Statistical data in fetal, neonatal, perinatal, and infant mortality were collected from various sources for the St. Louis metropolitan area (St. Louis City and St. Louis County). The overall perinatal mortality rate of 25.8 for the St. Louis metropo...
Reneau, R B; Pettry, D E; Shanholtz, M I; Graham, S A; Weston, C W;
Published Date:
1977 May-Jun
Source:
Public Health Rep. 92(3):251-259
Description:
Distribution of total and fecal coliform bacteria in three Atlantic coastal plain soils in Virginia were monitored in situ over a 3-year period. The soils studied were Varina, Goldsboro, and Beltsville sandy loams. These and similar soils are found e...
Eden, K V; Rosenberg, M L; Stoopler, M; Wood, B T; Highsmith, A K; Skaliy, P; Wells, J G; Feeley, J C;
Published Date:
1977 May-Jun
Source:
Public Health Rep. 92(3):245-250
Description:
Approximately 41 percent of the visitors and employees who were at a ski resort in Montana between December 23, 1974, and January 17, 1975, became ill with diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms. The association between illness and water consum...
Mullen, John R.; Schonberger, Lawrence B.; Manear, Francis L.; Bobbitt, Wayne R.;
Published Date:
1977 May-Jun
Source:
Public Health Rep. 92(3):217-219
Description:
Between April 18 and May 20, 1975, 16 cases of measles occurred in pupils in an elementary school in Baltimore County, Md., and 1 case occurred in a sibling at a junior high school. Measles was serologically confirmed in 16 of these pupils. Attack ra...
Cover-"Child and Family Health" is the theme of the opening section In this issue of Public Health Reports. The six papers in this section deal wtth the mental and physical health needs of children and adolescents and the special concerns of women wh...
A study of suicide certifications explored their accuracy in the light of the difficulties inherent in the certification of death. The primary question addressed was whether the variation in reported suicide rates was significantly related to the str...
Although neurospyhilis has become a rare disease, requests for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) syphilis serology tests at the Colorado Department of Health have increased in recent years. Because of the low rate of positive results, questionnaires were sen...
A univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with suicide for residents of the State of Maryland was conducted. The investigation was statistically oriented in its approach, examining the relationships of age, race, sex, marital statu...
Han, Beth; Crosby, Alex E.; Ortega, LaVonne A.G.; Parks, Sharyn E.; Compton, Wilson M.; Gfroerer, Joseph;
Published Date:
Feb 10 2016
Source:
Compr Psychiatry. 66:176-186.
Description:
ObjectiveApproximately 70% of all US suicides are among working-age adults. This study was to determine whether and how 12-month suicidal ideation and suicide attempt were associated with specific occupations among currently employed adults aged 18â€...
Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas; Logan, Joseph E.; Karch, Debra L.; Crosby, Alex;
Published Date:
Mar 1 2014
Source:
Psychiatr Serv. 65(3):387-390.
Description:
ObjectiveTo inform suicide prevention efforts in mental health treatment, the study assessed associations between recent mental health treatment, personal characteristics, and circumstances of suicide among suicide decedents.MethodsData from 18 state...
Birkhead, G S; Galvin, V G; Meehan, P J; O'Carroll, P W; Mercy, J A;
Published Date:
1993 May-Jun
Source:
Public Health Rep. 108(3):323-331
Description:
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...
ObjectiveTo estimate the incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a sociodemographically diverse southeastern Michigan source population of 2.4 million people.MethodsSLE cases fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology c...
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