abstract：:In Manitoba, Canada, a representative cohort of elderly individuals ages 65 to 84 (n = 3,573) were interviewed in 1971 and the survivors of this cohort were reinterviewed in 1983. This analysis assesses the determinants of successful aging--whether or not an individual will live to an advanced age, continue to functio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Roos NP,Havens B

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the ability of MedisGroups, a severity measure based on clinical data abstracted from the medical record, to predict mortality 30 days following admission. MedisGroups measures severity both on admission and approximately one week into the hospital stay. The data base was a random sample of 20,985 admissio...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Iezzoni LI,Ash AS,Coffman G,Moskowitz MA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the southwestern United States sample of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were employed to compare the patterns of alcohol use among Mexican American mothers and children in female-headed households with use patterns among mothers and children in couple-headed households. Single female he...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Stroup-Benham CA,Treviño FM,Treviño DB

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We administered the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale to 547 San Francisco Latinos as part of a random digit dialing telephone survey to evaluate smoking behavior. Both men and women current smokers had the highest mean CES-D levels (9.7 and 14.3, respectively). Logistic regression analysis a...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Pérez-Stable EJ,Marín G,Marín BV,Katz MH

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight matched men's and women's intercollegiate varsity teams were studied prospectively for one academic year to determine the incidence of athletic injury and resulting disability. Sports in which both men and women participated in a comparable manner were chosen: basketball, fencing, gymnastics, swimming, tennis, i...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lanese RR,Strauss RH,Leizman DJ,Rotondi AM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low income families were interviewed to determine factors related to the number of family food servings per week. A multiple regression model indicated that participation in WIC (supplemental food program for women, infants and children), household size, and number of different income sources were associated with more...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Taren DL,Clark W,Chernesky M,Quirk E

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse demonstrable health effects linked to the individual's smoking were shown to 2,689 American workers to motivate cessation during routine examinations to detect asbestosis. This intervention was evaluated six to 25 months later by a mailed questionnaire and by telephone to non-responders. Results were compared ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kilburn KH,Warshaw RH

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of giardiasis occurred following a family party for 25 persons. Nine who had eaten fruit salad became ill, compared with one who had not eaten the salad (Relative Risk = 7.4, 95% CI = 1.4, 169.3). The fruit salad preparer had a diapered child and a pet rabbit at home who were both positive for Giardia lamb...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Porter JD,Gaffney C,Heymann D,Parkin W

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between corneal arcus (arcus senilis) and mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is examined in a prospective study of White men (n = 3,930) and women non-hormone users (n = 2,139), ages 30-69, followed for an average of 8.4 years as part of the Lipid Research Cli...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Chambless LE,Fuchs FD,Linn S,Kritchevsky SB,Larosa JC,Segal P,Rifkind BM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the association between walking for exercise and the ratio of total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol in 3,621 adults. After controlling for age, gender, income, body fat, alcohol use, exercise other than walking, and cigarette smoking, adults in the high, moderate, and low duration walking categories were compa...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Tucker LA,Friedman GM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotinine was measured in the serum of nearly all 5,115 18-30 year old, Black and White, men and women participating in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in (Young) Adults Study, 30 percent of whom reported current cigarette smoking. Ninety-five percent of the reported smokers had serum cotinine levels indicative of...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wagenknecht LE,Cutter GR,Haley NJ,Sidney S,Manolio TA,Hughes GH,Jacobs DR

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AIDS Interfaith Council of Houston, sponsored by the Foundation for Interfaith Research and Ministry, recruits, trains, and coordinates volunteers for home-based care for adults and children with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The program provides compassionate, non-judgmental care for the sick and res...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Shelp EE,DuBose ER,Sunderland RH

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of environmental and biological monitoring for lead exposure were surveyed in lead-using industries in California. Employer self-reporting indicates a large proportion of potentially lead-exposed workers have never participated in a monitoring program. Only 2.6 percent of facilities have done environmental mo...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Rudolph L,Sharp DS,Samuels S,Perkins C,Rosenberg J

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence in 1988 of ciprofloxacin-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in New York City was studied in nine hospitals and eight nursing homes. Of the 43 hospitalized patients studied, 21 were admitted from home, while nine of the 12 nursing home patients were transferred from a hospital. T...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Budnick LD,Schaefler S

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (B.t.-k) is a microbial pesticide which has been widely used for over 30 years. Its safety for a human population living in sprayed areas has never been tested. Surveillance for human infections caused by B.t.-k among Lane County, Oregon residents was conducted during two seasons o...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Green M,Heumann M,Sokolow R,Foster LR,Bryant R,Skeels M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated changes in community-based agencies following the implementation of the Medicare prospective payment system for hospitals utilizing DRGs (diagnosis-related groups). Data were collected in 1986 and 1987 from 771 community service providers. There were five major findings: 1) hospital discharge planners,...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Wood JB,Estes CL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a case-control study of lung cancer deaths in the Teamsters Union to compare the risk of different occupations within the teamsters, after controlling for smoking and other confounders. Occupations with no presumed exposure to diesel fumes were used as the nonexposed group. The study population consisted ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Steenland NK,Silverman DT,Hornung RW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervix and breast cancer incidence in 1978-82 was computed for immigrant and United States-born Black women in Brooklyn, New York. Compared to the national SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) rates, US-born and Haitian women had high rates of invasive cervical cancer, while English-speaking Caribbean imm...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Fruchter RG,Nayeri K,Remy JC,Wright C,Feldman JG,Boyce JG,Burnett WS

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper uses monthly time-series data from 1968 through 1988 to test whether the observed increase in the incidence of low birthweight in New York City represents a reversal of the downward trend that existed prior to 1984. We find that the trend has shifted for both Whites and Blacks. We estimate that between July...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Joyce T

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking behavior of consistently high and low users of medical care services were compared in two groups of older health maintenance organization (HMO) members continuously enrolled for five years and a subgroup who were continuously enrolled for 10 years. Smokers and former smokers, combined, were more likely than ne...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Freeborn DK,Mullooly JP,Pope CR,McFarland BH

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined information on tar and nicotine yields on the packages of 160 cigarette brands, 58 percent of the 275 brands for which tar and nicotine yields were listed in a recent Federal Trade Commission report. The tar yield was indicated on 14 percent, the nicotine yield was indicated on 11 percent. As tar yield inc...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Davis RM,Healy P,Hawk SA

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 149 (70 White, 79 Black) male intravenous drug users with steady female sexual partners was interviewed in 1987, in treatment and street settings, about sexual practices during the previous five years. Eighty-three percent had multiple partners, 15 percent reported male sexual contact, 38 percent reported ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Lewis DK,Watters JK,Case P

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Men entering gay bars in three small southern cities were administered questionnaires to assess AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) risk knowledge, perceived norms concerning the social acceptability of AIDS risk precautions, and personal sexual behavior. Seventy-seven percent (N = 355) of male patrons completed...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Kelly JA,St Lawrence JS,Brasfield TL,Stevenson LY,Diaz YE,Hauth AC

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of deer brought to tagging stations at 24 sites in Main revealed the presence of the deer tick, Ixodes dammini, on 5.1 percent of deer. Ticks were found almost exclusively on deer from southwest coastal sites in the state. The potential for endemic Lyme disease in coastal Maine merits further study. ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Smith RP Jr,Rand PW,Lacombe EH

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the utility of statewide laboratory Cryptosporidium surveillance, we screened stools from all 5,256 patients evaluated at local health departments for parasitic disease from January 1985 through June 1988. Fifty-seven patients (1.1 percent) were found to have Cryptosporidium. Seasonal peaks in positivity w...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Skeels MR,Sokolow R,Hubbard CV,Andrus JK,Baisch J

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the prevalence and incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in 3,837 inmates of a state prison system. Ninety-two (2.4 percent) were HIV-seropositive. The highest proportion of HIV-seropositive inmates was found among Blacks (5.4 percent), females, and those 30 years of age or older. HIV-...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Horsburgh CR Jr,Jarvis JQ,McArther T,Ignacio T,Stock P

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the risks of brain cancer in relation to employment history in a case-control study of 312 cases and 1,248 cancer controls. Subjects were identified through the Missouri Cancer Registry for the period 1984 through 1988. Job classification was based on data routinely abstracted from hospital records. Eleva...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Brownson RC,Reif JS,Chang JC,Davis JR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the North Karelia Youth Program five to 10 classroom sessions over two years taught skills to resist pressures to start smoking to 13 to 15 year old students. Compared to students from comparison schools, the treatment groups reported less smoking immediately after the intervention and in a four-year follow-up surv...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Vartiainen E,Fallonen U,McAlister AL,Puska P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This analysis compares the rates of spontaneous abortion among women living in the vicinity of a lead smelter with those of women living in a town where blood lead levels were low. Data derive from the obstetric histories of both groups of women obtained while seeking prenatal care for a later pregnancy. A total of 63...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Murphy MJ,Graziano JH,Popovac D,Kline JK,Mehmeti A,Factor-Litvak P,Ahmedi G,Shrout P,Rajovic B,Nenezic DU

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Academic occupational health centers can support state-based occupational disease surveillance by playing a role in case identification and management, physician education, workplace investigation, and surveillance case criteria development. The existing centers can also serve as models for developing new clinics. As ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Welch L

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied variation in the year of onset of ischemic heart disease mortality decline among regions (n = 39) in the Netherlands. Using loglinear regression methods, a quadratic regression model was fitted to the observed numbers of male deaths in each region in the period 1950-84, controlling for changes in age-struct...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Mackenbach JP,Looman CW,Kunst AE

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified factors associated with death at home for 28,828 hospice and non-hospice cancer patients in 13 counties of western Washington State. Hospice participation was found to be the variable most strongly associated with death at home. Admission to hospice appears to override the tendency for certain subgroups ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Moinpour CM,Polissar L

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The status of mammography screening experience and factors related to utilization were examined in six towns serviced by physician staffs at five hospitals. Data were collected via random digit dial telephone interview of a probability sample of 1184 women, aged 45-75 years. The results showed that 55% of the women re...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Zapka JG,Stoddard AM,Costanza ME,Greene HL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a serosurvey of 133 embalmers in an urban area where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is prevalent. Although we found histories of needlesticks to be common, and the seropositivity rate of hepatitis B virus (HBV) (13%) was approximately twice that of a blood donor comparison group, HIV antibod...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Turner SB,Kunches LM,Gordon KF,Travers PH,Mueller NE

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As of April 1987, states were permitted to raise the speed limit on rural interstates to 65 mph without incurring federal sanctions; 38 states elected to do so in 1987. Fatality data for the months when the new limit was in effect in 1987 were compared with fatalities in the same months of 1982-86 on rural interstates...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Baum HM,Lund AK,Wells JK

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certificates of 1,454 deaths occurring over 11 months were retrieved from the Civil Register in Valencia, Spain. Relevant medical information was systematically gathered from hospital records, questionnaires, and Coroner reports. We compared the underlying cause of death (UCD) from the original death certificate, and ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Benavides FG,Bolumar F,Peris R

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several epidemiologists have published papers in major medical journals in which they compare incidence rates and prevalence and use these comparisons to support conclusions regarding questions of major public health importance. Although these papers have been criticized in published correspondence, we believe that co...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Flanders WD,O'Brien TR

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the use of an instrument to measure exposure to stressors among 149 women presenting with their children for pediatric care at an urban primary care center. Overall, 38.3 percent of the women had significant levels of depressive symptoms; 71.4 percent of those in the "high stress" group had an adjusted pr...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Orr ST,James SA,Burns BJ,Thompson B

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study, using data abstracted between 1983 and 1987 from a large perinatal registry, was conducted to explore the relationship between smoking and ectopic pregnancy. Women with ectopic pregnancy (n = 634) seen at University of Illinois Perinatal Network Hospitals were compared to women who were delivered...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Handler A,Davis F,Ferre C,Yeko T

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a large scale program to improve health care for high-risk adolescents. Seven clinics, funded to provide comprehensive primary care to adolescents, were compared to three non-funded clinics. The majority of the 2,788 adolescent patients sampled in these clinics ...

journal_title：American journal of public health

authors： Earls F,Robins LN,Stiffman AR,Powell J

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00