The growth and nutritional status of 2,056 schoolchildren from a poor community in southern New Jersey were assessed. Age-adjusted differences in grow...
Multiple cause-of-death data--that is, records of all medical conditions listed on death certificates--are used to study hypertension mortality in New...
Medical records for 572 patients in two extended care facilities were reviewed to study seizure disorders and antiepileptic drug use. Seventy patients...
Urea formaldehyde foam insulation in homes has caused increasing concerns about the adverse health effects associated with residential exposure to for...
Analysis of the responses of 1,247 health care providers to questionnaires immediately before and after educational programs on acquired immunodeficie...
Although the potential of school-based programs in the prevention of adolescent pregnancy is well recognized, few have been evaluated. This paper desc...
The supply of physicians has increased rapidly during the past decade. To examine the impact of this expanding supply on the geographic distribution o...
A survey of 281 members (31 percent) of the Texas Pediatric Society was performed in 1981 to assess members' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and pract...
Most descriptive reports of women who have not received recent Pap smear screening have been limited to bivariate descriptions. The purpose of this st...
Increasing emphasis in recent years has been placed on health promotion, prevention, and the self-management of health care. These strategies presume ...
This study was designed to test the association of smoking with four clinically apparent conditions that may be related to altered sex steroids: natur...
The Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant funds a variety of disparate programs in health promotion and disease prevention. Many of these ...
February 21, 2017 | Public Health grand rounds ; 2017 February 21
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Tuesday, February 21, at 1:00 p.m. ETMedications save lives for countless Americans. People with chronic illnesses such as high blood pressure, corona...
January 6, 1993 | Advance data from vital and health statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics ; no. 225
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In 1991, levels of knowledge about the major modes of transmission of human immunodeiiciency virus (HIV) remained high in all sociodemographic groups ...
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