Issue 15, November 09, 2009
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Communicable Diseases – 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1), Injury and Violence Prevention – Acute Injury Care, and Public Health Law – Secondhand Smoke)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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- CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Aging with cerebral palsy and other disabilities: personal reflections and recommendationsexternal icon
Jones GC.
Dev Med Child Neurol. 2009 Oct;51 Suppl 4:12-5.
- Underlying cause of death in incident unprovoked seizures in the urban community of Northern Manhattan, New York Cityexternal icon
Benn EK, Hauser WA, Shih T, Leary L, Bagiella E, Dayan P, Green R, Andrews H, Thurman DJ, Hesdorffer DC.
Epilepsia. 2009 Oct;50(10):2296-300.
- Prevalence of epilepsy and seizures in the Navajo Nation 1998-2002external icon
Parko K, Thurman DJ.
Epilepsia. 2009 Oct;50(10):2180-5.
- Static knee alignment measurements among Caucasians and African Americans: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Projectexternal icon
Nelson AE, Braga L, Braga-Baiak A, Atashili J, Schwartz TA, Renner JB, Helmick CG, Jordan JM.
J Rheumatol. 2009 Sep;36(9):1987-90.
- Obesity in neurology practice: a call to actionexternal icon
Trevathan E, Dietz WH.
Neurology. 2009 Sep 1;73(9):654-5.
- Aging with cerebral palsy and other disabilities: personal reflections and recommendationsexternal icon
- Communicable Diseases
- Evaluation of the survivability of MS2 viral aerosols deposited on filtering face piece respirator samples incorporating antimicrobial technologiesexternal icon
Rengasamy S, Fisher E, Shaffer RE.
Am J Infect Control. 2009 Nov 4.
- Infectious disease hospitalizations in the United Statesexternal icon
Christensen KL, Holman RC, Steiner CA, Sejvar JJ, Stoll BJ, Schonberger LB.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 1;49(7):1025-35.
- Establishment of the 1(st) World Health Organization international standards for human papillomavirus type 16 DNA and type 18 DNAexternal icon
Wilkinson DE, Baylis SA, Padley D, Heath AB, Ferguson M, Pagliusi SR, Quint WG, Wheeler CM, on behalf of the Collaborative Study Group: . (CDC Study Participants: Unger E, Swan DC)
Int J Cancer. 2009 Nov 10.
- Hospital-based surveillance of rotavirus diarrhea in the People’s Republic of China, August 2003-July 2007external icon
Duan ZJ, Liu N, Yang SH, Zhang J, Sun LW, Tang JY, Jin Y, Du ZQ, Xu J, Wu QB, Tong ZL, Gong ST, Qian Y, Ma JM, Liao XC, Widdowson MA, Jiang B, Fang ZY.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S167-73.
- Policy statement–recommendations for the prevention and treatment of influenza in children, 2009 -2010external icon
Committee on Infectious Diseases. (CDC Contributors: Bell B, Fischer MA, Baker CJ, Pickering LK, Meissner HC)
Pediatrics. 2009 Oct;124(4):1216-26.
- Effect of duration and intermittency of rifampin on tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysisexternal icon
Menzies D, Benedetti A, Paydar A, Martin I, Royce S, Pai M, Vernon A, Lienhardt C, Burman W.
PLoS Med. 2009 Sep;6(9):e1000146.
- Standardized treatment of active tuberculosis in patients with previous treatment and/or with mono-resistance to isoniazid: a systematic review and meta-analysisexternal icon
Menzies D, Benedetti A, Paydar A, Royce S, Pai M, Burman W, Vernon A, Lienhardt C.
PLoS Med. 2009 ;6(9)(e1000150).
- Use of cumulative incidence of novel influenza A/H1N1 in foreign travelers to estimate lower bounds on cumulative incidence in Mexicoexternal icon
Lipsitch M, Lajous M, O’Hagan JJ, Cohen T, Miller JC, Goldstein E, Danon L, Wallinga J, Riley S, Dowell SF, Reed C, McCarron M.
PLoS ONE. 2009 ;4(9):e6895.
- Investigation of two outbreaks of suspected oral transmission of acute Chagas disease in the Amazon region, Para State, Brazil, in 2007external icon
Beltrao Hde B, Cerroni Mde P, Freitas DR, Pinto AY, Valente Vda C, Valente SA, Costa Ede G, Sobel J.
Trop Doct. 2009 Oct;39(4):231-2.
- Evaluation of the survivability of MS2 viral aerosols deposited on filtering face piece respirator samples incorporating antimicrobial technologiesexternal icon
- Community Health Services
- Policy statement–guidance for the administration of medication in schoolexternal icon
Council on School Health. (CDC Contributor: Vernon-Smiley M)
Pediatrics. 2009 Oct;124(4):1244-51.
- Policy statement–guidance for the administration of medication in schoolexternal icon
- Disaster Control and Emergency Services
- Joint policy statement–guidelines for care of children in the emergency departmentexternal icon
American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, Pediatric Committee, Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee. (CDC Contributor: Burt CW)
Pediatrics. 2009 Oct;124(4):1233-43.
- Joint policy statement–guidelines for care of children in the emergency departmentexternal icon
- Environmental Health
- Urinary paranitrophenol, a metabolite of methyl parathion, in Thai farmer and child populationsexternal icon
Panuwet P, Prapamontol T, Chantara S, Thavornyuthikarn P, Bravo R, Restrepo P, Walker RD, Williams BL, Needham LL, Barr DB.
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2009 Oct;57(3):623-9.
- Lead poisoning among internally displaced Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian children in the United Nations-administered province of Kosovoexternal icon
Brown MJ, McWeeney G, Kim R, Tahirukaj A, Bulat P, Syla S, Savic Z, Amitai Y, Dignam T, Kaluski DN.
Eur J Public Health. 2009 Nov 6.
- A U.S. partnership with India and Poland to track acute chemical releases to serve public healthexternal icon
Ruckart PZ, Orr M, Palaszewska-Tkacz A, Dewan A, Kapil V.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 Sep;6(9):2375-86.
- Comparison of free radical generation by pre- and post-sintered cemented carbide particlesexternal icon
Stefaniak AB, Harvey CJ, Bukowski VC, Leonard SS.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2010 Jan;7(1):23-34.
- Lead and cognitive function in ALAD genotypes in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveyexternal icon
Krieg EF, Butler MA, Chang MH, Liu T, Yesupriya A, Lindegren ML, Dowling N, CDC NCI NHANES III Genomics Working Group.
Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2009 Nov-Dec;31(6):364-71.
- Pesticide concentrations in maternal and umbilical cord sera and their relation to birth outcomes in a population of pregnant women and newborns in New Jerseyexternal icon
Barr DB, Ananth CV, Yan X, Lashley S, Smulian JC, Ledoux TA, Hore P, Robson MG.
Sci Total Environ. 2009 Nov 7.
- Organophosphorus and pyrethroid insecticide urinary metabolite concentrations in young children living in a southeastern United States city.external icon
Naeher LP, Tulve NS, Egeghy PP, Barr DB, Adetona O, Fortmann RC, Needham LL, Bozeman E, Hilliard A, Sheldon LS.
Sci Total Environ. 2009 Nov 5.
- Urinary paranitrophenol, a metabolite of methyl parathion, in Thai farmer and child populationsexternal icon
- Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Sentinel hospital-based surveillance of rotavirus diarrhea in Iranexternal icon
Eesteghamati A, Gouya M, Keshtkar A, Najafi L, Zali MR, Sanaei M, Yaghini F, El Mohamady H, Patel M, Klena JD, Teleb N.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S244-7.
- G and P types of circulating rotavirus strains in the United States during 1996-2005: nine years of prevaccine dataexternal icon
Gentsch JR, Hull JJ, Teel EN, Kerin TK, Freeman MM, Esona MD, Griffin DD, Bielfelt-Krall BP, Banyai K, Jiang B, Cortese MM, Glass RI, Parashar UD, Collaborating laboratories of the National Rotavirus Strain Surveillance System.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S99-S105.
- Sentinel hospital-based surveillance of rotavirus diarrhea in Iranexternal icon
- Genetics and Genomics
- Invited commentary: genes, environment, and hybrid vigorexternal icon
Gwinn M, Guessous I, Khoury MJ.
Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Sep 15;170(6):703-7.
- Whole genome single nucleotide polymorphism based phylogeny of Francisella tularensis and its application to the development of a strain typing assayexternal icon
Pandya GA, Holmes MH, Petersen JM, Pradhan S, Karamycheva SA, Wolcott MJ, Molins C, Jones M, Schriefer ME, Fleischmann RD, Peterson SN.
BMC Microbiol. 2009 ;9:213.
- Genomic events underlying the changes in adamantane resistance among influenza A(H3N2) viruses during 2006-2008external icon
Deyde V, Garten R, Sheu T, Smith C, Myrick A, Barnes J, Xu X, Shaw M, Klimov A, Gubareva L.
Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2009 Nov;3(6):297-314.
- Incorporating genetics and genomics in risk assessment for inhaled manganese: from data to policyexternal icon
Curran CP, Park RM, Ho SM, Haynes EN.
Neurotoxicology. 2009 Sep;30(5):754-60.
- Invited commentary: genes, environment, and hybrid vigorexternal icon
- Global Health
- Breast cancer as a global health concernexternal icon
Coughlin SS, Ekwueme DU.
Cancer Epidemiol. 2009 Nov 5.
- Globally mobile populations and the spread of emerging pathogensexternal icon
Arguin PM, Marano N, Freedman DO.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;15(11):1713-14.
- Health status of visitors and temporary residents, United Statesexternal icon
Yanni EA, Marano N, Stauffer WM, Barnett ED, Cano M, Cetron MS.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;15(11):1715-20.
- First infant botulism case due to Clostridium botulinum type E worldwideexternal icon
Luquez C, Dykes JK, Yu PA, Raphael BH, Maslanka SE.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov 11.
- Breast cancer as a global health concernexternal icon
- Health Behavior and Risk
- Trends in HIV prevalence, estimated HIV incidence, and risk behavior among men who have sex with men in Bangkok, Thailand, 2003-2007external icon
van Griensven F, Varangrat A, Wimonsate W, Tanpradech S, Kladsawad K, Chemnasiri T, Suksripanich O, Phanuphak P, Mock P, Kanggarnrua K, McNicholl J, Plipat T.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Nov 5.
- Associations of health risk factors and chronic illnesses with life dissatisfaction among U.S. adults: the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2006external icon
Li C, Ford ES, Zhao G, Mokdad AH.
Prev Med. 2009 Aug-Sep;49(2-3):253-9.
- Hepatitis A seroprevalence and risk factors among homeless adults in San Francisco: should homelessness be included in the risk-based strategy for vaccination?external icon
Hennessey KA, Bangsberg DR, Weinbaum C, Hahn JA.
Public Health Rep. 2009 Nov-Dec;124(6):813-7.
- Characteristics of men who have sex with men and women and women who have sex with women and men: results from the 2003 Seattle sex surveyexternal icon
Levin EM, Koopman JS, Aral SO, Holmes KK, Foxman B.
Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Sep;36(9):541-6.
- Trends in HIV prevalence, estimated HIV incidence, and risk behavior among men who have sex with men in Bangkok, Thailand, 2003-2007external icon
- Healthcare Economics
- Assessing cost effectiveness of empirical and prophylactic therapy for managing leptospirosis outbreaksexternal icon
Galloway RL, Levett PN, Tumeh JW, Flowers CR.
Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Sep;137(9):1323-32.
- Annual medical spending attributable to obesity: payer-and service-specific estimatesexternal icon
Finkelstein EA, Trogdon JG, Cohen JW, Dietz W.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Sep-Oct;28(5):w822-31.
- Rotavirus disease burden and impact and cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in Kenyaexternal icon
Tate JE, Rheingans RD, O’Reilly CE, Obonyo B, Burton DC, Tornheim JA, Adazu K, Jaron P, Ochieng B, Kerin T, Calhoun L, Hamel M, Laserson K, Breiman RF, Feikin DR, Mintz ED, Widdowson MA.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S76-84.
- Assessing cost effectiveness of empirical and prophylactic therapy for managing leptospirosis outbreaksexternal icon
- Health Disparities
- Disparities in epilepsy: report of a systematic review by the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsyexternal icon
Burneo JG, Jette N, Theodore W, Begley C, Parko K, Thurman DJ, Wiebe S, Task Force on Disparities in Epilepsy Care, North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy.
Epilepsia. 2009 Oct;50(10):2285-95.
- Disparities in epilepsy: report of a systematic review by the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsyexternal icon
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- Contaminated product water as the source of Phialemonium curvatum bloodstream infection among patients undergoing hemodialysisexternal icon
Rao CY, Pachucki C, Cali S, Santhiraj M, Krankoski KL, Noble-Wang JA, Leehey D, Popli S, Brandt ME, Lindsley MD, Fridkin SK, Arduino MJ.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;30(9):840-7.
- Pseudo-outbreak of “Mycobacterium paraffinicum” infection and/or colonization in a tertiary care medical centerexternal icon
Wang SH, Pancholi P, Stevenson K, Yakrus MA, Butler WR, Schlesinger LS, Mangino JE.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;30(9):848-53.
- Comparison of risk factors for recovery of Acinetobacter baumannii during outbreaks at two Kentucky hospitals, 2006external icon
Beavers SF, Blossom DB, Wiemken TL, Kawaoka KY, Wong A, Goss L, McCormick MI, Thoroughman D, Srinivasan A.
Public Health Rep. 2009 Nov-Dec;124(6):868-74.
- Contaminated product water as the source of Phialemonium curvatum bloodstream infection among patients undergoing hemodialysisexternal icon
- Immunity and Immunization
- Development of a new candidate H5N1 avian influenza virus for pre-pandemic vaccine productionexternal icon
Dong J, Matsuoka Y, Maines TR, Swayne DE, O’Neill E, Davis CT, Van-Hoven N, Balish A, Yu HJ, Katz JM, Klimov A, Cox N, Li DX, Wang Y, Guo YJ, Yang WZ, Donis RO, Shu YL.
Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2009 Nov;3(6):287-95.
- Adolescent immunization delivery in school-based health centers: a national surveyexternal icon
Daley MF, Curtis CR, Pyrzanowski J, Barrow J, Benton K, Abrams L, Federico S, Juszczak L, Melinkovich P, Crane LA, Kempe A.
J Adolesc Health. 2009 Nov;45(5):445-52.
- Vaccinating adolescents–new evidence of challenges and opportunitiesexternal icon
Rodewald LE, Orenstein WA.
J Adolesc Health. 2009 Nov;45(5):427-9.
- How much could rotavirus vaccines reduce diarrhea-associated mortality in northern Ghana? A model to assess impactexternal icon
Arvay ML, Curns AT, Terp S, Armah G, Wontuo P, Parashar UD, Binka F, Glass RI, Widdowson MA.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S85-91.
- Underestimates of intussusception rates among US infants based on inpatient discharge data: implications for monitoring the safety of rotavirus vaccinesexternal icon
Cortese MM, Staat MA, Weinberg GA, Edwards K, Rice MA, Szilagyi PG, Hall CB, Payne DC, Parashar UD.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S264-70.
- Projected impact of the new rotavirus vaccination program on hospitalizations for gastroenteritis and rotavirus disease among US children <5 years of age during 2006-2015external icon
Curns AT, Coffin F, Glasser JW, Glass RI, Parashar UD.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S49-56.
- Oral rotavirus vaccines: how well will they work where they are needed most?external icon
Patel M, Shane AL, Parashar UD, Jiang B, Gentsch JR, Glass RI.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S39-48.
- Assessing the effectiveness and public health impact of rotavirus vaccines after introduction in immunization programsexternal icon
Patel MM, Parashar UD.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S291-9.
- Global rotavirus surveillance: determining the need and measuring the impact of rotavirus vaccinesexternal icon
Widdowson MA, Steele D, Vojdani J, Wecker J, Parashar U.
J Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;200 Suppl 1:S1-8.
- Varicella-zoster virus subunit vaccine
Vafai A.
Open Vaccine Journal. 2009 ;2:17-27.
- Real-time surveillance to assess risk of intussusception and other adverse events after pentavalent, bovine-derived rotavirus vaccineexternal icon
Belongia EA, Irving SA, Shui IM, Kulldorff M, Lewis E, Yin R, Lieu TA, Weintraub E, Yih WK, Li R, Baggs J, The Vaccine Safety Datalink Investigation Group.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Nov 10.
- Viscerotropic disease following yellow fever vaccination in Peruexternal icon
Whittembury A, Ramirez G, Hernandez H, Ropero AM, Waterman S, Ticona M, Brinton M, Uchuya J, Gershman M, Toledo W, Staples E, Campos C, Martinez M, Chang GJ, Cabezas C, Lanciotti R, Zaki S, Montgomery JM, Monath T, Hayes E.
Vaccine. 2009 Oct 9;27(43):5974-81.
- Development of a new candidate H5N1 avian influenza virus for pre-pandemic vaccine productionexternal icon
- Informatics
- Using an immunization information system to improve accountability for vaccines distributed through the Vaccines for Children program in New York City, 2005-2008external icon
Metroka AE, Hansen MA, Papadouka V, Zucker JR.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009 Sep-Oct;15(5):E13-21.
- Using an immunization information system to improve accountability for vaccines distributed through the Vaccines for Children program in New York City, 2005-2008external icon
- Injury and Violence
- Developing teen dating violence prevention strategies: formative research with middle school youthexternal icon
Noonan RK, Charles D.
Violence Against Women. 2009 Sep;15(9):1087-105.
- Developing teen dating violence prevention strategies: formative research with middle school youthexternal icon
- Laboratory Sciences
- Comparison of human fetal liver, umbilical cord blood, and adult blood hematopoietic stem cell engraftment in NOD-scid/gammac-/-, Balb/c-Rag1-/-gammac-/-, and C.B-17-scid/bg immunodeficient miceexternal icon
Lepus CM, Gibson TF, Gerber SA, Kawikova I, Szczepanik M, Hossain J, Ablamunits V, Kirkiles-Smith N, Herold KC, Donis RO, Bothwell AL, Pober JS, Harding MJ.
Hum Immunol. 2009 Oct;70(10):790-802.
- G+C content based universal PCR assays for poxviruses detection: “Pan_Pox”external icon
Li Y, Meyer H, Zhao H, Damon IK.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Nov 11.
- Comparison of lavage and swabs for the collection of genital ulcer specimens to measure HIV RNA sheddingexternal icon
Paz-Bailey G, Sternberg M, Lewis DA, Cutler E, Vos M, Ballard R, Puren A.
J Clin Virol. 2009 Oct;46(2):165-8.
- Stability of varicella-zoster virus and herpes simplex virus IgG monoclonal antibodiesexternal icon
Hart J, Miller C, Tang X, Vafai A.
J Immunoassay Immunochem. 2009 ;30(2):180-5.
- Interlaboratory evaluation of a standardized inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry method for the determination of trace beryllium in air filter samplesexternal icon
Ashley K, Brisson MJ, Howe AM, Bartley DL.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2009 Dec;6(12):745-50.
- West Nile virus detection in nonvascular feathers from avian carcassesexternal icon
Nemeth NM, Young GR, Burkhalter KL, Brault AC, Reisen WK, Komar N.
J Vet Diagn Invest. 2009 Sep;21(5):616-22.
- Cellular immune responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection in senescent BALB/c mice: CD4+ T cells are important in control of SARS-CoV infectionexternal icon
Chen J, Lau YF, Lamirande EW, Paddock CD, Bartlett JH, Zaki SR, Subbarao K.
J Virol. 2009 Nov 11.
- Adaptation and evaluation of the bottle assay for monitoring insecticide resistance in disease vector mosquitoes in the Peruvian Amazonexternal icon
Zamora Perea E, Balta Leon R, Palomino Salcedo M, Brogdon WG, Devine GJ.
Malar J. 2009 ;8:208.
- Comparison of human fetal liver, umbilical cord blood, and adult blood hematopoietic stem cell engraftment in NOD-scid/gammac-/-, Balb/c-Rag1-/-gammac-/-, and C.B-17-scid/bg immunodeficient miceexternal icon
- Maternal and Child Health
- Pandemic influenza and pregnant women: summary of a meeting of expertsexternal icon
Rasmussen SA, Jamieson DJ, Macfarlane K, Cragan JD, Williams J, Henderson Z, Pandemic Influenza Pregnancy Working Group.
Am J Public Health. 2009 Oct;99 Suppl 2:S248-54.
- Long-term speech and language developmental issues among children with Duarte galactosemiaexternal icon
Powell KK, Braun KV, Singh RH, Shapira SK, Olney RS, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
Genet Med. 2009 Nov 6.
- Birth weight and health and developmental outcomes in US children, 1997-2005external icon
Boulet SL, Schieve LA, Boyle CA.
Matern Child Health J. 2009 Nov 10.
- Exposure to the pharmaceutical excipients benzyl alcohol and propylene glycol among critically ill neonatesexternal icon
Shehab N, Lewis CL, Streetman DD, Donn SM.
Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 Mar;10(2):256-9.
- Closing the quality gap: promoting evidence-based breastfeeding care in the hospitalexternal icon
Bartick M, Stuebe A, Shealy KR, Walker M, Grummer-Strawn LM.
Pediatrics. 2009 Oct;124(4):e793-802.
- Gestational diabetes mellitus: all Asians are not alikeexternal icon
Chu SY, Abe K, Hall LR, Kim SY, Njoroge T, Qin C.
Prev Med. 2009 Aug-Sep;49(2-3):265-8.
- Pandemic influenza and pregnant women: summary of a meeting of expertsexternal icon
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Agricultural tractor overturn deaths: assessment of trends and risk factorsexternal icon
Myers JR, Hendricks KJ.
Am J Ind Med. 2009 Nov 5.
- Occupational injuries among emergency respondersexternal icon
Reichard AA, Jackson LL.
Am J Ind Med. 2009 Nov 5.
- The effect of uncertainty in exposure estimation on the exposure-response relation between 1,3-butadiene and leukemiaexternal icon
Graff JJ, Sathiakumar N, Macaluso M, Maldonado G, Matthews R, Delzell E.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 Sep;6(9):2436-55.
- Analytical performance criteria. Standardized surface dust sampling methods for metals, with emphasis on berylliumexternal icon
Ashley K, Braybrooke G, Jahn SD, Brisson MJ, White KT.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2009 Dec;6(12):D97-100.
- Agricultural tractor overturn deaths: assessment of trends and risk factorsexternal icon
- Physical Activity
- Physical activity advice to manage chronic conditions for adults with arthritis or hypertension, 2007external icon
Carlson SA, Maynard LM, Fulton JE, Hootman JM, Yoon PW.
Prev Med. 2009 Aug-Sep;49(2-3):209-12.
- Physical activity advice to manage chronic conditions for adults with arthritis or hypertension, 2007external icon
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Health-related behavior change after cancer: results of the American Cancer Society’s studies of cancer survivors (SCS)external icon
Hawkins NA, Smith T, Zhao L, Rodriguez J, Berkowitz Z, Stein KD.
J Cancer Surviv. 2009 Nov 10.
- Smoking prevalence among US veteransexternal icon
Brown DW.
J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Nov 6.
- The relative influence of different domains of social connectedness on self-directed violence in adolescenceexternal icon
Kaminski JW, Puddy RW, Hall DM, Cashman SY, Crosby AE, Ortega LA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2009 Nov 8.
- Health-related behavior change after cancer: results of the American Cancer Society’s studies of cancer survivors (SCS)external icon
- Substance Use and Abuse
- Tobacco use among Palestine refugee students (UNRWA) aged 13-15external icon
Khader A, Shaheen Y, Turki Y, el Awa F, Fouad H, Warren CW, Jones NR, Lea V, Lee J.
Prev Med. 2009 Aug-Sep;49(2-3):224-8.
- Tobacco use among Palestine refugee students (UNRWA) aged 13-15external icon
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
- Communicable Diseases – 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
- Preexisting immunity to pandemic (H1N1) 2009external icon
Xing Z, Cardona CJ.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov;15(11):1847-9.
- Emergence of oseltamivir-resistant pandemic H1N1 virus during prophylaxisexternal icon
Baz M, Abed Y, Papenburg J, Bouhy X, Hamelin ME, Boivin G.
N Engl J Med. 2009 Nov 11.
- Older age and a reduced likelihood of 2009 H1N1 virus infectionexternal icon
Fisman DN, Savage R, Gubbay J, Achonu C, Akwar H, Farrell DJ, Crowcroft NS, Jackson P.
N Engl J Med. 2009 Nov 12;361(20):2000-1.
- Oseltamivir-resistant pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus, October 2009external icon
Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2009 Oct 30;84(44):453-9.
- Preexisting immunity to pandemic (H1N1) 2009external icon
- Injury and Violence – Acute Injury Care
- Incidence and predictors of critical events during urgent air-medical transport. [see comment]external icon
Singh JM, MacDonald RD, Bronskill SE, Schull MJ.
CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2009 Oct 27;181(9):579-84.
- Disparities in trauma center access despite increasing utilization: data from California, 1999 to 2006external icon
Hsia RY, Wang E, Torres H, Saynina O, Wise PH.
J Trauma. 2009 Nov 6.
- Injuries in nonurban areas are associated with increased disability at hospital dischargeexternal icon
Sihler KC, Hemmila MR.
J Trauma. 2009 Nov;67(5):903-9.
- Geographic access to burn center hospitalsexternal icon
Klein MB, Kramer CB, Nelson J, Rivara FP, Gibran NS, Concannon T.
JAMA. 2009 Oct 28;302(16):1774-81.
- Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort study. [see comment]external icon
Kuppermann N, Holmes JF, Dayan PS, Hoyle JD, Atabaki SM, Holubkov R, Nadel FM, Monroe D, Stanley RM, Borgialli DA, Badawy MK, Schunk JE, Quayle KS, Mahajan P, Lichenstein R, Lillis KA, Tunik MG, Jacobs ES, Callahan JM, Gorelick MH, Glass TF, Lee LK, Bachman MC, Cooper A, Powell EC, Gerardi MJ, Melville KA, Muizelaar JP, Wisner DH, Zuspan SJ, Dean JM, Wootton-Gorges SL, Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network.
Lancet. 2009 Oct 3;374(9696):1160-70.
- Incidence and predictors of critical events during urgent air-medical transport. [see comment]external icon
- Public Health Law – Secondhand Smoke
- Tobacco control in the United States–recent progress and opportunitiesexternal icon
Cokkinides V, Bandi P, McMahon C, Jemal A, Glynn T, Ward E.
CA Cancer J Clin. 2009 Nov-Dec;59(6):352-65.
- Declines in acute myocardial infarction after smoke-free laws and individual risk attributable to secondhand smokeexternal icon
Lightwood JM, Glantz SA.
Circulation. 2009 Oct 6;120(14):1373-9.
- Cardiovascular effect of bans on smoking in public places: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [see comment]external icon
Meyers DG, Neuberger JS, He J.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 29;54(14):1249-55.
- Tobacco control in the United States–recent progress and opportunitiesexternal icon
- Communicable Diseases – 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
- Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
- MMWR in the Media
- Cigarette smoking among adults and trends in smoking cessation – United States, 2008external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Nov 13;58(44):1227-1232.
- Mumps outbreak – New York, New Jersery, Quebec, 2009external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Nov 12;58:1-4.
- Cigarette smoking among adults and trends in smoking cessation – United States, 2008external icon
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Body size and risk of MS in two cohorts of US womenexternal icon
Munger KL, Chitnis T, Ascherio A.
Neurology. 2009 Nov 11;73(19):1543-1550.
- Body size and risk of MS in two cohorts of US womenexternal icon
- Communicable Diseases
- Cruise ship environmental hygiene and the risk of norovirus infection outbreaks: an objective assessment of 56 vessels over 3 yearsexternal icon
Carling PC, Bruno-Murtha LA, Griffiths JK.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 1;49(9):1312-1317.
- Infection and death from influenza A H1N1 virus in Mexico: a retrospective analysisexternal icon
Echevarria-Zuno S, Mejia-Arangure J, Mar-Obeso A, Grajales-Muniz C, Robles-Perez E, Gonzalez-Leon M, Ortega-Alvarez MC, Gonzalez-Bonilla C, Rascon-Pacheco R, Borja-Aburto VH.
Lancet. 2009 .
- Cruise ship environmental hygiene and the risk of norovirus infection outbreaks: an objective assessment of 56 vessels over 3 yearsexternal icon
- Disaster Control and Emergency Services
- Percentage of US emergency department patients seen within the recommended triage time: 1997 to 2006external icon
Horwitz LI, Bradley EH.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Nov 11;169(20):1857-1865.
- Percentage of US emergency department patients seen within the recommended triage time: 1997 to 2006external icon
- Environmental Health
- Effects of air pollution on the incidence of myocardial infarctionexternal icon
Bhaskaran K, Hajat S, Haines A, Herrett E, Wilkinson P, Smeeth L.
Heart. 2009 Nov;95(21):1746-1759.
- Effects of ambient temperature on the incidence of myocardial infarctionexternal icon
Bhaskaran K, Hajat S, Haines A, Herrett E, Wilkinson P, Smeeth L.
Heart. 2009 Nov;95(21):1760-1769.
- Effects of air pollution on the incidence of myocardial infarctionexternal icon
- Injury and Violence
- The robust association between childhood physical abuse and osteoarthritis in adulthood: findings from a representative community sampleexternal icon
Fuller-Thomson E, Stefanyk M, Brennenstuhl S.
Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Nov 15;61(11):1554-1562.
- The robust association between childhood physical abuse and osteoarthritis in adulthood: findings from a representative community sampleexternal icon
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Occupational exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA) and the risk of self-reported male sexual dysfunctionexternal icon
Li D, Zhou Z, Qing D, He Y, Wu T, Miao M, Wang J, Weng X, Ferber JR, Herrinton LJ, Zhu Q, Gao E, Checkoway H, Yuan W.
Hum Reprod. 2009 Nov 13.
- Occupational exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA) and the risk of self-reported male sexual dysfunctionexternal icon
- Public Health Leadership and Management
- Primary care visit duration and quality: does good care take longer?external icon
Chen LM, Farwell WR, Jha AK.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Nov 11;169(20):1866-1872.
- Primary care visit duration and quality: does good care take longer?external icon
- MMWR in the Media
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