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Showing 1 to 20 of 342 for “"Health Sciences, Public Health."”.
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Hepatitis A vaccination practices in the pediatric population of Chicago.
Hepatitis A vaccination practices in the pediatric population of Chicago.
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THE EXTERNAL VALIDITY OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS.
THE EXTERNAL VALIDITY OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS.
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Performance of a regulatory modeling system estimating PM2.5 and PM2.5 pre-cursor species.
Performance of a regulatory modeling system estimating PM2.5 and PM2.5 pre-cursor species.
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Effects of drug use patterns and behaviors on bloodborne pathogens.
Effects of drug use patterns and behaviors on bloodborne pathogens.
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Temporal and spatial air deposition of PBDEs and PCBs from sedimentary samples in the Great Lakes region.
Temporal and spatial air deposition of PBDEs and PCBs from sedimentary samples in the Great Lakes region.
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Exploration of Mexican-American women's beliefs towards mammography and breast cancer across acculturation.
Exploration of Mexican-American women's beliefs towards mammography and breast cancer across acculturation.
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Building a conceptual model for sustaining prevention programs: A multiple case study.
Building a conceptual model for sustaining prevention programs: A multiple case study.
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Morbidity patterns of low-risk, inner-city infants: Maternal and environmental factors.
Morbidity patterns of low-risk, inner-city infants: Maternal and environmental factors.
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Evaluating the use of Dermoscopy in the Primary Care Setting in Improving Clinical Outcomes in the Treatment of Melanoma: A Systematic Review
Melanoma is a significant public health problem and is the most lethal type of skin cancer. Rural and underserved populations have disproportionately worse melanoma-related health outcomes and mortality rates. In these populations, primary care providers are usually the first evaluate, make …
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Impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on hepatitis C virus RNA levels over one year in HIV-HCV co-infected individuals.
The effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on plasma HCV RNA level in HIV-HCV co-infected individuals is uncertain. This issue was investigated over 12 months in HIV-HCV co-infected subjects HAART-treated for at least six months and achieving HIV RNA suppression below 500 copies/mL. …
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Springtime asthma hospitalizations and pollen levels: Are they related?
In this ecological study hospital emergency admissions in London, Ontario were examined during the peak spring months of the years 1983-88 to determine if asthma morbidity was associated with tree and grass pollen levels. Pollutants and weather factors were also analyzed because they may have …
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Threatened child health through lack of immunization: Identification of risk groups in Uganda.
… Using data of the 1988-89 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS): (1) To assess risk factors for children not getting immunized against tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio and measles. (2) To assess risk factors for not completing the EPI vaccination series (the …
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The long-term effectiveness of dialysis, kidney transplantation and pancreas transplantation for patients with diabetes mellitus and renal failure: A decision analysis.
… for those patients who favor the kidney-pancreas health state over kidney transplantation alone.
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A Study of the Influence of Selected Neighborhood Characteristics on Chicago Youth Homicide: 1970, 1980, 1990
… Other implications for social work practice, public policy, and research are discussed.
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Bilingual Health Communication and Medical Interpreters: Managing Role Performances and Communicative Goals
… the roles medical interpreters assume in health care settings, and provides a theory of bilingual health communication that accounts for individuals' (e.g., providers, patients, and interpreters) communicative behaviors in provider-patient interactions. This study includes data collected …
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The Safer Sexual Communication Practices of Transgender Adults: Implications for HIV Prevention
… Implications for communication and health behavior theory and practice are discussed in light of these findings, and limitations and future directions are outlined.
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Predicting the Risk of Lyme Disease in the Midwestern United States: Surveillance Methods, Environmental Determinants, and Geographic Distribution
The use of a combination of surveillance methods is the most effective way of assessing Lyme disease risk in an area where risk is unknown. Significant environmental determinants can be identified using a GIS, and a risk map can be generated to detect unknown endemic areas and to predict where new …
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The Design and Analysis of Pediatric Vaccine Formularies: Theory and Practice
… community as well as practical value for the public health community.
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Exploring the Feasibility of an Anti-Idiotypic Cocaine Vaccine
Cocaine addiction is a major public health problem for which there are no proven psychotherapies or pharmacotherapies. Upon entry into the body, cocaine rapidly partitions to the brain. A possible means of negating the pharmacological activity of cocaine would be to interrupt the delivery of the …
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A Questionnaire for Assessment of Physical Activity in Thailand
… measure for epidemiologic investigations on health and diseases problems related to physical activity in the urban and suburban Thai population.
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