Issue 16, November 16, 2009

Vol. 1, Issue: 16, 11/16/09Welcome to Knowledge to Action Science Clips, CDC's new weekly digest!The report consists of three components:

• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Communicable Diseases - 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1), Immunity and Immunization - Vaccine Safety, and Public Health Management and Leadership)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Population variation in glial fibrillary acidic protein levels in brain ageing: relationship to alzheimer-type pathology and dementia
        Wharton SB, O'Callaghan JP, Savva GM, Nicoll JA, Matthews F, Simpson JE, Forster G, Shaw PJ, Brayne C, Ince PG, M. R. C. Cognitive Function and Ageing Neuropathology Study Group.
        Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2009 ;27(5):465-73.
        
     2. Trends in high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the United States, 1999-2006
        Kuklina EV, Yoon PW, Keenan NL.
        JAMA. 2009 Nov 18;302(19):2104-10.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     3. Summary of comments and recommendations from the CDC consultation on the HIV/AIDS epidemic and prevention in the Hispanic/Latino community
        Alvarez ME, Jakhmola P, Painter TM, Taillepierre JD, Romaguera RA, Herbst JH, Wolitski RJ.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 Oct;21(5 Suppl):7-18.
        
     4. Increases in HIV diagnoses at the U.S.-Mexico border, 2003-2006
        Espinoza L, Hall HI, Hu X.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 Oct;21(5 Suppl):19-33.
        
     5. Special supplement on Hispanics/Latinos and HIV/AIDS. Introduction.
        Stallworth JM, Herbst JH, Romaguera RA, Alvarez ME, Amaro H, Dean HD.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 ;21(Supplement B):3-6.
        
     6. Resurrected pandemic influenza viruses
        Tumpey TM, Belser JA.
        Annu Rev Microbiol. 2009 ;63:79-98.
        
     7. Pharyngeal gonorrhea: an important reservoir of infection?
        Weinstock H, Workowski KA.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 13.
        
     8. Multiple risk factors associated with a large statewide increase in cryptosporidiosis
        Valderrama AL, Hlavsa MC, Cronquist A, Cosgrove S, Johnston SP, Roberts JM, Stock ML, Xiao L, Xavier K, Beach MJ.
        Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Dec;137(12):1781-8.
        
     9. Adverse outcomes in Alaska Natives who recovered from or have chronic hepatitis C infection
        McMahon BJ, Bruden D, Bruce MG, Livingston S, Christensen C, Homan C, Hennessy TW, Williams J, Sullivan D, Rosen HR, Gretch D.
        Gastroenterology. 2009 Nov 9.
        
     10. Trends in antimicrobial prescribing rates for Alaska Native and American Indian persons <18 years of age residing in the Anchorage region
         Bott AM, Bruce MG, Bulkow L, Coleman J, Hennessy TW.
         Int J Circumpolar Health. 2009 Sep;68(4):337-46.
         
     11. Establishment of public health security in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj in response to pandemic influenza A H1N1
         Memish Z, McNabb S, Mahoney F, Alrabiah F, Marano N, Ahmed Q, Mahjour J, Hajjeh R, Formenty P, Harmanci F, El Bushra H, Uyeki T, Nunn M, Isla N, Barbeschi M, The Jeddah Hajj Consultancy Group.
         Lancet. 2009 Nov 13.
         
     12. Hospitalized patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza in the United States, April-June 2009
         Jain S, Kamimoto L, Bramley AM, Schmitz AM, Benoit SR, Louie J, Sugerman DE, Druckenmiller JK, Ritger KA, Chugh R, Jasuja S, Deutscher M, Chen S, Walker JD, Duchin JS, Lett S, Soliva S, Wells EV, Swerdlow D, Uyeki TM, Fiore AE, Olsen SJ, Fry AM, Bridges CB, Finelli L, Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Hospitalizations Investigation Team.
         N Engl J Med. 2009 Nov 12;361(20):1935-44.
         
     13. The OASIS project: novel approaches to using STD surveillance data
         Gaffga NH, Samuel MC, Stenger MR, Stover JA, Newman LM.
         Public Health Rep. 2009 Nov;124(Suppl 2):1-4.
         
   • Environmental Health
     14. Water safety plans: CDC's role
         Gelting R.
         J Environ Health. 2009 Nov;72(4):44-5.
         
     15. Nanoparticle inhalation impairs endothelium-dependent vasodilation in subepicardial arterioles
         LeBlanc AJ, Cumpston JL, Chen BT, Frazer D, Castranova V, Nurkiewicz TR.
         J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2009 ;72(24):1576-1584.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     16. Notes from the field: Outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus at a large public university in Delaware, April-May 2009
         Iuliano AD, Reed C, Guh A, Desai M, Dee DL, Kutty P, Gould LH, Sotir M, Grant G, Lynch M, Mitchell T, Getchell J, Shu B, Villanueva J, Lindstrom S, Massoudi MS, Siebold J, Silverman PR, Armstrong G, Swerdlow DL.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Nov 13.
         
     17. Hospitalization of paediatric patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection, 1998-2006
         Sircar KD, Bancroft E, Nguyen DM, Mascola L.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Nov 18:1-6.
         
     18. Surveillance for severe community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
         Wiersma P, Tobin D'Angelo M, Daley WR, Tuttle J, Arnold KE, Ray SM, Ladson JL, Bulens SN, Drenzek CL.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2009 Dec;137(12):1674-8.
         
     19. Integration of surveillance for STDs, HIV, hepatitis, and TB: a survey of US STD control programs
         Dowell D, Gaffga NH, Weinstock H, Peterman TA.
         Public Health Rep. 2009 Nov;124(Suppl 2):31-38.
         
     20. Practical considerations for matching STD and HIV surveillance data with data from other sources
         Newman LM, Samuel MC, Stenger MR, Gerber TM, Macomber K, Stover JA, Wise W.
         Public Health Rep. 2009 Nov;124(Suppl 2):7-17.
         
     21. Toward integration of STD, HIV, TB, and viral hepatitis surveillance
         Weinstock H, Douglas JM, Fenton KA.
         Public Health Rep. 2009 Nov;124(Suppl 2):5-6.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     22. Provider chart audits and outreach to parents: impact in improving childhood immunization coverage and immunization information system completeness
         Kolasa MS, Lutz JP, Cofsky A, Jones T.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009 Nov-Dec;15(6):459-63.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     23. Health care utilization and expenditures for privately and publicly insured children with sickle cell disease in the United States
         Mvundura M, Amendah D, Kavanagh PL, Sprinz PG, Grosse SD.
         Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Oct;53(4):642-6.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     24. Role of T lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of Chlamydia disease
         Igietseme JU, He Q, Joseph K, Eko FO, Lyn D, Ananaba G, Campbell A, Bandea C, Black CM.
         J Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15;200(6):926-34.
         
     25. The incidence and clinical characteristics of herpes zoster among children and adolescents after implementation of varicella vaccination
         Civen R, Chaves SS, Jumaan A, Wu H, Mascola L, Gargiullo P, Seward JF.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Nov;28(11):954-9.
         
     26. Food allergy among children in the United States
         Branum AM, Lukacs SL.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Nov 16.
         
     27. Adoption of rotavirus vaccination by pediatricians and family medicine physicians in the United States
         Kempe A, Patel MM, Daley MF, Crane LA, Beaty B, Stokley S, Barrow J, Babbel C, Dickinson LM, Tempte JL, Parashar UD.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Oct 12.
         
     28. Influence of cytokine gene variations on immunization to childhood vaccines
         Yucesoy B, Johnson VJ, Fluharty K, Kashon ML, Slaven JE, Wilson NW, Weissman DN, Biagini RE, Germolec DR, Luster MI.
         Vaccine. 2009 Nov 23;27(50):6991-7.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     29. The public health approach to youth violence and child maltreatment prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
         Hammond WR, Haegerich TM, Saul J.
         Psychol Serv. 2009 Nov;6(4):253-263.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     30. Biofilm formation and effect of caspofungin on biofilm structure of Candida species bloodstream isolates
         Ferreira JA, Carr JH, Starling CE, de Resende MA, Donlan RM.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Oct;53(10):4377-84.
         
     31. Surveillance for neuraminidase-inhibitor-resistant influenza viruses in Japan, 1996-2007
         Tashiro M, McKimm-Breschkin JL, Saito T, Klimov A, Macken C, Zambon M, Hayden FG, Neuraminidase Inhibitor Susceptibility Network.
         Antivir Ther. 2009 ;14(6):751-61.
         
     32. Host cell selection of influenza neuraminidase variants: implications for drug resistance monitoring in A(H1N1) viruses
         Okomo-Adhiambo M, Nguyen HT, Sleeman K, Sheu TG, Deyde VM, Garten RJ, Xu X, Shaw MW, Klimov AI, Gubareva LV.
         Antiviral Res. 2009 Nov 13.
         
     33. Removal of species constraints in antibody detection
         Basile AJ, Biggerstaff BJ, Kosoy OL, Junna SR, Panella NA, Powers AM, Stark LM, Nemeth NM.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009 Nov 18.
         
     34. Re-evaluation, optimization, and multilaboratory validation of the PulseNet-standardized pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocol for listeria monocytogenes
         Halpin JL, Garrett NM, Ribot EM, Graves LM, Cooper KL.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2009 Nov 13.
         
     35. Nocardia mikamii sp. nov., isolated from human pulmonary infections in the United States
         Jannat-Khah DP, Kroppenstedt RM, Klenk HP, Sproer C, Schumann P, Lasker BA, Steigerwalt AG, Hinrikson HP, Brown JM.
         Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2009 Nov 13.
         
     36. Revival and emended description of 'Mycobacterium paraffinicum' (Davis, Chase and Raymond 1956) as Mycobacterium paraffinicum (ex Davis, Chase and Raymond 1956) sp. nov., nom. rev
         Toney NC, Adekambi T, Toney S, Yakrus M, Butler WR.
         Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2009 Nov 13.
         
     37. WHO Global Salm-Surv external quality assurance system for serotyping of Salmonella isolates from 2000 to 2007
         Hendriksen RS, Mikoleit M, Carlson VP, Karlsmose S, Vieira AR, Jensen AB, Seyfarth AM, DeLong SM, Weill FX, Wong DM, Angulo FJ, Wegener HC, Aarestrup FM.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep;47(9):2729-36.
         
     38. Clostridium difficile strains from community-associated infections
         Limbago BM, Long CM, Thompson AD, Killgore GE, Hannett GE, Havill NL, Mickelson S, Lathrop S, Jones TF, Park MM, Harriman KH, Gould LH, McDonald LC, Angulo FJ.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep;47(9):3004-7.
         
     39. Detection of low levels of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be critical for early diagnosis of pediatric HIV infection by use of dried blood spots
         Walter J, Kuhn L, Semrau K, Decker DW, Sinkala M, Kankasa C, Thea DM, Bulterys M, Ou CY, Aldrovandi GM.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep;47(9):2989-91.
         
     40. Subtype analysis of Cryptosporidium specimens from sporadic cases in Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, and Iowa in 2007: widespread occurrence of one Cryptosporidium hominis subtype and case history of an infection with the Cryptosporidium horse genotype
         Xiao L, Hlavsa MC, Yoder J, Ewers C, Dearen T, Yang W, Nett R, Harris S, Brend SM, Harris M, Onischuk L, Valderrama AL, Cosgrove S, Xavier K, Hall N, Romero S, Young S, Johnston SP, Arrowood M, Roy S, Beach MJ.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep;47(9):3017-20.
         
     41. A live attenuated H1N1 M1 mutant provides broad cross-protection against influenza A viruses, including highly pathogenic A/Vietnam/1203/2004, in mice
         Xie H, Liu TM, Lu X, Wu Z, Belser JA, Katz JM, Tumpey TM, Ye Z.
         J Infect Dis. 2009 Dec 15;200(12):1874-1883.
         
     42. Pyrethroid and organophosphates resistance in Anopheles (N.) nuneztovari Gabaldon populations from malaria endemic areas in Colombia
         Fonseca-Gonzalez I, Cardenas R, Quinones ML, McAllister J, Brogdon WG.
         Parasitol Res. 2009 Oct;105(5):1399-409.
         
     43. The dengue virus type 2 envelope protein fusion peptide is essential for membrane fusion
         Huang CY, Butrapet S, Moss KJ, Childers T, Erb SM, Calvert AE, Silengo SJ, Kinney RM, Blair CD, Roehrig JT.
         Virology. 2009 Nov 11.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     44. Control selection and participation in an ongoing, population-based, case-control study of birth defects: the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
         Cogswell ME, Bitsko RH, Anderka M, Caton AR, Feldkamp ML, Hockett Sherlock SM, Meyer RE, Ramadhani T, Robbins JM, Shaw GM, Mathews TJ, Royle M, Reefhuis J, National Birth Defects Prevention Study.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Oct 15;170(8):975-85.
         
     45. Prevalence of developmental disabilities and receipt of special education services among children with an inborn error of metabolism
         Powell K, Van Naarden Braun K, Singh R, Shapira SK, Olney RS, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
         J Pediatr. 2009 Nov 13.
         
     46. Born a bit too early: recent trends in late preterm births
         Martin JA, Kirmeyer S, Osterman M, Shepherd RA.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2009 Nov(24):1-8.
         
     47. Policy statement--tobacco use: a pediatric disease
         Committee On Environmental Health, Committee On Substance Abuse, Committee On Adolescence, Committee On Native American Child Health. (CDC Contributors: Binns, HJ, Sandel, MT, Anderson, M.)
         Pediatrics. 2009 Oct 19.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     48. A miniature disk electrostatic aerosol classifier (mini-disk EAC) for personal nanoparticle sizers
         Li L, Chen DR, Qi C, Kulkarni PS.
         J Aerosol Sci. 2009 ;40(11):982-992.
         
     49. Occupational safety and health in nanotechnology and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
         Murashov V, Engel S, Savolainen K, Fullam B, Lee M, Kearns P.
         J Nanopart Res. 2009 Oct;11(7):1587-1591.
         
     50. The role of p53 in silica-induced cellular and molecular responses associated with carcinogenesis
         Gwinn MR, Leonard SS, Sargent LM, Lowry DT, McKinstry K, Meighan T, Reynolds SH, Kashon M, Castranova V, Vallyathan V.
         J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2009 ;72(23):1509-1519.
         
     51. Workplace violence intervention effectiveness: a systematic literature review
         Wassell JT.
         Saf Sci. 2009 Oct;47(8):1049-1055.
         
     52. Commercial drivers' health: a naturalistic study of body mass index, fatigue, and involvement in safety-critical events
         Wiegand DM, Hanowski RJ, McDonald SE.
         Traffic Inj Prev. 2009 Dec;10(6):573-9.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     53. Using ergonomics to enhance safe production at a surface coal mine--a case study with powder crews
         Torma-Krajewski J, Wiehagen W, Etcheverry A, Turin F, Unger R.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2009 Oct;6(10):D55-62.
         
   • Physical Activity
     54. Putting physical activity into public health: a historical perspective from the CDC
         Pratt M, Epping JN, Dietz WH.
         Prev Med. 2009 Oct;49(4):301-2.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     55. Intrinsic job satisfaction, overall satisfaction, and intention to leave the job among nursing assistants in nursing homes
         Decker FH, Harris-Kojetin LD, Bercovitz A.
         Gerontologist. 2009 Oct;49(5):596-610.
         
     56. The rise and fall of supervision in a project designed to strengthen supervision of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness in Benin
         Rowe AK, Onikpo F, Lama M, Deming MS.
         Health Policy Plan. 2009 Nov 18.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     57. The implementation of a culturally based HIV sexual risk reduction program for Latino youth in a Denver area high school
         Mueller TE, Castaneda CA, Sainer S, Martinez D, Herbst JH, Wilkes AL, Villarruel AM.
         AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 Oct;21(5 Suppl):164-70.
         
     58. Diffusion of effective behavioral interventions and Hispanic/Latino populations
         Stallworth JM, Andia JF, Burgess R, Alvarez ME, Collins C.
         AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 Oct;21(5 Suppl):152-63.
         
   • Veterinary Medicine
     59. Broadly reactive pan-paramyxovirus reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis for the detection of canine distemper virus in a case of canine meningoencephalitis of unknown etiology
         Schatzberg SJ, Li Q, Porter BF, Barber RM, Claiborne MK, Levine JM, Levine GJ, Israel SK, Young BD, Kiupel M, Greene C, Ruone S, Anderson L, Tong S.
         J Vet Diagn Invest. 2009 Nov;21(6):844-9.
         
     60. Comparison of two immunochromatographic assays and the indirect immunofluorescence antibody test for diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs in south central Louisiana
         Nieto PD, Boughton R, Dorn PL, Steurer F, Raychaudhuri S, Esfandiari J, Goncalves E, Diaz J, Malone JB.
         Vet Parasitol. 2009 Nov 12;165(3-4):241-7.
         
   • Zoonoses
     61. Zoonotic bovine rotavirus strain in a diarrheic child, Nicaragua
         Banyai K, Esona MD, Mijatovic S, Kerin TK, Pedreira C, Mercado J, Balmaseda A, Perez MC, Patel MM, Gentsch JR.
         J Clin Virol. 2009 Dec;46(4):391-3.
         
     62. Multiyear climate variability and dengue--El Nino southern oscillation, weather, and dengue incidence in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Thailand: a longitudinal data analysis
         Johansson MA, Cummings DA, Glass GE.
         PLoS Med. 2009 Nov;6(11):e1000168.
         
2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   • Communicable Diseases - 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
     63. Infection and death from influenza A H1N1 virus in Mexico: a retrospective analysis
         Echevarria-Zuno S, Mejia-Arangure JM, Mar-Obeso AJ, Grajales-Muniz C, Robles-Perez E, Gonzalez-Leon M, Ortega-Alvarez MC, et al.
         Lancet. 2009 Nov 11.
         
     64. Infection and death from influenza A H1N1 virus in Mexico
         Laguna-Torres VA, Benavides JG.
         Lancet. 2009 Nov 11.
         
     65. Hajj and 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1
         The Lancet.
         Lancet. 2009 Nov 13.
         
     66. Establishment of public health security in Saudi Arabia for the 2009 Hajj in response to pandemic influenza A H1N1
         Memish Z, McNabb S, Mahoney F, Alrabiah F, Marano N, Ahmed Q, Mahjour J, Hajjeh R, Formenty P, Harmanci F, El Bushra H, Uyeki T, Nunn M, Isla N, Barbeschi M, The Jeddah Hajj Consultancy Group.
         Lancet. 2009 Nov 13.
         
     67. Antiviral treatment for patients hospitalized with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
         Uyeki T.
         N Engl J Med. 2009 Nov 18.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization - Vaccine Safety
     68. Ethnically diverse female university students' knowledge and attitudes toward human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV vaccination and cervical cancer
         Wong LP, Sam IC.
         Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2009 Nov 10.
         
     69. Importance of background rates of disease in assessment of vaccine safety during mass immunisation with pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccines
         Black S, Eskola J, Siegrist CA, Halsey N, Macdonald N, Law B, Miller E, et al.
         Lancet. 2009 Oct 30.
         
     70. Safety of influenza vaccination in patients with myasthenia gravis: a population-based study
         Zinman L, Thoma J, Kwong JC, Kopp A, Stukel TA, Juurlink DN.
         Muscle Nerve. 2009 Dec;40(6):947-51.
         
     71. Rates of autoimmune diseases in Kaiser Permanente for use in vaccine adverse event safety studies
         Klein NP, Ray P, Carpenter D, Hansen J, Lewis E, Fireman B, Black S, et al.
         Vaccine. 2009 Nov 5.
         
     72. RotaTeq((R)), a pentavalent rotavirus vaccine: efficacy and safety among infants in Europe
         Vesikari T, Itzler R, Karvonen A, Korhonen T, Van Damme P, Behre U, Bona G, et al.
         Vaccine. 2009 Oct 29.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     73. Improving service delivery in a county health department WIC clinic: an application of statistical process control techniques
         Boe DT, Riley W, Parsons H.
         Am J Public Health. 2009 Sep;99(9):1619-25.
         
     74. Make better decisions
         Davenport TH.
         Harv Bus Rev. 2009 Nov;87(11):117-8, 120-3, 134.
         
     75. A theory of organizational readiness for change
         Weiner BJ.
         Implement Sci. 2009 ;4:67.
         
     76. From cultural cohesion to rules and competition: the trajectory of senior management culture in English NHS hospitals, 2001-2008
         Mannion R, Harrison S, Jacobs R, Konteh F, Walshe K, Davies HT.
         J R Soc Med. 2009 Aug;102(8):332-6.
         
3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     77. Estimated county-level prevalence of diabetes and obesity - United States, 2007
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Nov 20;58(45):1259-1263.
         
     78. Outbreak of rickettsia typhi infection - Austin, Texas, 2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Nov 20;58(45):1267-1270.
         
     79. West nile virus transmission via organ transplantation and blood transfusion - Louisiana, 2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 Nov 20;58(45):1263-1267.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     80. One-year weight maintenance after significant weight loss in healthy overweight and obese subjects: does diet composition matter?
         Delbridge EA, Prendergast LA, Pritchard JE, Proietto J.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Nov;90(5):1203-1214.
         
     81. Specialty differences in primary care physician reports of papanicolaou test screening practices: a national survey, 2006 to 2007
         Yabroff KR, Saraiya M, Meissner HI, Haggstrom DA, Wideroff L, Yuan G, Berkowitz Z, Davis WW, Benard VB, Coughlin SS.
         Ann Intern Med. 2009 Nov 3;151(9):602-611.
         
     82. Slow walking speed and cardiovascular death in well functioning older adults: prospective cohort study
         Dumurgier J, Elbaz A, Ducimetiere P, Tavernier B, Alperovitch A, Tzourio C.
         BMJ. 2009 ;339:b4460.
         
     83. Risk of dementia hospitalisation associated with cardiovascular risk factors in midlife and older age: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
         Alonso A, Mosley TH, Gottesman RF, Catellier D, Sharrett AR, Coresh J.
         J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2009 Nov;80(11):1194-201.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     84. "Real-world" effectiveness of reactive telephone counseling for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial
         Sood A, Andoh J, Verhulst S, Ganesh M, Edson B, Hopkins-Price P.
         Chest. 2009 Nov 20;136(5):1229-1236.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     85. Food allergy among children in the United States
         Branum AM, Lukacs SL.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Nov 16.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     86. Risk of birth defects increased in pregnancies conceived by assisted human reproduction
         El-Chaar D, Yang Q, Gao J, Bottomley J, Leader A, Wen SW, Walker M.
         Fertil Steril. 2009 Nov 1;92(5):1557-1561.
         

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