Barry, M A; Wall, C; Shirley, L; Bernardo, J; Schwingl, P; Brigandi, E; Lamb, G A;
Published Date:
1986 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 101(5):487-494
Description:
From February 1984, through March 1985, a total of 26 cases of tuberculosis (TB) were verified in homeless persons in Boston. Fifteen cases were resistant to isoniazid (INH) and streptomycin (SM) and were most likely the result of a common source exp...
The recent expansion of the nation's supply of physicians has brought with it dramatic increases in the number of women entering medical school and practice. This paper provides an overview of the literature on women in medicine and synthesizes major...
In recent years, researchers and policymakers have used data from large-scale surveys of physicians to address important issues. A review of several of these surveys explores potential problems in this method of gathering data on physicians' services...
Although proper use of automobile seatbelts reduces risk of serious injury or death in traffic crashes by 30 to 50 percent, seatbelt use remains low. Recently, several States have passed laws requiring the use of seatbelts. Michigan implemented such ...
Tuberculosis patients who are homeless, indigent, and alcoholic infrequently complete a course of chemotherapy, risking treatment failure, recurrence, and continued spread of infection in the community. Obstacles to successful treatment include an er...
Madans, Jennifer H.; Cox, Christine S.; Kleinman, Joel C.; Makuc, Diane; Feldman, Jacob J.; Finucane, Fanchon F.; Barbano, Helen E.; Cornoni-Huntley, Joan;
Published Date:
1986 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 101(5):474-481
Description:
The NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study (NHEFS) was initiated jointly by the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Institute on Aging in collaboration with other National Institutes of Health and Public Health Service agencies. The...
Madans, Jennifer H.; Kleinman, Joel C.; Cox, Christine S.; Barbano, Helen E.; Feldman, Jacov J.; Cohen, Bruce; Finucane, Fanchon F; Cornoni-Huntley, Joan;
Published Date:
1986 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 101(5):465-473
Description:
The NHANES I Epidemiologic Followup Study (NHEFS) was jointly initiated by the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Institute on Aging in collaboration with other National Institutes of Health and Public Health Service agencies. The...
Federal health services grants amounted to about $1.8 billion in fiscal year 1985. The total amount was about $100 million less, about 6 percent, than in 1980. Reductions in the health planning program accounted for most of the decline in absolute do...
The purpose of this study was to identify the cognitive profile of people who intend to exercise but fail to carry out this intention. A theoretical framework was adopted to study the attitudinal beliefs of these persons about exercise, their evaluat...
Starko, K M; Lippy, E C; Dominguez, L B; Haley, C E; Fisher, H J;
Published Date:
1986 Sep-Oct
Source:
Public Health Rep. 101(5):527-531
Description:
From June through September 1979, diarrheal illness occurred in an estimated 1,850 persons who had camped at a private campground in Arizona. Illness occurred more frequently among campers at that campground than among those in the adjacent State par...
Lowrance, David W.; Tappero, Jordan W.; Poncelet, Jean Luc; Etienne, Carissa; Frieden, Thomas R.; Delsoins, Daphne;
Published Date:
Oct 2017
Source:
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017; 97(4 Suppl):1-3.
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[PDF - 56.40 KB]
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