Questioning the safety of food irradiation.

Hoekstra, B

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Adjusting for nonresponse bias in a health examination survey.

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Rowland, Michael L.; Forthofer, Ronald N.;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

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Public Health Rep. 108(3):380-386

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There is a potential for nonresponse bias in most population studies using health examinations. This is true of the Mexican American portion of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES), conducted by the National Center for Health...

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Risk factors for drowning and near-drowning among children in Hillsborough County, Florida.

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Liller, K D; Kent, E B; Arcari, C; McDermott, R J;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

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Public Health Rep. 108(3):346-353

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The authors obtained data from 700 households in Hillsborough County, FL, in a telephone random survey to determine risk factors for incidents of drowning and near-drowning among children in the county. The survey was conducted from August through De...

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Mortality patterns among the youth of a northeastern American Indian cohort.

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Michalek, A M; Mahoney, M C; Buck, G; Snyder, R;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

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Public Health Rep. 108(3):403-407

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Mortality patterns prevalent among American Indian youth have not been well documented. This investigation reports on mortality patterns among the Seneca Nation of Indians from January 1, 1955, through December 31, 1989. The study cohort consisted of...

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Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 3 : table of contents

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May-Jun 1993

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Public Health Rep. 108(3)

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NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS DATA LINE

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Smith, Sandra S.

Published:

May 1993

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Public Health Rep. 108(3):408-409

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Disability and cognitive impairment are risk factors for pneumonia-related mortality in older adults.

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Salive, M E; Satterfield, S; Ostfeld, A M; Wallace, R B; Havlik, R J;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):314-322

Description:

The role of functional and cognitive limitations in the risk of pneumonia-related mortality in older adults was examined. As part of a cohort study in 3 communities (East Boston, MA; New Haven, CT; and Iowa and Washington Counties, IA), 6,234 women a...

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The emergency department in surveillance of attempted suicide: findings and methodologic considerations.

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Birkhead, G S; Galvin, V G; Meehan, P J; O'Carroll, P W; Mercy, J A;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):323-331

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The authors conducted one of the first active, population-based public health surveillance systems for detecting suicide attempts in the United States. Surveillance was conducted in all four hospital emergency departments serving a county suburban to...

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Public health impact of the 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest.

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Evans, C A

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):265-272

Description:

The Los Angeles civil unrest in April 1992 stunned the nation. The days of violence resulted in 53 deaths, 2,325 reported injuries, more than 600 buildings completely destroyed by fire, and approximately $735 million in total damages. The purpose of ...

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PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES

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1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):410-416

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Social support in smoking cessation among black women in Chicago public housing.

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Lacey, L P; Manfredi, C; Balch, G; Warnecke, R B; Allen, K; Edwards, C;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):387-394

Description:

To accomplish significant reductions in smoking by the year 2000, special populations with relatively low rates of smoking cessation must be reached and helped to quit smoking. These populations are most often groups in which traditional approaches t...

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Public Health Reports ; v. 108, no. 3, May-June, 1993 : cover

Published:

May-Jun 1993

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108 (3)

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Effects of enhanced calling efforts on response rates, estimates of health behavior, and costs in a telephone health survey using random-digit dialing.

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Kristal, A R; White, E; Davis, J R; Corycell, G; Raghunathan, T; Kinne, S; Lin, T K;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):372-379

Description:

Public health researchers frequently rely on random-digit dialing (RDD) telephone surveys in monitoring trends in health behavior and evaluating health promotion interventions. RDD response rates have declined during the past decade, and cost-effecti...

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Designing prenatal care messages for low-income Mexican women.

Personal Author:

Alcalay, R; Ghee, A; Scrimshaw, S;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):354-362

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Communication theories and research data were used to design cross-cultural health education messages. A University of California Los Angeles-Universidad Autonoma in Tijuana, Mexico, research team used the methods of ethnographic and survey research ...

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Fatal incident risk factors in recreational boating in Ohio.

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Molberg, Peter J.; Hopkins, Richard S.; Paulson, John; Gunn, Robert A.;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):340-346

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To identify risk factors predicting the involvement of boat operators in incidents resulting in at least one fatality, the authors obtained data from a mail survey of registered boat owners in the State of Ohio and from the Boating Accident Report (B...

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Directions for AIDS education for Hispanic women based on analyses of survey findings.

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Flaskerud, J H; Uman, G;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):298-304

Description:

In 1988 and again in 1990, the National Center for Health Statistics conducted a survey of the AIDS related knowledge and beliefs of Hispanic and non-Hispanic adults in the United States. A survey of Los Angeles Hispanic women was conducted in 1990, ...

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Maintaining confidentiality in a look-back investigation of patients treated by a HIV-infected dentist.

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Arnow, Paul M.; Chou, Teresa; Shapiro, Robert; Sussman, Elliot J.; Chamberland, Mary;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):273-278

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The spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from a Florida dentist with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) to several of his patients has generated considerable concern about the risk of HIV transmission during dental treatment. According...

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Benefits of collecting local data on breast cancer and mammography practices in northwestern Pennsylvania.

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Norman, S A; Weinberg, G B; Krampe, B R; Finnegan, E T;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):395-401

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The use of local data on cancer incidence and mortality and on risk-related behaviors to help communities set priorities and guide program planning is an important facet of the National Cancer Institute's Program, "Data-Based Intervention Research fo...

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The University of Maryland experience in integrating preventive medicine into the clinical medicine curriculum.

Personal Author:

Havas, S; Rixey, S; Sherwin, R; Zimmerman, S I; Anderson, S;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):332-339

Description:

Lifestyle risk factors play a major role in the etiology of premature mortality, morbidity, and disability in the United States. Numerous professional groups as well as the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service have recommended that increased ...

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Where injecting drug users receive HIV counseling and testing.

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Valdiserri, Ronald O.; Jones, T. Stephen; West, Gary R.; Campbell, Carl H.; Thompson, P. Imani;

Published:

1993 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 108(3):294-298

Description:

In 1990, nearly 1.5 million human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody tests were performed at publicly funded sites. Eight percent of those tests were performed for self-identified illegal injecting drug users (IDU). The authors examined data from ...

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Public Health Rep ; v. 108, no. 3 : Masthead

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May-Jun 1993

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Public Health Rep. 108(3)

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