Issue 50, December 17, 2012

Vol. 4, Issue: 50, 12/17/12

1. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Disability

     1. The Surgeon General's call to action to improve the health and wellness of persons with disabilities
        Office of the Surgeon General (US), Office on Disability (US).
        2005.
        
     2. World report on disability 2011
        World Health Organization.
        2011.
        
     3. A public health approach to addressing arthritis in older adults: the most common cause of disability
        Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Brady TJ.
        Am J Public Health. 2012 Mar;102(3):426-33.
        
     4. Americans with disabilities: 2005
        Brault M.
        Current Population Reports, U.S. Census Bureau. 2008 ;P70-117.
        
     5. Evolving views of disability and public health: the roles of advocacy and public health
        Krahn G, Campbell VA.
        Disabil Health J. 2011 Jan;4(1):12-8.
        
     6. Unmet needs for home and community-based services among persons with disabilities in Massachusetts
        Mitra M, Bogen K, Long-Bellil LM, Heaphy D.
        Disabil Health J. 2011 Oct;4(4):219-28.
        
     7. Health disparities among adults with physical disabilities or cognitive limitations compared to individuals with no disabilities in the United States
        Reichard A, Stolzle H, Fox MH.
        Disabil Health J. 2011 Apr;4(2):59-67.
        
     8. Teaching medical students about disability in family medicine
        Graham CL, Brown RS, Zhen H, McDermott S.
        Fam Med. 2009 Sep;41(8):542-4.
        
     9. Putting the public in public health: new approaches
        Benjamin GC.
        Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 Jul-Aug;25(4):1040-3.
        
     10. Eliminating health and health care disparities among the growing population of people with disabilities
         Iezzoni LI.
         Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Oct;30(10):1947-54.
         
     11. Prevalence and most common causes of disability among adults--United States, 2005
         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009 May 1;58(16):421-6.
         
     12. Disability and health in the United States, 2001-2005
         Altman B, Bernstein A.
         National Center for Health Statistics. 2008 .
         
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     13. Projections of type 1 and type 2 diabetes burden in the U.S. population aged <20 years through 2050: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and population growth
         Imperatore G, Boyle JP, Thompson TJ, Case D, Dabelea D, Hamman RF, Lawrence JM, Liese AD, Liu LL, Mayer-Davis EJ, Rodriguez BL, Standiford D.
         Diabetes Care. 2012 Dec;35(12):2515-2520.
         
     14. Circulating carotenoids and risk of breast cancer: pooled analysis of eight prospective studies
         Eliassen AH, Hendrickson SJ, Brinton LA, Buring JE, Campos H, Dai Q, Dorgan JF, Franke AA, Gao YT, Goodman MT, Hallmans G, Helzlsouer KJ, Hoffman-Bolton J, Hulten K, Sesso HD, Sowell AL, Tamimi RM, Toniolo P, Wilkens LR, Winkvist A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Hankinson SE.
         J Natl Cancer Inst. 2012 Dec 6.
         
     15. Prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment in US adults and associated risk factors, 1999-2002 and 2005-2008
         Ko F, Vitale S, Chou CF, Cotch MF, Saaddine J, Friedman DS.
         JAMA. 2012 Dec 12;308(22):2361-8.
         
     16. Benefits of a self-management program in low-income African-American women with systemic lupus erythematosus: results of a pilot test
         Drenkard C, Dunlop-Thomas C, Easley K, Bao G, Brady T, Lim S.
         Lupus. 2012 Dec;21(14):1586-93.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     17. Capacity building in response to pandemic influenza threats: Lao PDR case study
         Phommasack B, Moen A, Vongphrachanh P, Tsuyuoka R, Cox N, Khamphaphongphanh B, Phonekeo D, Kasai T, Ketmayoon P, Lewis H, Kounnavong B, Khanthamaly V, Corwin A.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Dec;87(6):965-971.
         
     18. Innate immune function and mortality in critically ill children with influenza: a multicenter study
         Hall MW, Geyer SM, Guo CY, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A, Jouvet P, Ferdinands J, Shay DK, Nateri J, Greathouse K, Sullivan R, Tran T, Keisling S, Randolph AG.
         Crit Care Med. 2012 Dec 6.
         
     19. Surgical interventions for drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
         Marrone MT, Venkataramanan V, Goodman M, Hill AC, Jereb JA, Mase SR.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Jan;17(1):6-16.
         
     20. Carriage of Neisseria lactamica in 1- to 29-year-old people in Burkina Faso: epidemiology and molecular characterization
         Kristiansen PA, Diomande F, Ouedraogo R, Sanou I, Sangare L, Ouedraogo AS, Ba AK, Kandolo D, Thomas JD, Clark TA, Preziosi MP, Laforce FM, Caugant DA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec;50(12):4020-7.
         
     21. Human parechovirus in respiratory specimens from children in Kansas City, Missouri
         Sharp J, Bell J, Harrison CJ, Nix WA, Oberste MS, Selvarangan R.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec;50(12):4111-3.
         
     22. Necrotizing cutaneous mucormycosis after a tornado in Joplin, Missouri, in 2011
         Fanfair RN, Benedict K, Bos J, Bennett SD, Lo YC, Adebanjo T, Etienne K, Deak E, Derado G, Shieh WJ, Drew C, Zaki S, Sugerman D, Gade L, Thompson EH, Sutton DA, Engelthaler DM, Schupp JM, Brandt ME, Harris JR, Lockhart SR, Turabelidze G, Park BJ.
         N Engl J Med. 2012 Dec 6;367(23):2214-25.
         
     23. Neurologic manifestations associated with an outbreak of typhoid fever, Malawi - Mozambique, 2009: an epidemiologic investigation
         Sejvar J, Lutterloh E, Naiene J, Likaka A, Manda R, Nygren B, Monroe S, Khaila T, Lowther SA, Capewell L, Date K, Townes D, Redwood Y, Schier J, Barr BT, Demby A, Mallewa M, Kampondeni S, Blount B, Humphrys M, Talkington D, Armstrong GL, Mintz E.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(12):e46099.
         

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     24. Evaluation of the American Red Cross disaster-related mortality surveillance system using Hurricane Ike data--Texas 2008
         Farag NH, Rey A, Noe R, Bayleyegn T, Wood AD, Zane D.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Dec 7.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     25. High SNP density in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, the principal vector of Lyme disease spirochetes
         Van Zee J, Black WC, Levin M, Goddard J, Smith J, Piesman J.
         Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2012 Dec 6.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     26. Added value of a household-level study during an outbreak investigation of Salmonella serotype Saintpaul infections, New Mexico 2008
         Boore AL, Jungk J, Russo ET, Redd JT, Angulo FJ, Williams IT, Cheek JE, Gould LH.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Dec 11:1-6.
         
     27. Investigating the effect of high spring incidence of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) on early autumn incidence
         Burkom H, Kniss K, Meltzer M, Brammer L, Elbert Y, Finelli L, Swerdlow D.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Dec;140(12):2210-22.
         
     28. Effect of coding rules on reporting of hypertension mortality
         Lu TH, Anderson RN, Kawachi I.
         Epidemiology. 2013 Jan;24(1):168-9.
         
     29. Reproductive number and serial interval of the first wave of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus in South Africa
         Archer BN, Tempia S, White LF, Pagano M, Cohen C.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(11):e49482.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     30. Differences between adiposity indicators for predicting all-cause mortality in a representative sample of United States non-elderly adults
         Kahn HS, Bullard KM, Barker LE, Imperatore G.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(11):e50428.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     31. The influence of television advertisements on promoting calls to telephone quitlines
         Farrelly M, Mann N, Watson K, Pechacek T.
         Health Educ Res. 2012 Dec 4.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     32. Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with healthcare-associated infections: summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009-2010
         Sievert DM, Ricks P, Edwards JR, Schneider A, Patel J, Srinivasan A, Kallen A, Limbago B, Fridkin S.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Jan;34(1):1-14.
         
     33. Bacteriophages are synergistic with bacterial interference for the prevention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation on urinary catheters
         Liao KS, Lehman SM, Tweardy DJ, Donlan RM, Trautner BW.
         J Appl Microbiol. 2012 Dec;113(6):1530-9.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     34. Cost implications of self-management education intervention programmes in arthritis
         Brady TJ.
         Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2012 Oct;26(5):611-25.
         
     35. Introduction to special issue of best practices in rheumatology: health economics of musculoskeletal diseases
         Murphy LB, Yelin E.
         Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2012 Oct;26(5):559-60.
         
     36. Compromised access to prescriptions and medical care because of cost among US adults with arthritis
         Murphy LB, Yelin E, Theis KA.
         Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2012 Oct;26(5):677-94.
         
     37. Exploring household economic impacts of childhood diarrheal illnesses in 3 African settings
         Rheingans R, Kukla M, Adegbola RA, Saha D, Omore R, Breiman RF, Sow SO, Onwuchekwa U, Nasrin D, Farag TH, Kotloff KL, Levine MM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;55 Suppl 4:S317-26.
         
     38. Direct healthcare costs of selected diseases primarily or partially transmitted by water
         Collier SA, Stockman LJ, Hicks LA, Garrison LE, Zhou FJ, Beach MJ.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Nov;140(11):2003-13.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     39. No risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome found after meningococcal conjugate vaccination in two large cohort studies
         Yih WK, Weintraub E, Kulldorff M.
         Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2012 Dec;21(12):1359-60.
         
     40. Causality assessment of adverse events reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
         Loughlin AM, Marchant CD, Adams W, Barnett E, Baxter R, Black S, Casey C, Dekker C, Edwards KM, Klein J, Klein NP, Larussa P, Sparks R, Jakob K.
         Vaccine. 2012 Nov 26;30(50):7253-9.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     41. Diagnostic performance of the BinaxNow Influenza A&B rapid antigen test in ED patients
         Self WH, McNaughton CD, Grijalva CG, Zhu Y, Chappell JD, Williams JV, Talbot HK, Shay DK, Griffin MR.
         Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Nov;30(9):1955-61.
         
     42. Effect of temperature and duration of storage on the stability of polyfluoroalkyl chemicals in human serum
         Kato K, Wong LY, Basden BJ, Calafat AM.
         Chemosphere. 2012 Dec 8.
         
     43. Evaluating the prognostic value of positron-emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging using automated software to calculate perfusion defect size
         Williams BA, Dorn JM, Lamonte MJ, Donahue RP, Trevisan M, Leonard DA, Greene RS, Merhige ME.
         Clin Cardiol. 2012 Nov;35(11):E14-21.
         
     44. Diagnostic microbiologic methods in the GEMS-1 case/control study
         Panchalingam S, Antonio M, Hossain A, Mandomando I, Ochieng B, Oundo J, Ramamurthy T, Tamboura B, Zaidi AK, Petri W, Houpt E, Murray P, Prado V, Vidal R, Steele D, Strockbine N, Sansonetti P, Glass RI, Robins-Browne RM, Tauschek M, Svennerholm AM, Kotloff K, Levine MM, Nataro JP.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;55 Suppl 4:S294-302.
         
     45. Comparison of nasal and nasopharyngeal swabs for influenza detection in adults
         Irving SA, Vandermause MF, Shay DK, Belongia EA.
         Clin Med Res. 2012 Nov;10(4):215-8.
         
     46. Effect of topical vaginal products on the detection of prostate-specific antigen, a biomarker of semen exposure, using ABAcards
         Snead MC, Kourtis AP, Black CM, Mauck CK, Brown TM, Penman-Aguilar A, Melendez JH, Gallo MF, Jamieson DJ, Macaluso M.
         Contraception. 2012 Dec 4.
         
     47. Influence of inorganic ions on aggregation and adsorption behaviors of human adenovirus
         Wong K, Mukherjee B, Kahler AM, Zepp R, Molina M.
         Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Oct 16;46(20):11145-53.
         
     48. Concentrations of bisphenol A and seven other phenols in pooled sera from 3-11 year old children: 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
         Ye X, Zhou X, Wong LY, Calafat AM.
         Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Nov 20;46(22):12664-71.
         
     49. Swab protocol for rapid laboratory diagnosis of cutaneous anthrax
         Dauphin LA, Marston CK, Bhullar V, Baker D, Rahman M, Hossain MJ, Chakraborty A, Khan SU, Hoffmaster AR.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec;50(12):3960-7.
         
     50. Lower-sensitivity and avidity modifications of the vitros anti-HIV 1+2 assay for detection of recent HIV infections and incidence estimation
         Keating SM, Hanson D, Lebedeva M, Laeyendecker O, Ali-Napo NL, Owen SM, Stramer SL, Moore RD, Norris PJ, Busch MP.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec;50(12):3968-76.
         
     51. Pseudo-outbreak of Lecanicillium and Acremonium species in orthopedic surgery patients
         Neal CO, Deak E, Chang LS, Gilmartin H, Gade L, Imanishi M, Price C, Brandt ME, Chiller T, Balajee SA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec;50(12):4103-6.
         
     52. Sequential triplex real-time PCR assay for detecting 21 pneumococcal capsular serotypes that account for a high global disease burden
         Pimenta FC, Roundtree A, Soysal A, Bakir M, du Plessis M, Wolter N, von Gottberg A, McGee L, Carvalho MG, Beall B.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec 5.
         
     53. Generation of dried tube specimen for HIV-1 viral load proficiency test panels: a cost-effective alternative for external quality assessment programs
         Ramos A, Nguyen S, Garcia A, Subbarao S, Nkengasong JN, Ellenberger D.
         J Virol Methods. 2012 Dec 6.
         
     54. Redox regulation by nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2: gatekeeping for the Basal and diabetes-induced expression of thioredoxin-interacting protein
         He X, Ma Q.
         Mol Pharmacol. 2012 Nov;82(5):887-97.
         
     55. Longitudinal monitoring of the development of antifilarial antibodies and acquisition of Wuchereria bancrofti in a highly endemic area of Haiti
         Hamlin KL, Moss DM, Priest JW, Roberts J, Kubofcik J, Gass K, Streit TG, Nutman TB, Eberhard ML, Lammie PJ.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Dec;6(12):e1941.
         
     56. Human monoclonal antibodies against highly conserved HR1 and HR2 domains of the SARS-CoV spike protein are more broadly neutralizing
         Elshabrawy HA, Coughlin MM, Baker SC, Prabhakar BS.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(11):e50366.
         
     57. Prevention of vaginal SHIV transmission in macaques by a coitally-dependent Truvada regimen
         Radzio J, Aung W, Holder A, Martin A, Sweeney E, Mitchell J, Bachman S, Pau CP, Heneine W, Garcia-Lerma JG.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(12):e50632.
         
     58. Toxicological analysis of limonene reaction products using an in vitro exposure system
         Anderson SE, Khurshid SS, Meade BJ, Lukomska E, Wells JR.
         Toxicol In Vitro. 2012 Dec 6.
         
     59. Isolation and phylogenetic analysis of Bartonella species from wild carnivores of the suborder Caniformia in Japan
         Sato S, Kabeya H, Miura T, Suzuki K, Bai Y, Kosoy M, Sentsui H, Kariwa H, Maruyama S.
         Vet Microbiol. 2012 Dec 28;161(1-2):130-6.
         
     60. Glutathione conjugation of busulfan produces a hydroxyl radical-trapping dehydroalanine metabolite
         Peer CJ, Younis IR, Leonard SS, Gannett PM, Minarchick VC, Kenyon AJ, Rojanasakul Y, Callery PS.
         Xenobiotica. 2012 Dec;42(12):1170-7.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     61. The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) of diarrheal disease in infants and young children in developing countries: epidemiologic and clinical methods of the case/control study
         Kotloff KL, Blackwelder WC, Nasrin D, Nataro JP, Farag TH, van Eijk A, Adegbola RA, Alonso PL, Breiman RF, Golam Faruque AS, Saha D, Sow SO, Sur D, Zaidi AK, Biswas K, Panchalingam S, Clemens JD, Cohen D, Glass RI, Mintz ED, Sommerfelt H, Levine MM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;55 Suppl 4:S232-45.
         
     62. Promoting women's health in hospitals: a focus on breastfeeding and lactation support for employees and patients
         Belay B, Allen J, Williams N, Dooyema C, Foltz J.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2012 Dec 5.
         
     63. Health care utilisation in the first year of life among infants of mothers with perinatal depression or anxiety
         Farr SL, Dietz PM, Rizzo JH, Vesco KK, Callaghan WM, Bruce FC, Bulkley JE, Hornbrook MC, Berg CJ.
         Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2013 Jan;27(1):81-8.
         
     64. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease: experience in the United States and implications for a potential group B streptococcal vaccine
         Schrag SJ, Verani JR.
         Vaccine. 2012 Dec 3.
         

   • Mining

     65. Evaluations of a noise control for roof bolting machines
         Azman A, Yantek D, Alcorn l.
         Min Eng. 2012 ;64(12):64-70.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     66. International environmental and occupational health: from individual scientists to networked science hubs
         Rosenthal J, Jessup C, Felknor S, Humble M, Bader F, Bridbord K.
         Am J Ind Med. 2012 Dec;55(12):1069-77.
         
     67. Using urinary biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic compound exposure to guide exposure-reduction strategies among asphalt paving workers
         McClean MD, Osborn LV, Snawder JE, Olsen LD, Kriech AJ, Sjodin A, Li Z, Smith JP, Sammons DL, Herrick RF, Cavallari JM.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2012 Nov;56(9):1013-24.
         
     68. Maternal occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and congenital heart defects among offspring in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
         Lupo PJ, Symanski E, Langlois PH, Lawson CC, Malik S, Gilboa SM, Lee LJ, Agopian AJ, Desrosiers TA, Waters MA, Romitti PA, Correa A, Shaw GM, Mitchell LE.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Nov;94(11):875-81.
         
     69. Interventions to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss
         Verbeek JH, Kateman E, Morata TC, Dreschler WA, Mischke C.
         Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 ;10:CD006396.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     70. Evaluation of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for measurement of silica on filter samples of coal dust
         Stipe CB, Miller AL, Brown J, Guevara E, Cauda E.
         Appl Spectrosc. 2012 Nov;66(11):1286-93.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     71. A review of toxoplasmosis in humans and animals in Ethiopia
         Dubey JP, Tiao N, Gebreyes WA, Jones JL.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Nov;140(11):1935-8.
         
     72. Rationale for short course primaquine in Africa to interrupt malaria transmission
         Eziefula AC, Gosling R, Hwang J, Hsiang MS, Bousema T, von Seidlein L, Drakeley C.
         Malar J. 2012 ;11(1):360.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     73. Improving the implementation of a condom availability program in urban high schools
         De Rosa CJ, Jeffries RA, Afifi AA, Cumberland WG, Chung EQ, Kerndt PR, Ethier KA, Martinez E, Loya RV, Dittus PJ.
         J Adolesc Health. 2012 Dec;51(6):572-9.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     74. Neural tube defects and maternal intake of micronutrients related to one-carbon metabolism or antioxidant activity
         Chandler AL, Hobbs CA, Mosley BS, Berry RJ, Canfield MA, Qi YP, Siega-Riz AM, Shaw GM.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Nov;94(11):864-74.
         
     75. Prevalence of esophageal atresia among 18 international birth defects surveillance programs
         Nassar N, Leoncini E, Amar E, Arteaga-Vazquez J, Bakker MK, Bower C, Canfield MA, Castilla EE, Cocchi G, Correa A, Csaky-Szunyogh M, Feldkamp ML, Khoshnood B, Landau D, Lelong N, Lopez-Camelo JS, Lowry RB, McDonnell R, Merlob P, Metneki J, Morgan M, Mutchinick OM, Palmer MN, Rissmann A, Siffel C, Sipek A, Szabova E, Tucker D, Mastroiacovo P.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Nov;94(11):893-9.
         
     76. Neural tube defects on the Texas-Mexico border: what we've learned in the 20 years since the Brownsville cluster
         Suarez L, Felkner M, Brender JD, Canfield M, Zhu H, Hendricks KA.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Nov;94(11):882-92.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     77. Love and hooking up in the new millennium: communication technology and relationships among urban African American and Puerto Rican young adults
         Bergdall AR, Kraft JM, Andes K, Carter M, Hatfield-Timajchy K, Hock-Long L.
         J Sex Res. 2012 ;49(6):570-82.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     78. Genotypic characterization of Streptococcus infantarius subsp. coli isolates from sea otters with infective endocarditis and/or septicemia and from environmental mussel samples
         Counihan-Edgar KL, Gill VA, Doroff AM, Burek KA, Miller WA, Shewmaker PL, Jang S, Goertz CE, Tuomi PA, Miller MA, Jessup DA, Byrne BA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec;50(12):4131-3.
         
   
   

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   
   Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.

   • MMWR in the Media

     79. Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis transmitted by person-to-person contact - United States, 2009-2010
         Wikswo ME, Hall AJ.
         MMWR Surveill Summ. 2012 Dec 14;61(9):1-12.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     80. Prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment in US adults and associated risk factors, 1999-2002 and 2005-2008
         Ko F, Vitale S, Chou CF, Cotch MF, Saaddine J, Friedman DS.
         JAMA. 2012 Dec 12;308(22):2361-8.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     81. Second hand smoke exposure and the risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children: systematic review and meta-analysis
         Murray RL, Britton J, Leonardi-Bee J.
         BMC Public Health. 2012 Dec 10;12(1):1062.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     82. Smoking, smoking cessation and risk of sudden cardiac death in women
         Sandhu RK, Jimenez MC, Chiuve SE, Fitzgerald KC, Kenfield SA, Tedrow UB, Albert CM.
         Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2012 Dec 11.
         
   
   

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