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Stalking the next epidemic: ProMED tracks emerging diseases.

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Woodall, J

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):78-82

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Swimming pool drownings and near-drownings among California preschoolers.

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Ellis, A A; Trent, R B;

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):73-77

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To describe a significant but poorly understood public health problem, the authors compiled data on swimming pool drownings and near-drownings requiring hospitalization for California children ages 1 to 4.|Data from death certificates were used to an...

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Drug abuse control under FDA, 1938-1968.

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Swann, J P

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):83-86

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NCHS Data Line

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Jan 1997

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):87-88

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Hospital utilization patterns and costs for adult sickle cell patients in Illinois.

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Woods, K; Karrison, T; Koshy, M; Patel, A; Friedmann, P; Cassel, C;

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):44-51

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To determine population size, demographic characteristics, hospital utilization patterns, the specialties of physicians providing care, and costs for hospitalized adult sickle cell patients in Illinois.|A statewide, administrative dataset for the two...

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Geographic differences in mortality of young children with sickle cell disease in the United States.

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Davis, H; Gergen, P J; Moore, R M;

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):52-58

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Because geographic differences in health care have been found for many diseases, including those affecting children, there are probably geographic differences in the health care of young children with sickle cell disease. Consequently, survival of yo...

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Risk factors for seabather's eruption: a prospective cohort study.

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Kumar, S; Hlady, W G; Malecki, J M;

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):59-62

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A prospective cohort study was performed to identify risk factors for seabather's eruption.|Study participants were recruited at four beaches in Palm Beach County, Florida, during three weekends of May and June 1993. Participants were interviewed by ...

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Public confidence in public health research ethics.

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Mariner, W K

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):33-36

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Cost of hospitalizations associated with sickle cell disease in the United States.

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Davis, H; Moore, R M; Gergen, P J;

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):40-43

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This study estimated the number and cost of hospitalizations associated with sickle cell disease in the United States.|To estimate the number of hospitalizations per year in the United States of people with sickle cell disease, the authors used data ...

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Sickle cell disease expenditures and outcomes.

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Schechter, A N

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):38-39

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The Biology of Vaccines and Community Decisions to Vaccinate

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Freeman, Phyllis

Published:

Jan 1997

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):21

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Editorial

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Jan 1997

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):1

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The complicated task of monitoring vaccine safety.

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Ellenberg, Susan S.; Chen, Robert T.;

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):10-21

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Managed care and the public health challenge of TB.

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Halverson, Paul K.; Mays, Glen P.; Miller, C. Arden; Kaluzny, Arnold D.; Richards, Thomas B.;

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):22-28

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Public Health Reports ; v. 112, no. 1 : masthead

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Jan-Feb 1997

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Public Health Rep. 112(1)

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Public Health Reports ; v. 112, no. 1 : table of contents

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Jan-Feb 1997

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Public Health Rep. 112(1)

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Public Health Reports ; v. 112, no. 1 : cover

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Jan-Feb 1997

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Public Health Rep. 112(1)

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Preventing hepatitis B in people in close contact with hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

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Oberle, Mark W.; Shapiro, Craig N.; Lanier, Anne P.;

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):63-65

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To determine the prevalence of testing for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the clinical management of primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma).|The authors reviewed the records of 78 patients treated for hepatocellular carcinoma in hospit...

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Tuberculosis beliefs among recent Vietnamese refugees in New York State.

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Carey, James W.; Oxtoby, Margaret J.; Nguyen, Lien Pham; Huynh, Van; Morgan, Mark; Jeffery, Marva;

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1997 Jan-Feb

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Public Health Rep. 112(1):66-72

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To identify newly arrived Vietnamese refugees' beliefs about tuberculosis (TB) and TB education needs.|In 1994, the New York State Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a survey of 51 newly arrived adult Vietn...

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