in the United States military during the Vietnam War. The registry was originally developed to provide the best control g...
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    11. Underreporting of minority AIDS deaths in San Francisco Bay area, 1985-86.
      Personal Author:
      Lindan, C P; Hearst, N; Singleton, J A; Trachtenberg, A I; Riordan, N M; Tokagawa, D A; Chu, G S;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):400-404
      Description:
      A disproportionately high number of AIDS cases in the United States involve members of racial minorities. Even so, AIDS deaths of minority members may be undercounted. The completeness of reporting of AIDS deaths to the California AIDS Registry (ARS)...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.00 MB]
    12. An estimate of the need for environmental health academicians in the workforce.
      Personal Author:
      Anderson, A C; Levine, E; Stern, B;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):410-414
      Description:
      In July 1987, a workshop was held to evaluate the environmental health workforce. The workshop was sponsored by the Bureau of Health Professions. Health Resources and Services Administration of the Public Health Service. Participants were drawn from ...
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    13. Pregnancy and medical cost outcomes of a self-help prenatal smoking cessation program in a HMO.
      Personal Author:
      Ershoff, D H; Quinn, V P; Mullen, P D; Lairson, D R;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):340-347
      Description:
      The results of a randomized clinical trial of a prenatal self-help smoking cessation program are reported in terms of the pregnancy and cost outcomes. The study population were the socioeconomically and ethnically diverse members of a large health ma...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.66 MB]
    14. Uses of data to plan cancer prevention and control programs.
      Personal Author:
      Boss, L P; Suarez, L;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):354-360
      Description:
      Seven State health departments, those in Illinois, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, have participated in an effort to utilize a variety of State-specific cancer-related data to describe the cancer burden in their ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.23 MB]
    15. The status of community water fluoridation in the United States.
      Personal Author:
      Easley, M W
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):348-353
      Description:
      Community water fluoridation has served the American public extremely well as the cornerstone of dental caries prevention activities for 45 years. The dental and general health benefits associated with the ingestion of water-borne fluorides have been...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.57 MB]
    16. Improving the sensitivity and specificity of the abbreviated injury scale coding system.
      Personal Author:
      Kramer, C F; Barancik, J I; Thode, H C;
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):334-340
      Description:
      The Abbreviated Injury Scale with Epidemiologic Modifications (AIS 85-EM) was developed to make it possible to code information about anatomic injury types and locations that, although generally available from medical records, is not codable under th...
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    17. Public Health Rep
      Published:
      Jul-Aug 1990
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    18. 1889 to 1989: a century of health and disease.
      Personal Author:
      Hinman, Alan R.
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):374-380
      Description:
      This article traces some of the most important changes in demographics, health, and disease in the United States since 1889. The nation has grown, urbanized, and aged. Life expectancy has increased dramatically. Major health problems have shifted fro...
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    19. A blueprint for injury control in the United States.
      Personal Author:
      Viano, D C
      Conference Author:
      National Injury Control Conference: Translating Knowledge and Technology to Public Policy and Action (2nd : September 15-17, 1988 : San Antonio, TX)
      Published:
      1990 Jul-Aug
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4):329-333
      Description:
      In a 1988 appraisal of the status and progress of the injury control program at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a National Academy of Sciences' Review Committee applauded the rapid progress made by CDC in 3 years, including the competitive eva...
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    20. Public Health Rep ; v. 105, no. 4 : table of contents
      Published:
      Jul-Aug 1990
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 105(4)
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      Filetype[PDF - 483.08 KB]
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