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Corporate Author:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Behavioral Surveillance Branch.;
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Corporate Author:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Behavioral Surveillance Branch.;
Description:
This report consists of four parts: an introduction that contains: an Overview of the 2000 summary prevalence report, an explanation of the tables for 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) prevalence data, definitions of BRFSS risk ...
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Corporate Author:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Behavioral Surveillance Branch.;
Description:
The report is divided into three sections. Section I displays tables for selected variables in the core. In Section I, there are three tables for each risk factor or preventive measure unless otherwise noted. Estimated prevalence and relevant statist...
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Corporate Author:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Behavioral Surveillance Branch.;
Description:
The report is divided into three sections: Section I displays tables for selected variables in the core. In Section I, there are three tables for each risk factor or preventive measure unless otherwise noted. Estimated prevalence and relevant statist...
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Corporate Author:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Behavioral Surveillance Branch.;
Description:
The report is divided into three sections. Section I displays tables for selected variables in the core. In Section I, there are three tables for each risk factor or preventive measure unless otherwise noted. Estimated prevalence and relevant statist...
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Personal Author:
Ford, Earl S;
Wheaton, Anne G;
Mannino, David M;
Presley-Cantrell, Letitia;
Li, Chaoyang;
Croft, Janet B;
Source:
Respiratory Research. 2012; 13(1):115.
Description:
Background: Reasons for the excess risk for cardiovascular disease among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease remain unclear. Our objective was to examine the cardiovascular risk profile for adults with obstructive and restrictive impair...
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Personal Author:
Billioux, Veena G.;
Chandra, Anjani.;
Copen, Casey E.;
Sionean, Catlainn.;
Corporate Author:
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.);
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepititis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.);
Description:
OBJECTIVE: This report presents national estimates of selected HIV risk-related behaviors among men and women 15-44 years of age in the United States, based on the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). Data from the 2006-2010 NSFG are c...
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Corporate Author:
Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Cetner;
Description:
NPIN 30823: This pamphlet provides information on the human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It discusses HIV transmission, HIV prevention in male-to-female (MTF) transgendered individuals, and HIV antibody ...
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Personal Author:
Johnson, Renee L.;
Patel, Nimeshkumar.;
Thomas, Karen E.;
Thomas, Robert G.;
Corporate Author:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.);
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists;
State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association (U.S.);
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Personal Author:
Armitage, Jeff.;
Austin, Donald F.;
Corporate Author:
Nebraska Health & Human Services System, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.;
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.);
Description:
Executive summary -- Report highlights -- Introduction -- Morbidity -- Mortality -- Medical care and expenses -- Risk factors for CVD -- Barriers to cardiovascular health -- Methodology.
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Personal Author:
Davies, Megan.;
Connolly, Allison.;
Horan, John, M.D;
Corporate Author:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.);
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Corporate Author:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.);
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.);
Description:
Preface -- Section 1. The Burden of chronic diseases as causes of death, United States -- Section 11. The Burden of heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes, United States -- Section III. Risk factors and use of preventive services, United States...
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Personal Author:
Bachorik, Paul S.;
Carroll, Margaret D.;
Fulwood, Robinson.;
Johnson, Clifford L.;
Lippel, Kenneth.;
Rifkind, Basil M.;
Sempos, Christopher T.;
Corporate Author:
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.);
Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (U.S.);
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Personal Author:
Dawson, Deborah A.;
Thompson, Grey B.;
Corporate Author:
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.);
National Health Interview Survey (U.S.);
Description:
This report presents national estimates of the prevalence of selected risk factors and preventive behaviors related to breast cancer for women 40 years of age and over, Estimates are presented by race and age. Data on preventive practice--breast self...
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Personal Author:
Olson, Nicole A;
Davidow, Amy L;
Winston, Carla A;
Chen, Michael P;
Gazmararian, Julie A;
Katz, Dolores J;
Source:
BMC Public Health. 2012; 12:365.
Description:
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) in developed countries has historically been associated with poverty and low socioeconomic status (SES). In the past quarter century, TB in the United States has changed from primarily a disease of native-born to primari...
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Personal Author:
Ali, Mohammed K.;
Bullard, Kai McKeever;
Beckles, Gloria L.;
Stevens, Mark R.;
Barker, Lawrence;
Venkat Narayan, K.M.;
Imperatore, Giuseppina;
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Diabetes Care. 2011; 34(9):1998-2004.
Description:
OBJECTIVE: To assess the cardiovascular risk profile of youths across socioeconomic groups in the U.S.: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Analysis of 1999–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) including 16,085 nonpregnant 6- to 2...
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Personal Author:
He, Guang Xue;
Wang, Hai Ying;
Borgdorff, Martien W.;
van Soolingen, Dick;
van der Werf, Marieke J.;
Liu, Zhi Min;
Li, Xue Zheng;
Guo, Hui;
Zhao, Yan Lin;
Varma, Jay K.;
Tostado, Christopher P.;
van den Hof, Susan;
Source:
Emerging Infectious Diseases. 17(10):1831-1838.
Description:
We conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) in the People's Republic of China. Genotyping analysis was used to estimate the percentage of cases from recent transmission among 100 MDR TB ...
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Personal Author:
Hirshon, Jon Mark;
Thompson, Angela D.;
Limbago, Brandi;
McDonald, L. Clifford;
Bonkosky, Michelle;
Heimer, Robert;
Meek, James;
Mai, Volker;
Braden, Christopher;
Source:
Emerging Infectious Diseases. 17(10):1946-1949.
Description:
Clostridium difficile, the most commonly recognized diarrheagenic pathogen among hospitalized persons, can cause outpatient diarrhea. Of 1,091 outpatients with diarrhea, we found 43 (3.9%) who were positive for C. difficile toxin. Only 7 had no recog...
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Personal Author:
Factor, Stephanie H.;
Levine, Orin S.;
Harrison, Lee H.;
Farley, Monica M.;
McGeer, Allison;
Skoff, Tami;
Wright, Carolyn;
Schwartz, Benjamin;
Schuchat, Anne;
Source:
Emerging Infectious Diseases. 11(7):1062-1066.
Description:
Invasive group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections can be fatal and can occur in healthy children. A case-control study identified factors associated with pediatric disease. Case-patients were identified when Streptococcus pyogenes was isolated from a n...
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Personal Author:
Batz, Michael B.;
Doyle, Michael P.;
Morris, J. Glenn;
Painter, John;
Singh, Ruby;
Tauxe, Robert V.;
Taylor, Michael R.;
Wong, Danilo M.A. Lo Fo;
Corporate Author:
for the Food Attribution Working Group;
Source:
Emerging Infectious Diseases. 11(7):993-999.
Description:
Identification and prioritization of effective food safety interventions require an understanding of the relationship between food and pathogen from farm to consumption. Critical to this cause is food attribution, the capacity to attribute cases of f...