Issue 11, March 15, 2010
Vol. 2, Issue: 11, 3/15/10
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- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Communicable Diseases - HPV and Environmental Health - Radiation)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.-
Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2006, featuring colorectal cancer trends and impact of interventions (risk factors, screening, and treatment) to reduce future rates
Edwards BK, Ward E, Kohler BA, Eheman C, Zauber AG, Anderson RN, Jemal A, Schymura MJ, Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Seeff LC, van Ballegooijen M, Goede SL, Ries LA.
Cancer. 2010 Feb 1;116(3):544-73.
- Trends in hospitalization with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-United States, 1990-2005
Brown DW, Croft JB, Greenlund KJ, Giles WH.
COPD. 2010 Feb;7(1):59-62.
- Weight loss from maximum body weight and mortality: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality File
Ingram DD, Mussolino ME.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Mar 9.
- Physical activity levels and differences in the prevalence of diabetes between the United States and Canada
Zhang X, Geiss LS, Caspersen CJ, Cheng YJ, Engelgau MM, Johnson JA, Plotnikoff RC, Gregg EW.
Prev Med. 2010 Mar 5.
- Medical complications among hospitalizations for ischemic stroke in the United States from 1998 to 2007
Tong X, Kuklina EV, Gillespie C, George MG.
Stroke. 2010 Mar 4.
- Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975-2006, featuring colorectal cancer trends and impact of interventions (risk factors, screening, and treatment) to reduce future rates
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Communicable Diseases
- Limited evolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in the thymus of a perinatally infected child
Scinicariello F, Kourtis AP, Nesheim S, Abramowsky C, Lee FK.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Mar 1;50(5):726-32.
- New drugs and new regimens for the treatment of tuberculosis: review of the drug development pipeline and implications for national programmes
Lienhardt C, Vernon A, Raviglione MC.
Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2010 Mar 6.
- Characterization of group A rotavirus infections in adolescents and adults from Pune, India: 1993-1996 and 2004-2007
Tatte VS, Gentsch JR, Chitambar SD.
J Med Virol. 2010 Mar;82(3):519-27.
- Haemophilus influenzae type b disease in HIV-infected children: a review of the disease epidemiology and effectiveness of Hib conjugate vaccines
Mangtani P, Mulholland K, Madhi SA, Edmond K, O'Loughlin R, Hajjeh R.
Vaccine. 2010 Feb 17;28(7):1677-83.
- Limited evolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in the thymus of a perinatally infected child
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Environmental Health
- General public health considerations for responding to animal hoarding cases
Castrodale L, Bellay Y, Brown C, Cantor F, Gibbins J, Headrick M, Leslie M, MacMahon K, O'Quin , Patronek G, Silva R, Wright J, Yu D.
J Environ Health. 2010 ;72(7):14-18.
- Phthalate exposure and precocious puberty in females
Lomenick JP, Calafat AM, Melguizo Castro MS, Mier R, Stenger P, Foster MB, Wintergerst KA.
J Pediatr. 2010 Feb;156(2):221-5.
- Impact of the Red River catastrophic flood on women giving birth in North Dakota, 1994-2000
Tong VT, Zotti ME, Hsia J.
Matern Child Health J. 2010 Mar 5.
- General public health considerations for responding to animal hoarding cases
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- The things that get measured are the things that get done
Backinger CL, Malarcher AM.
Am J Prev Med. 2010 Mar;38(3 Suppl):S433-6.
- A study of variations in the reported haemophilia A prevalence around the world
Stonebraker JS, Bolton-Maggs PH, Soucie JM, Walker I, Brooker M.
Haemophilia. 2010 January;16(1):20-32.
- The things that get measured are the things that get done
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Food Safety
- Survival and growth of salmonella in salsa and related ingredients
Ma L, Zhang G, Gerner-Smidt P, Tauxe RV, Doyle MP.
J Food Prot. 2010 Mar;73(3):434-44.
- Survival and growth of salmonella in salsa and related ingredients
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Is sexual serosorting occurring among HIV-positive injection drug users? Comparison between those with HIV-positive partners only, HIV-negative partners only, and those with any partners of unknown status
Mizuno Y, Purcell DW, Latka MH, Metsch LR, Ding H, Gomez CA, Knowlton AR.
AIDS Behav. 2010 Feb;14(1):92-102.
- Measurement of HIV prevention indicators: a comparison of the PLACE method and a household survey in Zambia
Tate J, Singh K, Ndubani P, Kamwanga J, Buckner B.
AIDS Behav. 2010 Feb;14(1):209-17.
- Health risks and travel preparation among foreign visitors and expatriates during the 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games
Jentes ES, Davis XM, Macdonald S, Snyman PJ, Nelson H, Quarry D, Lai I, van Vliet EW, Balaban V, Marano C, Mues K, Kozarsky P, Marano N.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):466-472.
- Latent TB infection treatment acceptance and completion in the United States and Canada
Horsburgh Jr CR, Goldberg S, Bethel J, Chen S, Colson PW, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Hughes S, Shrestha-Kuwahara R, Sterling TR, Wall K, Weinfurter P.
Chest. 2010 Feb;137(2):401-9.
- Is sexual serosorting occurring among HIV-positive injection drug users? Comparison between those with HIV-positive partners only, HIV-negative partners only, and those with any partners of unknown status
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Health Communication and Education
- Building consumer demand for tobacco-cessation products and services: the national tobacco cessation collaborative's consumer demand roundtable
Backinger CL, Thornton-Bullock A, Miner C, Orleans CT, Siener K, DiClemente CC, Phillips TM, Rowden JN, Arkin E.
Am J Prev Med. 2010 Mar;38(3 Suppl):S307-11.
- Contribution of integrated campaign distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets to coverage of target groups and total populations in malaria-endemic areas in Madagascar
Kulkarni MA, Eng JV, Desrochers RE, Cotte AH, Goodson JL, Johnston A, Wolkon A, Erskine M, Berti P, Rakotoarisoa A, Ranaivo L, Peat J.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):420-425.
- The LIFE Project: a community-based weight loss intervention program for rural African American women
Parker VG, Coles C, Logan BN, Davis L.
Fam Community Health. 2010 April/June;33(2):133-143.
- Effects of folic acid awareness on knowledge and consumption for the prevention of birth defects among Hispanic women in several U.S. communities
Prue CE, Hamner HC, Flores AL.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2010 Mar 4.
- Building consumer demand for tobacco-cessation products and services: the national tobacco cessation collaborative's consumer demand roundtable
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Healthcare Economics
- What is the value for money of prenatal carrier screening for spina muscular atrophy? Too soon to say
Grosse SD.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Mar;202(3):209-11.
- Treatment cost of acute gonococcal infections: estimates from employer-sponsored private insurance claims data in the United States, 2003-2007
Owusu-Edusei K, Gift TL, Chesson HW.
Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Mar 8.
- What is the value for money of prenatal carrier screening for spina muscular atrophy? Too soon to say
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Immunity and Immunization
- Mothers' preferences and willingness to pay for vaccinating daughters against human papillomavirus
Brown DS, Johnson FR, Poulos C, Messonnier ML.
Vaccine. 2010 Feb 17;28(7):1702-8.
- Mothers' preferences and willingness to pay for vaccinating daughters against human papillomavirus
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Informatics
- Evaluating a web-based test results system at an urban STI clinic
Ling SB, Richardson DB, Mettenbrink CJ, Westergaard BC, Sapp-Jones TD, Crane LA, Nyquist AC, McFarlane M, Kachur R, Rietmeijer CA.
Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Mar 9.
- Evaluating a web-based test results system at an urban STI clinic
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Laboratory Sciences
- Identification and characterization of CTX-M-producing Shigella isolates in the United States
Folster JP, Pecic G, Krueger A, Rickert R, Burger K, Carattoli A, Whichard JM.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Mar 8.
- Analyzing digital vector waveforms of 0-3000 Hz magnetic fields for health studies
Bowman JD, Miller CK, Krieg EF, Song R.
Bioelectromagnetics. 2010 Mar 8.
- Revisiting pneumococcal carriage using broth-enrichment and PCR techniques for enhanced detection of carriage and serotypes
Carvalho MD, Pimenta FC, Jackson D, Roundtree A, Ahmad Y, Millar EV, O'Brien KL, Whitney CG, Cohen AL, Beall BW.
J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Mar 10.
- Comparison of immunoassay and HPLC-MS/MS used to measure urinary metabolites of atrazine, metolachlor, and chlorpyrifos from farmers and non-farmers in Iowa
Curwin BD, Hein MJ, Barr DB, Striley C.
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2010 Mar;20(2):205-12.
- Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance phenotypes for predicting multidrug-resistant salmonella recovered from retail meats and humans in the United States
Whichard JM, Medalla F, Hoekstra RM, McDermott PF, Joyce K, Chiller T, Barrett TJ, White DG.
J Food Prot. 2010 Mar;73(3):445-51.
- Relative transmissibility of an R5 clade C simian-human immunodeficiency virus across different mucosae in macaques parallels the relative risks of sexual HIV-1 transmission in humans via different routes
Chenine AL, Siddappa NB, Kramer VG, Sciaranghella G, Rasmussen RA, Lee SJ, Santosuosso M, Poznansky MC, Velu V, Amara RR, Souder C, Anderson DC, Villinger F, Else JG, Novembre FJ, Strobert E, O'Neil SP, Secor WE, Ruprecht RM.
J Infect Dis. 2010 Mar 4.
- Identification and characterization of CTX-M-producing Shigella isolates in the United States
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Maternal and Child Health
- Fetal constraint as a potential risk factor for craniosynostosis
Sanchez-Lara PA, Carmichael SL, Graham Jr JM, Lammer EJ, Shaw GM, Ma C, Rasmussen SA.
Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Feb;152A(2):394-400.
- Risk factors for non-syndromic holoprosencephaly in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
Miller EA, Rasmussen SA, Siega-Riz AM, Frias JL, Honein MA.
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2010 Feb 15;154C(1):62-72.
- An update on cardiovascular malformations in congenital rubella syndrome
Oster ME, Riehle-Colarusso T, Correa A.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2010 Jan;88(1):1-8.
- Late-treated phenylketonuria and partial reversibility of intellectual impairment
Grosse SD.
Child Dev. 2010 ;81(1):200-211.
- History and current status of newborn screening for hemoglobinopathies
Benson JM, Therrell Jr BL.
Semin Perinatol. 2010 Apr;34(2):134-144.
- Improving and assuring newborn screening laboratory quality worldwide: 30-year experience at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
De Jesus VR, Mei JV, Bell CJ, Hannon WH.
Semin Perinatol. 2010 Apr;34(2):125-33.
- Fetal constraint as a potential risk factor for craniosynostosis
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Medicine
- Serious complications within 30 days of screening and surveillance colonoscopy are uncommon
Ko CW, Riffle S, Michaels L, Morris C, Holub J, Shapiro JA, Ciol MA, Kimmey MB, Seeff LC, Lieberman D.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Feb;8(2):166-73.
- Serious complications within 30 days of screening and surveillance colonoscopy are uncommon
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Nutritional Sciences
- Does inadequate diet during childhood explain the higher high fracture rates in the Southern United States?
Paulozzi LJ.
Osteoporos Int. 2010 Mar;21(3):417-23.
- Does inadequate diet during childhood explain the higher high fracture rates in the Southern United States?
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Occupational fatalities, injuries, illnesses, and related economic loss in the wholesale and retail trade sector
Anderson VP, Schulte PA, Sestito J, Linn H, Nguyen LS.
Am J Ind Med. 2010 Mar 8.
- Foreword for special edition on migration and occupational health
Howard J.
Am J Ind Med. 2010 Mar 8.
- Facial anthropometric differences among gender, ethnicity, and age groups
Zhuang Z, Landsittel D, Benson S, Roberge R, Shaffer R.
Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Mar 10.
- Work-related non-fatal injuries to adults on farms in the U.S., 2001 and 2004
Goldcamp EM.
J Agric Saf Health. 2010 Jan;16(1):41-51.
- ROPS performance during field upset and static testing
Harris JR, McKenzie Jr EA, Etherton JR, Cantis DM, Ronaghi M.
J Agric Saf Health. 2010 Jan;16(1):5-18.
- Underground coal mining injury: a look at how age and experience relate to days lost from work following an injury
Margolis KA.
Saf Sci. 2010 ;48(4):417-421.
- Occupational fatalities, injuries, illnesses, and related economic loss in the wholesale and retail trade sector
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Public Health Leadership and Management
- Assessing the impact of state insurance policies on chlamydia screening: a panel data analysis
Owusu-Edusei Jr K, Gift TL.
Health Policy. 2010 Mar 5.
- Assessing the impact of state insurance policies on chlamydia screening: a panel data analysis
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Foreword
Hall JE.
Fam Community Health. 2010 April/June;33(2):80-81.
- Foreword
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Zoonoses
- Annual burden of ocular toxoplasmosis in the United States
Jones JL, Holland GN.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):464-5.
- Severe Rift Valley fever may present with a characteristic clinical syndrome
Kahlon SS, Peters CJ, Leduc J, Muchiri EM, Muiruri S, Njenga MK, Breiman RF, White Jr A, King CH.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):371-5.
- Significance of travel to rural areas as a risk factor for malarial anemia in an urban setting
Siri JG, Wilson ML, Murray S, Rosen DH, Vulule JM, Slutsker L, Lindblade KA.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):391-7.
- Isolation of Rickettsia parkeri and identification of a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia sp. from gulf coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) in the United States
Paddock CD, Fournier PE, Sumner JW, Goddard J, Elshenawy Y, Metcalfe MG, Loftis AD, Varela-Stokes A.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Mar 5.
- Management and outcomes after multiple corneal and solid organ transplantations from a donor infected with rabies virus
Maier T, Schwarting A, Mauer D, Ross RS, Martens A, Kliem V, Wahl J, Panning M, Baumgarte S, Muller T, Pfefferle S, Ebel H, Schmidt J, Tenner-Racz K, Racz P, Schmid M, Struber M, Wolters B, Gotthardt D, Bitz F, Frisch L, Pfeiffer N, Fickenscher H, Sauer P, Rupprecht CE, Roggendorf M, Haverich A, Galle P, Hoyer J, Drosten C.
Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Mar 5.
- Murine typhus in Austin, Texas, USA, 2008
Adjemian J, Parks S, McElroy K, Campbell J, Eremeeva ME, Nicholson WL, McQuiston J, Taylor J.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):412-7.
- Surveillance for west nile virus in American white pelicans, Montana, USA, 2006-2007
Johnson G, Nemeth N, Hale K, Lindsey N, Panella N, Komar N.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):406-11.
- Rickettsia felis, West Indies
Kelly PJ, Lucas H, Eremeeva ME, Dirks KG, Rolain JM, Yowell C, Thomas R, Douglas T, Dasch GA, Raoult D.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):570-1.
- Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Y. enterocolitica infections, FoodNet, 1996-2007
Long C, Jones TF, Vugia DJ, Scheftel J, Strockbine N, Ryan P, Shiferaw B, Tauxe RV, Gould LH.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):566-567.
- Infection of kissing bugs with Trypanosoma cruzi, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Reisenman CE, Lawrence G, Guerenstein PG, Gregory T, Dotson E, Hildebrand JG.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):400-5.
- The increasing recognition of rickettsial pathogens in dogs and people
Nicholson WL, Allen KE, McQuiston JH, Breitschwerdt EB, Little SE.
Trends Parasitol. 2010 Mar 4.
- Pleuritis and suppurative pneumonia associated with a hypermucoviscosity phenotype of Klebsiella pneumoniae in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)
Jang S, Wheeler L, Carey RB, Jensen B, Crandall CM, Schrader KN, Jessup D, Colegrove K, Gulland FM.
Vet Microbiol. 2010 Feb 24;141(1-2):174-7.
- Annual burden of ocular toxoplasmosis in the United States
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Communicable Diseases - HPV
- Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination and cervical cancer screening in women older than 30 years in the United States
Kim JJ, Ortendahl J, Goldie SJ.
Ann Intern Med. 2009 Oct 20;151(8):538-45.
- Age-specific evaluation of primary human papillomavirus screening vs conventional cytology in a randomized setting
Leinonen M, Nieminen P, Kotaniemi-Talonen L, Malila N, Tarkkanen J, Laurila P, Anttila A.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2009 Dec 2;101(23):1612-23.
- Comparison of liquid-based cytology with conventional cytology for detection of cervical cancer precursors: a randomized controlled trial
Siebers AG, Klinkhamer PJ, Grefte JM, Massuger LF, Vedder JE, Beijers-Broos A, Bulten J, et al.
JAMA. 2009 Oct 28;302(16):1757-64.
- HPV screening for cervical cancer in rural India
Sankaranarayanan R, Nene BM, Shastri SS, Jayant K, Muwonge R, Budukh AM, Hingmire S, et al.
N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 2;360(14):1385-94.
- ACOG practice bulletin no. 109: cervical cytology screening
Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Dec;114(6):1409-20.
- An evaluation of a Medicaid expansion for cancer care: the breast and cervical cancer prevention and treatment act of 2000
Lantz PM, Soliman S.
Womens Health Issues. 2009 Jul-Aug;19(4):221-31.
- Cost-effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccination and cervical cancer screening in women older than 30 years in the United States
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Environmental Health - Radiation
- The medical examiner/coroner's guide for contaminated deceased body management
Hanzlick R, Nolte K, deJong J.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2009 Dec;30(4):327-38.
- The RABIT: a rapid automated biodosimetry tool for radiological triage
Garty G, Chen Y, Salerno A, Turner H, Zhang J, Lyulko O, Bertucci A, et al.
Health Phys. 2010 Feb;98(2):209-17.
- The view from the trenches: part 1-emergency medical response plans and the need for EPR screening
Gougelet RM, Rea ME, Nicolalde RJ, Geiling JA, Swartz HM.
Health Phys. 2010 Feb;98(2):118-27.
- Triage dose assessment for partial-body exposure: dicentric analysis
Prasanna PG, Moroni M, Pellmar TC.
Health Phys. 2010 Feb;98(2):244-51.
- A critical assessment of biodosimetry methods for large-scale incidents
Swartz HM, Flood AB, Gougelet RM, Rea ME, Nicolalde RJ, Williams BB.
Health Phys. 2010 Feb;98(2):95-108.
- Management of persons contaminated with radionuclides: handbook
NCRP report no. 161. 2010 .
- The medical examiner/coroner's guide for contaminated deceased body management
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Short-term effects of health-care coverage legislation - Massachusetts, 2008
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Mar 12;59(9):262-267.
- Short-term effects of health-care coverage legislation - Massachusetts, 2008
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Communicable Diseases
- Circumcision status and HIV infection among MSM: reanalysis of a Phase III HIV vaccine clinical trial
Gust DA, Wiegand RE, Kretsinger K, Sansom S, Kilmarx PH, Bartholow BN, Chen RT.
AIDS. 2010 Feb 17.
- Circumcision status and HIV infection among MSM: reanalysis of a Phase III HIV vaccine clinical trial
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Evidence for the effectiveness of sterile injecting equipment provision in preventing hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus transmission among injecting drug users: a review of reviews
Palmateer N, Kimber J, Hickman M, Hutchinson S, Rhodes T, Goldberg D.
Addiction. 2010 Mar 2.
- Evidence for the effectiveness of sterile injecting equipment provision in preventing hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus transmission among injecting drug users: a review of reviews
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Maternal and Child Health
- Parental occurrence of stroke and risk of stroke in their children. The Framingham Study
Seshadri S, Beiser A, Pikula A, Himali JJ, Kelly-Hayes M, Debette S, Destefano AL, Romero JR, Kase CS, Wolf PA.
Circulation. 2010 Mar 8.
- Gestational weight gain and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus
Hedderson MM, Gunderson EP, Ferrara A.
Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Mar;115(3):597-604.
- Gaps in hospital policies and practices to prevent perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus
Willis BC, Wortley P, Wang SA, Jacques-Carroll L, Zhang F.
Pediatrics. 2010 Mar 8.
- Parental occurrence of stroke and risk of stroke in their children. The Framingham Study
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Medicine
- Perioperative mortality and long-term survival following live kidney donation
Segev DL, Muzaale AD, Caffo BS, Mehta SH, Singer AL, Taranto SE, McBride MA, Montgomery RA.
JAMA. 2010 Mar 10;303(10):959-66.
- Perioperative mortality and long-term survival following live kidney donation
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