Issue 9, September 28, 2009

Vol. 1, Issue: 9, 9/28/09

Welcome 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), Health Care Economics, and Occupational Safety and Health)
• 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. Breast cancer receptor status: do results from a centralized pathology laboratory agree with SEER registry reports?
        Ma H, Wang Y, Sullivan-Halley J, Weiss L, Burkman RT, Simon MS, Malone KE, Strom BL, Ursin G, Marchbanks PA, McDonald JA, Spirtas R, Press MF, Bernstein L.
        Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Aug;18(8):2214-20.
        
     2. Complementary and alternative medicine use in chronic liver disease patients
        Ferrucci LM, Bell BP, Dhotre KB, Manos MM, Terrault NA, Zaman A, Murphy RC, Vanness GR, Thomas AR, Bialek SR, Desai MM, Sofair AN.
        J Clin Gastroenterol. 2009 Sep 23.
        
     3. Addressing cancer survivorship through public health: an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
        Fairley TL, Pollack LA, Moore AR, Smith JL.
        J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009 Sep 29;18(10):1525-31.
        
     4. JNK1 activation predicts the prognostic outcome of the human hepatocellular carcinoma
        Chang Q, Chen J, Beezhold KJ, Castranova V, Shi X, Chen F.
        Mol Cancer. 2009 ;8:64.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     5. Prevalence of unprotected anal intercourse among HIV-diagnosed MSM in the United States: a meta-analysis
        Crepaz N, Marks G, Liau A, Mullins MM, Aupont LW, Marshall KJ, Jacobs ED, Wolitski RJ, Hiv Aids Prevention Research Synthesis Team.
        AIDS. 2009 Aug 24;23(13):1617-29.
        
     6. Proviral loads and clonal expansion of HTLV-1-infected cells following vertical transmission: a 10-year follow-up of children in Jamaica
        Umeki K, Hisada M, Maloney EM, Hanchard B, Okayama A.
        Intervirology. 2009 ;52(3):115-22.
        
     7. Risk of norovirus transmission during air travel
        Kornylo K, Kim DK, Widdowson MA, Turabelidze G, Averhoff FM.
        J Travel Med. 2009 Sep-Oct;16(5):349-51.
        
     8. An early 'classical' swine H1N1 influenza virus shows similar pathogenicity to the 1918 pandemic virus in ferrets and mice
        Memoli MJ, Tumpey TM, Jagger BW, Dugan VG, Sheng ZM, Qi L, Kash JC, Taubenberger JK.
        Virology. 2009 Sep 4;393(2):338-45.
        

   • Community Health Services

     9. A Community Health Advisor Program to reduce cardiovascular risk among rural African-American women
        Cornell CE, Littleton MA, Greene PG, Pulley L, Brownstein JN, Sanderson BK, Stalker VG, Matson-Koffman D, Struempler B, Raczynski JM.
        Health Educ Res. 2009 Aug;24(4):622-33.
        

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     10. Expert consensus guidelines for stocking of antidotes in hospitals that provide emergency care
         Dart RC, Borron SW, Caravati EM, Cobaugh DJ, Curry SC, Falk JL, Goldfrank L, Gorman SE, Groft S, Heard K, Miller K, Olson KR, O'Malley G, Seger D, Seifert SA, Sivilotti ML, Schaeffer T, Tomassoni AJ, Wise R, Bogdan GM, Alhelail M, Buchanan J, Hoppe J, Lavonas E, Mlynarchek S, Phua DH, Rhyee S, Varney S, Zosel A, Antidote Summit Authorship G.
         Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Sep;54(3):386-94 e1.
         
     11. Recommendations for modeling disaster responses in public health and medicine: a position paper of the society for medical decision making
         Brandeau ML, McCoy JH, Hupert N, Holty JE, Bravata DM.
         Med Decis Making. 2009 Jul-Aug;29(4):438-60.
         

   • Environmental Health

     12. Climate change and emergency medicine: impacts and opportunities
         Hess JJ, Heilpern KL, Davis TE, Frumkin H.
         Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Aug;16(8):782-94.
         
     13. Modulation of the effect of prenatal PAH exposure on PAH-DNA adducts in cord blood by plasma antioxidants
         Kelvin EA, Edwards S, Jedrychowski W, Schleicher RL, Camann D, Tang D, Perera FP.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Aug;18(8):2262-8.
         
     14. Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and exposure to pesticides
         Soldin OP, Nsouly-Maktabi H, Genkinger JM, Loffredo CA, Ortega-Garcia JA, Colantino D, Barr DB, Luban NL, Shad AT, Nelson D.
         Ther Drug Monit. 2009 Aug;31(4):495-501.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     15. Design and implementation of a controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of routine opt-out rapid human immunodeficiency virus screening in the emergency department
         Haukoos JS, Hopkins E, Byyny RL, Conroy AA, Silverman M, Eisert S, Thrun M, Wilson M, Boyett B, Heffelfinger JD, Denver E. D. H. I. V. Opt-Out Study Group.
         Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Aug;16(8):800-8.
         
     16. Epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the United States, 1993-2006
         Peto HM, Pratt RH, Harrington TA, Lobue PA, Armstrong LR.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 30;49(9):1350-7.
         
     17. Population-based surveillance for hepatitis C virus, United States, 2006-2007
         Klevens RM, Miller J, Vonderwahl C, Speers S, Alelis K, Sweet K, Rocchio E, Poissant T, Vogt TM, Gallagher K.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Sep;15(9):1499-502.
         
     18. Cryptosporidium surveillance and risk factors in the United States
         Yoder JS, Beach MJ.
         Exp Parasitol. 2009 Sep 25.
         
     19. Using death certificates to characterize sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): Opportunities and limitations
         Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Kim SY, Chu SY, Kahn E, Anderson RN.
         J Pediatr. 2010 Sep 25;156(1):38-43.
         
     20. Caution is required when using health facility-based data to evaluate the health impact of malaria control efforts in Africa
         Rowe AK, Kachur SP, Yoon SS, Lynch M, Slutsker L, Steketee RW.
         Malar J. 2009 ;8:209.
         

   • Food Safety

     21. Outbreak of salmonella wandsworth and typhimurium infections in infants and toddlers traced to a commercial vegetable-coated snack food
         Sotir MJ, Ewald G, Kimura AC, Higa JI, Sheth A, Troppy S, Meyer S, Hoekstra RM, Austin J, Archer J, Spayne M, Daly ER, Griffin PM, the Salmonella Wandsworth Outbreak Investigation Team.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Sep 24;28(12):1041-6.
         

   • Global Health

     22. Global emm type distribution of group A streptococci: systematic review and implications for vaccine development
         Steer AC, Law I, Matatolu L, Beall BW, Carapetis JR.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2009 Oct;9(10):611-6.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     23. Development of a spiritually based educational program to increase colorectal cancer screening among African American men and women
         Holt CL, Roberts C, Scarinci I, Wiley SR, Eloubeidi M, Crowther M, Bolland J, Litaker MS, Southward V, Coughlin SS.
         Health Commun. 2009 Jul;24(5):400-12.
         
     24. Applying core principles to the design and evaluation of the 'Take Charge. Take the Test' campaign: what worked and lessons learned
         Fraze JL, Uhrig JD, Davis KC, Taylor MK, Lee NR, Spoeth S, Robinson A, Smith K, Johnston J, McElroy L.
         Public Health. 2009 Sep 25;123(Suppl 1):e23-30.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     25. Antibody levels and protection after hepatitis B vaccine: results of a 22-year follow-up study and response to a booster dose
         McMahon BJ, Dentinger CM, Bruden D, Zanis C, Peters H, Hurlburt D, Bulkow L, Fiore AE, Bell BP, Hennessy TW.
         J Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 28;200(9):1390-6.
         
     26. [Post vaccination rotavirus surveillance in Hungary, in 2007]
         Laszlo B, Czellar E, Deak J, Juhasz A, Kovacs J, Konya J, Meszaros J, Meszner Z, Mihaly I, Molnar P, Nyul Z, Patri L, Puskas E, Schneider F, Siffel C, Toth A, Toth E, Szucs G, Banyai K.
         Orv Hetil. 2009 Aug 2;150(31):1443-50.
         
     27. Vaccination focusing immunity on conserved antigens protects mice and ferrets against virulent H1N1 and H5N1 influenza A viruses
         Price GE, Soboleski MR, Lo CY, Misplon JA, Pappas C, Houser KV, Tumpey TM, Epstein SL.
         Vaccine. 2009 Sep 1;27(47):6512-21.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     28. The theoretical and empirical links between bullying behavior and male sexual violence perpetration
         Basile KC, Espelage DL, Rivers I, McMahon PM, Simon TR.
         Aggress Violent Behav. 2009 September/October;14(5):336-47.
         
     29. Emergency department visits for alcohol-related unintentional traumatic injuries, United States, 2001
         Shults RA, Elder RW, Hungerford DW, Strife BJ, Ryan GW.
         J Safety Res. 2009 ;40(4):329-31.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     30. A regression-based association test for case-control studies that uses inferred ancestral haplotype similarity
         Liu Y, Li YJ, Satten GA, Allen AS, Tzeng JY.
         Ann Hum Genet. 2009 Sep;73(Pt 5):520-6.
         
     31. Population structure of the Lyme borreliosis spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in the western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
         Girard YA, Travinsky B, Schotthoefer A, Fedorova N, Eisen RJ, Eisen L, Barbour AG, Lane RS.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Sep 25;75(22):7243-52.
         
     32. Characterization of extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant salmonella enterica serovar heidelberg isolated from humans in the United States
         Folster JP, Pecic G, Bolcen S, Theobald L, Hise K, Carattoli A, Zhao S, McDermott PF, Whichard JM.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2009 Sep 28.
         
     33. Multilaboratory validation study of standardized multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis protocol for shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli O157: a novel approach to normalize fragment size data between capillary electrophoresis platforms
         Hyytia-Trees E, Lafon P, Vauterin P, Ribot EM.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2009 Sep 28.
         
     34. The rhabdoviruses: biodiversity, phylogenetics, and evolution
         Kuzmin IV, Novella IS, Dietzgen RG, Padhi A, Rupprecht CE.
         Infect Genet Evol. 2009 Jul;9(4):541-53.
         
     35. Rotavirus and coxsackievirus infection activated different profiles of toll-like receptors and chemokines in intestinal epithelial cells
         Xu J, Yang Y, Wang C, Jiang B.
         Inflamm Res. 2009 Sep;58(9):585-92.
         
     36. beta-Ionone reactions with the nitrate radical: rate constant and gas-phase products
         Harrison JC, Ham JE.
         Int J Chem Kinet. 2009 Oct;41(10):629-41.
         
     37. On-line coupling of anion exchange and ion-pair chromatography for measurement of intracellular triphosphate metabolites of reverse transcriptase inhibitors
         Kuklenyik Z, Martin A, Pau CP, Holder A, Youngpairoj AS, Zheng Q, Cong ME, Garcia-Lerma JG, Heneine W, Pirkle JL, Barr JR.
         J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2009 Sep 11;877(29):3659-66.
         
     38. Screening of a large, global Aspergillus fumigatus species complex collection using a species specific microsphere based Luminex assay
         Etienne KA, Gade L, Lockhart SR, Diekema DJ, Messer SA, Pfaller MA, Balajee SA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep 30;47(12):4171-2.
         
     39. Distribution of lag-1 alleles and sequence-based types among Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 clinical and environmental isolates in the United States
         Kozak NA, Benson RF, Brown E, Alexander NT, Taylor TH, Shelton BG, Fields BS.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Aug;47(8):2525-35.
         
     40. Comparison of typing results obtained for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates with the DiversiLab system and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
         Tenover FC, Gay EA, Frye S, Eells SJ, Healy M, McGowan JE.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Aug;47(8):2452-7.
         
     41. Blood gene expression markers to detect and distinguish target organ toxicity
         Umbright C, Sellamuthu R, Li S, Kashon M, Luster M, Joseph P.
         Mol Cell Biochem. 2009 Sep 26.
         
     42. Measurement of methamphetamine on surfaces using surface plasmon resonance
         Smith JP, Martin A, Sammons DL, Striley C, Biagini R, Quinn J, Cope R, Snawder JE.
         Toxicol Mech Methods. 2009 Sep;19(6-7):416-21.
         
     43. Association between glomerular filtration rate, free, total, and percent free prostate-specific antigen
         Joseph DA, Thompson T, Saraiya M, Werny DM.
         Urology. 2009 Sep 23.
         
     44. Development of a RVFV ELISA that can distinguish infected from vaccinated animals
         McElroy AK, Albarino CG, Nichol ST.
         Virol J. 2009 ;6:125.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     45. Newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus: options for hospital-based and public health programs
         Grosse SD, Dollard S, Ross DS, Cannon M.
         J Clin Virol. 2009 Sep 25;46(Suppl 4):S32-6.
         
     46. Race-specific trends in infant mortality: contributions of birth-weight distribution and birth-weight-specific mortality, Louisiana 1991-2002
         Burka G, Mather FJ, Acuna JM, Tran T.
         J La State Med Soc. 2009 Jul-Aug;161(4):199-205.
         
     47. Risk factors for lower respiratory tract infection death among infants in the United States, 1999-2004
         Singleton RJ, Wirsing EA, Haberling DL, Christensen KY, Paddock CD, Hilinski JA, Stoll BJ, Holman RC.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Oct;124(4):e768-76.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     48. High dietary antioxidant intakes are associated with decreased chromosome translocation frequency in airline pilots
         Yong LC, Petersen MR, Sigurdson AJ, Sampson LA, Ward EM.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep 30;90(5):1402-10.
         
     49. DNA double strand breaks by asbestos, silica and titanium dioxide: possible biomarker of carcinogenic potential?
         Msiska Z, Pacurari M, Mishra A, Leonard SS, Castranova V, Vallyathan V.
         Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2009 Sep 25.
         
     50. Peripheral and central auditory dysfunction induced by occupational exposure to organic solvents
         Fuente A, Slade MD, Taylor T, Morata TC, Keith RW, Sparer J, Rabinowitz PM.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Sep 25;51(10):1202-11.
         
     51. Exposure-response relationship and risk assessment for cognitive deficits in early welding-induced manganism
         Park RM, Bowler RM, Roels HA.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Sep 25;51(10):1125-36.
         
     52. Mild steel welding fume causes manganese accumulation and subtle neuroinflammatory changes but not overt neuronal damage in discrete brain regions of rats after short-term inhalation exposure
         Antonini JM, Sriram K, Benkovic SA, Roberts JR, Stone S, Chen BT, Schwegler-Berry D, Jefferson AM, Billig BK, Felton CM, Hammer MA, Ma F, Frazer DG, O'Callaghan JP, Miller DB.
         Neurotoxicology. 2009 Sep 24;30(6):915-25.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     53. A pilot study of the role of visual attention locations and work position in underground coal mines
         Bartels JR, Gallagher S, Ambrose DH.
         Prof Safety. 2009 Aug;54(8):28-35.
         

   • Public Health, General

     54. Prevalence, characteristics, and associated health and health care of family homelessness among fifth-grade students
         Coker TR, Elliott MN, Kanouse DE, Grunbaum JA, Gilliland MJ, Tortolero SR, Cuccaro P, Schuster MA.
         Am J Public Health. 2009 Aug;99(8):1446-52.
         
     55. Socioeconomic status and utilization of health care services in Canada and the United States: Findings from a binational health survey
         Blackwell DL, Martinez ME, Gentleman JF, Sanmartin C, Berthelot JM.
         Med Care. 2009 Sep 23;47(11):1136-46.
         
     56. Xenotransplantation, xenogeneic infections, biotechnology, and public health
         Chapman LE.
         Mt Sinai J Med. 2009 Sep 28;76(5):435-41.
         

   • Zoonoses

     57. Pathogen prevalence and blood meal identification in Amblyomma ticks as a means of reservoir host determination for ehrlichial pathogens
         Pierce KA, Paddock CD, Sumner JW, Nicholson WL.
         Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Sep 28.
         

2. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Communicable Diseases - 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

     58. Identification of hemagglutinin structural domain and polymorphisms which may modulate swine H1N1 interactions with human receptor
         Veljkovic V, Niman HL, Glisic S, Veljkovic N, Perovic V, Muller CP.
         BMC Struct Biol. 2009 Sep 28;9(1):62.
         
     59. The influenza A(H1N1) epidemic in Mexico. Lessons learned
         Cordova-Villalobos JA, Sarti E, Arzoz-Padres J, Manuell-Lee G, Romero J, Kuri-Morales PA.
         Health Res Policy Syst. 2009 Sep 28;7(1):21.
         
     60. Switching gears for an influenza pandemic: validation of a duplex RT-PCR for simultaneous detection and confirmation of pandemic (H1N1) 2009
         Leblanc JJ, Li Y, Bastien N, Forward KR, Davidson RJ, Hatchette TF.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Sep 30;47(12):3805-13.
         
     61. Novel H1N1 influenza and respiratory protection for health care workers
         Shine K, Rogers B, Goldfrank L.
         N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 30;361(19):1823-5.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     62. Advancing the science of health care costing
         Lipscomb J, Barnett PG, Brown ML, Lawrence W, Yabroff KR.
         Med Care. 2009 Jul;47(7 Suppl 1):S120-6.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     63. An elementary framework for judging the cardiovascular toxicity of carbon soot: experiences from an occupational health survey of diamond industry workers
         Beniwal R, Shivgotra VK.
         Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2009 Sep 24.
         
     64. Call from China for joint nanotech toxicity-testing effort
         Bi S, Zhang J, Cheng J.
         Nature. 2009 Oct 1;461(7264):593.
         
     65. Nanoparticle safety in doubt
         Gilbert N.
         Nature. 2009 Aug 20;460(7258):937.
         
     66. Long-term inhalation toxicity studies with multi-walled carbon nanotubes: closing the gaps or initiating the debate?
         Warheit DB.
         Toxicol Sci. 2009 Sep 26;112(2):273-5.
         

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     67. Influenza vaccination coverage among children aged 6 months--18 years --- eight immunization information system sentinel sites, United States, 2008--09 influenza season
         MMWR. 2009 Oct 2;58(38):1059-62.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     68. Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in women participating in the Black Women's Health Study
         Agurs-Collins T, Rosenberg L, Makambi K, Palmer JR, Adams-Campbell L.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep;90(3):621-8.
         
     69. Prostate cancer screening decisions: results from the national survey of medical decisions (DECISIONS study)
         Hoffman RM, Couper MP, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Levin CA, McNaughton-Collins M, Helitzer DL, VanHoewyk J, Barry MJ.
         Arch Intern Med. 2009 Sep 28;169(17):1611-8.
         
     70. Adiposity and weight change in mid-life in relation to healthy survival after age 70 in women: prospective cohort study
         Sun Q, Townsend MK, Okereke OI, Franco OH, Hu FB, Grodstein F.
         BMJ. 2009 ;339:b3796.
         
     71. Melanoma epidemic: a midsummer night's dream?
         Levell NJ, Beattie CC, Shuster S, Greenberg DC.
         Br J Dermatol. 2009 Sep;161(3):630-4.
         
     72. Surveillance of prophylactic mastectomy: trends in use from 1995 through 2005
         McLaughlin CC, Lillquist PP, Edge SB.
         Cancer. 2009 Sep 28;115(23):5404-12.
         
     73. Asian Americans: diabetes prevalence across U.S. and World Health Organization weight classifications
         Oza-Frank R, Ali MK, Vaccarino V, Narayan KM.
         Diabetes Care. 2009 Sep;32(9):1644-6.
         
     74. Exercise and prostate cancer risk in a cohort of veterans undergoing prostate needle biopsy
         Antonelli JA, Jones LW, Banez LL, Thomas JA, Anderson K, Taylor LA, Gerber L, Anderson T, Hoyo C, Grant D, Freedland SJ.
         J Urol. 2009 Sep 14;182(5):2226-31.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     75. Closing the schools: lessons from the 1918-19 U.S. influenza pandemic
         Stern A, Cetron M, Markel H.
         Health Affairs. 2009 ;28(6):w 1066-78.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     76. Does vitamin A supplementation interact with routine vaccinations? An analysis of the Ghana vitamin A supplementation trial
         Benn CS, Aaby P, Nielsen J, Binka FN, Ross DA.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep;90(3):629-39.
         
     77. Comparative efficacy of inactivated and live attenuated influenza vaccines
         Monto AS, Ohmit SE, Petrie JG, Johnson E, Truscon R, Teich E, Rotthoff J, Boulton M, Victor JC.
         N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 24;361(13):1260-7.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     78. The role of concussion history and gender in recovery from soccer-related concussion
         Colvin AC, Mullen J, Lovell MR, West RV, Collins MW, Groh M.
         Am J Sports Med. 2009 Sep;37(9):1699-704.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     79. Ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 signaling regulates mammalian life span
         Selma C, Tullet J, Wieser D, Irvine E, Lingard S, Choudhury A, Claret M, Al-Qassab H, Carmignac D, Ramadani F, Woods A, Robinson I, Schuster E, Batterham R, Kozma S, Thomas G, Carling D, Okkenhaug K, Thornton J, Partridge L, Gems D, Withers D.
         Science. 2009 Oct 2;326(140):142-4.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     80. Association between pregnancy body mass index and congenital heart defects
         Gilboa S, Correa A, Botto L, Rasmussen S, Waller D, Hobbs C, Cleves M, Riehle-Colarusso T, National Birth Defects Prevention Study.
         Am J Obstet Gyn. 2009 .
         
     81. Lingering prenatal effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic on cardiovascular disease
         Mazumder B, Almond D, Park K, Crimmins E, Finch C.
         J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2009 .
         
     82. Family-based treatment of severe pediatric obesity: randomized, controlled trial
         Kalarchian MA, Levine MD, Arslanian SA, Ewing LJ, Houck PR, Cheng Y, Ringham RM, Sheets CA, Marcus MD.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Oct;124(4):1060-8.
         

   • Public Health, General

     83. State indicator report on fruits and vegetables, 2009
         Fruits and Veggies Matter: For Health Professionals [Web site]. 2009 2009:1-8.
         
     84. Life and death during the Great Depression
         Tapia Granados J, Diez Roux A.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2009 ;106(41):17290-5.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     85. Peer status in school and adult disease risk: A 30-year follow-up study of disease-specific morbidity in a Stockholm cohort
         Almquist Y.
         J Epidemiol Community Health. 2009 ;63(12):1028-34.
         

   • Vital Statistics

     86. Injury episodes and circumstances: National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2007
         Chen L, Warner M, Fingerhut L, Makuc D.
         Vital and Health Statistics. 2009 Sept ;10(241):8-13.
         

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