Routine screening of females for gonococcal infection has become common in many clinic settings, particularly in public family planning clinics. The results of such routine screening in one large family planning program operated by the Seattle-King C...
Pedersen, A H; Spearman, J; Tronca, E; Bader, M; Harnisch, J;
Published Date:
1977 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 92(4):336-342
Description:
From July 1972 to December 1975, an unusual outbreak of diphtheria in Seattle, Wash., resulted in a total of 558 cases and carriers, mostly among heavy alcohol users. Skin infections were predominant. Four white men died. The highest attack rate was ...
Cancer incidence rates by race, sex, and cancer site were obtained from the Third National Cancer Survey for the years 1969-71 for residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. When the sex-site-specific rates for 1969-71, as well as incidence rates f...
This comparison of the care given migrant workers in Utah by private physicians with that provided by clinics demonstrates that clinics can provide more services and meet more of their needs. For a population group in need of an organization that can...
The distribution of physicians can be mapped and shortage areas and the number of physicians needed in them can be determined by use of the simple, inexpensive method described. However, the limitations of the methodology must be borne in mind. One s...
Moore, R M; Moulthrop, J I; Sather, G E; Holmes, C L; Parker, R L;
Published Date:
1977 Jul-Aug
Source:
Public Health Rep. 92(4):357-360
Description:
Field studies were conducted in 1972 to determine the immunization status of equines along the Mexico, Arizona, and New Mexico borders. Interviews with horse owners were conducted along roads selected at random in the counties of Santa Cruz and Yuma,...
Cover: Industrial pollution threatens the health of populations in all advanced countries. An article beginning on page 3 presents the basic contents of U.S. Toxic Control and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 197 and emphasizes the need for ...
Cover: MAXICAP, a new project under development in the Rochester region of New York, offers a mechanism for linking hospital planning with payment functions on a regional basis. Described in the paper on pages 311-317 as "merely one step toward the o...
Cover: Questions about medical care at home are explored in the first two papers in this issue. The authors deal with such questions as when is a house call necessary for psychological reasons? Are house calls technologically obsolete? What kinds of ...
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