• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Diabetes and Healthcare Associated Infections)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention on weight and cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: four-year results of the look AHEAD trial
       Wing RR, Bahnson JL, Bray GA, Clark JM, Coday M, Egan C, Espeland MA, Foreyt JP, Gregg EW, Goldman V, Haffner SM, Hazuda H, Hill JO, Horton ES, Hubbard VS, Jakicic J, Jeffery RW, Johnson KC, Kahn S, Killean T, Kitabchi AE, Lewis CE, Manus C, Maschak-Carey BJ, Michaels S, Montez M, Montgomery B, Nathan DM, Patricio J, Peters A, Pi-Sunyer X, Pownall H, Reboussin D, Rejeski WJ, Rubin R, Safford M, Skarphol T, Van Dorsten B, Wadden TA, Wagenknecht L, Wesche-Thobaben J, West DS, Williamson D, Yanovski SZ.
       Arch Intern Med. 2010 27 Sep;170 (17):1566-1575.
       
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Diabetes
     • Quality of life and cost-effectiveness of a 3-year trial of lifestyle intervention in primary health care
       Eriksson MK, Hagberg L, Lindholm L, Malmgren-Olsson EB, Osterlind J, Eliasson M.
       Arch Intern Med. 2010 Sep 13;170(16):1470-9.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among binational cases in El Paso, Texas
       Ferrer G, Acuna-Villaorduna C, Escobedo M, Vlasich E, Rivera M.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Nov;83(5):1056-8.
       
     • Influenza virus contamination of common household surfaces during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in Bangkok, Thailand: implications for contact transmission
       Simmerman JM, Suntarattiwong P, Levy J, Gibbons RV, Cruz C, Shaman J, Jarman RG, Chotpitayasunondh T.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Nov 1;51(9):1053-61.
       
   • Community Health Services
     • Primary health care in community health centers and comparison with office-based practice
       Hing E, Hooker RS, Ashman JJ.
       J Community Health. 2010 Nov 3.
       
   • Health Communication and Education
     • Rapid scale-up of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets through integration into the national immunization program during Child Health Week in Togo, 2004
       Wolkon A, Vanden Eng JL, Morgah K, Eliades MJ, Thwing J, Terlouw DJ, Takpa V, Dare A, Sodahlon YK, Doumanou Y, Hightower AW, Lama M, Thawani N, Slutsker L, Hawley WA.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Nov;83(5):1014-9.
       
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     • Impact of international nosocomial infection control consortium (INICC) strategy on central line-associated bloodstream infection rates in the intensive care units of 15 developing countries
       Rosenthal VD, Maki DG, Rodrigues C, Alvarez-Moreno C, Leblebicioglu H, Sobreyra-Oropeza M, Berba R, et al..
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Oct 28.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Comparison of 3 infrared thermal detection systems and self-report for mass fever screening
       Nguyen AV, Cohen NJ, Lipman H, Brown CM, Molinari NA, Jackson WL, Kirking H, Szymanowski P, Wilson TW, Salhi BA, Roberts RR, Stryker DW, Fishbein DB.
       Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;16(11):1710-7.
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     • Lack of respiratory improvement following remediation of a water-damaged office building
       Iossifova YY, Cox-Ganser JM, Park JH, White SK, Kreiss K.
       Am J Ind Med. 2010 Oct 28.
       
   • Program Evaluation
     • The impact of an emergency hiring plan on the shortage and distribution of nurses in Kenya: the importance of information systems
       Gross J, Riley P, Rakuom C, Willy R, Kamenju A, Oywer E, Wambua D, Waudo A, Rogers M.
       Bull World Health Organ. 2010 ;88(11):824-830.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Association of CKD with disability in the United States
        Plantinga LC, Johansen K, Crews DC, Shahinian VB, Robinson BM, Saran R, Burrows NR, Williams DE, Powe NR.
        Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Oct 29.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     2. Pre- and post-conjugate vaccine epidemiology of pneumococcal serotype 6C invasive disease and carriage within Navajo and White Mountain Apache communities
        Millar EV, Pimenta FC, Roundtree A, Jackson D, Carvalho MD, Perilla MJ, Reid R, Santosham M, Whitney CG, Beall BW, O'Brien KL.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 29.
        
     3. International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
        Marano N, Smith TL, Hajjeh RA, McDonald M, Bridges CB, Martin SA, Chorba T.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;16(11):e1.
        
     4. Two clusters of HIV-1 infection, rural Idaho, USA, 2008
        Nett RJ, Bartschi JL, Ellis GM, Hachey DM, Frenkel LM, Roscoe JC, Carter KK, Hahn CG.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;16(11):1807-9.
        
     5. Therapeutic targeting of respiratory syncytial virus G-protein
        Kauvar LM, Harcourt JL, Haynes LM, Tripp RA.
        Immunotherapy. 2010 Sep;2(5):655-61.
        
     6. Multicity HIV seroprevalence in street youth, Ukraine
        Robbins CL, Zapata L, Kissin DM, Shevchenko N, Yorick R, Skipalska H, Finnerty E, Ornstein T, Marchbanks PA, Jamieson DJ, Hillis SD.
        Int J STD AIDS. 2010 Jul;21(7):489-96.
        
     7. The 2009 pandemic H1N1 and triple ressortant swine H1N1 influenza viruses replicate efficiently but elicit an attenuated inflammatory response in polarized human bronchial epithelial cells
        Zeng H, Pappas C, Katz JM, Tumpey TM.
        J Virol. 2010 Nov 3.
        
     8. Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis by human immunodeficiency virus infection status
        Gallo MF, Jamieson DJ, Cu-Uvin S, Rompalo A, Klein RS, Sobel JD.
        Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Oct 29.
        
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     9. Prevalence and genetic diversity of Bartonella detected in different tissues of small mammals of Nepal
        Gundi VA, Kosoy MY, Myint KS, Shrestha SK, Shrestha MP, Pavlin JA, Gibbons RV.
        Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Oct 29.
        
   • Environmental Health
     10. Nitrates in drinking water and methemoglobin levels in pregnancy: a longitudinal study
         Manassaram DM, Backer LC, Messing R, Fleming LE, Luke B, Monteilh CP.
         Environ Health. 2010 ;9:60.
         
     11. Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants and thyroid hormone during pregnancy
         Chevrier J, Harley KG, Bradman A, Gharbi M, Sjodin A, Eskenazi B.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Oct;118(10):1444-9.
         
     12. Urban form and extreme heat events: are sprawling cities more vulnerable to climate change than compact cities?
         Stone B, Hess JJ, Frumkin H.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2010 October;118 (10):1425-1428.
         
     13. The risk of West Nile Virus infection is associated with combined sewer overflow streams in urban Atlanta, Georgia, USA
         Vazquez-Prokopec GM, Vanden Eng JL, Kelly R, Mead DG, Kolhe P, Howgate J, Kitron U, Burkot TR.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Oct;118(10):1382-8.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     14. The landscape of international event-based biosurveillance
         Hartley DM, Nelson NP, Walters R, Arthur R, Yangarber R, Madoff L, Linge JP, Mawudeku A, Collier N, Brownstein JS, Thinus G, Lightfoot N.
         Emerg Health Threats J. 2010 ;3(1).
         
     15. Comparison of survey methods in norovirus outbreak investigation, Oregon, USA, 2009
         Oh JY, Bancroft JE, Cunningham MC, Keene WE, Lyss SB, Cieslak PR, Hedberg K.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;16(11):1773-6.
         
     16. Enhanced surveillance of coccidioidomycosis, Arizona, USA, 2007-2008
         Tsang CA, Anderson SM, Imholte SB, Erhart LM, Chen S, Park BJ, Christ C, Komatsu KK, Chiller T, Sunenshine RH.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;16(11):1738-44.
         
     17. A new method to estimate mortality in crisis-affected and resource-poor settings: validation study
         Roberts B, Morgan OW, Sultani MG, Nyasulu P, Rwebangila S, Myatt M, Sondorp E, Chandramohan D, Checchi F.
         Int J Epidemiol. 2010 Nov 1.
         
     18. Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in young children with death due to rotavirus genotype G9 in Rio Branco, Brazilian Amazon region, 2005
         Siqueira AA, Santelli AC, Alencar LR, Dantas MP, Dimech CP, Carmo GM, Santos DA, Alves RM, Lucena MB, Morais M, Assis RM, Fialho A, Mascarenhas JD, Costa M, Linhares AC, Leite JP, Araujo WN, Hatch DL.
         Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct;14(10):e898-903.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     19. Use of genomic profiling to assess risk for cardiovascular disease and identify individualized prevention strategies-a targeted evidence-based review
         Palomaki GE, Melillo S, Neveux L, Douglas MP, Dotson WD, Janssens AC, Balkite EA, Bradley LA.
         Genet Med. 2010 Nov 1.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     20. Novel risk factors associated with hepatitis E virus infection in a large outbreak in northern Uganda: results from a case-control study and environmental analysis
         Howard CM, Handzel T, Hill VR, Grytdal SP, Blanton C, Kamili S, Drobeniuc J, Hu D, Teshale E.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Nov;83(5):1170-3.
         
   • Health Disparities
     21. Geographic concentration of poverty and arteriovenous fistula use among ESRD patients
         McClellan WM, Wasse H, McClellan AC, Holt J, Krisher J, Waller LA.
         J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Oct;21(10):1776-82.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     22. Disinfection and sterilization of prion-contaminated medical instruments
         Belay ED, Schonberger LB, Brown P, Priola SA, Chesebro B, Will RG, Asher DM.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Dec;31(12):1304-6.
         
     23. Investigation of increased rates of isolation of bacillus species
         Meites E, Taur Y, Marino L, Schaefer M, Eagan J, Jensen B, Williams M, Kamboj M, Srinivasan A.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Dec;31(12):1257-63.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     24. Coverage and preventive screening
         Meeker D, Joyce GF, Malkin J, Teutsch SM, Haddix AC, Goldman DP.
         Health Serv Res. 2010 Oct 28.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     25. Adverse events following trivalent inactivated influenza vaccination in children: analysis of the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
         Muhammad RD, Haber P, Broder KR, Leroy Z, Ball R, Braun MM, Davis RL, McMahon AW.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Oct 29.
         
     26. Decline in rotavirus hospitalizations and health care visits for childhood diarrhea following rotavirus vaccination in El Salvador
         Yen C, Armero Guardado JA, Alberto P, Rodriguez Araujo DS, Mena C, Cuellar E, Nolasco JB, De Oliveira LH, Pastor D, Tate JE, Parashar UD, Patel M.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Nov 2.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     27. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and young adult intimate partner violence
         Fang X, Massetti GM, Ouyang L, Grosse SD, Mercy JA.
         Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010 Nov;67(11):1179-86.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     28. Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of mycoplasma genitalium infections in East European countries
         Shipitsyna E, Savicheva A, Solokovskiy E, Ballard RC, Domeika M, Unemo M, Jensen JS.
         Acta Derm Venereol. 2010 Sep;90(5):461-7.
         
     29. Evaluation of three commercially available Japanese encephalitis virus IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
         Robinson JS, Featherstone D, Vasanthapuram R, Biggerstaff BJ, Desai A, Ramamurty N, Chowdhury AH, Sandhu HS, Cavallaro KF, Johnson BW.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Nov;83(5):1146-1155.
         
     30. ELISpot detection of mumps-specific antibody secreting B-cells as an alternative method of laboratory diagnosis
         Latner DR, McGrew M, Williams N, Lowe L, Werman R, Warnock E, Gallagher K, Doyle P, Smole S, Lett S, Cocoros N, Demaria A, Konomi R, Brown CJ, Rota PA, Bellini WJ, Hickman CJ.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Nov 3.
         
     31. Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance among non-Typhi Salmonella enterica isolates, USA
         Sjolund-Karlsson M, Howie R, Rickert R, Krueger A, Tran TT, Zhao S, Ball T, Haro J, Pecic G, Joyce K, Fedorka-Cray PJ, Whichard JM, McDermott PF.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;16(11):1789-91.
         
     32. Toward excellence in testosterone testing: a consensus statement
         Rosner W, Vesper H.
         J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Oct;95(10):4542-8.
         
     33. Rapid drug susceptibility testing with a molecular beacon assay is associated with earlier diagnosis and treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in California
         Banerjee R, Allen J, Lin SY, Westenhouse J, Desmond E, Schecter GF, Scott C, Raftery A, Mase S, Watt JP, Flood J.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Oct;48(10):3779-81.
         
     34. The international circumpolar surveillance interlaboratory quality control program for Streptococcus pneumoniae, 1999 - 2008
         Reasonover A, Zulz T, Bruce MG, Bruden D, Jette L, Kaltoft M, Lambertsen L, Parkinson A, Rudolph K, Lovgren M.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov 3.
         
     35. Comparison of detection methods for heteroresistant vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) using population analysis profile as the reference method
         Satola SW, Farley MM, Anderson KF, Patel JB.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov 3.
         
     36. Comparison of commercial systems for extraction of nucleic acids from DNA/RNA respiratory pathogens
         Yang GP, Erdman DE, Kodani M, Kools J, Bowen MD, Fields BS.
         J Virol Methods. 2010 Oct 26.
         
     37. Distribution and persistence of pleural penetrations by multi-walled carbon nanotubes
         Mercer RR, Hubbs AF, Scabilloni JF, Wang L, Battelli LA, Schwegler-Berry D, Castranova V, Porter DW.
         Part Fibre Toxicol. 2010 ;7:28.
         
     38. Assessing the toxic effects of ethylene glycol ethers using Quantitative Structure Toxicity Relationship models
         Ruiz P, Mumtaz M, Gombar V.
         Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2010 Oct 26.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     39. Outbreak of beriberi in an Indian population of the upper Amazon region, Roraima State, Brazil, 2008
         Cerroni MP, Barrado JC, Nobrega AA, Lins AB, da Silva IP, Mangueira RR, da Cruz RH, Mendes SM, Sobel J.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Nov;83(5):1093-1097.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     40. Occupational lung cancer in US women, 1984-1998
         Robinson CF, Sullivan PA, Li J, Walker JT.
         Am J Ind Med. 2010 Oct 28.
         
     41. Evaluation of the COSHH essentials model with a mixture of organic chemicals at a medium-sized paint producer
         Lee EG, Slaven J, Bowen RB, Harper M.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Nov 3.
         
     42. Wood dust sampling: field evaluation of personal samplers when large particles are present
         Lee T, Harper M, Slaven JE, Lee K, Rando RJ, Maples EH.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Oct 29.
         
     43. Biodynamics of the human body under whole-body vibration: synthesis of the reported data
         Rakheja S, Dong RG, Patra S, Boileau PE, Marcotte P, Warren C.
         Int J Ind Ergon. 2010 November;40 (6):710-732.
         
     44. Characterization of exposures to nanoscale particles and fibers during solid core drilling of hybrid carbon nanotube advanced composites
         Bello D, Wardle B, Zhang J, Yamamoto N, Santeufemio C, Hallock M, Virji M.
         Int J Occup Environ Health. 2010 ;16(4):434-50.
         
     45. Effectiveness of a custom-fitted flange and local exhaust ventilation (LEV) system in controlling the release of nanoscale metal oxide particulates during reactor cleanout operations
         Methner M.
         Int J Occup Environ Health. 2010 ;16(4):475-87.
         
     46. Human and environmental exposure assessment for nanomaterials: an introduction to this issue
         Murashov V.
         Int J Occup Environ Health. 2010 Oct-Dec;16(4):363-4.
         
     47. Understanding workplace processes and factors that determine exposures to engineered nanomaterials
         Woskie SR, Bello D, Virji M, Stefaniak A.
         Int J Occup Environ Health. 2010 Oct-Dec;16(4):365-77.
         
     48. Evaluation of antineoplastic drug exposure of health care workers at three university-based U.S. cancer centers
         Connor TH, DeBord DG, Pretty JR, Oliver MS, Roth TS, Lees PS, Krieg EF, Rogers B, Escalante CP, Toennis CA, Clark JC, Johnson BC, McDiarmid MA.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Oct;52(10):1019-27.
         
     49. Endothelial function, a biomarker of subclinical cardiovascular disease, in urban police officers
         Joseph PN, Violanti JM, Donahue R, Andrew ME, Trevisan M, Burchfiel CM, Dorn J.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Oct;52(10):1004-8.
         
     50. Noise control solutions for indoor firing ranges
         Kardous CA, Murphy WJ.
         Noise Control Eng J. 2010 ;58(4):345-356.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     51. Are standing order programs associated with influenza vaccination? - NNHS, 2004
         Bardenheier BH, Shefer AM, Lu PJ, Remsburg RE, Marsteller JA.
         J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Nov;11(9):654-61.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     52. The spectrum of haemostatic characteristics of women with unexplained menorrhagia
         Miller CH, Philipp CS, Stein SF, Kouides PA, Lukes AS, Heit JA, Byams VR, Dowling NF, Kulkarni R.
         Haemophilia. 2010 Oct 6.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     53. What does "occupation" represent as an indicator of socioeconomic status?: Exploring occupational prestige and health
         Fujishiro K, Xu J, Gong F.
         Soc Sci Med. 2010 Oct 30.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     54. Does switching to reduced ignition propensity cigarettes alter smoking behavior or exposure to tobacco smoke constituents?
         O'Connor RJ, Rees VW, Norton KJ, Cummings KM, Connolly GN, Alpert HR, Sjodin A, Romanoff L, Li Z, June KM, Giovino GA.
         Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Oct;12(10):1011-8.
         
   • Veterinary Medicine
     55. Pulmonary idiopathic alveolar ossification in a raccoon (Procyon lotor)
         Hamir AN, Rupprecht CE.
         J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2010 ;49(5):642-3.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Diabetes
     56. Environmental tobacco smoke furthers progression of diabetic nephropathy
         Obert DM, Hua P, Pilkerton ME, Feng W, Jaimes EA.
         Am J Med Sci. 2010 Oct 4.
         
     57. Adherence to antihypertensive agents and blood pressure control in chronic kidney disease
         Schmitt KE, Edie CF, Laflam P, Simbartl LA, Thakar CV.
         Am J Nephrol. 2010 Nov 2;32(6):541-548.
         
     58. The impact of disadvantage on the development and progression of diabetic kidney disease
         Weil EJ, Curtis JM, Hanson RL, Knowler WC, Nelson RG.
         Clin Nephrol. 2010 Sup;74(S1):32-38.
         
     59. Age, race, diabetes, blood pressure, and mortality among hemodialysis patients
         Myers OB, Adams C, Rohrscheib MR, Servilla KS, Miskulin D, Bedrick EJ, Zager PG.
         J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Nov;21(11):1970-8.
         
     60. Effect of intensive treatment of hyperglycaemia on microvascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes: an analysis of the ACCORD randomised trial
         Ismail-Beigi F, Craven T, Banerji MA, Basile J, Calles J, Cohen RM, Cuddihy R, et al..
         Lancet. 2010 Aug 7;376(9739):419-30.
         
     61. Cost-effectiveness of a quality improvement collaborative focusing on patients with diabetes
         Schouten LM, Niessen LW, van de Pas JW, Grol RP, Hulscher ME.
         Med Care. 2010 Oct;48(10):884-91.
         
     62. Intensive blood-pressure control in hypertensive chronic kidney disease
         Appel LJ, Wright JT, Greene T, Agodoa LY, Astor BC, Bakris GL, Cleveland WH, et al..
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Sep 2;363(10):918-29.
         
     63. A quality improvement model for optimizing care of the diabetic end-stage renal disease patient
         Mahnensmith RL, Zorzanello M, Hsu YH, Williams ME.
         Semin Dial. 2010 Mar;23(2):206-13.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     64. Ertapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae: risk factors for acquisition and outcomes
         Hyle EP, Ferraro MJ, Silver M, Lee H, Hooper DC.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Oct 28.
         
     65. Systematic review and cost analysis comparing use of chlorhexidine with use of iodine for preoperative skin antisepsis to prevent surgical site infection
         Lee I, Agarwal RK, Lee BY, Fishman NO, Umscheid CA.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Dec;31(12):1219-1229.
         
     66. Use of vaporized hydrogen peroxide decontamination during an outbreak of multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii infection at a long-term acute care hospital
         Ray A, Perez F, Beltramini AM, Jakubowycz M, Dimick P, Jacobs MR, Roman K, et al..
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Dec;31(12):1236-41.
         
     67. The diagnostic dilemma of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill children
         Venkatachalam V, Hendley JO, Willson DF.
         Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010 Oct 28.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     68. Outbreaks following wild poliovirus importations - Europe, Africa, and Asia, January 2009 - September 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 November 5;59(43):1393-1399.
         
     69. State-specific prevalence of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use among adults - United States, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Nov 5;59(43):1400-1406.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     70. Association between weekend hospital presentation and stroke fatality
         Fang J, Saposnik G, Silver FL, Kapral MK, For the Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke N.
         Neurology. 2010 Nov 2;75(18):1589-1596.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     71. Predictive relationship between adolescent oral and vaginal sex: results from a prospective, longitudinal study
         Song AV, Halpern-Felsher BL.
         Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Nov 1.
         
   
   

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