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1998, volume 88, articles 12

Public health and brownfields: Reviving the past to protect the future pp. 1759-1760

M. Greenberg, Cheng Few Lee and C. Powers

Air pollution and hospital admissions in Sydney, Australia, 1990 to 1994 pp. 1761-1766

G. Morgan, S. Corbett and J. Wlodarczyk

Hair-color products and risk for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A population- based study in the San Francisco Bay area pp. 1767-1773

E.A. Holly, C. Lele and P.M. Bracci

Health effects associated with sulfuryl fluoride and methyl bromide exposure among structural fumigation workers pp. 1774-1780

G.M. Calvert, C.A. Mueller, J.M. Fajen, D.W. Chrislip, J. Russo, T. Briggle, L.E. Fleming, A.J. Suruda and K. Steenland

Determinants of nitrogen dioxide concentrations in indoor ice skating rinks pp. 1781-1786

J.I. Levy, K. Lee, Y. Yanagisawa, P. Hutchinson and J.D. Spengler

Residential magnetic fields and childhood leukemia: A meta-analysis pp. 1787-1794

D. Wartenberg

'Lifeguard lung': Endemic granulomatous pneumonitis in an indoor swimming pool pp. 1795-1800

C.S. Rose, J.W. Martyny, S.L. Newman, D.K. Milton, T.E. King, J.L. Beebe, J.B. McCammon, R.E. Hoffman and K. Kreiss

Declining seroprevalence in a very large HIV epidemic: Injecting drug users in New York City, 1991 to 1996 pp. 1801-1806

D.C. Des Jarlais, T. Perlis, S.R. Friedman, S. Deren, T. Chapman, J.L. Sotheran, S. Tortu, M. Beardsley, D. Paone, L.V. Torian, S.T. Beatrice, E. DeBernardo, E. Monterroso and M. Marmor

Physical activity patterns associated with cardiorespiratory fitness and reduced mortality: The aerobics center longitudinal study pp. 1807-1813

J.R. Stofan, L. DiPietro, D. Davis, H.W. Kohl and S.N. Blair

Quality of life in relation to overweight and body fat distribution pp. 1814-1820

T.S. Han, M.A.R. Tijhuis, M.E.J. Lean and J.C. Seidell

Immunization status and sociodemographic characteristics: The mediating role of beliefs, attitudes, and perceived control pp. 1821-1826

R. Prislin, J.A. Dyer, C.H. Blakely and C.D. Johnson

Claims incidence of work-related disorders of the upper extremities: Washington State, 1987 through 1995 pp. 1827-1833

B. Silverstein, E. Welp, N. Nelson and J. Kalat

Restaurant smoking restrictions and environmental tobacco smoke exposure pp. 1834-1836

M. Brauer and A. 'T Mannetje

Soil lead abatement and children's blood lead levels in an urban setting pp. 1837-1839

K.P. Farrell, M.C. Brophy, J.J. Chisolm , C.A. Rohde and W.J. Strauss

Children's exposure to traffic and pedestrian injuries pp. 1840-1843

A. Macpherson, I. Roberts and I. Barry Pless

A community-initiated study of blood lead levels of Nicaraguan children living near a battery factory pp. 1843-1845

C.M. Bonilla and E.A. Mauss

Potential barriers to the removal of norplant among family planning clinic patients pp. 1846-1849

D. Kalmuss, A. Davidson, L. Cushman, S. Heartwell and M. Rulin

Breast-feeding initiation in New York City, 1979 to 1996 pp. 1850-1852

K.D. Rosenberg, C. McMurtrie, B.D. Kerker, Y. Na and E.H. Graham

Scales of geography, time, and population: The study of violence as a public health problem pp. 1853-1858

D. Wallace and R. Wallace

The effects of differential unemployment rate increases of occupation groups on changes in mortality pp. 1859-1861

P.T. Martikainen and T. Valkonen

The effectiveness of a tobacco prevention program with adolescents living in a tobacco-producing region pp. 1862-1865

M.P. Noland, R.J. Kryscio, R.S. Riggs, L.H. Linville, V.Y. Ford and T.C. Tucker

Changes in dental fluorosis and dental caries in Newburgh and Kingston, New York pp. 1866-1870

J.V. Kumar, P.A. Swango, L.L. Lininger, G.S. Leske, E.L. Green and V.B. Haley

Childhood lead poisoning: The promise and abandonment of primary prevention pp. 1871-1877

H.L. Needleman

Rear seat belt accessibility and occupant seat belt use in New York City taxicabs [1] pp. 1878

S.M. Manoach, G.R. Bruno, G. Grasso-Knight and L.R. Goldfrank

Lead effects research [2] (multiple letters) pp. 1879-1880

C.B. Ernhart, G.A. Wasserman, J. Graziano and P. Factor-Litvak

1998, volume 88, articles 11

A vision of social justice as the foundation of public health: Commemorating 150 years of the spirit of 1848 pp. 1603-1606

N. Krieger and A.-E. Birn

Comment: The past and future of national comprehensive tobacco control legislation pp. 1606-1607

M.N. Akhter, M.L. Myers, W.D. Novelli, J. Seffrin and C. Wheeler

Service system integration, access to services, and housing outcomes in a program for homeless persons with severe mental illness pp. 1610-1615

R. Rosenheck, J. Morrissey, J. Lam, M. Galloway, M. Johnsen, H. Goldman, F. Randolph, M. Blasinsky, A. Fontana, R. Calsyn and G. Teague

Substance abuse and the course of welfare dependency pp. 1616-1622

L. Schmidt, C. Weisner and J. Wiley

The effect of expanding Medicaid prenatal services on birth outcomes pp. 1623-1629

L.-M. Baldwin, E.H. Larson, F.A. Connell, D. Nordlund, K.C. Cain, M.L. Cawthon, P. Byrns and R.A. Rosenblatt

Return to work following injury: The role of economic, social, and job- related factors pp. 1630-1637

E.J. MacKenzie, J.A. Morris , G.J. Jurkovich, Y. Yasui, B.M. Cushing, A.R. Burgess, B.J. DeLateur, M.P. McAndrew and M.F. Swiontkowski

Costs and cost-effectiveness of a universal, school-based hepatitis B vaccination program pp. 1638-1644

M. Krahn, R. Guasparini, M. Sherman and A.S. Detsky

A method for estimating solid organ donor potential by organ procurement region pp. 1645-1650

C.L. Christiansen, S.L. Gortmaker, J.M. Williams, C.L. Beasley, L.E. Brigham, C. Capossela, M.E. Matthiesen and S. Gunderson

Predictors of homelessness among families in New York City: From shelter request to housing stability pp. 1651-1657

M. Shinn, B.C. Weitzman, D. Stojanovic, J.R. Knickman, L. Jiménez, L. Duchon, S. James and D.H. Krantz

Neighbors for a smoke free north side: Evaluation of a community organization approach to promoting smoking cessation among African Americans pp. 1658-1663

E.B. Fisher, W.F. Auslander, J.F. Munro, C.L. Arfken, R.C. Brownson and N.W. Owens

Use of multiple surveys to estimate mortality among never, current, and former smokers: Changes over a 20-year interval pp. 1664-1668

W.L. Rosenbaum, T.D. Sterling and J.J. Weinkam

A longitudinal study of schoolchildren's experience in the North Carolina dental Medicaid program, 1984 through 1992 pp. 1669-1673

V.A. Robison, R.G. Rozier and J.A. Weintraub

Socioeconomic status, neighborhood social conditions, and neural tube defects pp. 1674-1680

C.R. Wasserman, G.M. Shaw, S. Selvin, J.B. Gould and S.L. Syme

Social factors, treatment, and survival in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer pp. 1681-1684

H.P. Greenwald, N.L. Polissar, E.F. Borgatta, R. McCorkle and G. Goodman

The effects of a health promotion-health protection intervention on behavior change: The wellworks study pp. 1685-1690

G. Sorensen, A. Stoddard, M.K. Hunt, J.R. Hebert, J.K. Ockene, J.S. Avrunin, J. Himmelstein and S.K. Hammond

Occupational injuries among older workers with disabilities: A prospective cohort study of the health and retirement survey, 1992 to 1994 pp. 1691-1695

C. Zwerling, N.L. Sprince, C.S. Davis, P.S. Whitten, R.R. Wallace and S.G. Heeringa

Hypertension control and access to medical care in the inner city pp. 1696-1699

J.M. Kotchen, B. Shakoor-Abdullah, W.E. Walker, T.H. Chelius, R.G. Hoffmann and T.A. Kotchen

Physician financial incentives and feedback: Failure to increase cancer screening in Medicaid managed care pp. 1699-1701

Arye Hillman, K. Ripley, N. Goldfarb, I. Nuamah, J. Weiner and E. Lusk

Rates of intimate partner violence in the United States pp. 1702-1704

J. Schafer, R. Caetano and C.L. Clark

Correlates of injury to women with partners enrolled in batterer treatment programs pp. 1705-1708

S.N. Forjuoh, J.H. Coben and E.W. Gondolf

Poverty area residence and changes in physical activity level: Evidence from the Alameda County Study pp. 1709-1712

I.H. Yen and G.A. Kaplan

The use of mammography by survivors of breast cancer pp. 1713-1715

M.R. Andersen and N. Urban

The gender gap in reporting household gun ownership pp. 1715-1718

Jens Ludwig, Philip J Cook and T.W. Smith

Nighttime observations of safety belt use: An evaluation of California's primary law pp. 1718-1720

J.E. Lange and R.B. Voas

Economic organization of medicine and the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care pp. 1721-1726

B.B. Perkins

International health and APHA pp. 1727

M.I. Roemer

1998, volume 88, articles 10

A new twist in ecological studies pp. 1445-1446

M. Feinleib

Consensus criteria for the classification of carpal tunnel syndrome in epidemiologic studies pp. 1447-1451

D. Rempel, B. Evanoff, P.C. Amadio, M. De Krom, G. Franklin, A. Franzblau, R. Gray, F. Gerr, M. Hagberg, T. Hales, J.N. Katz and G. Pransky

Dementia is the major cause of functional dependence in the elderly: 3- year follow-up data from a population-based study pp. 1452-1456

H. Agüero-Torres, L. Fratiglioni, Z. Guo, M. Viitanen, E. Von Strauss and B. Winblad

Understanding trends in functional limitations among older Americans pp. 1457-1462

V.A. Freedman and L.G. Martin

Predictors of healthy aging in men with high life expectancies pp. 1463-1468

D.M. Reed, D.J. Foley, L.R. White, H. Heimovitz, C.M. Burchfiel and K. Masaki

Religion and mortality among the community-dwelling elderly pp. 1469-1475

D. Oman and D. Reed

Race and sex differences in long-term survival rates for elderly patients with pulmonary embolism pp. 1476-1480

R.M. Siddique, S.B. Amini, A.F. Connors and A.A. Rimm

Ex-smokers and risk of hip fracture pp. 1481-1483

L. Forsén, K. Bjartveit, A. Bjørndal, T.-H. Edna, H.E. Meyer and B. Schei

Targeting the underserved for breast and cervical cancer screening: The utility of ecological analysis using the national health interview survey pp. 1484-1489

B.L. Wells and J.W. Horm

Targeting early antecedents to prevent tobacco smoking: Findings from an epidemiologically based randomized field trial pp. 1490-1495

S.G. Kellam and J.C. Anthony

The evolving epidemiology of chlamydial and gonococcal infections in response to control programs in Winnipeg, Canada pp. 1496-1502

J.F. Blanchard, S. Moses, C. Greenaway, P. Orr, G.W. Hammond and R.C. Brunham

Misclassification rates for current smokers misclassified as nonsmokers pp. 1503-1509

A.J. Wells, P.B. English, S.F. Posner, L.E. Wagenknecht and E.J. Perez-Stable

News media coverage and the epidemiology of homicide pp. 1510-1514

S.B. Sorenson, J.G. Peterson Manz and R.A. Berk

Prevalence of adult domestic violence among women seeking routine care in a Native American health care facility pp. 1515-1517

D.G. Fairchild, M.W. Fairchild and S. Stoner

Depression, anxiety, and smoking initiation: A prospective study over 3 years pp. 1518-1522

G.C. Patton, J.B. Carlin, C. Coffey, R. Wolfe, M. Hibbert and G. Bowes

Does passive smoking in early pregnancy increase the risk of small-for- gestational-age infants? pp. 1523-1527

E. Dejin-Karlsson, B.S. Hanson, P.-O. Östergren, N.-O. Sjöberg and K. Marsal

Maternal leisure-time exercise and timely delivery pp. 1528-1533

M. Hatch, B. Levin, X.-O. Shu and M. Susser

Maternal anthropometric factors and risk of primary cesarean delivery pp. 1534-1538

M.J. Shepard, A.F. Saftlas, L. Leo-Summers and M.B. Bracken

The importance of continuity of care in the likelihood of future hospitalization: Is site of care equivalent to a primary clinician? pp. 1539-1541

A.G. Mainous and J.M. Gill

Patterns of condom use among adolescents: The impact of mother- adolescent communication pp. 1542-1544

K.S. Miller, M.L. Levin, D.J. Whitaker and X. Xu

A rivalry of foulness: Official and unofficial investigations of the London cholera epidemic of 1854 pp. 1545-1553

N. Paneth, P. Vinten-Johansen, H. Brody and M. Rip

Maternal smoking and deformities of the foot: Results of the EUROCAT study [1] pp. 1554-1555

J. Reefhuis, H.E.K. De Walle and M.C. Cornel

Issues in comparing survival rates for Detroit and Toronto [2] pp. 1556-1557

L.K. Weiss, R.K. Severson, G.M. Swanson, K. Gorey and E.J. Holowaty

First aid training: The hidden dimension of injury control for school- based injuries [3] pp. 1557

L.H. Nguyen

1998, volume 88, articles 9

Comment: Abandoning 'race' as a variable in public health research - An idea whose time has come pp. 1297-1298

M.T. Fullilove

Comment: Ethnic cleansing in the groves of academe pp. 1299-1300

H.J. Geiger

Topics for our times: If we have the money, why is it so hard? pp. 1300-1302

M. DeChiara and T. Wolff

White, European, Western, Caucasian, or what? Inappropriate labeling in research on race, ethnicity, and health pp. 1303-1307

R. Bhopal and L. Donaldson

Racial discrimination and skin color in the CARDIA study: Implications for public health research pp. 1308-1313

N. Krieger, S. Sidney and E. Coakley

The entry of underrepresented minority students into US medical schools: An evaluation of recent trends pp. 1314-1318

D.M. Carlisle, J.E. Gardner and H. Liu

Atopy in children and parental social class pp. 1319-1324

J. Heinrich, M.A. Popescu, M. Wjst, I.F. Goldstein and H.-E. Wichmann

The prevalence of homelessness among adolescents in the United States pp. 1325-1329

C.L. Ringwalt, J.M. Greene, M. Robertson and M. McPheeters

Entry into primary care and continuity: The effects of access pp. 1330-1336

C.B. Forrest and B. Starfield

Projections of Alzheimer's disease in the United States and the public health impact of delaying disease onset pp. 1337-1342

R. Brookmeyer, S. Gray and C. Kawas

Increasing social variation in birth outcomes in the Czech Republic after 1989 pp. 1343-1347

I. Koupilová, M. Bobák, J. Holčík, H. Pikhart and D.A. Leon

The development of sex differences in cardiovascular disease mortality: A historical perspective pp. 1348-1353

S.V. Nikiforov and V.B. Mamaev

The effect of WIC and Medicaid on infant mortality in the United States pp. 1354-1361

N.E. Moss and K. Carver

An assessment of US and Canadian smoking reduction objectives for the year 2000 pp. 1362-1367

C. Pechmann, P. Dixon and N. Layne

Foster care children and family homelessness pp. 1368-1370

C. Zlotnick, D. Kronstadt and L. Klee

The developmental status and adaptive behavior of homeless and low- income housed infants and toddlers pp. 1371-1374

C.G. Coll, J.C. Buckner, M.G. Brooks, L.F. Weinreb and E.L. Bassuk

The effect of WIC participation on small-for-gestational-age births: Michigan, 1992 pp. 1374-1377

I.B. Ahluwalia, V.K. Hogan, L. Grummer-Strawn, W.R. Colville and A. Peterson

Evaluating cluster alarms: A space-time scan statistic and brain cancer in Los Alamos, New Mexico pp. 1377-1380

M. Kulldorff, W.F. Athas, E.J. Feuer, B.A. Miller and C.R. Key

Dispensation of emergency contraceptive pills in Michigan Title X clinics pp. 1380-1383

J.W. Brown and M.L. Boulton

Changes in indications for cesarean delivery: United States, 1985 and 1994 pp. 1384-1387

K.D. Gregory, S.C. Curtin, S.M. Taffel and F.C. Notzon

Hyaline membrane disease is underreported in a linked birth-infant death certificate database pp. 1387-1389

A. Hamvas, P. Kwong, M. DeBaun, W. Schramm and F.S. Cole

Reactions of adult and teenaged smokers to the Massachusetts tobacco tax pp. 1389-1391

L. Biener, R.H. Aseltine , B. Cohen and M. Anderka

Telephone coverage and measurement of health risk indicators: Data from the National Health Interview Survey pp. 1392-1395

J.E. Anderson, D.E. Nelson and R.W. Wilson

Social class, ethnicity, and mental illness: The importance of being more than earnest pp. 1396-1402

A.V. Stoep and B. Link

Hawaii's statewide syringe exchange program pp. 1403-1404

R.L. Vogt, M.C. Breda, D.C. Des Jarlais, S. Gates and P. Whiticar

Colombian field epidemiology training program pp. 1404-1405

V. Cardenas, C. Sanchez, F. De la Hoz, J.H. Jara, M. Velandia, M. Martinez and J. Raad

The neglected lesson of the Tuskegee study [1] pp. 1406

A. Yankauer

A geographic information systems application for disease surveillance [2] pp. 1406-1407

J.K. Devasundaram, D. Rohn, D.M. Dwyer and E. Israel

Erratum: Taking chances: Problem gamblers and mental health disorders - Results from the St. Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (1093-1096)) pp. 1407

R.M. Cunningham-Williams, L.B. Cottler, W.M. Compton and E.L. Spitznagel

Erratum: Salicylate intake and cardiovascular disease: Ingster and Feinleib respond to Hu and Willet (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (1268-1269)) pp. 1407

L.M. Ingster and M. Feinleib

1998, volume 88, articles 8

Locally based surveys, unite! The EURALIM example pp. 1153-1155

A. Morabia, S. Beer-Borst and S. Hercberg

Health care reform in Croatia: For better or for worse? pp. 1156-1160

M.-S. Chen and M. Mastilica

Final results of the Maryland WIC 5-a-day promotion program pp. 1161-1167

S. Havas, J. Anliker, D. Damron, P. Langenberg, M. Ballesteros and R. Feldman

Implications of the Institute of Medicine weight gain recommendations for preventing adverse pregnancy outcomes in Black and White women pp. 1168-1174

L.E. Caulfield, R.J. Stoltzfus and F.R. Witter

Norplant selection and satisfaction among low-income women pp. 1175-1181

L.L. Clarke, K. Schmitt, C.A. Bono, J. Steele and M.K. Miller

The impact of short interpregnancy intervals on pregnancy outcomes in a low-income population pp. 1182-1185

L.V. Klerman, S.P. Cliver and R.L. Goldenberg

Breast cancer detection: Maps of 2 San Francisco Bay Area counties pp. 1186-1192

S. Selvin, D.W. Merrill, C. Erdmann, M. White and K. Ragland

The effects of community policies to reduce youth access to tobacco pp. 1193-1198

J.L. Forster, D.M. Murray, M. Wolfson, T.M. Blaine, A.C. Wagenaar and D.J. Hennrikus

Region of birth and black diets: The Harlem household survey pp. 1199-1202

M.R. Greenberg, D. Schneider, M.E. Northridge and M.L. Ganz

Dietary cardiovascular risk factors and serum cholesterol in an old order Mennonite community pp. 1202-1205

M. Glick, A.C. Michel, J. Dorn, M. Horwitz, T. Rosenthal and M. Trevisan

Is anorexia nervosa associated with elevated rates of suicide? pp. 1206-1207

S. Coren and P.L. Hewitt

Serum ascorbic acid and other correlates of gallbladder disease among US adults pp. 1208-1212

J.A. Simon and E.S. Hudes

Trends in food label use associated with new nutrition labeling regulations pp. 1212-1215

A.R. Kristal, L. Levy, R.E. Patterson, S.S. Li and E. White

Comparison of 4 questionnaires for assessment of fruit and vegetable intake pp. 1216-1218

A.E. Field, G.A. Colditz, M.K. Fox, T. Byers, M. Serdula, R.J. Bosch and K.E. Peterson

The epidemiology of raw milk-associated foodborne disease outbreaks reported in the United States, 1973 through 1992 pp. 1219-1221

M.L. Headrick, S. Korangy, N.H. Bean, F.J. Angulo, S.F. Altekruse, M.E. Potter and K.C. Klontz

Milk consumption in older Americans pp. 1221-1224

S.M. Elbon, M.A. Johnson and J.G. Fischer

The association of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with perceived quality of life in a biethnic populations: The San Luis Valley Diabetes Study pp. 1225-1229

E.M. Caldwell, J. Baxter, C.M. Mitchell, S.M. Shetterly and R.F. Hamman

Trends in cigarette smoking: The Minnesota Heart Survey, 1980 through 1992 pp. 1230-1233

D.K. Arnett, J.M. Sprafka, P.G. McGovern, D.R. Jacobs , E. Shahar, M. McCarty and R.V. Luepker

1996 congressional campaign priorities of the AMA: Tackling tobacco or limiting malpractice awards? pp. 1233-1236

J. Sharfstein

Perinatal mortality and its relationship to the reporting of low- birthweight infants pp. 1236-1239

S.T. Phelan, R. Goldenberg, G. Alexander and S.P. Cliver

Cost-effectiveness of a community-level HIV risk reduction intervention pp. 1239-1242

S.D. Pinkerton, D.R. Holtgrave, W.J. DiFranceisco, L.Y. Stevenson and J.A. Kelly

Pregnant women as a reservoir of undetected sexually transmitted diseases in rural South Africa: Implications for disease control pp. 1243-1245

A.W. Sturm, D. Wilkinson, N. Ndovela, S. Bowen and C. Connolly

Hip fracture incidence among elderly Hispanics pp. 1245-1247

D.S. Lauderdale, S.J. Jacobsen, S.E. Furner, P.S. Levy, J.A. Brody and J. Goldberg

Increasing access to contraceptives: On the map and in the bag pp. 1248-1249

J.L. Fisher, K.J. Harris, M.V. Ransom, A. Paine-Andrews and S. Pulliam

A public health model to connect correctional health care with communities pp. 1249-1250

T.J. Conklin, T. Lincoln and T.P. Flanigan

Difficult, dangerous, and drug seeking: The 3D way to better patient care pp. 1250-1252

M.J. Carlson and L.H. Baker

Lay health advisors: Sexually transmitted disease prevention through community involvement pp. 1252-1253

J.C. Thomas, E. Eng, M. Clark, J. Robinson and C. Blumenthal

The socially constructed breast: Breast implants and the medical construction of need pp. 1254-1261

N. Jacobson

A note on policymakers as research subjects pp. 1262-1263

D.M. Fox

Schulman and colleagues respond pp. 1263-1264

E.D. Schulman, D.J. Sheriff and E.T. Momany

Anal sex and HIV transmission in women pp. 1265-1266

S.S.A. Karim and G. Ramjee

Managed public health in a county jail pp. 1265

S.A. Alemagno, S.A. Wolfe, R.B. Pace, R.L. Shobert and J.M. Butts

Mortality and the media [1] pp. 1267

P. Jacobsen

Revisiting the intersection between domestic abuse and HIV risk [2] (multiple letters) pp. 1267-1268

L.D. Molina, C. Basinait-Smith, G.M. Wingood and R.J. DiClemente

Salicylate intake and cardiovascular disease: Ingster and Feinleib respond to Hu and Willett [3] pp. 1268-1269

L.M. Ingster and M. Feinleib

1998, volume 88, articles 7

Editorial: Significance of workplace smoking pp. 1011-1012

L. Breslow and R. Elashoff

Editorial: Are you certain? - Uncertainty, health, and safety in contemporary work pp. 1012-1013

Hurrell J.J., Jr.

Editorial: Nihilism and pragmatism in tuberculosis control pp. 1014-1015

P. Farmer and E. Nardell

Editorial: What it takes to control tuberculosis pp. 1015-1016

Horsburgh C.R., Jr.

Topics for our times: Welfare reform and women's health pp. 1017-1018

W. Chavkin, P.H. Wise and D. Elman

Topics for our times: New health care data - New horizons for public health pp. 1019-1021

J. Harman

The case for stronger OSHA enforcement - Evidence from evaluation research pp. 1022-1024

T.H. McQuiston, R.C. Zakocs and D. Loomis

Lung cancer from passive smoking at work pp. 1025-1029

A.J. Wells

An uncertain future: The health effects of threats to employment security in white-collar men and women pp. 1030-1036

J.E. Ferrie, M.J. Shipley, M.G. Marmot, S.A. Stansfeld and G.D. Smith

Effects of a Dutch work-site wellness-health program: The Brabantia project pp. 1037-1041

Sebastiaan Maes, C. Verhoeven, F. Kittel and H. Scholten

The effect of work status on initiation and duration of breast-feeding pp. 1042-1046

S.B. Fein and Brian Roe

Occupational skin diseases in Washington State, 1989 through 1993: Using workers' compensation data to identify cutaneous hazards pp. 1047-1051

J.D. Kaufman, M.A. Cohen, S.R. Sama, J.W. Shields and J. Kalat

Directly observed therapy and treatment completion for tuberculosis in the United States: Is universal supervised therapy necessary? pp. 1052-1058

R. Bayer, C. Stayton, M. Desvarieux, C. Healton, S. Landesman and Wei-Che Tsai

The fall after the rise: Tuberculosis in the United States, 1991 through 1994 pp. 1059-1063

M.T. McKenna, E. McCray, J.L. Jones, I.M. Onorato and K.G. Castro

Distinct trends in tuberculosis morbidity among foreign-born and US- born persons in New Jersey, 1986 through 1995 pp. 1064-1067

Z. Liu, K.L. Shilkret, J. Tranotti, C.G. Freund and L. Finelli

Differences between completers and early dropouts from 2 HIV intervention trials: A health belief approach to understanding prevention program attrition pp. 1068-1073

W. DiFranceisco, J.A. Kelly, K.J. Sikkema, A.M. Somlai, D.A. Murphy and L.Y. Stevenson

Income inequality and mortality in metropolitan areas of the United States pp. 1074-1080

J.W. Lynch, G.A. Kaplan, E.R. Pamuk, R.D. Cohen, K.E. Heck, J.L. Balfour and I.H. Yen

Social heterogeneity in smoking among African Americans pp. 1081-1085

G. King, R. Bendel and S.R. Delaronde

Prevalence of cigar use in 22 North American communities: 1989 and 1993 pp. 1086-1089

A. Hyland, K.M. Cummings, D.R. Shopland and W.R. Lynn

Differences in the effect of patients' socioeconomic status on the use of invasive cardiovascular procedures across health insurance categories pp. 1089-1092

D.M. Carlisle and B.D. Leake

Taking chances: Problem gamblers and mental health disorders - Results from the St. Louis epidemiologic catchment area study pp. 1093-1095

R.M. Cunningham-Williams, L.B. Cottler, W.M. Compton and E.L. Spitznagel

Promoting skin cancer prevention counseling by pharmacists pp. 1096-1099

J.A. Mayer, L. Eckhardt, B.M. Stepanski, J.F. Sallis, J.P. Elder, D.J. Slymen, L. Creech, G. Graf, R.C. Palmer, C. Rosenberg and S.T. Souvignier

A model for the efficient and effective enforcement of tobacco sales laws pp. 1100-1101

J.R. DiFranza, C.C. Celebucki and Hong Gwan Seo

Reducing the incidence of congenital syphilis in Milwaukee: A public/private partnership pp. 1101-1102

G.R. Swain, S.J. Kowalewski and D.B. Schubot

Integration of service, education, and research in local official public health agencies pp. 1102-1104

L.W. Chambers, J. Hoey, J. Underwood and N. Bains

Public health nihilism vs pragmatism: History, politics, and the control of tuberculosis pp. 1105-1117

A.L. Fairchild and G.M. Oppenheimer

The effect of cigarette taxes on cigarette consumption pp. 1118-1119

M.H. Showalter

Meier and Licari respond pp. 1120

K.J. Meier and M.J. Licari

Methylphenidate in the United States, 1990 through 1995 [1] pp. 1121

R.C. Morrow, A.L. Morrow and G. Haislip

Erratum: Contraception and induced abortion in Armenia: A critical need for family planning programs in Eastern Europe (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (803-805)) pp. 1122

G. Dolian, F. Ludicke, N. Katchatrian, A. Campana and A. Morabia

Erratum: Phantom of the area: Poverty-area residence and mortality in the United States (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (973-976)) pp. 1122

N.J. Waitzman and K.R. Smith

Erratum: The effect of ordinances requiring smokefree restaurants and bars on revenues: A follow-up (American Journal of Public Health (1997) 87 (1687-1693)) pp. 1122

S.A. Glantz and L.R.A. Smith

Erratum: Reducing pregnancy and induced abortion rates in China: Family planning with husband participation (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (646-648)) pp. 1122

C.C. Wang, E. Vittinghoff, S.H. Lu, H.Y. Wang and M.R. Zhou

Medicaid and immunization coverage [3] pp. 1123-1124

R.A. Dunn, L. McCardel, N. Fasano, J. Thelen and D.R. Johnson

California trends reveal teenage violence myths [2] pp. 1123

M. Males

Salicylate intake and cardiovascular disease [4] pp. 1124

F.B. Hu and W.C. Willett

Has the US mortality differential by socioeconomic status increased over time? [5] pp. 1125

H.O. Duleep

Ethical dilemmas in polio eradication [6] pp. 1125

C.E. Taylor and F. Cutts

1998, volume 88, articles 6

The era of health promotion for children and adolescents--a cross-sectional survey of strategies and new knowledge pp. 869-871

F. Earls

Prevention of neonatal tetanus pp. 871-872

W.P. Glezen

Annotation: Prevention of HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancy - Testing physical barriers available to women pp. 872-874

Z. Stein and M. Susser

Topics for our times: Managed care and public health opportunities pp. 874-875

D. Mechanic

Health benefits and risks of reporting HIV-infected individuals by name pp. 876-879

G.N. Colfax and A.B. Bindman

Children in special education programs: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, use of services, and unmet needs pp. 880-886

R. Bussing, B.T. Zima, A.R. Perwien, T.R. Belin and M. Widawski

Explaining recent increases in students' marijuana use: Impacts of perceived risks and disapproval, 1976 through 1996 pp. 887-892

J.G. Bachman, L.D. Johnston and P.M. O'Malley

Exposure of young infants to environmental tobacco smoke: Breast- feeding among smoking mothers pp. 893-896

M.A. Mascola, H. Van Vunakis, I.B. Tager, F.E. Speizer and J.P. Hanrahan

Use of health services by children of smokers and nonsmokers in a health maintenance organization pp. 897-902

C.M. McBride, P. Lozano, S.J. Curry, D. Rosner and L.C. Grothaus

Duration of protective immunity conferred by maternal tetanus toxoid immunization: Further evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh pp. 903-907

M.A. Koenig, N.C. Roy, T. McElrath, Shahidullah and B. Wojtyniak

Utility of percentage of births to teenagers as a surrogate for the teen birth rate pp. 908-912

J. Gould, T. Blackwell, C. Heilig and M. Axley

Coronary heart disease risk factors and attributable risks in African- American women and men: NHANES I epidemiologic follow-up study pp. 913-917

R.F. Gillum, M.E. Mussolino and J.H. Madans

Are tobacco industry campaign contributions influencing state legislative behavior? pp. 918-923

F. Monardi and S.A. Glantz

Injury and anomie: Effects of violence in an inner-city community pp. 924-927

M.T. Fullilove, V. Héon, W. Jimenez, C. Parsons, L.L. Green and R.E. Fullilove

State variations in supplemental security income enrollment for children and adolescents pp. 928-931

J.M. Perrin, S.L. Ettner, T.J. McLaughlin, S.L. Gortmaker, S.R. Bloom and K. Kuhlthau

Evaluation of an enforcement program to reduce tobacco sales to minors pp. 932-936

K.M. Cummings, A. Hyland, T. Saunders-Martin, J. Perla, P.R. Coppola and T.F. Pechacek

Laying down the law: Reducing illegal tobacco sales to minors in central Harlem pp. 936-939

D.H. Gemson, H.L. Moats, B.X. Watkins, M.L. Ganz, S. Robinson and E. Healton

Teenage smoking, attempts to quit, and school performance pp. 940-943

T.-W. Hu, Zeteng Lin and T.E. Keeler

Effects of a community-based prevention program on decreasing drug use in high-risk adolescents pp. 944-948

C.-P. Chou, S. Montgomery, M.A. Pentz, L.A. Rohrbach, C.A. Johnson, B.R. Flay and D.P. MacKinnon

Effects of school-based aerobic exercise on blood pressure in adolescent girls at risk for hypertension pp. 949-951

C.K. Ewart, D.R. Young and J.M. Hagberg

Adolescents engaging in unhealthy weight control behaviors: Are they at risk for other health-comprising behaviors? pp. 952-955

D. Neumark-Sztainer, M. Story, L.B. Dixon and D.M. Murray

Changes in sexual behavior and condom use among teenaged males: 1988 to 1995 pp. 956-959

F.L. Sonenstein, L. Ku, L.D. Lindberg, C.F. Turner and J.H. Pleck

Prospective psychosocial, interpersonal, and behavioral predictors of handgun carrying among adolescents pp. 960-965

T.R. Simon, J.L. Richardson, C.W. Dent, C.-P. Chou and B.R. Flay

Association between duration of residence and access to ambulatory care among Caribbean immigrant adolescents pp. 964-966

J. Sonis

Immigration reporting laws: Ethical dilemmas in pediatric practice pp. 967-968

P.L. Geltman and A.F. Meyers

State estimates of household exposure to firearms, loaded firearms, and handguns, 1991 through 1995 pp. 969-972

K.E. Powell, B.C. Jacklin, D.E. Nelson, S. Bland and R. Lysne

Erratum: Rational down syndrome screening policy (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (558-559)) pp. 972

H. Cuckle

Erratum: The protective effect of condoms and nonoxynol-9 against HIV infection (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (590-596)) pp. 972

K.M. Wittowski, E. Susser and K. Dietz

Erratum: Informed consent for HIV testing in a South African hospital: Is it truly informed and truly voluntary? (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (637-340)) pp. 972

Q.A. Karim, S.S.A. Karim, H.M. Coovadia and M. Susser

Phantom of the area: Poverty-area residence and mortality in the United States pp. 973-976

N.J. Waitzman and K.R. Smith

Neighbor to neighbor: working together for healthy families through an urban community partnership pp. 977-978

S.M. Homan, D. Oleskevich, P. Foster, M.R. Domahidy and M.E. Hogan

Project HAPPEN: where law enforcement and housing code enforcement meet pp. 978-979

R. Remmel

Do shall-issue laws save lives? pp. 980-982

Lott J.R., Jr.

Webster and colleagues respond: No proof that shall-issue laws reduce violence pp. 982-983

D.W. Webster, J.S. Vernick and Jens Ludwig

1998, volume 88, articles 5

International health services need an interorganizational policy pp. 727-729

G.A. Silver

Cross-national comparisons of sexual behavior surveys--methodological difficulties and lessons for prevention pp. 730-731

A. Spira, N. Bajos, A. Giami and S. Michaels

Unwanted pregnancy in Armenia--the larger context pp. 732-733

W. Chavkin

Annotation: new rules for authorship in the journal: your contributions are recognized--and published! pp. 733-734

M. Northridge

The globalization of public health, I: Threats and opportunities pp. 735-738

D. Yach and D. Bettcher

The globalization of public health, II: The convergence of self-interest and altruism pp. 738-741

D. Yach and D. Bettcher

Keeping competition fair for health insurance: How the Irish beat back risk-rated policies pp. 745-748

D.W. Light

Private sexual behavior, public opinion, and public health policy related to sexually transmitted diseases: A US-British comparison pp. 749-754

R.T. Michael, J. Wadsworth, J. Feinleib, A.M. Johnson, E.O. Laumann and K. Wellings

From assurance to insurance in Russian Health Care: The Problematic transition pp. 755-758

E.J. Burger , M.G. Field and J.L. Twigg

Air pollution and daily mortality in Sydney, Australia, 1989 through 1993 pp. 759-764

G. Morgan, S. Corbett, J. Wlodarczyk and P. Lewis

Mortality in a large population-based cohort of patients with drug- treated diabetes mellitus pp. 765-770

S.V.P. Koskinen, A.R.S. Reunanen, T.P. Martelin and T. Valkonen

Use of chiropractic services from 1985 through 1991 in the United States and Canada pp. 771-776

E.L. Hurwitz, I.D. Coulter, A.H. Adams, B.J. Genovese and P.G. Shekelle

Increased cesarean section rates and emerging patterns of health insurance in Shanghai, China pp. 777-780

W.-W. Cai, J.S. Marks, C.H.C. Chen, Y.-X. Zhuang, L. Morris and J.R. Harris

Fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska, 1977 through 1992: An administrative prevalence derived from multiple data sources pp. 781-786

G.M. Egeland, K.A. Perham-Hester, B.D. Gessner, D. Ingle, J.E. Berner and J.P. Middaugh

Respiratory diphtheria in the United States, 1980 through 1995 pp. 787-791

K.M. Bisgard, I.R.B. Hardy, T. Popovic, P.M. Strebel, M. Wharton, R.T. Chen and S.C. Hadler

Tuberculosis screening and compliance with return for skin test reading among active drug users pp. 792-796

C.K. Malotte, F. Rhodes and K.E. Mais

Smoking in the home: Changing attitudes and current practices pp. 797-800

M.J. Ashley, J. Cohen, R. Ferrence, S. Bull, S. Bondy, B. Poland and L. Pederson

Socioeconomic differences in the use of physician services in Nova Scotia pp. 800-803

G. Kephart, V.S. Thomas and D.R. MacLean

Contraception and induced abortion in Armenia: A critical need for family planning programs in Eastern Europe pp. 803-805

G. Dolian, F. Lüdicke, N. Katchatrian and A. Morabia

Anemia in young children of the Muynak district of Karakalpakistan, Uzbekistan: Prevalence, type, and correlates pp. 805-807

H.N. Giebel, D. Suleymanova and G.W. Evans

High birthweights among infants of North African immigrants in Belgium pp. 808-811

P. Buekens, G. Masuy-Stroobant and T. Delvaux

Effects of radon mitigation vs smoking cessation in reducing radon- related risk of lung cancer pp. 811-812

D. Mendez, K.E. Warner and Paul Courant

Validity of insurance information on California birth certificates pp. 813-816

P. Braveman, M. Pearl, S. Egerter, K. Marchi and R. Williams

Decrease in infant mortality in New York City after 1989 pp. 816-820

H.D. Kalter, Y. Na and P. O'Campo

Erratum: Motor-vehicle crash fatalities among American Indians and non- Indians in Arizona, 1979 through 1988 (American Journal of Public Health) (1997) 87 (282-285)) pp. 820

D. Campos-Outcalt, D. Prybylski, A.J. Watkins, G. Rothfuss and A. Dellapenna

Healthy valley 2000 pp. 821-822

A. Burger, A.M. McMahon, C.L. Sellaro and M. Stefanak

Incorporating asthma education into a traditional school curriculum pp. 822-823

N. Lurie, M.J. Straub, N. Goodman and E.J. Bauer

Separating authorship responsibility and authorship credit: a proposal for biomedical journals pp. 824-826

N. Paneth

Re: authors and authorship pp. 826-827

D. Henenway

Re: authors and authorship pp. 827

J.A. Fortney

Re: authors and authorship pp. 827

B.C. Jung

Multiple authorship for community intervention trials pp. 827-828

T. Baranowski, K.W. Cullen and J. Baranowski

If authors became contributors, everyone would gain, especially the reader pp. 828-830

D. Rennie and V. Yank

Re: authors and authorship pp. 830-831

M. Feinleib

Attribution of authors' contributions pp. 830

W. Winkelstein

Re: authors and authorship pp. 830

R. Smith

Re: authors and authorship pp. 831

A. Yankauer

Re: authors and authorship pp. 831

G.W. Comstock

Correlation is not causation pp. 832-833

B.K. Rimer

A method for preserving confidentiality when linking computerized registries pp. 836

J. Rabinowitz

Are patients capable of attributing functional impairments to specific diseases? pp. 837-838

X.S. Ren and L. Kazis

Policy research: development process determines success pp. 838-839

E. de Leeuw

Politics and policy making pp. 839-840

A. Dievler and C. Cassady

Mammography screening for women in their 40s: facilitating truly informed decision making pp. 840-841

J.B. Unger

Mammography screening for women aged 40 through 49 pp. 841-842

T. Johnstone

1998, volume 88, articles 4

Editor's note: The prevention of perinatal HIV transmission in the less- developed world pp. 547-548

M. Susser

Editorial: HIV research, ethics, and the developing world pp. 548-550

R. Faden and N. Kass

Trade-offs in prenatal detection of down syndrome pp. 551-557

M. Serra-Prat, P. Gallo, A.J. Jovell, M. Aymerich and M. Dolors Estrada

Rational down syndrome screening policy pp. 558-559

H. Cuckle

Human rights and maternal-fetal HIV transmission prevention trials in Africa pp. 560-563

G.J. Annas and M.A. Grodin

Placebo controls in HIV perinatal transmission trials: A South African's viewpoint pp. 564-566

S.S. Abdool Karim

The debate over maternal-fetal HIV transmission prevention trials in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean: Racist exploitation or exploitation of racism? pp. 567-570

R. Bayer

Ethical challenges in efficacy trials of vaginal microbicides for HIV prevention pp. 571-575

I. De Zoysa, C.J. Elias and M.E. Bentley

Erratum: Inequalities in mortality by social class measured at 3 stages of the lifecourse (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (471-474)) pp. 575

C.L. Hart, G.D. Smith and D. Blane

Deficient dietary iron intakes among women and children in Russia: Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey pp. 576-580

L. Kohlmeier, M. Mendez, S. Shalnova, A. Martinchik, H. Chakraborty and M. Kohlmeier

Substance use among nurses: Differences between specialties pp. 581-585

A.M. Trinkoff and C.L. Storr

Unemployment and the likelihood of detecting early-stage breast cancer pp. 586-589

R.A. Catalano and W.A. Satariano

The protective effect of condoms and nonoxynol-9 against HIV infection pp. 590-596

K.M. Wittkowski, E. Susser and K. Dietz

Risk factors for congenital syphilis in infants of women with syphilis in South Carolina pp. 597-602

J.A. Mobley, R.E. McKeown, K.L. Jackson, F. Sy, J.S. Parham and E.R. Brenner

Changing fruit and vegetable consumption among children: The 5-a-day power plus program in St. Paul, Minnesota pp. 603-609

C.L. Perry, D.B. Bishop, G. Taylor, D.M. Murray, R.W. Mays, B.S. Dudovitz, M. Smyth and M. Story

Prevalence and impact of disabling chronic conditions in childhood pp. 610-617

P.W. Newacheck and N. Halfon

Variation between studies in reported relative risks associated with hypertension: Time trends and other explanatory variables pp. 618-622

P.J. Marang-Van De Mheen and L.J. Gunning-Schepers

Body mass index and mortality in nonsmoking older adults: The cardiovascular health study pp. 623-629

P. Diehr, D.E. Bild, T.B. Harris, A. Duxbury, D. Siscovick and M. Rossi

Modeling all-cause mortality: Projections of the impact of smoking cessation based on the NHEFS pp. 630-636

Louise Russell, J.L. Carson, W.C. Taylor, E. Milan, A. Dey and R. Jagannathan

Informed consent for HIV testing in a South African hospital: Is it truly informed and truly voluntary? pp. 637-640

Q. Abdool Karim, S.S. Abdool Karim, H.M. Coovadia and M. Susser

Differences in the risk of homicide and other fatal injuries between postpartum women and other women of childbearing age: Implications for prevention pp. 641-643

P.M. Dietz, R.W. Rochat, B.L. Thompson, C.J. Berg and G.W. Griffin

Facilitating condom use with clients during commercial sex in Nevada's legal brothels pp. 643-646

A.E. Albert, D.L. Warner and R.A. Hatcher

Reducing pregnancy and induced abortion rates in China: Family planning with husband participation pp. 646-648

C.C. Wang, E. Vittinghoff, L.S. Hua, W.H. Yun and Z.M. Rong

Family planning in China: Out of control? pp. 649-651

L. Bogg

Infant mortality differences between whites and African Americans: The effect of maternal education pp. 651-656

R. Din-Dzietham and I. Hertz-Picciotto

Rates and independent correlates of pap smear testing among Korean- American women pp. 656-660

B.A. Wismer, J.M. Moskowitz, A.M. Chen, S.H. Kang, T.E. Novotny, K. Min, R. Lew and I.B. Tager

Contraception and abortion in two Vietnamese communes pp. 660-663

P.M. Gorbach, D.T. Khanh Hoa, V.Q. Nhan and A. Tsui

Differences in preconceptional and prenatal behaviors in women with intended and unintended pregnancies pp. 663-666

W.L. Hellerstedt, P.L. Pirie, H.A. Lando, S.J. Curry, C.M. McBride, L.C. Grothaus and J.C. Nelson

The impact of mammography quality improvement legislation in Michigan: Implications for the national mammography quality standards act pp. 667-671

L. Fintor, M. Brown, R. Fischer, O. Suleiman, C. Garlinghouse, J. Camburn, E. Frazier and F. Houn

Reporting sexual risk behavior for HIV: A practical risk index and a method for improving risk indices pp. 671-674

E. Susser, M. Desvarieux and K.M. Wittkowski

Evaluation of a public-private certified nurse-midwife maternity program for indigent women pp. 675-679

D. Lenaway, T.D. Koepsell, T. Vaughan, G. Van Belle, K. Shy and F. Cruz-Uribe

Eliminating iodine deficiency in rural Sarawak, Malaysia: The relevance of water iodization [1] pp. 680-681

L.-C. Foo, N. Mahmud and N. Satgunasingam

Promoting sunscreen in a community drugstore [2] pp. 681

R.C. Palmer, J.A. Mayer, L. Eckhardt and J.F. Sallis

Few smokers know their cigarettes have filter vents [3] pp. 681-682

L.T. Kozlowski, E.L. White, C.T. Sweeney, B.A. Yost, F.M. Ahern and M.E. Goldberg

Anonymous HIV testing [4] pp. 683

M. Moser

HIV testing [5] pp. 683-684

F. Dubois-Arber

Not all behavior change is equivalent [6] pp. 684

S.D. Pinkerton and P.R. Abramson

Outbreak of serogroup C meningococcal disease among preschool-aged children: Illinois, 1996 [7] pp. 685

C.C. Austin, A.R. Fingar and C. Langkop

1998, volume 88, articles 3

Whatever happened to politicians' concerns about the nation's uninsured? pp. 345-346

R.J. Blendon and J.M. Benson

Serving the medically underserved pp. 347-348

J.J. Alpert

Continuity of insurance coverage--a precondition for continuity of primary care pp. 348-349

K. Grumbach

NORA--more than a name pp. 349-351

D.H. Wegman

Topics for our times: public health--community or commodity? Reflections on healthy communities pp. 351-352

T. Citrin

The National Occupational Research Agenda: A model of broad stakeholder input priority setting pp. 353-356

L. Rosenstock, C. Olenec and G.R. Wagner

State funding of comprehensive primary medical care service programs for medically underserved populations pp. 357-363

S. Rosenbaum, D.R. Hawkins , E. Rosenbaum and S. Blake

Insurance or a regular physician: Which is the most powerful predictor of health care? pp. 364-370

C.M. Sox, K. Swartz, H.R. Burstin and T.A. Brennan

The effects of Florida's Medicaid eligibility expansion for pregnant women pp. 371-376

S.H. Long and M.S. Marquis

Hospital- and patient-related characteristics determining maternity length of stay: A hierarchical linear model approach pp. 377-381

K.-M. Leung, R.M. Elashoff, K.S. Rees, M.M. Hasan and A.P. Legorreta

Decision latitude, job strain, and myocardial infarction: A study of working men in Stockholm pp. 382-388

T. Theorell, A. Tsutsumi, J. Hallquist, C. Reuterwall, C. Hogstedt, P. Fredlund, N. Emlund and J.V. Johnson

Does low socioeconomic status potentiate the effects of heightened cardiovascular responses to stress on the progression of carotid atherosclerosis? pp. 389-394

J.W. Lynch, S.A. Everson, G.A. Kaplan, R. Salonen and J.T. Salonen

Atrial fibrillation as a risk factor for stroke: A retrospective cohort study of hospitalized medicare beneficiaries pp. 395-400

Z. Yuan, S. Bowlin, D. Einstadter, R.D. Cebul, A.R. Conners and A.A. Rimm

Risk of ectopic pregnancy and previous induced abortion pp. 401-405

C. Tharaux-Deneux, J. Bouyer, N. Job-Spira, J. Coste and A. Spira

Correcting for bias in relative risk estimates due to exposure measurement error: A case study of occupational exposure to antineoplastics in pharmacists pp. 406-412

D. Spiegelman and B. Valanis

How safe are our schools? pp. 413-418

T.R. Miller and R.S. Spicer

Food insufficiency exists in the United States: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) pp. 419-426

K. Alaimo, R.R. Briefel, E.A. Frongillo and C.M. Olson

Promoting the selection of low-fat milk in elementary school cafeterias in an inner-city Latino community: Evaluation of an intervention pp. 427-433

H. Wechsler, C.E. Basch, P. Zybert and S. Shea

Metropolitan governance, residential segregation, and mortality among African Americans pp. 434-438

K.D. Hart, S.J. Kunitz, R.R. Sell and D.B. Mukamel

Erratum: National survey of the states: Policies and practices regarding drug-using pregnant women (American Journal of Public Health (1998) 88 (117- 119)) pp. 438

W. Chavkin, V. Breitbart, D. Elman and P.H. Wise

Voting with their feet: Public hospitals, health reform, and patient choices pp. 439-441

D. Ansell, G. Schiff, S. Dick, C. Cwiak and K. Wright

The influence of program acceptability on the effectiveness of public health policy: A study of directly observed therapy for tuberculosis pp. 442-445

S.J. Heymann, R. Sell and T.F. Brewer

The demographic characteristics of Medicaid-eligible uninsured children pp. 445-447

S. Avruch, S. Machlin, P. Bonin and F. Ullman

The use of state of general hospitals for inpatient psychiatric care pp. 448-451

S.M. Banks and J.A. Pandiani

Health insurance coverage among Chinese Americans in Los Angeles County pp. 451-453

D.T. Takeuchi, R.C.-Y. Chung and H. Shen

Hospital volume differences and five-year survival from breast cancer pp. 454-457

P.J. Roohan, N.A. Bickell, M.S. Baptiste, G.D. Therriault, E.P. Ferrara and A.L. Siu

Geographic variations in breach cancer mortality: Do higher rates imply elevated incidence or poorer survival? pp. 458-460

J.S. Goodwin, J.L. Freeman, D. Freeman and A.B. Nattinger

The racial segregation of hospital care revisited: Medicare discharge patterns and their implications pp. 461-463

D.B. Smith

Can Medicaid managed care provide continuity of care to new medicaid enrollees? An analysis of tenure on Medicaid pp. 464-466

O. Carrasquillo, D.U. Himmelstein, S. Woolhandler and D.H. Bor

Problem gamblers, problem substance users, and dual-problem individuals: An epidemiological study pp. 467-470

W. Feigelman, L.S. Wallisch and H.R. Lesieur

Inequalities in mortality by social class measured at 3 stages of the lifecourse pp. 471-474

C.L. Hart, G.D. Smith and D. Blane

Quality of reviews in epidemiology pp. 475-477

R.A. Breslow, S.A. Ross and D.L. Weed

Trends in pulmonary embolism mortality in the US elderly population: 1984 through 1991 pp. 478-480

R.M. Siddique, M.I. Siddique and A.A. Rimm

The effect of lead exposure on behavior problems in preschool children pp. 481-486

G.A. Washerman, B. Staghezza-Jaramillo, P. Shrout, D. Popovac and J. Graziano

A regression analysis estimating the number of drug-using arrestees in 185 US cities pp. 487-490

Y.-I. Hser, M. Prendergast, M.D. Anglin, J.K. Chen and S.-C. Hsieh

1998, volume 88, articles 2

Preterm birth: From prediction to prevention pp. 183-184

C. Holzman and N. Paneth

Abuse during pregnancy: progress, policy, and potential pp. 185-187

J.C. Campbell

Creating the future of public health: values, vision, and leadership pp. 188-192

B.S. Levy

Commentary: Medicaid reform issues affecting the Indian Health Care System pp. 193-195

A. Wellever, G. Hill and M. Casey

Measuring the burden of disease: Healthy life-years pp. 196-202

A.A. Hyder, G. Rotllant and R.H. Morrow

Vitamin K prophylaxis in less developed countries: Policy issues and relevance to breastfeeding promotion pp. 203-209

C.G. Victora and P. Van Haecke

The decline in Rh hemolytic disease: Should Rh prophylaxis get all the credit? pp. 209-215

K.S. Joseph and M.S. Kramer

Bringing context back into epidemiology: Variables and fallacies in multilevel analysis pp. 216-222

A.V. Diez-Roux

Screening for tuberculosis in jail and clinic follow-up after release pp. 223-226

J.P. Tulsky, M.C. White, C. Dawson, T.M. Hoynes, J. Goldenson and G. Schecter

Mortality patterns among adult Hispanics: Findings from the NHIS 1986 to 1990 pp. 227-232

Y. Liao, R.S. Cooper, G. Cao, R. Durazo-Arvizu, J.S. Kaufman, A. Luke and D.L. McGee

The preterm prediction study: The value of new vs standard risk factors in predicting early and all spontaneous preterm births pp. 233-238

R.L. Goldenberg, J.D. Iams, B.M. Mercer, P.J. Meis, A.H. Moawad, R.L. Copper, A. Das, E. Thom, F. Johnson, D. McNellis, M. Miodovnik, J.P. Van Dorsten, S.N. Caritis, G.R. Thurnau and S.F. Bottoms

Identifying condom users at risk for breakage and slippage: Findings from three international sites pp. 239-244

A. Spruyt, M.J. Steiner, C. Joanis, L.H. Glover, C. Piedrahita, G. Alvarado, R. Ramos, C. Maglaya and M. Cordero

Trends in safety belt use by demographics and by type of state safety belt law, 1987 through 1993 pp. 245-249

D.E. Nelson, J. Bolen and M.-J. Kresnow

Results of the TeachWell worksite wellness program pp. 250-257

K. Resnicow, M. Davis, M. Smith, T. Baranowski, L.S. Lin, J. Baranowski, C. Doyle and D.T. Wang

One-year follow-up of nutrition education for hypercholesterolemic children pp. 258-261

A.M. Tershakovec, B.M. Shannon, C.L. Achterberg, J.M. McKenzie, J.K. Martel, H. Smiciklas-Wright, S.E. Pammer and J.A. Cortner

Correlates of same-sex sexual behavior in a random sample of Massachusetts high school students pp. 262-266

A.H. Faulkner and K. Cranston

Young maternal age and depressive symptoms: Results from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey pp. 266-270

L.W. Deal and V.L. Holt

Differences in fertility associated with caffeinated beverage consumption pp. 270-274

B. Caan, C.P. Quesenberry and A.O. Coates

Violence during pregnancy: Measurement issues pp. 274-276

T.J. Ballard, L.E. Saltzman, J.A. Gazmararian, A.M. Spitz, S. Lazorick and J.S. Marks

Epidemic obesity in the United States: Are fast foods and television viewing contributing? pp. 277-280

R.W. Jeffery and S.A. French

An ecological study of the effectiveness of mammography in reducing breast cancer mortality pp. 281-284

G.S. Cooper, Z. Yuan, S.J. Bowlin, L.K. Dennis, R. Kelly, H. Chen and A.A. Rimm

Early detection of developmental dysplasia of the hip in the Netherlands: The validity of a standardized assessment protocol in infants pp. 285-288

M.M. Boere-Boonekamp, T.H.M. Kerkhoff, P.B. Schuil and G.A. Zielhuis

The green prescription study: A randomized controlled trial of written exercise advice provided by general practitioners pp. 288-291

B.A. Swinburn, L.G. Walter, B. Arroll, M.W. Tilyard and D.G. Russell

Blood pressure measurement and antihypertensive treatment in a low- income African-American population pp. 292-294

D.J. Hyman, V.N. Pavlik, C. Vallbona, J.K. Dunn, K. Louis, C.M. Dewey and L. Wieck

Global disparities in health and human rights: A critical commentary pp. 295-303

S.R. Benatar

Making health, not war--musings on global disparities in health and human rights: a critical commentary by Solomon R. Benatar pp. 301-303

M.A. Somerville

Public health response to rabies exposure: Greene county, Missouri, March 1996 pp. 304-305

W.C. Goddard, K.S. Gipson and B. Hunter

Designing messages to reduce infant mortality: from talking posters to public service announcements pp. 305-306

B.J. Hatcher, L. Alexander and L. Abrar

HIV infection and AIDS in China pp. 307

L. Su and F. Du

Breast cancer mortality declining but screening among subpopulations lags pp. 307-308

T.L. Skaer, L.M. Robison, D.A. Sclar and G.H. Harding

CDC at 50: lessons to be learned pp. 308-309

W.W. Darrow

Validity of adolescent self-reports of cigarette smoking pp. 309-310

K.E. Bauman and S.T. Ennett

1998, volume 88, articles 1

Editorial: Substance abuse and addiction - The need to know pp. 9-11

Califano J.A., Jr.

Beyond black box epidemiology pp. 12-14

D.L. Weed

Use and misuse of population attributable fractions pp. 15-19

B. Rockhill, B. Newman and C. Weinberg

Incidence and predictors of smokeless tobacco use among US youth pp. 20-26

S.L. Tomar and G.A. Giovino

Initiation of use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, and other substances in US birth cohorts since 1919 pp. 27-33

R.A. Johnson and D.R. Gerstein

Retention, HIV risk, and illicit drug use during treatment: Methadone dose and visit frequency pp. 34-39

H.M. Rhoades, D. Creson, R. Elk, J. Schmitz and J. Grabowski

Race and the risk of fatal injury at work pp. 40-44

D. Loomis and D. Richardson

An evaluation of safe dates, an adolescent dating violence prevention program pp. 45-50

V.A. Foshee, K.E. Bauman, X.B. Arriaga, R.W. Helms, G.G. Koch and G.F. Linder

Obstetric care and payment source: Do low-risk Medicaid women get less care? pp. 51-56

S. Dobie, L.G. Hart, M. Fordyce, C.H.A. Andrilla and R.A. Rosenblatt

The relationship between suicide risk and sexual orientation: Results of a population-based study pp. 57-60

G. Remafedi, S. French, M. Story, M.D. Resnick and R. Blum

A cost-benefit analysis of a cardiovascular disease prevention trial, using folate supplementation as an example pp. 61-67

J. Hornberger

Two alternative job stress models and the risk of coronary heart disease pp. 68-74

H. Bosma, R. Peter, J. Siegrist and M. Marmot

Perceived parental burden and service use for child and adolescent psychiatric disorders pp. 75-80

A. Angold, E.M.Z. Farmer, E.J. Costello, B.J. Burns, D. Stangl and S.C. Messer

Fifteen-year follow-up of smoking prevention effects in the North Karelia Youth Project pp. 81-85

E. Vartiainen, M. Paavola, A. McAlister and P. Puska

Intermittent smokers: A descriptive analysis of persons who have never smoked daily pp. 86-89

C.G. Husten, M.C. McCarty, G.A. Giovino, J.H. Chrismon and B.-P. Zhu

At-risk drinking in an HMO primary care sample: Prevalence and health policy implications pp. 90-93

M.F. Fleming, L.B. Manwell, K.L. Barry and K. Johnson

Smoking cessation, weight gain, and changes in cardiovascular risk factors during menopause: The healthy women study pp. 93-96

M.M. Burnette, E. Meilahn, R.R. Wing and L.H. Kuller

Risk of assaultive violence and alcohol availability in New Jersey pp. 97-100

D.M. Gorman, P.W. Speer, E.W. Labouvie and A.P. Subaiya

A voluntary smokers' registry: Characteristics of joiners and non- joiners in the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) pp. 100-103

B. Thompson, L.E. Rich, W.R. Lynn, R. Shields and D.K. Corle

Predictors of smoking among US college students pp. 104-107

K.M. Emmons, H. Wechsler, G. Dowdall and M. Abraham

HIV seroprevalence among street-recruited injection drug and crack cocaine users in 16 US municipalities pp. 108-113

A.H. Kral, R.N. Bluthenthal, R.E. Booth and J.K. Watters

Histories of substance use and risk behavior: Precursors to HIV seroconversion in homosexual men pp. 113-116

M.A. Chesney, D.C. Barrett and R. Stall

National survey of the States: Policies and practices regarding drug- using pregnant women pp. 117-119

W. Chavkin, V. Breitbart, D. Elman and P.H. Wise

Nicotine concentration in the hair of nonsmoking mothers and size of offspring pp. 120-124

P. Nafstad, D. Fugelseth, E. Qvigstad, K. Zahlsen, P. Magnus and R. Lindemann

Preventing scientific misconduct pp. 125-129

D.L. Weed

Ethical dilemmas in polio eradication pp. 130-132

J.W. Lee, B. Melgaard, H.F. Hull, D. Barakamfitiye, J.M. Okwo-Bele and A.A. Hyder

Ethical dilemmas in polio eradication. Hyder responds pp. 131-132

A.A. Hyder

Means and ends: cost-effectiveness and overall costs pp. 133

M. Wildner

Persons with disabilities pp. 134

D. Pfeiffer

Persons with disabilities (multiple letters) pp. 134

D. Pfeiffer, S.F. Gilson, H.D. Chilcoat and J.M. Stapleton

Breast milk compounds pp. 134-135

S.S. Sternberg

On nurses pp. 135-136

M. Jenkins

Norplant coercion pp. 136-137

M. Brady