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Preparing for Change
  • Published Date:
    May 1998
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 113(3):214-216
  • Language:
    English
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    1. Prevalence and correlates of dementia: survey of the last days of life.
      Personal Author:
      Losonczy, K G; White, L R; Brock, D B;
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):273-280
      Description:
      To estimate the prevalence and correlates of dementia at death and to assess the usefulness of death certificate data in the reporting of dementia.|The authors analyzed next-of-kin interviews for 599 male and 628 female decedents using data from the ...
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      Filetype[PDF - 3.16 MB]
    2. Dog and cat bites: epidemiologic analyses suggest different prevention strategies.
      Personal Author:
      Patrick, G R; O'Rourke, K M;
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):252-257
      Description:
      To examine the characteristics of reported dog and cat bite incidents in El Paso, Texas, and their implications for local bite prevention programs.|The authors reviewed a random sample of reported dog bites and all reported cat bites in El Paso, Texa...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.78 MB]
    3. The cost of rabies postexposure prophylaxis: one state's experience.
      Personal Author:
      Kreindel, S M; McGuill, M; Meltzer, M; Rupprecht, C; DeMaria, A;
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):247-251
      Description:
      This study was undertaken to evaluate trends in the use of rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) before, during, and following an epidemic of raccoon rabies in Massachusetts.|The authors reviewed initiation of PEP as reported to the Massachusetts Dep...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.04 MB]
    4. The use of infrared ear thermometers in pediatric and family practice offices.
      Personal Author:
      Silverman, B G; Daley, W R; Rubin, J D;
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):268-272
      Description:
      To describe the use of infrared (IR) ear thermometers in pediatric and family practice offices.|The authors mailed a questionnaire to 350 randomly selected members of the American Academy of Pediatrics and to 355 randomly selected members of the Amer...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.03 MB]
    5. Potential rabies exposures in a Virginia county.
      Personal Author:
      Hensley, J A
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):258-262
      Description:
      Although records of animal bites and scratches are kept at most local health departments, little is known about the epidemiology and characteristics of these potential rabies exposures on a local level. Bite and scratch records for a four-and-a-half-...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.17 MB]
    6. The effect of using "race of child" instead of "race of mother" on the black-white gap in infant mortality due to birth defects.
      Personal Author:
      Petrini, J; Damus, K; Roy, S; Johnson, K; Johnston, R B;
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):263-267
      Description:
      For at least 20 years, birth defects have been the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. Some studies have reported higher rates for black infants than white infants of mortality due to birth defects, while other studies have report...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.64 MB]
    7. Defining the rabies problem.
      Personal Author:
      Baer, G M
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):245-246
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      Filetype[PDF - 352.39 KB]
    8. Health cost containment: what it will mean for workers and local economies.
      Personal Author:
      Bishop, C E
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):204-216
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      Filetype[PDF - 5.20 MB]
    9. News & Notes
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):193-200
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 4.17 MB]
    10. Smoking estimate correction.
      Personal Author:
      Miller, L S; Zhang, X; Novotny, T; Rice, D P;
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):191-192
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 289.38 KB]
    11. Deadliness of declining drug abuse.
      Personal Author:
      Woodward, A
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):234-235
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 426.07 KB]
    12. An idea whose time has come.
      Personal Author:
      Eickhoff, T C
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):243-244
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      Filetype[PDF - 377.46 KB]
    13. Multi-ethnicity.
      Personal Author:
      Flotow, M
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):191
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 189.17 KB]
    14. Public Health Reports ; v. 113, no. 3 : masthead
      Published:
      May-Jun 1998
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 284.93 KB]
    15. Public Health Reports ; v. 113, no. 3 : table of contents
      Published:
      May-Jun 1998
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 246.45 KB]
    16. Public Health Reports ; v. 113, no. 3 : cover
      Published:
      May-Jun 1998
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3)
      Description:
      How the scene has changed! In 1964 when the Public Health Service launched its national antismoking campaign, the war against a tobacco had just begun. The public health community had not yet identified the real enemy the tobacco companies with their...
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.07 MB]
    17. Poisoning mortality, 1985-1995.
      Personal Author:
      Fingerhut, Lois A.; Cox, Christing S.;
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):218-233
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 6.32 MB]
    18. Should the vaccine injury compensation program be expanded to cover adults?
      Personal Author:
      Lloyd-Puryear, M A; Ball, L K; Benor, D;
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):236-242
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 3.73 MB]
    19. Public Health Service: on the job for 200 years.
      Personal Author:
      Satcher, David
      Published:
      1998 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 113(3):201-203
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 1.81 MB]
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