解剖学和形态学
麻醉学
听力与言语-语言病理学
行为科学
心脏和心血管系统
细胞和组织工程学
临床神经病学
危重症监护医学
牙科,口腔外科和医学
皮肤病学
急诊医学
内分泌学和新陈代谢
肠胃学和肝脏学
老人病学和老年医学
卫生保健科学和服务
血液学
免疫学
传染病
综合和补充性医学
医学伦理学
医学信息学
医学实验室技术
医学,全科和内科
医学,法律
医学,研究和试验
神经系统科学
护理
营养学和饮食学
产科医学和妇科医学
肿瘤学
眼科学
整形外科学
耳鼻喉科学
病理学
儿科学
周围血管疾病
药理学和药剂学
生理学
基本医疗保健
精神病学
公共、环境和职业卫生
放射学,核医学和医学成像
康复学
生殖生物学
呼吸系统
风湿病学
运动科学
外科学
毒理学
热带医学
泌尿学和肾脏学
病毒学
老年医学
健康政策和服务
心理学,临床
abstract::A hospital-based survey on shift work, sleep, and accidents was carried out among 635 Massachusetts nurses. In comparison to nurses who worked only day/evening shifts, rotators had more sleep/wake cycle disruption and nodded off more at work. Rotators had twice the odds of nodding off while driving to or from work and...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.7.1011
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::From July 1987 to June 1988, 1030 pregnant women with hepatitis B were reported to a New York City surveillance program. Among 832 infants under follow-up, the coverage rates for combined hepatitis B immune globulin and vaccine doses 1, 2, and 3 were 84%, 77%, and 59%, respectively. Infants covered by Medicaid and uni...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.6.885
更新日期:1992-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent recommendations for Americans aged 2 and older call for a reduction in the average saturated fat intake to less than 10% of calories. METHODS:Using 24-hour dietary recalls collected from mothers of 4- to 7-year-old urban Latino children, we identified foods and dietary behavior patterns that distingu...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.6.810
更新日期:1992-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Little is known about the organization and performance of outpatient substance abuse treatment (OSAT) centers. We examine several performance measures of OSAT units, including clients treated, services provided, revenue sources, financial performance, and access to care, in relation to ownership of the cente...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.5.711
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We used data from telephone interviews and mailed questionnaires to examine 12 aspects of family life among 93 families with infants considered at high risk for sudden infant death syndrome and on home apnea monitors and a matched comparison group with infants not requiring monitoring. Using logistic regression to con...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.5.719
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Accidental exposure to the blood of hepatitis B patients produced less fear than does accidental exposure today to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), even though both have an approximately equal overall risk of death (approximately 1%). Subjects responding to hypothetical insect-exposure and disease-exposure scen...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.4.584
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Interventions are needed to assist drug abusers in reducing risky drug and sexual behavior. METHODS:A randomized controlled trial compared three small-group AIDS educational interventions among 567 clients of a 21-day inpatient drug detoxification program: a two-session informational intervention, given eit...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.4.533
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Intravenous drug use has played a key role in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. Standardized surveillance of HIV infection among intravenous drug users (IVDUs) is needed to determine HIV prevalence rates, to monitor changes in prevalence over time, and to describe behaviors associated with HIV...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.4.541
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a matched case-control study of an occupational cohort in East Tennessee, data from the death certificates of 608 cases and controls were abstracted and analyzed in order to investigate possible risk factors associated with the certification on the death certificate of an ill-defined cause of death. There was a ver...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.3.455
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We reviewed Florida pediatric gonococcal (GC) infection surveillance data collected between 1984 and 1988. The incidence rate was 11 per 100,000 per year for the age group 1 month through 9 years. Incidence rates were higher for females, other-than-Whites, and residents of rural counties than for males, Whites, and re...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.3.426
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown considerable variation in body fatness among children and adolescents defined as obese by a percentile rank for skinfold thickness. METHODS:We examined the relationship between percent body fat and risk for elevated blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein rat...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.3.358
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study examines the professional relationships between midwives and physicians providing obstetrical care in Washington State. Four hundred ninety-six randomly sampled family physicians and obstetrician-gynecologists and 211 certified nurse, licensed, and lay midwives were surveyed to learn more about midwife/phys...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.2.262
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In recent years, an increasing number of women have been entering the labor force. It is known that in men, employment is related to heart disease risk, but there are few studies examining this association among women. METHODS:The relation between employment status and heart disease risk factors including l...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.2.215
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We analyzed data from a survey of occupational factors and pregnancy outcome to examine the effects of cigarette, alcohol, and coffee consumption on pregnancy outcome. Clear and statistically significant associations were found between cigarette and alcohol consumption and spontaneous abortion. There was a weaker but ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.1.85
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Studies have indicated that cigarette smokers have more occupational accidents and injuries and use more sick time and health benefits than nonsmokers, thereby producing sizeable costs for employers. However, they usually have not controlled for other possible sources of these costs. We analyzed occupational...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.1.29
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study is the first to provide complete information on prevalence rates by gender and geographic variation for each type of tobacco product used in the United States. Results indicate that, in nearly half of all states, total tobacco use in men exceeded 40% and, in four states, exceeded 50%. In women, only Nevada,...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.82.1.103
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The logistic regression model is being used with increasing frequency in all areas of public health research. In the calendar year 1989, over 30% of the articles published in the American Journal of Public Health employed some form of logistic regression modeling. In spite of this increase, there has been no...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.12.1630
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In an effort to keep abreast of the changing needs of a more affluent society and to ensure better value for money, the British are reforming their National Health Service. They are promoting competition and entrepreneurship, and directing funding to follow a patient rather than flowing directly to institutions. Briti...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.12.1566
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Brazil is the world's fifth largest and sixth most populous nation. Its economy is varied, with strong manufacturing, agriculture, mining, and service sectors. Therefore, a wide variety of workplace hazards confronts its work force. This paper describes Brazil's occupational safety and health regulatory sche...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.12.1619
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper reports register data concerning somatic and psychiatric hospital care on 117 battered women who were identified in a surgical emergency department and offered a treatment program. Data were collected during a period of 10 years before to 5 years after the battering in question. It was concluded that the ba...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.11.1486
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We describe common surgical and medical hospital admission rates for Maryland residents, exploring systematic effects of race and income. METHODS:The data comprise Maryland hospital discharges and population estimates for 1985 to 1987. Patient income is the race-specific median family income of residence zi...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.11.1435
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::During the summer of 1987, a common source waterborne outbreak of leptospirosis occurred on the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii. Eight leptospirosis cases were identified using the microscopic agglutination test. Methodologic weaknesses in this technique were responsible for the initial missed diagnosis on six ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.10.1310
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:National surveys indicate that only 15% to 30% of all women in the general population 50 years of age or older have an annual mammogram. METHODS:We studied first-degree female relatives of women with breast cancer, who are at elevated risk of disease, to describe the breast cancer screening practices of the...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.9.1174
更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In Oregon, adult foster care (AFC) homes, which are private residences where a live-in manager cares for one to five disabled residents, have been covered by Medicaid since 1981 and seem to offer a mainstream alternative to nursing homes. They house almost 6000 older people, two thirds of which pay privately...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.9.1113
更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A nine-year representative, longitudinal study of 1,598 urban elderly shows that two to eight times as many impaired or disabled are cared for in the community as in institutions. Younger age, male gender, better income, and living with others, especially children, favor continuing care in the home. ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.9.1207
更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Death certificate of children less than 8 years of age who were killed between 1979 and 1986 were linked to their Ohio birth certificates and compared with those of Ohio children born in 1983 (controls). Having an unmarried mother increased risk of homicide almost fivefold (odds ratio 4.87). Having a teenage mother, a...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.8.1052
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Strategies for control of Giardia lamblia in day care differ in numbers of children treated and in costs to parents and day care operators. The effectiveness of these strategies has not been systematically evaluated. METHODS:We conducted a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing three strategies f...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.8.1001
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Consumption and prices of tobacco products in Canada and the United States are compared over the period 1981 to 1989. In Canada, consumption has fallen from a higher level and at a faster rate than in the United States (3.52 kg/adult to 2.48 kg/adult vs 3.21 kg/adult to 2.48 kg/adult). With respect to cost, the real t...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.7.902
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Studies of adolescent smoking suggest that the causes of smoking initiation may differ for Blacks and Whites. METHODS:Correlates of smoking initiation were examined among 1,277 nonsmokers, ages 12-14, who completed questionnaires in their homes. The analyses examined relationships between smoking initiation...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.7.854
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There are no published population-based studies of occupational carpal tunnel syndrome (OCTS) using a strict case definition. Most studies are either industry specific or present patient self-report of symptoms. METHODS:We conducted a population-based incidence study of OCTS using the Washington State Worke...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.6.741
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A two-year study of the microbiological quality of drinking water in 27 randomly selected North Carolina migrant labor camps yielded total and fecal coliform prevalences of 44 percent and 26 percent, respectively in 1988 and similar but higher prevalences in 1989. Preoccupancy testing by county sanitarians had found v...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.6.762
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In the light of a possible link between stress and cancer promotion or progression, and of previously reported distress in residents near the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant, we attempted to evaluate the impact of the March 1979 accident on community cancer rates. METHODS:Proximity of residence ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.6.719
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The geographic distribution of newborn human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence at zip code level was compared with the distribution of four sociodemographic variables. For New York City significant univariate correlations were found between HIV and low birthweight, drug use (as measured by hospital discharges), ma...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.suppl.25
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Of 10,524 homeless veterans assessed in a 43-site VA program, 50 percent served during the Vietnam War era, compared to only 29 percent of all veterans in the general population. This reflects the greater risk of homelessness among men aged 30-44 rather than the impact of Vietnam Era service. The proportion of homeles...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.5.643
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The importance of injury as a public health problem is not well recognized in many developing countries. Data have recently become available on injury mortality in China. METHOD:We compared Chinese injury data based on a 100 million population segment for 1986 with data for the United States. RESULTS:The a...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.5.605
更新日期:1991-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Surveys concerning the risk communication practices and needs of state health agencies were completed by agency commissioners and designated staff of 48 states and territories. These data indicate that agencies are expending more effort on responding to requests for information than on initiating dialogues with intere...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.4.489
更新日期:1991-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Little population-based information is available on the use of chiropractic services. METHODS:We analyzed data from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment (HIE), a community-based study of the use of health services. Insurance claim forms for all fee-for-service patients who completed the study were examined ...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.4.439
更新日期:1991-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Five years after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the mental health of women who had been pregnant and living within 10 miles of Three Mile Island at the time of the accident was similar to that of women from the same area who became pregnant after the accident. Ratings of the development of the two groups of c...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.3.384
更新日期:1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Smoking among young women is associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. Gender specific influences on smoking, quitting and attempting to quit are hypothesized to occur and may have implications for cessation programs. METHODS:Telephone surveys were conducted in a large (n = 6,711) cohort of you...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.3.324
更新日期:1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::A random sample of employees was surveyed 20 months after a non-smoking policy was implemented at the New England Telephone Company in 1986. Overall, 21 percent of respondents who were smoking at the time they heard about the policy had quit smoking; 42 percent of quitters said they stopped smoking because of the poli...
journal_title:American journal of public health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2105/ajph.81.2.202
更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00