Issue 39, October 1, 2012
Vol. 4, Issue: 39, 10/1/12
This week, Science Clips is pleased to collaborate with CDC Vital Signs by featuring scientific articles from the current issue on “drinking and driving among high school students” (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns). Those articles marked with an asterisk are general review articles which may be of particular interest to clinicians and public health professionals seeking background information in this area.
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CDC Vital Signs
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Substance Use and Abuse – Alcohol
- *Healthy People 2010 objectives for unintentional injury and violence among adolescents. Trends from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999-2009external icon
Olsen EO, Hertz MF, Shults RA, Hamburger ME, Lowry R.
Am J Prev Med. 2011 Dec;41(6):551-8.
- *The effects of minimum legal drinking age 21 laws on alcohol-related driving in the United Statesexternal icon
McCartt AT, Hellinga LA, Kirley BB.
J Safety Res. 2010 Apr;41(2):173-81.
- *Fatal crashes of 16- to 17-year-old drivers involving alcohol, nighttime driving, and passengersexternal icon
Williams AF, West BA, Shults RA.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2012 ;13(1):1-6.
- Adolescent passengers of drunk drivers: a multi-level exploration into the inequities of risk and safetyexternal icon
Poulin C, Boudreau B, Asbridge M.
Addiction. 2007 Jan;102(1):51-61.
- Associations between selected state laws and teenagers’ drinking and driving behaviorsexternal icon
Cavazos-Rehg PA, Krauss MJ, Spitznagel EL, Chaloupka FJ, Schootman M, Grucza RA, Bierut LJ.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012 Sep;36(9):1647-52.
- State alcohol-use estimates among youth and adults, 1993-2005external icon
Nelson DE, Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Nelson HA.
Am J Prev Med. 2009 Mar;36(3):218-24.
- Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired drivingexternal icon
Shults RA, Elder RW, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Alao MO, Carande-Kulis VG, Zaza S, et al.
Am J Prev Med. 2001 Nov;21(4 Suppl):66-88.
- A national evaluation of the nighttime and passenger restriction components of graduated driver licensingexternal icon
Fell JC, Todd M, Voas RB.
J Safety Res. 2011 Aug;42(4):283-90.
- Alcohol-related risk of driver fatalities: an update using 2007 dataexternal icon
Voas RB, Torres P, Romano E, Lacey JH.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2012 May;73(3):341-50.
- Underage drinking: frequency, consequences, and interventionsexternal icon
Hingson RW, Assailly JP, Williams AF.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2004 Sep;5(3):228-36.
- *Healthy People 2010 objectives for unintentional injury and violence among adolescents. Trends from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999-2009external icon
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CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.-
Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- High levels of periodontal disease among the older adult population in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Montero-Aguilar M, Munoz-Torres F, Elias-Boneta AR, Dye B, Joshipura KJ.
Community Dent Health. 2012 ;29(3):224-228.
- The Million Hearts initiative: how nurse practitioners can help leadexternal icon
Davis LL, Wright JS.
J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2012 Oct;24(10):565-8.
- High levels of periodontal disease among the older adult population in San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Communicable Diseases
- From caution to urgency: the evolution of HIV testing and counselling in Africaexternal icon
Baggaley R, Hensen B, Ajose O, Grabbe K, Wong V, Schilsky A, Lo YR, Lule F, Granich R, Hargreaves J.
Bull World Health Organ. 2012 Sep 1;90(9):652-658B.
- Interventions to improve retention in HIV primary care: a systematic review of U.S. studiesexternal icon
Higa DH, Marks G, Crepaz N, Liau A, Lyles CM.
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2012 Sep 21.
- Measuring retention in HIV care: the elusive gold standardexternal icon
Mugavero MJ, Westfall AO, Zinski A, Davila J, Drainoni ML, Gardner LI, Keruly JC, Malitz F, Marks G, Metsch L, Wilson TE, Giordano TP.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Sep 22.
- Serotypes and genetic profiles of Bordetella pertussis strains isolated in the city of Sao Paulo, 2006-2008external icon
Leite D, Cassiday PK, Tatti KM, Vaz TM, Tondella ML.
J Pediatr (Rio J). 2012 Jul-Aug;88(4):357-60.
- Neurologic disorders among pediatric deaths associated with the 2009 pandemic influenzaexternal icon
Blanton L, Peacock G, Cox C, Jhung M, Finelli L, Moore C.
Pediatrics. 2012 Sep;130(3):390-6.
- Estimation of the burden of pandemic(H1N1)2009 in developing countries: experience from a tertiary care center in south Indiaexternal icon
Moorthy M, Samuel P, Peter JV, Vijayakumar S, Sekhar D, Verghese VP, Agarwal I, Moses PD, Ebenezer K, Abraham OC, Thomas K, Mathews P, Mishra AC, Lal R, Muliyil J, Abraham AM.
PLoS One. 2012 ;7(9):e41507.
- From caution to urgency: the evolution of HIV testing and counselling in Africaexternal icon
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Community Health Services
- Better health requires partnerships and a systems approachexternal icon
Jarris PE, Monroe JA, Pestronk RM.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
- Better health requires partnerships and a systems approachexternal icon
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Disaster Control and Emergency Services
- Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) one year following the Gulf Coast oil spill: Alabama and Mississippi, 2011external icon
Buttke D, Vagi S, Schnall A, Bayleyegn T, Morrison M, Allen M, Wolkin A.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 2012 Sep 25:1-7.
- Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) one year following the Gulf Coast oil spill: Alabama and Mississippi, 2011external icon
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Effectiveness of a risk screener in identifying hepatitis C virus in a primary care settingexternal icon
Drainoni ML, Litwin AN, Smith BD, Koppelman EA, McKee MD, Christiansen CL, Gifford AL, Weinbaum CM, Southern WN.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
- Association between adult height, genetic susceptibility and risk of gliomaexternal icon
Kitahara CM, Wang SS, Melin BS, Wang Z, Braganza M, Inskip PD, Albanes D, Andersson U, Beane Freeman LE, Buring JE, Carreon T, Feychting M, Gapstur SM, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Hallmans G, Hankinson SE, Henriksson R, Hsing AW, Johansen C, Linet MS, McKean-Cowdin R, Michaud DS, Peters U, Purdue MP, Rothman N, Ruder AM, Sesso HD, Severi G, Shu XO, Stevens VL, Visvanathan K, Waters MA, White E, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Hoover R, Fraumeni JF, Chatterjee N, Yeager M, Chanock SJ, Hartge P, Rajaraman P.
Int J Epidemiol. 2012 Aug;41(4):1075-1085.
- Evidence for the transmission of parvovirus B19 in patients with bleeding disorders treated with plasma-derived factor concentrates in the era of nucleic acid test screeningexternal icon
Soucie JM, De Staercke C, Monahan PE, Recht M, Chitlur MB, Gruppo R, Hooper WC, Kessler C, Kulkarni R, Manco-Johnson MJ, Powell J, Pyle M, Riske B, Sabio H, Trimble S.
Transfusion. 2012 Sep 24.
- Effectiveness of a risk screener in identifying hepatitis C virus in a primary care settingexternal icon
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Genetics and Genomics
- Multiwalled carbon nanotube-induced gene signatures in the mouse lung: potential predictive value for human lung cancer risk and prognosisexternal icon
Guo NL, Wan YW, Denvir J, Porter DW, Pacurari M, Wolfarth MG, Castranova V, Qian Y.
J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2012 Sep 15;75(18):1129-53.
- The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax exhibits greater genetic diversity than Plasmodium falciparumexternal icon
Neafsey DE, Galinsky K, Jiang RH, Young L, Sykes SM, Saif S, Gujja S, Goldberg JM, Young S, Zeng Q, Chapman SB, Dash AP, Anvikar AR, Sutton PL, Birren BW, Escalante AA, Barnwell JW, Carlton JM.
Nat Genet. 2012 Sep;44(9):1046-50.
- Plasmodium cynomolgi genome sequences provide insight into Plasmodium vivax and the monkey malaria cladeexternal icon
Tachibana S, Sullivan SA, Kawai S, Nakamura S, Kim HR, Goto N, Arisue N, Palacpac NM, Honma H, Yagi M, Tougan T, Katakai Y, Kaneko O, Mita T, Kita K, Yasutomi Y, Sutton PL, Shakhbatyan R, Horii T, Yasunaga T, Barnwell JW, Escalante AA, Carlton JM, Tanabe K.
Nat Genet. 2012 Aug 5;44(9):1051-5.
- Multiwalled carbon nanotube-induced gene signatures in the mouse lung: potential predictive value for human lung cancer risk and prognosisexternal icon
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Global Health
- Global health. Global indicators and targets for noncommunicable diseasesexternal icon
Angell SY, Danel I, DeCock KM.
Science. 2012 Sep 21;337(6101):1456-7.
- Global health. Global indicators and targets for noncommunicable diseasesexternal icon
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Health Communication and Education
- Public perceptions and preferences for patient notification after an unsafe injectionexternal icon
Schneider AK, Brinsley-Rainisch KJ, Schaefer MK, Camilli T, Perz JF, Cochran RL.
J Patient Saf. 2012 Sep 20.
- Public perceptions and preferences for patient notification after an unsafe injectionexternal icon
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Health Disparities
- Racial and ethnic health disparities among fifth-graders in three citiesexternal icon
Schuster MA, Elliott MN, Kanouse DE, Wallander JL, Tortolero SR, Ratner JA, Klein DJ, Cuccaro PM, Davies SL, Banspach SW.
N Engl J Med. 2012 Aug 23;367(8):735-45.
- Racial and ethnic health disparities among fifth-graders in three citiesexternal icon
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Healthcare Associated Infections
- Health care-associated infections studies project: an American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration case study 8external icon
Wright MO, Hebden JN, Allen-Bridson K, Morrell GC, Horan T.
Am J Infect Control. 2012 Sep;40(7):670-1.
- Health care-associated infections studies project: an American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration case study 8external icon
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Healthcare Economics
- State-level projections of cancer-related medical care costs: 2010 to 2020external icon
Trogdon JG, Tangka FK, Ekwueme DU, Guy GP, Nwaise I, Orenstein D.
Am J Manag Care. 2012 Sep;18(9):525-32.
- State-level projections of cancer-related medical care costs: 2010 to 2020external icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Safety of seasonal influenza and influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccines in pregnancyexternal icon
Moro PL, Tepper NK, Grohskopf LA, Vellozzi C, Broder K.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2012 Aug;11(8):911-21.
- Improving influenza vaccinesexternal icon
Sambhara S, Rappuoli R.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2012 Aug;11(8):871-2.
- The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for invasive pneumococcal disease in Alaska Native children: results of a clinical trialexternal icon
Singleton R, Wenger J, Klejka JA, Bulkow LR, Thompson A, Sarkozy D, Emini EA, Gruber WC, Scott DA.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Sep 20.
- Safety of seasonal influenza and influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccines in pregnancyexternal icon
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Injury and Violence
- A review of traumatic brain injury trauma center visits meeting physiologic criteria from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention field triage guidelinesexternal icon
Pearson WS, Ovalle F, Faul M, Sasser SM.
Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012 Jul-Sep;16(3):323-8.
- Commentary on subgroup analysis in intervention research: opportunities for the public health approach to violence preventionexternal icon
Haegerich TM, Massetti GM.
Prev Sci. 2012 Sep 21.
- Feasibility study of social media to reduce intimate partner violence among gay men in metro Atlanta, Georgiaexternal icon
Strasser SM, Smith M, Pendrick-Denney D, Boos-Beddington S, Chen K, McCarty F.
West J Emerg Med. 2012 Aug;13(3):298-304.
- A review of traumatic brain injury trauma center visits meeting physiologic criteria from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention field triage guidelinesexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Evaluation of ricinine, a ricin biomarker, from a non-lethal castor bean ingestionexternal icon
Hamelin EI, Johnson RC, Osterloh JD, Howard DJ, Thomas JD.
J Anal Toxicol. 2012 Sep 26.
- Variable expression of O:61 in Salmonella group C2external icon
Mikoleit M, Van Duyne MS, Halpin J, McGlinchey B, Fields PI.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Sep 26.
- Morphological characterization of carbon nanofiber aerosol using tandem mobility and aerodynamic size measurements
Deye GJ, Kulkarni P, Ku BK.
J Nanopart Res. 2012 Sep;14(9).
- Identification of a G8P[14] rotavirus isolate obtained from a Taiwanese child: evidence for a relationship with bovine rotavirusesexternal icon
Wu FT, Banyai K, Wu HS, Yang DC, Lin JS, Hsiung CA, Huang YC, Hwang KP, Jiang B, Gentsch JR.
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2012 Sep;65(5):455-7.
- Carbon nanotubes enhance metastatic growth of lung carcinoma via up-regulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cellsexternal icon
Shvedova AA, Tkach AV, Kisin ER, Khaliullin T, Stanley S, Gutkin DW, Star A, Chen Y, Shurin GV, Kagan VE, Shurin MR.
Small. 2012 Sep 20.
- Evaluation of ricinine, a ricin biomarker, from a non-lethal castor bean ingestionexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Public perception of birth defects terminologyexternal icon
Mai CT, Petersen EE, Miller A.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Sep 27.
- Gestational diabetes and childhood obesity: what is the link?external icon
Kim SY, Sharma AJ, Callaghan WM.
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Sep 20.
- Trends and correlates of good perinatal outcomes in assisted reproductive technologyexternal icon
Joshi N, Kissin D, Anderson JE, Session D, Macaluso M, Jamieson DJ.
Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Oct;120(4):843-51.
- Missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis infection in New York Cityexternal icon
Patel SJ, Klinger EJ, O’Toole D, Schillinger JA.
Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Oct;120(4):882-8.
- Levels of neonatal careexternal icon
Barfield WD, Papile LA, Baley JE, Benitz W, Cummings J, Carlo WA, Kumar P, Polin RA, Tan RC, Watterberg KL, Macones G, Jefferies AL, Mainous RO, Raju TN, Wang KS, Couto J.
Pediatrics. 2012 September;130(3):587-597.
- Circumcision policy statementexternal icon
Blank S, Brady M, Buerk E, Carlo W, Diekema D, Freedman A, Maxwell L, Wegner S, LeBaron C, Atwood L, Craigo S, Flinn SK, Janowsky EC, Zimmerman EP.
Pediatrics. 2012 September;130(3):585-586.
- Maternal HIV infection and vertical transmission of pathogenic bacteriaexternal icon
Cutland CL, Schrag SJ, Zell ER, Kuwanda L, Buchmann E, Velaphi SC, Groome MJ, Adrian PV, Madhi SA.
Pediatrics. 2012 Sep;130(3):e581-e590.
- Public perception of birth defects terminologyexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Silicosis exposure-response in a cohort of tin miners comparing alternate exposure metricsexternal icon
Park RM, Chen W.
Am J Ind Med. 2012 Sep 19.
- Maternal occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk of neural tube defect-affected pregnanciesexternal icon
Langlois PH, Hoyt AT, Lupo PJ, Lawson CC, Waters MA, Desrosiers TA, Shaw GM, Romitti PA, Lammer EJ.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Sep;94(9):693-700.
- Action Learning: a new method to increase tractor rollover protective structure (ROPS) adoptionexternal icon
Biddle EA, Keane PR.
J Agromedicine. 2012 Oct;17(4):398-409.
- Long work hours and adiposity among police officers in a US northeast cityexternal icon
Gu JK, Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Fekedulegn D, Sarkisian K, Andrew ME, Ma C, Violanti JM.
J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Sep 25.
- A road map toward a globally harmonized approach for occupational health surveillance and epidemiology in nanomaterial workersexternal icon
Riediker M, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Brouwer DH, Nelissen I, Koppen G, Frijns E, Clark KA, Hoeck J, Liou SH, Ho SF, Bergamaschi E, Gibson R.
J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Sep 19.
- Risk of leukaemia mortality from exposure to ionising radiation in US nuclear workers: a pooled case-control studyexternal icon
Daniels RD, Bertke S, Waters KM, Schubauer-Berigan MK.
Occup Environ Med. 2012 Sep 21.
- Selecting processes to minimize hexavalent chromium from stainless steel welding
Keane M, Siert A, Stone S, Chen B, Slaven J, Cumpston A, Antonini J.
Weld J. 2012 Sep;91(9):241S-246S.
- Silicosis exposure-response in a cohort of tin miners comparing alternate exposure metricsexternal icon
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Parasitic Diseases
- Schistosomiasis serology is valuable and reliableexternal icon
Wilkins PP, Keystone JS.
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Sep 20.
- Schistosomiasis serology is valuable and reliableexternal icon
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Public Health Ethics
- Expected ethical competencies of public health professionals and graduate curricula in accredited schools of public health in North Americaexternal icon
Lee LM, Wright B, Semaan S.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
- Expected ethical competencies of public health professionals and graduate curricula in accredited schools of public health in North Americaexternal icon
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Reproductive Health
- Condom type may influence sexual behavior and ejaculation and complicate the assessment of condom functionalityexternal icon
Haddad L, Gallo MF, Jamieson DJ, Macaluso M.
Contraception. 2012 Oct;86(4):391-6.
- When can a woman have an intrauterine device inserted? A systematic reviewexternal icon
Whiteman MK, Tyler CP, Folger SG, Gaffield ME, Curtis KM.
Contraception. 2012 Sep 17.
- Condom type may influence sexual behavior and ejaculation and complicate the assessment of condom functionalityexternal icon
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Substance Use and Abuse
- Current tobacco use among adults in the United States: findings from the National Adult Tobacco Surveyexternal icon
King BA, Dube SR, Tynan MA.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
- Current tobacco use among adults in the United States: findings from the National Adult Tobacco Surveyexternal icon
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Zoonoses
- Rabies: still a uniformly fatal disease? Historical occurrence, epidemiological trends, and paradigm shiftsexternal icon
Feder HM, Petersen BW, Robertson KL, Rupprecht CE.
Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2012 Aug;14(4):408-22.
- Unpredictable and difficult to control – the adolescence of West Nile virusexternal icon
Petersen LR, Fischer M.
N Engl J Med. 2012 Sep 26.
- Outbreak of human Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to contact with baby poultry from a single agricultural feed store chain and mail-order hatchery, 2009external icon
Loharikar A, Vawter S, Warren K, Deasy M, Moll M, Sandt C, Gilhousen R, Villamil E, Rhorer A, Briere E, Schwensohn C, Trees E, Lafon P, Adams JK, Le B, Behravesh CB.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Sep 25.
- Rabies: still a uniformly fatal disease? Historical occurrence, epidemiological trends, and paradigm shiftsexternal icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.
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MMWR in the Media
- Influenza A (H3N2) variant virus-related hospitalizations – Ohio, 2012
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Sep 28;61(38):764-7.
- Influenza vaccination coverage among health-care personnel – 2011-12 influenza season, United States
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Sep 28;61(38):753-7.
- Postvaccination serologic testing results for infants aged </=24 months exposed to hepatitis B virus at birth – United States, 2008-2011
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Sep 28;61(38):768-71.
- Influenza A (H3N2) variant virus-related hospitalizations – Ohio, 2012
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Nutritional Sciences
- A trial of sugar-free or sugar-sweetened beverages and body weight in childrenexternal icon
de Ruyter JC, Olthof MR, Seidell JC, Katan MB.
N Engl J Med. 2012 Sep 21.
- A trial of sugar-free or sugar-sweetened beverages and body weight in childrenexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Prevalence, management, and control of hypertension among US workers: does occupation matter?external icon
Davila EP, Kuklina EV, Valderrama AL, Yoon PW, Rolle I, Nsubuga P.
J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Sep;54(9):1150-6.
- Prevalence, management, and control of hypertension among US workers: does occupation matter?external icon
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Substance Use and Abuse
- Deaths from secondhand smoke exposure in the United States: economic implicationsexternal icon
Max W, Sung HY, Shi Y.
Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
- Smoking in top-grossing US movies, 2011
Glantz SA, Iaccopucci A, Titus K, Polansky JR.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 Sept;9.
- Deaths from secondhand smoke exposure in the United States: economic implicationsexternal icon
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