Issue 39, September 27, 2010
Vol. 2, Issue: 39, 9/27/10
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The report consists of four components:
- Top Ten Articles of the Week
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Disaster Control and Emergency Services – Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Injury and Violence – Suicide)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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Top Ten Articles of the Week
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Communicable Diseases
- Recovery of a multidrug-resistant strain of pandemic influenza A 2009 (H1N1) virus carrying a dual H275Y/I223R mutation from a child after prolonged treatment with Oseltamivirexternal icon
Nguyen HT, Fry AM, Loveless PA, Klimov AI, Gubareva LV.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 15;51(8):983-4.
- Recovery of a multidrug-resistant strain of pandemic influenza A 2009 (H1N1) virus carrying a dual H275Y/I223R mutation from a child after prolonged treatment with Oseltamivirexternal icon
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Community Health Services
- Trends in fatalities from distracted driving in the United States, 1999 to 2008external icon
Wilson FA, Stimpson JP.
AJPH. 2010 .
- Trends in fatalities from distracted driving in the United States, 1999 to 2008external icon
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Disaster Control and Emergency Services – Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
- The medical reserve corps as part of the federal medical and public health response in disaster settingsexternal icon
Frasca DR.
Biosecur Bioterror. 2010 Sep;8(3):265-71.
- The medical reserve corps as part of the federal medical and public health response in disaster settingsexternal icon
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Environmental Health
- Acute illnesses associated with exposure to fipronil – surveillance data from 11 states in the United States, 2001-2007external icon
Lee SJ, Mulay P, Diebolt-Brown B, Lackovic MJ, Mehler LN, Beckman J, Waltz J, Prado JB, Mitchell YA, Higgins SA, Schwartz A, Calvert GM.
Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010 Aug;48(7):737-44.
- Acute illnesses associated with exposure to fipronil – surveillance data from 11 states in the United States, 2001-2007external icon
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Epidemiology of HIV infection in large urban areas in the United Statesexternal icon
Hall HI, Espinoza L, Benbow N, Hu YW.
PloS One. 2010 ;5(9).
- Use of an immunization information system to assess the effectiveness of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in US childrenexternal icon
Sahni LC, Boom JA, Patel MM, Baker CJ, Rench MA, Parashar UD, Tate JE.
Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6314-7.
- Epidemiology of HIV infection in large urban areas in the United Statesexternal icon
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Injury and Violence
- Bicycle helmet use among children in the United States: the effects of legislation, personal and household factorsexternal icon
Dellinger AM, Kresnow MJ.
J Safety Res. 2010 Aug;41(4):375-80.
- Bicycle helmet use among children in the United States: the effects of legislation, personal and household factorsexternal icon
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Injury and Violence – Suicide
- Evidence-based mental health programs in schools: barriers and facilitators of successful implementationexternal icon
Langley AK, Nadeem E, Kataoka SH, Stein BD, Jaycox LH.
School Ment Health. 2010 Sep;2(3):105-113.
- Evidence-based mental health programs in schools: barriers and facilitators of successful implementationexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Ensuring the quality of HIV rapid testing in resource-poor countries using a systematic approach to trainingexternal icon
Yao K, Wafula W, Bile EC, Cheignsong R, Howard S, Demby A, Nkengasong J.
Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Oct;134(4):568-72.
- Laboratory testing practices for West Nile virus in the United Statesexternal icon
Janusz KB, Lehman JA, Panella AJ, Fischer M, Staples E.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Sep 17.
- Ensuring the quality of HIV rapid testing in resource-poor countries using a systematic approach to trainingexternal icon
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CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Prevalence of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis: a systematic reviewexternal icon
Shim YK, Middleton DC, Caporaso NE, Rachel JM, Landgren O, Abbasi F, Raveche ES, Rawstron AC, Orfao A, Marti GE, Vogt RF.
Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2010 ;78 Suppl 1:S10-8.
- Spinal glia and chronic painexternal icon
O’Callaghan JP, Miller DB.
Metabolism. 2010 Oct;59 Suppl 1:S21-6.
- Prevalence of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis: a systematic reviewexternal icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Hepatitis delta: seek and ye shall findexternal icon
Holmberg SD, Ward JW.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 15;202(6):822-4.
- Hepatitis delta: seek and ye shall findexternal icon
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Community Health Services
- Community-level incentives to increase the use of vaccination services in developing countries: an idea whose time has come?external icon
Behl AS, Vijayaraghavan M, Nordin JD, Maciosek MV, Strebel PM.
Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6123-4.
- Community-level incentives to increase the use of vaccination services in developing countries: an idea whose time has come?external icon
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Disaster Control and Emergency Services
- Emergency department visits for chest pain and abdominal pain: United States, 1999-2008external icon
Bhuiya FA, Pitts SR, McCaig LF.
NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Sep(43):1-8.
- Emergency department visits for chest pain and abdominal pain: United States, 1999-2008external icon
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Drug Safety
- Prescription drug use continues to increase: U.S. prescription drug data for 2007-2008external icon
Gu Q, Dillon CF, Burt VL.
NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Sep(42):1-8.
- Prescription drug use continues to increase: U.S. prescription drug data for 2007-2008external icon
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Environmental Health
- Rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of nitrate radicals with geraniol, citronellol, and dihydromyrcenol
Harrison JC, Ham JE.
Int J Chem Kinet. 2010 ;42(11):669-675.
- Studying associations between urinary metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and cardiovascular diseases in the United Statesexternal icon
Xu X, Cook RL, Ilacqua VA, Kan H, Talbott EO, Kearney G.
Sci Total Environ. 2010 Oct 1;408(21):4943-8.
- Rate constants for the gas-phase reactions of nitrate radicals with geraniol, citronellol, and dihydromyrcenol
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- The emergence of translational epidemiology: from scientific discovery to population health impactexternal icon
Khoury MJ, Gwinn M, Ioannidis JP.
Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Sep 1;172(5):517-24.
- The emergence of translational epidemiology: from scientific discovery to population health impactexternal icon
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Food Safety
- Human Salmonella infections linked to contaminated dry dog and cat food, 2006-2008external icon
Behravesh CB, Ferraro A, Deasy M, Dato V, Moll M, Sandt C, Rea NK, Rickert R, Marriott C, Warren K, Urdaneta V, Salehi E, Villamil E, Ayers T, Hoekstra RM, Austin JL, Ostroff S, Williams IT.
Pediatrics. 2010 Sep;126(3):477-83.
- Human Salmonella infections linked to contaminated dry dog and cat food, 2006-2008external icon
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Health Behavior and Risk
- A plausible causal model of HAART-efficacy beliefs, HIV/AIDS complacency, and HIV-acquisition risk behavior among young men who have sex with menexternal icon
Mackellar DA, Hou SI, Whalen CC, Samuelsen K, Valleroy LA, Secura GM, Behel S, Bingham T, Celentano DD, Koblin BA, Lalota M, Shehan D, Thiede H, Torian LV.
AIDS Behav. 2010 Sep 23.
- Assessment of changes in condom use among female sex workers in a prospective cohort study introducing diaphragm use for disease preventionexternal icon
Gallo MF, Warner L, Bell AJ, Wiener J, Eschenbach DA, Bukusi EA, Sharma A, Njoroge B, Ngugi E, Jamieson DJ.
Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Sep 1;172(5):606-12.
- A plausible causal model of HAART-efficacy beliefs, HIV/AIDS complacency, and HIV-acquisition risk behavior among young men who have sex with menexternal icon
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Health Communication and Education
- Latino men who have sex with men and HIV in the rural south-eastern USA: findings from ethnographic in-depth interviewsexternal icon
Rhodes SD, Hergenrather KC, Aronson RE, Bloom FR, Felizzola J, Wolfson M, Vissman AT, Alonzo J, Boeving Allen A, Montano J, McGuire J.
Cult Health Sex. 2010 Oct;12(7):797-812.
- Self-examination behaviors for syphilis symptoms among HIV-infected menexternal icon
Taylor MM, Peterson B, Post J, Williams C, Vanig T, Winscott M.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Oct 1;55(2):284-5.
- Educating teenagers about sex in the United Statesexternal icon
Martinez G, Abma J, Copen C.
NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Sep(44):1-8.
- Latino men who have sex with men and HIV in the rural south-eastern USA: findings from ethnographic in-depth interviewsexternal icon
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Healthcare Economics
- Underinsurance among children in the United Statesexternal icon
Kogan MD, Newacheck PW, Blumberg SJ, Ghandour RM, Singh GK, Strickland BB, van Dyck PC.
N Engl J Med. 2010 Aug 26;363(9):841-51.
- Underinsurance among children in the United Statesexternal icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Human papillomavirus vaccination practices: a survey of US physicians 18 months after licensureexternal icon
Daley MF, Crane LA, Markowitz LE, Black SR, Beaty BL, Barrow J, Babbel C, Gottlieb SL, Liddon N, Stokley S, Dickinson LM, Kempe A.
Pediatrics. 2010 Sep;126(3):425-33.
- Induction of broadly neutralizing H1N1 influenza antibodies by vaccinationexternal icon
Wei CJ, Boyington JC, McTamney PM, Kong WP, Pearce MB, Xu L, Andersen H, Rao S, Tumpey TM, Yang ZY, Nabel GJ.
Science. 2010 Aug 27;329(5995):1060-4.
- Methodology and measurement of the effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine: systematic reviewexternal icon
O’Loughlin RE, Edmond K, Mangtani P, Cohen AL, Shetty S, Hajjeh R, Mulholland K.
Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6128-36.
- HPV vaccine for adolescent males: acceptability to parents post-vaccine licensureexternal icon
Reiter PL, McRee AL, Gottlieb SL, Brewer NT.
Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6292-7.
- Adverse events following influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccines reported to the vaccine adverse events reporting system, United States, October 1, 2009-January 31, 2010external icon
Vellozzi C, Broder KR, Haber P, Guh A, Nguyen M, Cano M, Lewis P, McNeil MM, Bryant M, Singleton J, Martin D, Destefano F.
Vaccine. 2010 Sep 15.
- Human papillomavirus vaccination practices: a survey of US physicians 18 months after licensureexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Evaluating the BED capture enzyme immunoassay to estimate HIV incidence among adults in three countries in Sub-Saharan Africaexternal icon
Kim AA, McDougal JS, Hargrove J, Rehle T, Pillay-Van Wyk V, Puren A, Ekra A, Borget-Alloue MY, Adje-Toure C, Abdullahi AS, Odawo L, Marum L, Parekh BS.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010 Sep 19.
- Scaling up HIV rapid testing in developing countries: comprehensive approach for implementing quality assuranceexternal icon
Parekh BS, Kalou MB, Alemnji G, Ou CY, Gershy-Damet GM, Nkengasong JN.
Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Oct;134(4):573-84.
- A quality management systems approach for CD4 testing in resource-poor settingsexternal icon
Westerman LE, Kohatsu L, Ortiz A, McClain B, Kaplan J, Spira T, Marston B, Jani IV, Nkengasong J, Parsons LM.
Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Oct;134(4):556-67.
- Particle size distributions from laboratory-scale biomass fires using fast response instruments
Hosseini S, Li Q, Cocker D, Weise D, Miller A, Shrivastava M, Miller JW, Mahalingam S, Princevac M, Jung H.
Atmos Chem Phys. 2010 ;10(16):8065-8076.
- Age exaggerates proinflammatory cytokine signaling and truncates signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 signaling following ischemic stroke in the ratexternal icon
Dinapoli VA, Benkovic SA, Li X, Kelly KA, Miller DB, Rosen CL, Huber JD, O’Callaghan JP.
Neuroscience. 2010 Oct 13;170(2):633-44.
- Application and validation of PFGE for serovar identification of Leptospira clinical isolatesexternal icon
Galloway RL, Levett PN.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 ;4(9).
- Chemical-specific screening criteria for interpretation of biomonitoring data for volatile organic compounds (VOCs)–application of steady-state PBPK model solutionsexternal icon
Aylward LL, Kirman CR, Blount BC, Hays SM.
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2010 Oct;58(1):33-44.
- Evaluating the BED capture enzyme immunoassay to estimate HIV incidence among adults in three countries in Sub-Saharan Africaexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Correlates of seasonal influenza vaccine coverage among pregnant women in Georgia and Rhode Islandexternal icon
Ahluwalia IB, Jamieson DJ, Rasmussen SA, D’Angelo D, Goodman D, Kim H.
Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct;116(4):949-955.
- Correlates of seasonal influenza vaccine coverage among pregnant women in Georgia and Rhode Islandexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Exposure to flour dust and sensitization among bakery employeesexternal icon
Page EH, Dowell CH, Mueller CA, Biagini RE, Heederik D.
Am J Ind Med. 2010 Sep 22.
- Racial and ethnic disparities in work-related injuries and socio-economic resources among nursing assistants employed in US nursing homesexternal icon
Tak S, Alterman T, Baron S, Calvert GM.
Am J Ind Med. 2010 Oct;53(10):951-9.
- Exposure to flour dust and sensitization among bakery employeesexternal icon
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Program Evaluation
- Evaluation of targeted influenza vaccination strategies via population modelingexternal icon
Glasser J, Taneri D, Feng Z, Chuang JH, Tull P, Thompson W, Mason McCauley M, Alexander J.
PloS One. 2010 ;5(9).
- Evaluation of targeted influenza vaccination strategies via population modelingexternal icon
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Zoonoses
- Ferret badger rabies origin and its revisited importance as potential source of rabies transmission in Southeast Chinaexternal icon
Liu Y, Zhang S, Wu X, Zhao J, Hou Y, Zhang F, Velasco-Villa A, Rupprecht CE, Hu R.
BMC Infect Dis. 2010 ;10:234.
- Pediatric malaria: 8-year case series in Atlanta, Georgia, and review of the literature
Gutman J, Guarner J.
J Travel Med. 2010 Sep-Oct;17 (5):334-338.
- Evaluation of antibacterial soap in the management of lymphoedema in Leogane, Haitiexternal icon
Addiss DG, Michel MC, Michelus A, Radday J, Billhimer W, Louis-Charles J, Roberts JM, Kramp K, Dahl BA, Keswick B.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Sep 16.
- Ferret badger rabies origin and its revisited importance as potential source of rabies transmission in Southeast Chinaexternal icon
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Disaster Control and Emergency Services – Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
- O2C3: A unified model for emergency operations planningexternal icon
Keim ME.
Am J Disaster Med. 2010 May-Jun;5(3):169-79.
- An organized, comprehensive, and security-enabled strategic response to the Haiti earthquake: a description of pre-deployment readiness preparation and preliminary experience from an academic anesthesiology department with no preexisting international disaster response programexternal icon
McCunn M, Ashburn MA, Floyd TF, Schwab CW, Harrington P, Hanson CW, Sarani B, et al.
Anesth Analg. 2010 Sep 14.
- Building public health capacity in Afghanistan to implement the international health regulations: a role for security forcesexternal icon
Chretien JP, Yingst SL, Thompson D.
Biosecur Bioterror. 2010 Sep;8(3):277-85.
- Public compliance with mass prophylaxis guidanceexternal icon
Rinchiuso-Hasselmann A, Starr DT, McKay RL, Medina E, Raphael M.
Biosecur Bioterror. 2010 Sep;8(3):255-63.
- Involvement of the US department of defense in civilian assistance, part I: a quantitative description of the projects funded by the overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid programexternal icon
Bourdeaux ME, Lawry L, Bonventre EV, Burkle Jr FM.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2010 Mar;4(1):66-73.
- Chronic health needs immediately after natural disasters in middle-income countries: the case of the 2008 Sichuan, China earthquakeexternal icon
Chan EY, Kim J.
Eur J Emerg Med. 2010 Jul 31.
- Response to H1N1 influenza outbreak in a pediatric children’s hospital: challenges faced and lessons learnedexternal icon
Cannava P, Cicillini D, Higgins M, McGrath A, O’Leary J.
J Pediatr Nurs. 2010 Oct;25(5):375-81.
- Legal issues of humanitarian assistance after the 2007 earthquake in Pisco, Peruexternal icon
Bambaren C.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2010 May-Jun;25(3):203-6.
- Role of emergency medical services in disaster responseexternal icon
National Association Of EMS Physicians.
Prehosp Emerg Care. 2010 Oct-Dec;14(4):543.
- Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling the fire?external icon
Lau CL, Smythe LD, Craig SB, Weinstein P.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Oct;104(10):631-8.
- O2C3: A unified model for emergency operations planningexternal icon
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Injury and Violence – Suicide
- Invited commentary: body mass index and suicide–untangling an unlikely associationexternal icon
Mukamal KJ, Miller M.
Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Sep 9.
- Prevalence of bullying and aggressive behavior and their relationship to mental health problems among 12- to 15-year-old Norwegian adolescentsexternal icon
Undheim AM, Sund AM.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2010 Sep 3.
- Twelve-month prevalence of and risk factors for suicide attempts in the world health organization world mental health surveysexternal icon
Borges G, Nock MK, Haro Abad JM, Hwang I, Sampson NA, Alonso J, Andrade LH, et al.
J Clin Psychiatry. 2010 Aug 24.
- Depression, stigma, and suicidal ideation in medical studentsexternal icon
Schwenk TL, Davis L, Wimsatt LA.
JAMA. 2010 Sep 15;304(11):1181-90.
- Understanding boys’: thinking through boys, masculinity and suicideexternal icon
Mac An Ghaill M, Haywood C.
Soc Sci Med. 2010 Aug 26.
- Aggression and the risk for suicidal behaviors among childrenexternal icon
Greening L, Stoppelbein L, Luebbe A, Fite PJ.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Aug;40(4):337-45.
- Awareness effects of a youth suicide prevention media campaign in Louisianaexternal icon
Jenner E, Jenner LW, Matthews-Sterling M, Butts JK, Williams TE.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Aug;40(4):394-406.
- Myths and facts about suicide from individuals involved in suicide preventionexternal icon
Schurtz DR, Cerel J, Rodgers P.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010 Aug;40(4):346-52.
- Invited commentary: body mass index and suicide–untangling an unlikely associationexternal icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Prevalence and awareness of HIV infection among men who have sex with men – 21 cities, United States, 2008external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Sept 24;59(37):1201-1207.
- Racial differences by gestational age in neonatal deaths attributable to congenital heart defects – United States, 2003-2006external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Sept 24;59(37):1208-1211.
- Prevalence and awareness of HIV infection among men who have sex with men – 21 cities, United States, 2008external icon
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Trends in obesity and abdominal obesity among adults in the United States from 1999-2008external icon
Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Tsai J.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Sep 7.
- Alcohol consumption and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by subtype: The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Studyexternal icon
Li CI, Chlebowski RT, Freiberg M, Johnson KC, Kuller L, Lane D, Lessin L, O’Sullivan MJ, Wactawski-Wende J, Yasmeen S, Prentice R.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Sep 22;102(18):1422-31.
- Trends in obesity and abdominal obesity among adults in the United States from 1999-2008external icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Influenza vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination and risk of acute myocardial infarction: matched case-control studyexternal icon
Siriwardena AN, Gwini SM, Coupland CA.
CMAJ. 2010 Sep 20.
- Influenza vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination and risk of acute myocardial infarction: matched case-control studyexternal icon
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Environmental Health
- Use of sunless tanning products among US adolescents aged 11 to 18 yearsexternal icon
Cokkinides VE, Bandi P, Weinstock MA, Ward E.
Arch Dermatol. 2010 Sep;146(9):987-92.
- Use of sunless tanning products among US adolescents aged 11 to 18 yearsexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Birth outcomes among offspring of women exposed to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacksexternal icon
Lipkind HS, Curry AE, Huynh M, Thorpe LE, Matte T.
Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct;116(4):917-25.
- Birth outcomes among offspring of women exposed to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacksexternal icon
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Nutritional Sciences
- The beneficial effect of family meals on obesity differs by race, sex, and household education: the National Survey of Children’s Health, 2003-2004external icon
Rollins BY, Belue RZ, Francis LA.
J Am Diet Assoc. 2010 Sep;110(9):1335-9.
- The beneficial effect of family meals on obesity differs by race, sex, and household education: the National Survey of Children’s Health, 2003-2004external icon
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