Issue 10, March 4, 2011
Vol. 3, Issue: 10, 3/7/11
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- Top Ten Articles of the Week
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Chronic Diseases and Conditions – Screening)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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Top Ten Articles of the Week
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, fasting glucose, and risk of cause-specific deathexternal icon
Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.
N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 3;364(9):829-41.
- Diabetes mellitus, fasting glucose, and risk of cause-specific deathexternal icon
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions – Screening
- Cancer screening behaviors of African American women enrolled in a community-based cancer prevention trialexternal icon
Reiter PL, Linnan LA.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Feb 19.
- Cancer screening behaviors of African American women enrolled in a community-based cancer prevention trialexternal icon
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Differences between African-American adolescent females with and without human papillomavirus infectionexternal icon
Seth P, Wingood GM, Diclemente RJ, Crosby RA, Salazar LF, Rose ES, Sales JM.
Sex Health. 2011 ;8 (1):125-127.
- Differences between African-American adolescent females with and without human papillomavirus infectionexternal icon
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Health Disparities
- Racial inequities in receipt of influenza vaccination among long-term care residents within and between facilities in Michiganexternal icon
Bardenheier B, Wortley P, Ahmed F, Gravenstein S, Hogue CJ.
Med Care. 2011 Mar 1.
- Racial inequities in receipt of influenza vaccination among long-term care residents within and between facilities in Michiganexternal icon
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Healthcare Associated Infections
- Health care-associated infections studies project: case 4
Wright MO, Hebden JN, Allen-Bridson K, Morrell GC, Horan T.
Am J Infect Control. 2011 February;39 (1):64-65.
- Health care-associated infections studies project: case 4
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Laboratory Sciences
- Development and evaluation of novel one-step TaqMan realtime RT-PCR assays for the detection and direct genotyping of genogroup I and II norovirusesexternal icon
Schultz AC, Vega E, Dalsgaard A, Christensen LS, Norrung B, Hoorfar J, Vinje J.
J Clin Virol. 2011 Mar;50(3):230-4.
- Diagnosis of influenza from respiratory autopsy tissues detection of virus by real-time reverse transcription-PCR in 222 casesexternal icon
Denison AM, Blau DM, Jost HA, Jones T, Rollin D, Gao R, Liu L, Bhatnagar J, Deleon-Carnes M, Shieh WJ, Paddock CD, Drew C, Adem P, Emery SL, Shu B, Wu KH, Batten B, Greer PW, Smith CS, Bartlett J, Montague JL, Patel M, Xu X, Lindstrom S, Klimov AI, Zaki SR.
J Mol Diagn. 2011 Mar;13(2):123-8.
- Development and evaluation of novel one-step TaqMan realtime RT-PCR assays for the detection and direct genotyping of genogroup I and II norovirusesexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Prevalence and functioning of children with cerebral palsy in four areas of the United States in 2006: a report from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Networkexternal icon
Kirby RS, Wingate MS, Van Naarden Braun K, Doernberg NS, Arneson CL, Benedict RE, Mulvihill B, Durkin MS, Fitzgerald RT, Maenner MJ, Patz JA, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
Res Dev Disabil. 2011 Mar-Apr;32(2):462-9.
- Prevalence and functioning of children with cerebral palsy in four areas of the United States in 2006: a report from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Networkexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- The business cycle and the incidence of workplace injuries: evidence from the U.S.A
Asfaw A, Pana-Cryan R, Rosa R.
J Saf Res. 2011 ;In Press.
- The business cycle and the incidence of workplace injuries: evidence from the U.S.A
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Program Evaluation
- Evaluation of HIV incidence surveillance in New York City, 2006external icon
Nair HP, Torian LV, Forgione L, Begier EM.
Public Health Rep. 2011 Jan-Feb;126(1):28-38.
- Evaluation of HIV incidence surveillance in New York City, 2006external icon
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CDC Authored Publications
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- The United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the epidemiology of ankylosing spondylitis in the United Statesexternal icon
Dillon CF, Hirsch R.
Am J Med Sci. 2011 Feb 23.
- Vulnerable populations and the association between periodontal and chronic kidney diseaseexternal icon
Grubbs V, Plantinga LC, Crews DC, Bibbins-Domingo K, Saran R, Heung M, Patel PR, Burrows NR, Ernst KL, Powe NR.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Feb 24.
- The Colorectal Cancer Control Program: partnering to increase population level screeningexternal icon
Joseph DA, Degroff AS, Hayes NS, Wong FL, Plescia M.
Gastrointest Endosc. 2011 Mar;73(3):429-34.
- Conceptual framework of the Controlling Asthma in American Cities Projectexternal icon
Herman EJ.
J Urban Health. 2011 Feb;88 Suppl 1:7-15.
- The United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the epidemiology of ankylosing spondylitis in the United Statesexternal icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Peramivir: another tool for influenza treatment?external icon
Jain S, Fry AM.
Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Mar;52(6):707-9.
- Gonococcal resistance: are cephalosporins next?external icon
Kirkcaldy RD, Ballard RC, Dowell D.
Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2011 Apr;13(2):196-204.
- Human herpesvirus 8 infection in children and adults in a population-based study in rural Ugandaexternal icon
Butler LM, Were WA, Balinandi S, Downing R, Dollard S, Neilands TB, Gupta S, Rutherford GW, Mermin J.
J Infect Dis. 2011 Mar;203(5):625-34.
- The Blood Xenotropic Murine Leukemia Virus-Related Virus Scientific Research Working Group: mission, progress, and plansexternal icon
Simmons G, Glynn SA, Holmberg JA, Coffin JM, Hewlett IK, Lo SC, Mikovits JA, Switzer WM, Linnen JM, Busch MP.
Transfusion. 2011 Mar 1.
- Peramivir: another tool for influenza treatment?external icon
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Community Health Services
- Protecting the public from H1N1 through Points of Dispensing (PODs)external icon
Rinchiuso-Hasselmann A, McKay RL, Williams CA, Starr DT, Morgenthau BM, Zucker JR, Raphael M.
Biosecur Bioterror. 2011 Mar 1.
- Family and home asthma services across the Controlling Asthma in American Cities Projectexternal icon
Brown AS, Disler S, Burns L, Carlson A, Davis A, Kurian C, Weems D, Wilson K.
J Urban Health. 2011 Feb;88 Suppl 1:100-12.
- Assessing community-based approaches to asthma control: the Controlling Asthma in American Cities Projectexternal icon
Herman EJ, Garbe PL, McGeehin MA.
J Urban Health. 2011 Feb;88 Suppl 1:1-6.
- Protecting the public from H1N1 through Points of Dispensing (PODs)external icon
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
- An acarologic survey and Amblyomma americanum distribution map with implications for tularemia risk in Missouriexternal icon
Brown HE, Yates KF, Dietrich G, Macmillan K, Graham CB, Reese SM, Helterbrand WS, Nicholson WL, Blount K, Mead PS, Patrick SL, Eisen RJ.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Mar;84(3):411-419.
- An acarologic survey and Amblyomma americanum distribution map with implications for tularemia risk in Missouriexternal icon
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Environmental Health
- Landscape and residential variables associated with plague-endemic villages in the West Nile region of Ugandaexternal icon
MacMillan K, Enscore RE, Ogen-Odoi A, Borchert JN, Babi N, Amatre G, Atiku LA, Mead PS, Gage KL, Eisen RJ.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Mar;84(3):435-42.
- Landscape and residential variables associated with plague-endemic villages in the West Nile region of Ugandaexternal icon
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Genetics and Genomics
- Genome medicine: past, present and futureexternal icon
Auffray C, Caulfield T, Khoury MJ, Lupski JR, Schwab M, Veenstra T.
Genome Med. 2011 Jan 31;3(1):6.
- Computational analysis suggests that lyssavirus glycoprotein gene plays a minor role in viral adaptationexternal icon
Tang K, Wu X.
Int J Evol Biol. 2011 ;2011:143498.
- Genome medicine: past, present and futureexternal icon
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Health Disparities
- Racial/ethnic disparities in survival among men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Texasexternal icon
White A, Coker AL, Du XL, Eggleston KS, Williams M.
Cancer. 2011 Mar 1;117(5):1080-8.
- Racial/ethnic disparities in survival among men diagnosed with prostate cancer in Texasexternal icon
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Healthcare Associated Infections
- Meaningful measure of performance: a foundation built on valid, reproducible findings from surveillance of health care-associated infectionsexternal icon
Fridkin SK, Olmsted RN.
Am J Infect Control. 2011 Mar;39(2):87-90.
- Donor-derived Strongyloides stercoralis infections in renal transplant recipientsexternal icon
Hamilton KW, Abt PL, Rosenbach MA, Bleicher MB, Levine MS, Mehta J, Montgomery SP, Hasz RD, Bono BR, Tetzlaff MT, Mildiner-Early S, Introcaso CE, Blumberg EA.
Transplantation. 2011 Feb 23.
- Meaningful measure of performance: a foundation built on valid, reproducible findings from surveillance of health care-associated infectionsexternal icon
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Healthcare Economics
- Health economics of dengue: a systematic literature review and expert panel’s assessmentexternal icon
Beatty ME, Beutels P, Meltzer MI, Shepard DS, Hombach J, Hutubessy R, Dessis D, Coudeville L, Dervaux B, Wichmann O, Margolis HS, Kuritsky JN.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Mar;84(3):473-488.
- Health economics of dengue: a systematic literature review and expert panel’s assessmentexternal icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Predictors of hepatitis A vaccination among young children in the United Statesexternal icon
Byrd KK, Santibanez TA, Chaves SS.
Vaccine. 2011 Feb 22.
- Comment on the contribution by Souayah et al., “Guillain-Barre syndrome after Gardasil vaccination: data from Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System 2006-2009”external icon
Slade BA, Gee J, Broder KR, Vellozzi C.
Vaccine. 2011 Jan 29;29(5):865-6.
- Predictors of hepatitis A vaccination among young children in the United Statesexternal icon
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Informatics
- Multiplex immunoassay for Lyme disease using VlsE1-IgG and pepC10-IgM antibodies: improving test performance through bioinformaticsexternal icon
Porwancher RB, Hagerty CG, Fan J, Landsberg L, Johnson BJ, Kopnitsky M, Steere AC, Kulas K, Wong SJ.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2011 Mar 2.
- Comparison of global- and local-scale pansharpening for rapid assessment of humanitarian emergencies
Kim M, Holt JB, Madden M.
Photogramm Eng Remote Sens. 2011 Jan;77(1):51-63.
- Multiplex immunoassay for Lyme disease using VlsE1-IgG and pepC10-IgM antibodies: improving test performance through bioinformaticsexternal icon
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Injury and Violence
- Intimate partner violence perpetration by court-ordered men: distinctions and intersections among physical violence, sexual violence, psychological abuse, and stalkingexternal icon
Basile KC, Hall JE.
J Interpers Violence. 2011 Jan;26(2):230-53.
- Intimate partner violence perpetration by court-ordered men: distinctions and intersections among physical violence, sexual violence, psychological abuse, and stalkingexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Quantitative mid-infrared diffuse reflection of occupational wood dust exposuresexternal icon
Chirila MM, Lee T, Flemmer MM, Slaven JE, Harper M.
Appl Spectrosc. 2011 Mar;65(3):243-9.
- Identification of cytokeratin-18 as a biomarker of mouse and human hepatosplenic schistosomiasisexternal icon
Manivannan B, Rawson P, Jordan TW, Karanja DM, Mwinzi PN, Secor WE, La Flamme AC.
Infect Immun. 2011 Feb 28.
- Pre-sampling contamination of filters used in measurements of airborne (1 –> 3)-beta-D-glucan based on glucan-specific Limulus amebocyte lysate assayexternal icon
Shogren ES, Park JH.
J Environ Monit. 2011 Feb 25.
- Quality assurance for Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy genetic testing development of a genomic DNA reference material panelexternal icon
Kalman L, Leonard J, Gerry N, Tarleton J, Bridges C, Gastier-Foster JM, Pyatt RE, Stonerock E, Johnson MA, Richards CS, Schrijver I, Ma T, Miller VR, Adadevoh Y, Furlong P, Beiswanger C, Toji L.
J Mol Diagn. 2011 Mar;13(2):167-74.
- Zoster sine herpete: virologic verification by detection of anti-VZV IgG antibody in CSFexternal icon
Blumenthal DT, Shacham-Shmueli E, Bokstein F, Schmid DS, Cohrs RJ, Nagel MA, Mahalingam R, Gilden D.
Neurology. 2011 Feb 1;76(5):484-5.
- International study to evaluate PCR methods for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in blood samples from Chagas disease patientsexternal icon
Schijman AG, Bisio M, Orellana L, Sued M, Duffy T, Mejia Jaramillo AM, Cura C, Auter F, Veron V, Qvarnstrom Y, Deborggraeve S, Hijar G, Zulantay I, Lucero RH, Velazquez E, Tellez T, Sanchez Leon Z, Galvao L, Nolder D, Monje Rumi M, Levi JE, Ramirez JD, Zorrilla P, Flores M, Jercic MI, Crisante G, Anez N, De Castro AM, Gonzalez CI, Acosta Viana K, Yachelini P, Torrico F, Robello C, Diosque P, Triana Chavez O, Aznar C, Russomando G, Buscher P, Assal A, Guhl F, Sosa Estani S, DaSilva A, Britto C, Luquetti A, Ladzins J.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 ;5(1):e931.
- Amino acid changes within the E protein hinge region that affect dengue virus type 2 infectivity and fusionexternal icon
Butrapet S, Childers T, Moss KJ, Erb SM, Luy BE, Calvert AE, Blair CD, Roehrig JT, Huang CY.
Virology. 2011 Feb 23.
- Quantitative mid-infrared diffuse reflection of occupational wood dust exposuresexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Prevalence at birth of cleft lip with or without cleft palate: data from the International Perinatal Database of Typical Oral Clefts (IPDTOC)external icon
Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2011 Jan;48(1):66-81.
- Maternal smoking and congenital heart defects in the Baltimore-Washington Infant Studyexternal icon
Alverson CJ, Strickland MJ, Gilboa SM, Correa A.
Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):e647-53.
- Prevalence at birth of cleft lip with or without cleft palate: data from the International Perinatal Database of Typical Oral Clefts (IPDTOC)external icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Rotating shift work and menstrual cycle characteristicsexternal icon
Lawson CC, Whelan EA, Lividoti Hibert EN, Spiegelman D, Schernhammer ES, Rich-Edwards JW.
Epidemiology. 2011 Feb 28.
- Controlling diesel exhaust exposure inside firehouses
Baldwin T, Hales T, Niemeier M.
Fire Eng. 2011 Feb;164(2):63-74.
- Relationship between comfort and attenuation measurements for two types of earplugsexternal icon
Byrne DC, Davis RR, Shaw PB, Specht BM, Holland AN.
Noise Health. 2011 Mar-Apr;13(51):86-92.
- Introduction to the special issue: Hearing protection state of the artexternal icon
Davis RR.
Noise Health. 2011 Mar-Apr;13(51):85.
- Heat and humidity buildup under earmuff-type hearing protectorsexternal icon
Davis RR, Shaw PB.
Noise Health. 2011 Mar-Apr;13(51):93-8.
- Noise-induced hearing loss in agriculture: creating partnerships to overcome barriers and educate the community on preventionexternal icon
Ehlers JJ, Graydon PS.
Noise Health. 2011 Mar-Apr;13(51):142-6.
- Effects of training on hearing protector attenuationexternal icon
Murphy WJ, Stephenson MR, Byrne DC, Witt B, Duran J.
Noise Health. 2011 Mar-Apr;13(51):132-41.
- Hearing loss prevention for carpenters: part 1 – using health communication and health promotion models to develop training that worksexternal icon
Stephenson CM, Stephenson MR.
Noise Health. 2011 Mar-Apr;13(51):113-21.
- Hearing loss prevention for carpenters: part 2 – demonstration projects using individualized and group trainingexternal icon
Stephenson MR, Shaw PB, Stephenson CM, Graydon PS.
Noise Health. 2011 Mar-Apr;13(51):122-31.
- Rotating shift work and menstrual cycle characteristicsexternal icon
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Parasitic Diseases
- Associations between peripheral Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasitemia, human immunodeficiency virus, and concurrent helminthic infection among pregnant women in Malawiexternal icon
Thigpen MC, Filler SJ, Kazembe PN, Parise ME, Macheso A, Campbell CH, Newman RD, Steketee RW, Hamel M.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Mar;84(3):379-85.
- Associations between peripheral Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasitemia, human immunodeficiency virus, and concurrent helminthic infection among pregnant women in Malawiexternal icon
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Program Evaluation
- A model-driven approach to qualitatively assessing the added value of community coalitionsexternal icon
Herman EJ, Keller A, Davis A, Ehrensberger R, Telleen S, Kurz R, Nesvold JH, Findley S, Bryant-Stephens T, Benson M, Fierro L.
J Urban Health. 2011 Feb;88 Suppl 1:130-43.
- A model-driven approach to qualitatively assessing the added value of community coalitionsexternal icon
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Public Health Leadership and Management
- The International Union for Circumpolar Health – an important actor in circumpolar healthexternal icon
Bruce M.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 2011 Feb;70(1):3-5.
- Tobacco use, exposure to secondhand smoke, and cessation counseling training of dental students around the worldexternal icon
Warren CW, Sinha DN, Lee J, Lea V, Jones N, Asma S.
J Dent Educ. 2011 Mar;75(3):385-405.
- The International Union for Circumpolar Health – an important actor in circumpolar healthexternal icon
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
- A combined motivation and parent-child interaction therapy package reduces child welfare recidivism in a randomized dismantling field trialexternal icon
Chaffin M, Funderburk B, Bard D, Valle LA, Gurwitch R.
J Consult Clin Psychol. 2011 Feb;79(1):84-95.
- A combined motivation and parent-child interaction therapy package reduces child welfare recidivism in a randomized dismantling field trialexternal icon
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions – Screening
- Effect of preventive messages tailored to family history on health behaviors: the family healthware impact trialexternal icon
Ruffin MT, Nease DE, Sen A, Pace WD, Wang C, Acheson LS, Rubinstein WS, et al.
Ann Fam Med. 2011 Jan-Feb;9(1):3-11.
- Women’s preferences for the delivery of the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme: a cross-sectional surveyexternal icon
Linsell L, Forbes LJ, Patnick J, Wardle J, Austoker J, Ramirez AJ.
J Med Screen. 2011 ;17(4):176-80.
- A community-based screening initiative to identify mothers at risk for postpartum depressionexternal icon
Horowitz JA, Murphy CA, Gregory KE, Wojcik J.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2011 Jan-Feb;40(1):52-61.
- Effect of preventive messages tailored to family history on health behaviors: the family healthware impact trialexternal icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Effect of short sleep duration on daily activities – United States, 2005-2008external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 March 4;60(8):239-242.
- Unhealthy sleep-related behaviors – 12 states, 2009external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 March 4;60(8):233-238.
- Vital signs: central line – associated blood stream infections – United States, 2001, 2008, and 2009external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 March 4;60(8):243-248.
- Effect of short sleep duration on daily activities – United States, 2005-2008external icon
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Breast cancer incidence rates in US women are no longer decliningexternal icon
Desantis C, Howlader N, Cronin KA, Jemal A.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Feb 28.
- Body mass index and adult weight gain among reproductive age women with migraineexternal icon
Vo M, Ainalem A, Qiu C, Peterlin BL, Aurora SK, Williams MA.
Headache. 2011 Jan 26.
- Breast cancer incidence rates in US women are no longer decliningexternal icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Incidence and clearance of genital human papillomavirus infection in men (HIM): a cohort studyexternal icon
Giuliano AR, Lee JH, Fulp W, Villa LL, Lazcano E, Papenfuss MR, Abrahamsen M, Salmeron J, Anic GM, Rollison DE, Smith D.
Lancet. 2011 Feb 28.
- Incidence and clearance of genital human papillomavirus infection in men (HIM): a cohort studyexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Maternal treatment with opioid analgesics and risk for birth defectsexternal icon
Broussard CS, Rasmussen SA, Reefhuis J, Friedman JM, Jann MW, Riehle-Colarusso T, Honein MA.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Feb 21.
- Maternal smoking and congenital heart defects in the Baltimore-Washington Infant Studyexternal icon
Alverson CJ, Strickland MJ, Gilboa SM, Correa A.
Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):e647-53.
- Maternal treatment with opioid analgesics and risk for birth defectsexternal icon
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