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Corporate Author:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning.;
Published:
2012 January 4
Description:
"Based on a growing body of studies concluding that blood lead levels (BLLs) <10 μg/dL harm children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention (ACCLPP) recommends elimination of th...
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Personal Author:
Schoenborn, Charlotte A.;
Corporate Author:
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.);
Description:
Shows proportion of the U.S. population having selected health practices and knowledge by sex and age, according to level Gf education, family income, race, Hispanic origin, geographic region, marital status, and employment status.
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Personal Author:
Al-Nsour, Mohannad;
Zindah, Meyasser;
Belbeisi, Adel;
Hadaddin, Raja;
Brown, David W.;
Walke, Henry;
Source:
Preventing Chronic Disease. 2012; 9.
Description:
Introduction: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of illness and death in Jordan. Since 2002, the Jordan Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estab...
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Personal Author:
Wang, Qian-Qiu;
Chen, Xiang-Sheng;
Yin, Yue-Ping;
Liang, Guo-Jun;
Jiang, Ning;
Dai, Ting;
Huan, Xi-Ping;
Yang, Bing;
Liu, Qiao;
Zhou, Yu-Jiao;
Wang, Bao-Xi;
Source:
BMC Public Health. 2011; 11:955.
Description:
Background: Previous studies suggested a high prevalence of STDs including HIV among female sex workers and men who have sex with men in China, but little was known about the prevalence in male patients attending public STD clinics. The aim of this s...
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Corporate Author:
Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
Source:
MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports / Centers for Disease Control.
2010; 59(RR-12):1-110.
Description:
These recommendations represent the first statement by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on the use of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 8, 2006. This rep...
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Corporate Author:
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), CDC;
Source:
Clinical chemistry.
2009; 55(2):378-84.
Description:
BACKGROUND: Heart disease and stroke continue to be the leading causes of death in the US. As a result, investigators continue to look for new and emerging biomarkers of disease risk. Because many of these emerging biomarkers are not as well document...
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Personal Author:
Fisher, Deborah.;
Lang, Karen.;
Wheaton, Jocelyn.;
Corporate Author:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.), Division of Violence Prevention.;
Description:
"An effective, comprehensive program to prevent sexual violence and/or intimate partner violence takes a multitude of approaches, one of which is training professionals to engage in sexual violence prevention and/or intimate partner prevention. This ...
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Personal Author:
Mensah, George A.;
Goodman, Richard A.;
Zaza, Stephanie;
Moulton, Anthony D.;
Kocher, Paula L.;
Dietz, William H.;
Pechacek, Terry F.;
Marks, James S.;
Source:
Preventing Chronic Disease. 2004; 1(1).
Description:
Law, which is a fundamental element of effective public health policy and practice, played a crucial role in many of public health's greatest achievements of the 20th century. Still, conceptual legal frameworks for the systematic application of law t...
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Personal Author:
Cannon, Michael J;
Davis, Katherine Finn;
Source:
BMC Public Health. 2005; 5:70.
Description:
Background: Each year in the United States, an estimated 40,000 children are born with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, causing an estimated 400 deaths and leaving approximately 8000 children with permanent disabilities such as hearing or ...