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1997, volume 87, articles 12

Good news for everyone? pp. 1917-1919

B. Stanton

Of floors and ceilings--defining, assuring, and communicating vaccine safety pp. 1919-1920

R.F. Breiman and J.A. Zanca

The public health impact of hunger pp. 1921-1922

V.W. Sidel

Leprosy and tuberculosis: The epidemiological consequences of cross- immunity pp. 1923-1927

T. Lietman, T. Porco and S. Blower

Primary HIV infection - A public health opportunity pp. 1928-1930

W. Cates , M.A. Chesney and M.S. Cohen

AIDS education in Tanzania: Promoting risk reduction among primary school children pp. 1931-1936

K.-I. Klepp, S.S. Ndeki, M.T. Leshabari, P.J. Hannan and B.A. Lyimo

Sociodemographic factors and the variation in syphilis rates among US countries, 1984 through 1993: An ecological analysis pp. 1937-1943

P.H. Kilmarx, A.A. Zaidi, J.C. Thomas, A.K. Nakashima, M.E. St. Louis, M.L. Flock and T.A. Peterman

The impact of influenza epidemics on mortality: Introducing a severity index pp. 1944-1950

L. Simonsen, M.J. Clarke, G.D. Williamson, D.F. Stroup, N.H. Arden and L.B. Schonberger

Active and passive surveillance for communicable diseases in child care facilities, Seattle-King County, Washington pp. 1951-1955

J.K. MacDonald, J. Boase, L.K. Stewart, E.R. Alexander, S.L. Solomon and R.L. Cordell

Nutrient intakes of individuals from food-insufficient households in the United States pp. 1956-1961

D. Rose and V. Oliveira

In utero exposure to famine and subsequent fertility: The Dutch famine birth cohort study pp. 1962-1966

L.H. Lumey and A.D. Stein

The cost-effectiveness of alternative methods of nutrition education for hypercholesterolemic children pp. 1967-1970

S.D. Brannon, A.M. Tershakovec and B.M. Shannon

The Stanford Nutrition Action Program: A dietary fat intervention for low-literacy adults pp. 1971-1976

B. Howard-Pitney, M.A. Winkleby, C.L. Albright, B. Bruce and S.P. Fortmann

Racial and ethnic differences in determinants of intrauterine growth retardation and other compromised birth outcomes pp. 1977-1983

W. Parker Frisbie, M. Biegler, P. De Turk, D. Forbes and S.G. Pullum

The pattern of maternal weight gain in women with good pregnancy outcomes pp. 1984-1988

S. Carmichael, B. Abrams and S. Selvin

The defeat of Philip Morris' 'California uniform tobacco control Act' pp. 1989-1996

H. Macdonald, S. Aguinaga and S.A. Glantz

The relationship between students' sense of their school as a community and their involvement in problem behaviors pp. 1997-2001

V. Battistich and A. Hom

The mental health of informal caregivers in Ontario: An epidemiological survey pp. 2002-2007

J.J. Cochrane, P.N. Goering and J.M. Rogers

Can physicians treat tuberculosis? Report on a national survey of physician practices pp. 2008-2011

E.M. Sumartojo, L.J. Geiter, B. Miller and B.E. Hale

Incidence of tuberculosis infection among New York State prison employees pp. 2012-2014

K. Steenland, A.J. Levine, K. Sieber, P. Schulte and D. Aziz

Compliance with tuberculosis drug regimens: Incentives and enablers offered by public health departments pp. 2014-2017

R.J. Buchanan

Maternal acculturation and childhood immunization levels among children in Latino families in Los Angeles pp. 2018-2021

L.M. Anderson, D.L. Wood and C.D. Sherbourne

Geographic analysis of pertussis infection in an urban area: A tool for health services planning pp. 2022-2026

C. Siegel, A. Davidson, K. Kafadar, J.M. Norris, J. Todd and J. Steiner

The epidemiology of necrotizing enterocolitis infant mortality in the United States pp. 2026-2031

R.C. Holman, B.J. Stoll, M.J. Clarke and R.I. Glass

Cryptosporidiosis-associated mortality following a massive waterborne outbreak in Milwaukee, Wisconsin pp. 2032-2035

N.J. Hoxie, J.P. Davis, J.M. Vergeront, R.D. Nashold and K.A. Blair

Predisposing factors for individuals' Lyme disease prevention practices: Connecticut, Maine, and Montana pp. 2035-2038

J.E. Herrington , G.L. Campbell, R.E. Bailey, M.L. Cortter, M. Adams, E.L. Frazier, T.A. Damrow and K.F. Gensheimer

Outbreak of hepatitis A among homosexual men in Sydney pp. 2039-2041

M.-L. Stokes, M.J. Ferson, L.C. Young and M.J. Person

Behavior intentions of the public after bans on smoking in restaurants and bars pp. 2042-2044

L. Biener and M. Siegel

The risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome after tetanus-toxoid-containing vaccines in adults and children in the United States pp. 2045-2048

J. Tuttle, R.T. Chen, H. Rantala, J.D. Cherry, P.H. Rhodes and S. Hadler

On paradigms, community participation, and the future of public health pp. 2049-2051

M. Schwab and S.L. Syme

Pearce responds pp. 2051-2052

N. Pearce

Erratum: State variations in Medicare expenditures (American Journal of Public Health (1997) 87 (1611-1619)) pp. 2052

R.L. Kane and B. Friedman

Erratum: Injury and death associated with hospital bed side-rails: Reports to the US Food and Drug Administration from 1985 to 1995 (American Journal of Public Health (1997) 87 (1675-1677)) pp. 2052

J. Todd, C.E. Ruhl and T.P. Gross

The "blockade" of Cuba: setting the record straight pp. 2053-2054

E. Perez-Stable and R. Boza

Cause-of-death categories pp. 2054-2055

M.F. MacDorman, D.L. Hoyert and H.M. Rosenberg

Use of capitated reimbursement to provide comprehensive management of childhood lead poisoning pp. 2056-2057

C. Davoli

Physician assisted suicide and the Supreme Court: Putting the constitutional claim to rest pp. 2058-2062

W.K. Mariner

Public policy and environmental noise: Modeling exposure or understanding effects pp. 2063-2067

S.L. Staples

1997, volume 87, articles 11

Why history? pp. 1763-1764

E. Fee and T.M. Brown

Annotation: racism resurgent--building a bridge to the 19th century pp. 1765-1766

H.J. Geiger

Anniversary--a time for reflection pp. 1765

M. Susser

Eugenics and Public Health in American History pp. 1767-1772

M.S. Pernick

Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care pp. 1773-1778

V.N. Gamble

Engendering the Dread Disease: Women, Men, and Cancer pp. 1779-1787

L.J. Reagan

Shifting Categories of the Social Harms Associated with Alcohol: Examples from Late Medieval and Early Modern England pp. 1788-1797

J. Warner

The Image and Advocacy of Public Health in American Caricature and Cartoons from 1860 to 1900 pp. 1798-1807

B. Hansen

Taking the Cure to the Poor: Patients' Responses to New York City's Tuberculosis Program, 1894 to 1918 pp. 1808-1815

E.K. Abel

The Junior Red Cross Goes to Healthland pp. 1816-1823

J.F. Hutchinson

Discovering Environmental Cancer: Wilhelm Hueper, Post-World War II Epidemiology, and the Vanishing Clinician's Eye pp. 1824-1835

C. Sellers

The House of Falk: The Paranoid Style in American Health Politics pp. 1836-1843

A. Derickson

Race, Foster Care, and the Politics of Abandonment in New York City pp. 1844-1849

D. Rosner and G. Markowitz

The Federal Government's Use of Title VI and Medicare to Racially Integrate Hospitals in the United States, 1963 Through 1967 pp. 1850-1858

P.P. Reynolds

Public Health on the Railroad: William Freeman Snow and the California Sanitation Exhibit pp. 1859-1861

T.M. Keller

Labor Insurance. 1904 pp. 1862-1863

I.M. Rubinow

Isaac Max Rubinow pp. 1863-1864

T.M. Brown

Nicotine content of the eclipse nicotine delivery device pp. 1865-1866

N.L. Benowitz, P. Jacob 3rd., J. Slade and L. Yu

Emergency department costs pp. 1866-1867

P.T. Dowling

Ethical and health implications of directive counseling on long-acting contraception pp. 1867-1868

E.L. Gollub and S.L. Isaacs

The quality of data reported on birth certificates pp. 1867

M.A. Freedman

Directive counseling should emphasize disease protection not pregnancy prevention pp. 1868-1869

C.A. Pearson

Trends in overweight and obesity among Italian adults, 1983 through 1994 pp. 1869-1870

R. Pagano, C. La Vecchia, A. Decarli, E. Negri and S. Franceschi

Mortality of persons with mental retardation in institutions and in the community pp. 1870-1871

D. Strauss and R. Shavelle

Racism and lead poisoning pp. 1871-1872

M. Weintraub

1997, volume 87, articles 10

Can preventive gerontology be on the way? pp. 1591-1593

J.F. Fries

Goliath and some Davids in the tobacco wars pp. 1593-1595

M. Susser

Issues in equalizing Medicare expenditures--the devil is in the details pp. 1595-1596

P.H. Feldman

The knowledge base for public health strategies pp. 1597-1598

Louise Russell

Ethical challenges posed by clinical progress in AIDS pp. 1599-1602

R. Bayer and J. Stryker

From public health science to prevention policy: placing science in its social and political contexts pp. 1603-1606

K. Atwood, G.A. Colditz and I. Kawachi

The invisibility of public health: Population-level measures in a politics of market individualism pp. 1607-1610

S. Burris

State variations in Medicare expenditures pp. 1611-1619

R.L. Kane and B. Friedman

Age, time, and cohort effects on functional status and self-rated health in elderly men pp. 1620-1625

N. Hoeymans, E.J.M. Feskens, G.A.M. Van Den Bos and D. Kromhout

Prescription drug spending: The impact of age and chronic disease status pp. 1626-1629

C. Mueller, C. Schur and J. O'Connell

Excess mortality attributable to hip fracture in White women aged 70 years and older pp. 1630-1636

J. Magaziner, E. Lydick, W. Hawkes, K.M. Fox, S.I. Zimmerman, R.S. Epstein and J.R. Hebel

The effects of planned duration of residential drug abuse treatment on recovery and HIV risk behavior pp. 1637-1644

J. McCusker, C. Bigelow, R. Frost, F. Garfield, R. Hindin, M. Vickers-Lahti and B. Lewis

Are the best coronary artery bypass surgeons identified by physician surveys? pp. 1645-1648

A.J. Hartz, J.S. Pulido and E.M. Kuhn

Daytime sleepiness: An epidemiological study of young adults pp. 1649-1653

N. Breslau, T. Roth, L. Rosenthal and P. Andreski

The changing distribution of HIV infection: HIV surveillance in Lazio, Italy, 1985 through 1994 pp. 1654-1658

G. Brancato, C.A. Perucci, D.D.C. Abeni, M. Sangalli, G. Ippolito and M. Arcà

Improving publicly funded substance abuse treatment: The value of case management pp. 1659-1664

M. Shwartz, G. Baker, K.P. Mulvey and A. Plough

State smoking prevalence estimates: A comparison of the behavioral risk factor surveillance system and current population surveys pp. 1665-1669

D.R. Arday, S.L. Tomar, D.E. Nelson, R.K. Merritt, M.W. Schooley and P. Mowery

Telephone support as an adjunct to transdermal nicotine in smoking cessation pp. 1670-1674

H.A. Lando, S. Rolnick, D. Klevan, J. Roski, L. Cherney and G. Lauger

Injury and death associated with hospital bed side-rails: Reports to the US food and drag administration from 1985 to 1995 pp. 1675-1677

J.F. Todd, C.E. Ruhl and T.P. Gross

Consequences of foot binding among older women in Beijing, China pp. 1677-1679

S.R. Cummings, X. Ling and K. Stone

The contribution of six chronic conditions to the total burden of mobility disability in the Dutch population pp. 1680-1682

H.S.J. Picavet and G.A.M. Van Den Bos

A two-step intervention to increase mammography among women aged 65 and older pp. 1683-1686

N.K. Janz, D. Schottenfeld, K.M. Doerr, S.M. Selig, R.L. Dunn, M. Strawderman and P.A. Levine

The effect of ordinances requiring smoke-free restaurants and bars on revenues: A follow-up pp. 1687-1693

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

Thyroxine values from newborn screening of 919 infants born before 29 weeks' gestation pp. 1693-1697

M.L. Reuss, A. Leviton, N. Paneth and M. Susser

Residential lead-based-paint hazard remediation and soil lead abatement: Their impact among children with mildly elevated blood lead levels pp. 1698-1702

A. Aschengrau, A. Beiser, D. Bellinger, D. Copenhafer and Martin Weitzman

Dog bite incidence in the city of pittsburgh: A capture-recapture approach pp. 1703-1705

Y.-F. Chang, J.E. McMahon, D.L. Hennon, R.E. LaPorte and J.H. Coben

'Call fast, call 911': A direct mail campaign to reduce patient delay in acute myocardial infarction pp. 1705-1709

H. Meischke, E.M. Dulberg, S.S. Schaeffer, D.K. Henwood, M.P. Larsen and M.S. Eisenberg

Unintended pregnancy and breast-feeding behavior pp. 1709-1711

T.D. Dye, M.A. Wojtowycz, R.H. Aubry, J. Quade and H. Kilburn

Plasma polychlorinated biphenyl levels in Dutch preschool children either breast-fed or formula-fed during infancy pp. 1711-1714

S. Patandin, N. Weisglas-Kuperus, M.A.J. De Ridder, C. Koopman-Esseboom, W.A. Van Staveren, C.G. Van Der Paauw and P.J.J. Sauer

Hepatitis A among schoolchildren in a US-Mexico border community pp. 1715-1717

T. Redlinger, K. O'Rourke and J. VanDerslice

Diabetes in Hawaii: Estimating prevalence from insurance claims data pp. 1717-1720

G. Maskarinec

An investigation of increased tuberculosis case reports in Santa Clara County, California, 1993-1994 pp. 1721

K. Cummings, J. Mohle-Boetani, E. Catlos, M. Fenstersheib and S. Royce

On 'accidents' pp. 1721-1722

T.C. Doege

Hepatitis C virus infection among Alaskan drug users pp. 1722-1724

D.G. Fisher, A.M. Fenaughty, A.A. Paschane, D.M. Paschane, H.H. Cagle and S.M. Orr

Lead and other metals in play kit and craft items composed of vinyl and leather pp. 1724-1727

A. Hunt, B.R. Burnett, T.M. Basford and J.L. Abraham

Do we ask too much from community-level interventions or from intervention researchers? pp. 1727

H.C. Kraemer and M.A. Winkleby

Erratum: The effect of ordinances requiring smoke-free restaurants on restaurant sales (American Journal of Public Health (1994) 84 (1081-1085)) pp. 1729-1730

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

1997, volume 87, articles 9

Whither studies on the socioeconomic foundations of population health? pp. 1409-1411

G.A. Kaplan and J.W. Lynch

The body politic and the power of socioeconomic status pp. 1411-1413

N. Moss

Hospital, heal thyself pp. 1413-1414

A. Schuchat

Can dietary interventions change diet and cardiovascular risk factors? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials pp. 1415-1422

E. Brunner, Ian White, M. Thorogood, A. Bristow, D. Curle and M. Marmot

Rapid screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases in arrestees: A feasible control measure pp. 1423-1426

J.F. Beltrami, D.A. Cohen, J.T. Hamrick and T.A. Farley

Condom availability in New York City public high schools: Relationships to condom use and sexual behavior pp. 1427-1433

S. Guttmacher, L. Lieberman, D. Ward, N. Freudenberg, A. Radosh and D.D. Jarlais

The psychological consequences of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for family members of patients at risk for sudden death pp. 1434-1439

K. Dracup, D.K. Moser, S.E. Taylor and P.M. Guzy

Factors associated with mental health, general health, and school-based service use for child psychopathology pp. 1440-1448

G.E.P. Zahner and C. Daskalakis

The prevalence and morbidity of chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome: A prospective primary care study pp. 1449-1455

S. Wessely, T. Chalder, S. Hirsch, P. Wallace and D. Wright

Quantifying the future impact of disease on society: Life table-based measures of potential life lost pp. 1456-1460

W.-C. Lee

Sudden cardiac death in Hispanic Americans and African Americans pp. 1461-1466

R.F. Gillum

Risk for neural tube defect-affected pregnancies among women of Mexican descent and White women in California pp. 1467-1471

G.M. Shaw, E.M. Velie and C.R. Wasserman

The effects of occupation-based social position on mortality in a large American cohort pp. 1472-1475

D.I. Gregorio, S.J. Walsh and D. Paturzo

Income dynamics and adult mortality in the United States, 1972 through 1989 pp. 1476-1483

P. McDonough, Greg Duncan, D. Williams and J. House

The impact of socioeconomic status on health functioning as assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire: The Whitehall II study pp. 1484-1490

H. Hemingway, A. Nicholson, M. Stafford, R. Roberts and M. Marmot

Social capital, income inequality, and mortality pp. 1491-1498

I. Kawachi, B.P. Kennedy, K. Lochner and D. Prothrow-Stith

Social differences in health: Life-cycle effects between ages 23 and 33 in the 1958 British birth cohort pp. 1499-1506

C. Power, C. Hertzman, S. Matthews and O. Manor

Comment: income, inequality, and social cohesion pp. 1504-1506

R.G. Wilkinson

Socioeconomic differences in hysterectomy: The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study pp. 1507-1514

N.F. Marks and D.S. Shinberg

Erratum: Tobacco and alcohol use behaviors portrayed in music videos: A content analysis (American Journal of Public Health (1997) 87 (1131-1135)) pp. 1514

R.H. DuRant, E.S. Rome, M. Rich, E. Allred, S.J. Emans and E.R. Woods

Mortality in Chicago attributed to the July 1995 heat wave pp. 1515-1518

S. Whitman, G. Good, E.R. Donoghue, N. Benbow, W. Shou and S. Mou

The relationship of cigarette prices and no-smoking bylaws to the prevalence of smoking in Canada pp. 1519-1521

T. Stephens, L.L. Pederson, J.J. Koval and C. Kim

Social class and premature mortality among men: A method for state- based surveillance pp. 1521-1525

E. Barnett, D.L. Armstrong and M.L. Casper

Is incarceration during pregnancy associated with infant birthweight? pp. 1526-1531

S.L. Martin, H. Kim, L.L. Kupper, R.E. Meyer and M. Hays

Injectable contraceptive discontinuation and subsequent unintended pregnancy among low-income women pp. 1532-1534

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

Screening women for gonorrhea: Demographic screening criteria for general clinical use pp. 1535-1538

K.J. Mertz, W.C. Levine, D.J. Mosure, S.M. Berman, K.J. Dorian and A. Hadgu

Mortality patterns among female nurses: A 27-state study, 1984 through 1990 pp. 1539-1543

L.A. Peipins, C. Burnett, T. Alterman and N. Lalich

Controlling tuberculosis in an urban emergency department: A rapid decision instrument for patient isolation pp. 1543-1547

J.T. Redd and E. Susser

Shigellosis on Indian Reserves in Manitoba, Canada: Its relationship to crowded housing, lack of running water, and inadequate sewage disposal pp. 1547-1551

T. Rosenberg, O. Kendall, J. Blanchard, S. Martel, C. Wakelin and M. Fast

Aplastic anemia in rural Thailand: Its association with grain farming and agricultural pesticide exposure pp. 1551-1554

S. Issaragrisil, K. Chansung, D.W. Kaufman, J. Sirijirachai, T. Thamprasit and N.S. Young

Could salicylates in food have contributed to the decline in cardiovascular disease mortality? A new hypothesis pp. 1554-1557

L.M. Ingster and M. Feinleib

Occupationally acquired HIV: The vulnerability of health care workers under workers' compensation laws pp. 1558-1562

P.M. Tereskerz and J. Jagger

A community research model: A challenge to public health pp. 1563-1564

P. Brown-Peterside and D. Laraque

1997, volume 87, articles 8

Genetic screening and public health pp. 1275-1277

N.A. Holtzman

Adolescent HIV testing--who says who signs? pp. 1277-1278

K. Hein

The accurate measurement of gestational age--a critical step toward improving fetal death reporting and perinatal health pp. 1278-1279

G.R. Alexander

Public participation in medical policy-making and the status of consumer autonomy: The example of newborn-screening programs in the United States pp. 1280-1288

E.H. Hiller, G. Landenburger and M.R. Natowicz

Sociometric risk networks and risk for HIV infection pp. 1289-1296

S.R. Friedman, A. Neaigus, B. Jose, R. Curtis, M. Goldstein, G. Ildefonso, R.B. Rothenberg and D.C. Des Jarlais

Job strain and blood pressure in African Americans: The pitt county study pp. 1297-1302

A.B. Curtis, S.A. James, T.E. Raghunathan and K.H. Alcser

Psychiatric symptoms in adolescence as predictors of obesity in early adulthood: A longitudinal study pp. 1303-1310

D.S. Pine, P. Cohen, J. Brook and J.D. Coplan

Youth and violence on local television news in California pp. 1311-1316

L. Dorfman, K. Woodruff, V. Chavez and L. Wallack

National trends in the mortality of children with sickle cell disease, 1968 through 1992 pp. 1317-1322

H. Davis, K.C. Schoendorf, P.J. Gergen and R.M. Moore

Quality assessment of fetal death records in Georgia: A method for improvement pp. 1323-1327

J.A. Gaudino , C. Blackmore-Prince, R. Yip and R.W. Rochat

The effects of a 2-year physical education program (SPARK) on physical activity and fitness in elementary school students pp. 1328-1334

J.F. Sallis, T.L. McKenzie, J.E. Alcaraz, B. Kolody, N. Faucette and M.F. Hovell

Universal radiographic screening for tuberculosis among inmates upon admission to jail pp. 1335-1337

M.C. Layton, K.J. Henning, T.A. Alexander, A.L. Gooding, C. Reid, B.M. Heyman, J. Leung, D.M. Gilmore and T.R. Frieden

The impact of parental consent on the HIV testing of minors pp. 1338-1341

T.M. Meehan, H. Hansen and W.C. Klein

Screening for adolescent smoking among primary care physicians in California pp. 1341-1345

M. Franzgrote, J.M. Ellen, S.G. Millstein and C.E. Irwin

Cigarette smoking attitudes and first use among third-through sixth- grade students: The Bogalusa Heart Study pp. 1345-1348

K.J. Greenlund, C.C. Johnson, L.S. Webber and G.S. Berenson

Blood lead testing by pediatricians: Practice, attitudes, and demographics pp. 1349-1351

S.C. Ferguson and T.A. Lieu

Elevated blood lead levels in children of construction workers pp. 1352-1355

E.A. Whelan, G.M. Piacitelli, B. Gerwel, T.M. Schnorr, C.A. Mueller, J. Gittleman and T.D. Matte

The deterioration in children's nutritional status in rural chad: The effect of mothers' influence on feeding pp. 1356-1359

F. Bégin, J.-P. Habicht, E.A. Frongillo and H. Delisle

The effect of vitamin A supplementation on the growth of preschool children in the Sudan pp. 1359-1362

W.W. Fawzi, M.G. Herrera, W.C. Willett, P. Nestel, A. El Amin and K.A. Mohamed

The underreporting of deaths of American Indian children in California, 1979 through 1993 pp. 1363-1366

M. Epstein, R. Moreno and P. Bacchetti

Mandatory parental involvement in minor's abortions: Effects of the laws in Minnesota, Missouri, and Indiana pp. 1367-1374

C. Ellertson

The effect of a community-supported alcohol ban on prenatal alcohol and other substance abuse pp. 1378-1379

R.J. Bowerman

Bottled water use in an immigrant community: a public health issue? pp. 1379-1380

A.M. Weissman

Public and private academic medical partnerships in improving nutritional management in phenylketonuria pp. 1379

V. Lewis, S. Krause and C. Myers

Outercourse as a safe and sensible alternative to contraceptives pp. 1380-1381

J.C. Cobb

1997, volume 87, articles 7

Authors and authorship--reform or abolition? pp. 1091-1092

M. Susser

Statistics in the journal--significance, confidence, and all that pp. 1092-1095

M.E. Northridge, B. Levin, M. Feinleib and M.W. Susser

Disparity in cancer survival and alternative health care financing systems pp. 1095-1096

A. Schatzkin

Annotation: evaluating OSHA's ethylene oxide standard and evaluating OSHA pp. 1096-1097

R.E. Yodaiken

Topics for our times: the medicine/public health initiative pp. 1098-1099

S.J. Reiser

Questionable data and preconceptions: Reconsidering the value of mammography for American Indian women pp. 1100-1102

M.R. Partin, J.E. Köm and J.S. Slater

Mammography screening for women aged 40 through 49--a guidelines saga and a clarion call for informed decision making pp. 1103-1106

V.L. Ernster

National health care reform and the 103rd Congress: The activities and influence of public health advocates pp. 1107-1112

H.H. Schauffler and J. Wilkerson

Neighborhood risk factors for low birthweight in Baltimore: A multilevel analysis pp. 1113-1118

P. O'Campo, X. Xue, M.-C. Wang and M.O. Brien Caughy

Evaluating OSHA's ethylene oxide standard: Employer exposure-monitoring activities in Massachusetts hospitals from 1985 through 1993 pp. 1119-1125

A.D. Lamonîagne and K.T. Kelsey

The effect of cigarette taxes on cigarette consumption, 1955 through 1994 pp. 1126-1130

K.J. Meier and M.J. Licari

Tobacco and alcohol use behaviors portrayed in music videos: A content analysis pp. 1131-1135

R.H. Durant, E.S. Rome, M. Rieh, E. Allred, S. Jean Ernans and E.R. Woods

The use of outpatient mental health services in the United States and Ontario: The impact of mental morbidity and perceived need for care pp. 1136-1143

S.J. Katz, R.C. Kessler, R.G. Frank, P. Leaf, L. Elizabeth and M. Edlund

The distance to community medical care and the likelihood of hospitalization: Is closer always better? pp. 1144-1150

D.C. Goodman, E. Fisher, T.A. Slukel and C.-H. Chang

Hospital use and health status of women during the 5 years following the birth of a premature, low-birthweight infant pp. 1151-1155

J. Haas and M.C. McCormick

An international comparison of cancer survival: Toronto, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan areas pp. 1156-1163

K.M. Gorey, E.J. Holowaty, G. Fehringer, E. Laukkanen, A. Moskowitz, D.J. Webster and N.L. Richter

Survival rates for four forms of cancer in the United States and Ontario pp. 1164-1167

D.M. Keller, E.A. Peîerson and G. Silbennan

The association of drinking water source and chlorination by-products with cancer incidence among postmenopausal women in Iowa: A prospective cohort study pp. 1168-1176

T.J. Doyle, W. Zheng, J.R. Cerhan, C.-P. Hong, T.A. Sellers, L.H. Kushi and A.R. Folsam

An evaluation of educational outreach to general practitioners as part of a statewide cervical screening program pp. 1177-1181

S.A. Stevens, J. Cockburn, S. Hirst and D. Jolley

The costs and effects of cervical and breast cancer screening in a public hospital emergency room pp. 1182-1189

J. Mandelblatt, H. Freeman, D. Winczewski, K. Cagney, S. Williams, R. Trowern, J. Tang, K. Gold, T. Lin Hsiang and J. Kemer

The delivery of preventive services in primary care practices according to chronic disease status pp. 1190-1196

S.A. Fontana, L.C. Baumann, C. Helberg and R.R. Love

State legislators' attitudes and voting intentions toward tobacco control legislation pp. 1197-1200

A.O. Goldstein, J.E. Cohen, B.S. Flynn, N.H. Gottlieb, L.J. Solomon, G.S. Dana, K.E. Bauman and Michael Munger

A smoking cessation program at a public antenatal clinic pp. 1201-1204

R.A. Walsh, S. Redman, M.W. Brinsmead, J.M. Byme and A. Melmelh

An association between the heat-humidity index and preterm labor and delivery: A preliminary analysis pp. 1205-1207

S. Lajinian, S. Hudson, L. Applewhite, J. Feldman and H.L. Minkoff

Vaginal douching and adverse health effects: A meta-analysis pp. 1207-1211

J. Zliang, A. George Thomas and E. Leybovich

State-imposed limits on Medicaid reimbursement for nursing facility care pp. 1211-1213

J.H. Swan, C. Harrington, S.K. De Wit and M. Zhong

Sunbathing habits and sunscreen use among white adults: Results of a national survey pp. 1214-1217

H.K. Koh, S.M. Bak, A.C. Geller, T.W. Mangione, R.W. Hingson, S. Levenson, D.R. Miller, R.A. Lew and J. Howland

Socioeconomic status and breast cancer mortality, 1989 through 1993: An analysis of education data from death certificates pp. 1218-1222

K.E. Heck, D.K. Wagener, A. Schatzkin, S.S. Devesa and N. Breen

Industrial workers' health and environmental pollution under the new international division of labor: The Taiwan experience pp. 1223-1231

M.-S. Chen and C.-L. Huang

Targeted tobacco markets: outdoor advertising in Los Angeles minority neighborhoods pp. 1232-1233

J.L. Stoddard, C.A. Johnson, T. Boley-Cruz and S. Sussman

Learning to recognize scarring among intravenous drug users: a tool for HIV risk reduction pp. 1233-1234

H.W. Horowitz

The adequacy of one sputum smear for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis pp. 1234-1235

B. Dujardin, E. Haelterman, W. Van Damme and G. Kegels

A shipboard outbreak of tuberculosis in Mississippi and Louisiana, 1993 to 1994 pp. 1234

A.D. Penman, M.A. Kohn and M. Fowler

Misusing the term 'artificial fluoridation' pp. 1235-1236

H.S. Horowitz

1997, volume 87, articles 6

Gun availability and violent death pp. 899-901

H. Morgenstern

AIDS--an update on the global dynamics pp. 901-904

Z. Stein and M. Susser

Maternal considerations in formulating HIV-related breast-feeding recommendations pp. 904-906

P. Zimmer and C. Garza

Dealing with tobacco--the implications of a legislative settlement with the tobacco industry pp. 906-909

K.E. Warner

Emergency contraception--parsimony and prevention in the medicine cabinet pp. 909-910

W. Cates and E.G. Raymond

Comment: Gunsmoke--changing public attitudes toward smoking and firearms pp. 910-913

A.L. Kellermann

Comment: ethical dilemmas in worldwide polio eradication programs pp. 913-916

R.W. Sutter and S.L. Cochi

Comment: evaluating the effectiveness of hospital care pp. 916-917

H. Krakauer

Flawed gun policy research could endanger public safety pp. 918-921

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

Ethical dilemmas in current planning for polio eradication pp. 922-925

C.E. Taylor, F. Cutts and M.E. Taylor

Erratum: Annotation: Cigarette smoking, nutrition, and birthweight (American Journal of Public (1997) 87 (543-544) pp. 925

K.M. Rasmussen and B. Adams

Infant survival, HIV infection, and feeding alternatives in to less- developed countries pp. 926-931

L. Kuhn and Z. Stein

Preventing unintended pregnancy: The cost-effectiveness of three methods of emergency contraception pp. 932-937

J. Trussell, J. Koenig, C. Ellertson and Frances Stewart

Mortality related to sexually transmitted diseases in US women, 1973 through 1992 pp. 938-944

S.H. Ebrahim, T.A. Peterman, A.A. Zaidi and M.L. Kamb

Maternal employment and breast-feeding: Findings from the 1988 national maternal and infant health survey pp. 945-950

C.M. Visness and K.I. Kennedy

Some correlates of self-rated health for australian women pp. 951-956

B. Shadbolt

Frequent attendance at religious services and mortality over 28 years pp. 957-961

W.J. Strawbridge, R.D. Cohen, S.J. Shema and G.A. Kaplan

Routine prenatal screening for congenital heart disease: What can be expected? A decision-analytic approach pp. 962-967

E. Buskens, E.W. Steyerberg, J. Hess, J.W. Wladimiroff and D.E. Grobbee

The campaign to raise the tobacco tax in Massachusetts pp. 968-973

P.F. Heiser and M.E. Begay

The association between the purchase of a handgun and homicide or suicide pp. 974-978

P. Cummings, T.D. Koepsell, D.C. Grossman, J. Savarino and R.S. Thompson

The effectiveness of a school-based curriculum for reducing violence among urban sixth-grade students pp. 979-984

A.D. Farrell and A.L. Meyer

Profiles of violent youth: Substance use and other concurrent problems pp. 985-991

P. Ellickson, H. Saner and K.A. McGuigan

Milk, dietary calcium, and bone fractures in women: A 12-year prospective study pp. 992-997

D. Feskanich, W.C. Willett, M.J. Stampfer and G.A. Colditz

Determining injury at work on the california death certificate pp. 998-1002

C. Peek-Asa, D.L. McArthur and J.F. Kraus

The effect of high altitude and other risk factors on birthweight: Independent or interactive effects? pp. 1003-1007

G.M. Jensen and L.G. Moore

Reduced probability of HIV infection among crack cocaine-using injection drag users pp. 1008-1012

M.Y. Iguchi and D.A. Bux

Low prevalences of HIV infection and sexually transmitted disease among female commercial sex workers in Mexico City pp. 1012-1015

F. Uribe-Salas, M. Hernández-Avila, C.J. Conde-Glez, L. Juárez-Figueroa, B. Allen, R. Anaya-Ocampo, C. Del Río-Chiriboga, P. Uribe-Zúñiga and B. De Zalduondo

The effects of an abusive primary partner on the condom use and sexual negotiation practices of African-American women pp. 1016-1018

G.M. Wingood and R.J. DiClemente

The decentralization of syphilis screening for improved care in Jamaican public clinics pp. 1019-1021

F.M.-T. Behets, A. Brathwaite, L. Bennett, K.-G. Douglas, G.A. Dallabetta and J.P. Figueroa

Prenatal health behaviors and psychosocial risk factors in pregnant women of mexican origin: The role of acculturation pp. 1022-1026

R.E. Zambrana, S.C.M. Scrimshaw, N. Collins and C. Dunkel-Schetter

The relationship of patient reading ability to self-reported health and use of health services pp. 1027-1030

D.W. Baker, R.M. Parker, M.V. Williams, W.S. Clark and J. Nurss

The effectiveness of a media-led intervention to reduce smoking among vietnamese-american men pp. 1031-1034

C.N.H. Jenkins, S.J. McPhee, A. Le, G.Q. Pham, N.-T. Ha and S. Stewart

Employee and public responses to simulated violations of no-smoking regulations in spain pp. 1035-1037

X. Bonfill, C. Serra and V. López

Weapon carrying among black adolescents: A social network perspective pp. 1038-1040

G.P. Myers, G.A. McGrady, C. Marrow and C.W. Mueller

Trends in fatal occupational injuries and industrial restructuring in north carolina in the 1980s pp. 1041-1043

D. Richardson and D. Loomis

Increasing car seat use for toddlers from inner-city families pp. 1044-1045

B. Louis and M. Lewis

Assessing children's ultraviolet radiation exposure: The use of parental recall via telephone interviews pp. 1046-1049

J.A. Mayer, J.F. Sallis, L. Eckhardt, L. Creech, M.R. Johnston, J.P. Elder and K.J. Lui

Injuries to bicyclists in Wuhan, People's Republic of China pp. 1049-1052

G. Li and S.P. Baker

Medical necessity and defined coverage benefits in the oregon health plan pp. 1053-1058

P.A. Glassman, P.D. Jacobson and S. Asch

Condom-carrying behavior among college students pp. 1059-1060

D.W. Dahl, G.J. Gorn and C.B. Weinberg

A call for consistency in defining breast-feeding pp. 1060-1061

M.H. Labbok, M. Belsey and C.J. Coffin

Improving Americans' diet pp. 1061

E. Jarka

1997, volume 87, articles 5

Region of birth and mortality among black Americans pp. 724-726

D. Vågerö

The uses of psychosocial epidemiology in promoting refugee health pp. 726-728

R. Neugebauer

Race, ethnicity, and health outcomes--unraveling the mediating role of socioeconomic status pp. 728-730

J.M. Guralnik and S.G. Leveille

Environmental racism and public health pp. 730-732

M.E. Northridge and P.M. Shepard

Topics for our times: affirmative action and women's health pp. 732-734

W. Chavkin

Policy research for disease prevention: Challenges and practical recommendations pp. 735-739

R.C. Brownson, C.J. Newschaffer and F. Ali-Abarghoui

US trends in nutrient intake: The 1987 and 1992 National Health Interview Surveys pp. 740-746

J. Norris, L. Harnack, S. Carmichael, T. Pouane, P. Wakimoto and G. Block

Stable behaviors associated with adults' 10-year change in body mass index and likelihood of gain at the waist pp. 747-754

H.S. Kahn, L.M. Tatham, C. Rodriguez, E.E. Calle, M.J. Thun and C.W. Heath

Do smokers understand the mortality effects of smoking? Evidence from the health and retirement survey pp. 755-759

M. Schoenbaum

Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among rural/small town and urban youth: A secondary analysis of the monitoring the future data set pp. 760-764

C.E. Cronk and P.D. Sarvela

Childhood abuse and the use of inhalants: Differences by degree of use pp. 765-769

M. Fendrich, M.E. Mackesy-Amiti, J.S. Wislar and P.J. Goldstein

The AIDS epidemic among spanish drug users: A birth cohort-associated phenomenon pp. 770-774

J. Castilla, M. Pollán and G. López-Abente

Recent trends in breast cancer mortality among White and Black US women pp. 775-781

F. Chevarley and E. White

Race and mammography use in two North Carolina counties pp. 782-786

M.S. O'Malley, J.A.L. Earp and R.P. Harris

Ethnic differences in birthweight: The role of lifestyle and other factors pp. 787-793

P.H. Shiono, V.A. Rauh, M. Park, S.A. Lederman and D. Zuskar

Cross-cultural measurements of psychological well-being: The psychometric equivalence of Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Laotian translations of the Affect Balance Scale pp. 794-799

G.M. Devins, M. Beiser, R. Dion, L.G. Pelletier and R.G. Edwards

Region of birth and mortality from circulatory diseases among Black Americans pp. 800-804

D. Schneider, M.R. Greenberg and L.L. Lu

Socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic differences in functional status associated with chronic diseases pp. 805-810

R.S. Kington and James Smith

Potentially avoidable hospitalizations: Inequalities in rates between US socioeconomic groups pp. 811-816

G. Pappas, W.C. Hadden, L.J. Kozak and G.F. Fisher

The relationship between the race/ethnicity of generalist Physicians and their care for underserved populations pp. 817-822

G. Xu, S.K. Fields, C. Laine, J.J. Veloski, B. Barzansky and C.J.M. Martini

An experimental analysis of sociocultural variables in sales of cigarettes to minors pp. 823-826

E.A. Klonoff, H. Landrine and R. Alcaraz

Psychiatric disorders among American Indian and white youth in Appalachia: The great smoky mountains study pp. 827-832

E.J. Costello, E.M.Z. Farmer, A. Angold, B.J. Burns and A. Erkanli

Ethnic differences in the prevalence of nonmalignant respiratory disease among uranium miners pp. 833-838

D.W. Mapel, D.B. Coultas, D.S. James, W.C. Hunt, C.A. Stidley and F.D. Gilliland

Motor vehicle rollover and static stability: An exposure study pp. 839-841

L.S. Robertson and A. Maloney

Relative risk in the news media: A quantification of misrepresentation pp. 842-845

K. Frost, E. Frank and E. Maibach

The impact of public assistance factors on the immunization levels of children younger than 2 years pp. 845-848

L. Suarez, D.M. Simpson and D.R. Smith

A pricing strategy to promote low-fat snack choices through vending machines pp. 849-851

S.A. French, R.W. Jeffery, M. Story, P. Hannan and M.P. Snyder

A persistent rise in mortality among injection drug users in Rome, 1980 through 1992 pp. 851-853

M. Davoli, C.A. Perucci, E. Rapiti, A.M. Bargagli, D. D'Ippoliti, F. Forastiere and D. Abeni

Injection drag use among homeless adults with severe mental illness pp. 854-856

E. Susser, P. Betne, E. Valencia, S.M. Goldfinger and A.F. Lehman

Antibody testing and condom use among heterosexual African Americans at risk for HIV infection: The national AIDS behavioral surveys pp. 857-859

O.A. Grinstead, J.L. Peterson, B. Faigeles and J.A. Catania

No butts about it: public smoking ends in Vermont pp. 860-861

J.K. Carney, M.C. Hamrell and W.E. Wargo

Operation Tot Shots: an awareness campaign for parents during kindergarten registration pp. 861-862

H.G. Cicirello, J. Le Comb, J. Ewing and G.S. Birkhead

Tuberculosis screening at a syringe exchange program pp. 862-863

D.C. Perlman, M.P. Perkins, N. Solomon, L. Kochems, D.C. Des Jarlais and D. Paone

Interpreting HIV prevalence and incidence among Americans: Bridging data and public policy pp. 864-866

T.C. Mills, R. Stall, J.A. Catania and T.J. Coates

Quantifying the expected vs potential impact of a risk-factor intervention program pp. 867-868

M. Bulterys, H. Morgenstern and D.L. Weed

Liver transplants and the decline in deaths from liver disease pp. 868-869

R.W. Evans

Alternative models for controlling smoking among adolescents pp. 869-871

L.J. Pletten

The driver's role in automobile safety pp. 871-872

L. Fisher

The end of the chronic disease era pp. 872-873

R. Scribner

US HIV prevalence estimates: why the delay in publication? pp. 873-874

P. Lurie and P. DeCarlo

1997, volume 87, articles 4

The Eating Patterns Study--the importance of practical randomized trials in communities pp. 541-543

S.B. Green

Annotation: cigarette smoking, nutrition, and birthweight pp. 543-544

K.M. Rasmussen and B. Adams

Annotation: HIV prevention challenges-realistic strategies and early detection programs pp. 544-546

M.J. Rotheram-Borus

Annotation: wanted--a simple and meaningful HIV staging system pp. 546-548

W. el-Sadr and J.D. Neaton

Annotation: what can be done about missing data? Approaches to imputation pp. 548-550

D.F. Heitjan

Topics for our times: Norplant coercion--an overstated threat pp. 550-551

A.R. Davidson and D. Kalmuss

Topics for our times: the increasing demand for tuberculosis services--a new encumbrance on tuberculosis control programs pp. 551-553

C.M. Nolan

Leadership to meet the challenges to the public's health pp. 554-557

E.R. Brown

Increased condom use without other major changes in sexual behavior among the general population in Switzerland pp. 558-566

F. Dubois-Arber, A. Jeannin, E. Konings and F. Paccaud

The Boston AIDS Survival Score (BASS): A multidimensional AIDS severity instrument pp. 567-573

G.R. Seage , C. Gatsonis, J. Weissman, J. Haas, P. Cleary, F. Fowler, M.P. Massagli, V.E. Stone, D.E. Craven, H. Makadon, J. Goldberg, K. Coltin, K.S. Levin and A.M. Epstein

The role of diabetes mellitus in the higher prevalence of tuberculosis among Hispanics pp. 574-579

A. Pablos-Méndez, J. Blustein and C.A. Knirsch

A community waterborne outbreak of salmonellosis and the effectiveness of a boil water order pp. 580-584

F.J. Angulo, S. Tippen, D.J. Sharp, B. Payne, C. Collier, J.E. Hill, T.J. Barrett, R.M. Clark, E.E. Geldreich, H. Denny Donnell and D.L. Swerdlow

Marijuana use and mortality pp. 585-590

S. Sidney, J.E. Beck, I.S. Tekawa, C.P. Quesenberry and G.D. Friedman

The effects of cigarette smoking and gestational weight change on birth outcomes in obese and normal-weight women pp. 591-596

W.L. Hellerstedt, J.H. Hirnes, M. Story, I.R. Alton and L.E. Edwards

Neighborhood social environments and the distribution of low birthweight in Chicago pp. 597-603

E.M. Roberts

Mentally disordered women in jail: Who receives services? pp. 604-609

L.A. Teplin, K.M. Abram and G.M. McClelland

A dietary intervention in primary care practice: The Eating Patterns Study pp. 610-616

S.A.A. Beresford, S.J. Curry, A.R. Kristal and D. Lazovich

Workplace conditions, socioeconomic status, and the risk of mortality and acute myocardial infarction: The Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study pp. 617-622

J. Lynch, N. Krause, G.A. Kaplan, J. Tuomilehto and J.T. Salonen

Low blood pressure and five-year mortality in a Stockholm cohort of the very old: Possible confounding by cognitive impairment and other factors pp. 623-628

Z. Guo, M. Viitanen and B. Winblad

Lifetime cocaine use and cardiovascular characteristics among young adults: The CARDIA study pp. 629-634

B.L. Braun, D.M. Murray and S. Sidney

Seven-year trends in body weight and associations with lifestyle and behavioral characteristics in Black and White young adults: The CARDIA study pp. 635-642

C.E. Lewis, D.E. Smith, D.D. Wallace, O. Dale Williams, D.E. Bild and D.R. Jacobs

Factors contributing to the hospitalization of patients with congestive heart failure pp. 643-648

M.H. Chin and L. Goldman

Adolescent smokers' provision of tobacco to other adolescents pp. 649-651

M. Wolfson, J.L. Forster, A.J. Claxton and D.M. Murray

Cigarette sales to African-American and White minors in low-income areas of Baltimore pp. 652-654

C.C. Voorhees, R.T. Swank, F.A. Stillman, D.X. Harris, H.W. Watson and D.M. Becker

The feasibility of a street-intercept survey method in an African- American community pp. 655-658

K.W. Miller, L.B. Wilder, F.A. Stillman and D.M. Becker

The effectiveness of a hospital-based program to promote exclusive breast-feeding among low-income women in Brazil pp. 659-663

C.K. Lutter, R. Perez-Escamilla, A. Segall, T. Sanghvi, K. Teniya and C. Wickham

Rural hospitals' experience with the National Practitioner Data Bank pp. 663-666

W.E. Neighbor, L.-M. Baldwin, P.A. West and L. Gary Hart

The effectiveness of family planning programs evaluated with true experimental designs pp. 666-669

K.E. Bauman

Exercise and depression in midlife: A prospective study pp. 670-673

L. Cooper-Patrick, D.E. Ford, L.A. Mead, P.P. Chang and M.J. Klag

Composite cardiovascular risk outcomes of a work-site intervention trial pp. 673-676

M.K. Gomel, B. Oldenburg, J.M. Simpson, M. Chilvers and N. Owen

Hysterectomy, oophorectomy, and heart disease risk factors in older women pp. 676-680

D. Kritz-Silverstein, E. Barrett-Connor and D.L. Wingard

The case of the missing secretary: DHEW's failed efforts to create a Cabinet secretary of health pp. 681-686

G.A. Silver

Asbestos-related cancer and the amphibole hypothesis 1. The first documentation of the association [2] pp. 687-688

J.C. Wagner

Underestimating cocaine use during pregnancy [1] pp. 687

K.D. Rosenberg, D.M. Bateman and D.C. Des Jarlais

Asbestos-related cancer and the amphibole hypothesis. The amphibole hypothesis: neither gone nor forgotten pp. 688-689

A.M. Langer and R.P. Nolan

The amphibole hypothesis: Neither gone nor forgotten [3] pp. 688-689

A.M. Langer and R.P. Nolan

Asbestos-related cancer and the amphibole hypothesis. The hypothesis is still supported by scientists and scientific data pp. 689-690

B.T. Mossman and J.B. Gee

The hypothesis is still supported by scientists and scientific data [4] pp. 689-690

B.T. Mossman and J.B.L. Gee

Integrating HIV prevention, STD, and family planning services 1. The availability of HIV services at different types of clinics: A survey [5] pp. 691-692

W. Chavkin, V. Breitbart and D. Elman

Integrating HIV prevention, STD, and family planning services. Comprehensive efforts in Philadelphia pp. 692

D. Mann

Integrating HIV prevention, STD, and family planning services. A sexual and reproductive health approach in Latin America and the Caribbean pp. 692-693

J. Becker and E. Kirberger

Integrating HIV prevention, STD, and family planning services. The need for integrated government funding and services pp. 693

M. Sable

1997, volume 87, articles 3

The disabilities of aging--looking to the physical environment pp. 331-332

W.A. Satariano

Current research in the epidemiology and public health of aging--the need for more diverse strategies pp. 333-334

S.V. Kasl

The "Black Report" of Spain--the Commission on Social Inequalities in Health pp. 334-335

V. Navarro

The proliferation and risks of government DNA databases pp. 336-337

P. Sankar

Adverse outcomes of planned and unplanned pregnancies among users of natural family planning: A prospective study pp. 338-343

A. Bitto, R.H. Gray, J.L. Simpson, J.T. Queenan, R.T. Kambic, A. Perez, P. Mena, M. Barbato, C. Li and V. Jennings

Interspecialty differences in the obstetric care of low-risk women pp. 344-351

R.A. Rosenblatt, S.A. Dobie, L.G. Hart, R. Schneeweiss, D. Gould, T.R. Raine, T.J. Benedetti, M.J. Pirani and E.B. Perrin

Cocaine use during pregnancy: Sensitive detection by hair assay pp. 352-358

J. Kline, S.K.C. Ng, M. Schittini, B. Levin and M. Susser

The early use of alcohol and tobacco: Its relation to children's competence and parents' behavior pp. 359-364

C. Jackson, L. Henriksen, D. Dickinson and D.W. Levine

Unmet health care needs and mortality among Spanish elderly pp. 365-370

J. Alonso, F. Orfila, A. Ruigómez, M. Ferrer and J.M. Antó

Living arrangements, changes in living arrangements, and survival among community dwelling older adults pp. 371-377

M.A. Davis, D.J. Moritz, J.M. Neuhaus, J.D. Barclay and L. Gee

Disability in activities of daily living: Patterns of change and a hierarchy of disability pp. 378-383

D.D. Dunlop, S.L. Hughes and L.M. Manheim

The great efficacy of personal and equipment assistance in reducing disability pp. 384-392

L.M. Verbrugge, C. Rennert and J.H. Madans

Characteristics of older pedestrians who have difficulty crossing the street pp. 393-397

J.A. Langlois, P.M. Keyl, J.M. Guralnik, D.J. Foley, R.A. Marottoli and R.B. Wallace

The effect of HIP fracture on mortality, hospitalization, and functional status: A prospective study pp. 398-403

F.D. Wolinsky, J.F. Fitzgerald and T.E. Stump

Inappropriate drug prescriptions for elderly residents of board and care facilities pp. 404-4O9

D.L. Spore, V. Mor, P. Larrat, C. Hawes and J. Hiris

Decreasing smoking prevalence during pregnancy in Sweden: The effect on small-for-gestational-age births pp. 410-413

S. Cnattingius and B. Haglund

Very-low-birthweight infants and income incongruity among African American and white parents in Chicago pp. 414-417

J.W. Collins , A.A. Herman and R.J. David

Health care seeking behaviors related to sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents pp. 417-420

J.D. Fortenberry

Condom breakage and slippage during heterosexual intercourse: A French National Survey pp. 421-424

A. Messiah, T. Dart, B.E. Spencer and J. Warszawski

Strategies to improve the reporting of legal blindness in Massachusetts pp. 425-428

M.M. El-Hashimy, R.E. Aubert, K. Alich, J.H. Warram, B.A. Harrigan and W.H. Herman

Weak associations between hospital mortality rates for individual diagnoses: Implications for profiling hospital quality pp. 429-433

G.E. Rosenthal

The health status of elderly persons in the last year of life: A comparison of deaths by suicide, injury, and natural causes pp. 434-437

L. Grabbe, A. Demi, M.A. Camann and L. Potter

US trends in disability and institutionalization among older Blacks and Whites pp. 438-440

D.O. Clark

An increasing prevalence of heating impairment and associated risk factors over three decades of the Alameda County Study pp. 440-442

M.I. Wallhagen, W.J. Strawbridge, R.D. Cohen and G.A. Kaplan

The effect of postmenopausal estrogen therapy on the risk of non- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus pp. 443-445

L.L. Gabal, D. Goodman-Gruen and E. Barrett-Connor

Controlling tobacco advertising: The FDA regulations and the first amendment pp. 446-451

L.H. Glantz

South Africa's early experiment in social medicine: Its pioneers and politics pp. 452-459

S. Marks

Pertussis containment in schools and day care centers during the Cincinnati epidemic of 1993 pp. 460-462

C.D.C. Christie, M.L. Marx, J.A. Daniels and M.P. Adcock

Community mobilization for preschool immunizations: the "Shots by Two" Project pp. 462-463

T.T. Chiu, S.L. Barata, D.M. Unsicker and L. Brennan

Providing legal services to vulnerable populations through a clinic-law firm collaboration pp. 463-464

A.S. Deinard, A. Martin, S. Lindemann and D. Haynes

The health and housing fellows program: recruiting returned Peace Corps volunteers pp. 464-465

J. Howland, B. Ollen, S. Dowley, D.W. Coombs, V. Stalker and S. Shiber

Carbon monoxide poisoning from gasoline-powered engines: Risk perception among midwest flood victims [1] pp. 466-467

A.L. Greife, L.M. Goldenhar, E. Fruend, A. Stock and W. Halperin

The duration of the effect of vitamin A supplementation [2] pp. 467-468

A. Sommer and West K.P., Jr.

Ross and colleagues respond [3] pp. 468

D.A. Ross and B.R. Kirkwood

Underwood responds [4] pp. 468-469

B.A. Underwood

HIV/AIDS surveillance in Italy: the potential misinterpretation of time trends pp. 469-470

P. Pezzotti, C. Piovesan, G. Rezza and P. Ferraro

Oral sex, crack smoking, and HIV infection among female sex workers who do not inject drugs pp. 470

J.I. Wallace, J. Porter, A. Weiner and A. Steinberg

1997, volume 87, articles 2

It's time for the public health community to declare war on homelessness pp. 153-155

W.R. Breakey

Annotation: hypertension in populations of African origin pp. 155-156

A.G. Shaper and P.H. Whincup

Annotation: developing and validating new methods for assessing community interventions pp. 157-158

P.A. Cassano and E.A. Frongillo

Annotation: the importance of transitional care in reducing homelessness pp. 158-159

G. Thornicroft

The prevalence of hypertension in seven populations of West African origin pp. 160-168

Russell Cooper, C. Rotimi, S. Ataman, D. McGee, B. Osotimehin, S. Kadiri, W. Muna, S. Kingue, H. Fraser, T. Forrester, F. Bennett and R. Wilks

Erratum: The relationship between cigarette smoking and education revisited: Implications for categorizing persons' educational status (American Journal of Public Health (1996) 86 (1582-1589)) pp. 168

B.-P. Zhu, G.A. Giovino, P.D. Mowery and M.P. Eriksen

Erratum: Directly observed therapy for tuberculosis (American Journal of Public Health (1996) 86 (1146-1149)) pp. 168

W. El-Sadr, F. Medard and V. Barthaud

Posttraumatic stress disorder among female Vietnam veterans: A causal model of etiology pp. 169-175

A. Fontana, L.S. Schwartz and R. Rosenheck

Hamburger-associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in Las Vegas: A hidden epidemic pp. 176-180

P.R. Cieslak, S.J. Noble, D.J. Maxson, L.C. Empey, O. Ravenholt, G. Legarza, J. Tuttle, M.P. Doyle, T.J. Barren, J.G. Wells, A.M. McNamara and P.M. Griffin

The Northwest Lipid Research Clinic Fat Intake Scale: Validation and utility pp. 181-185

B.M. Retzlaff, A.A. Dowdy, C.E. Walden, V.E. Bovbjerg and R.H. Knopp

Identifying areas with vitamin A deficiency: The validity of a semiquantitative food frequency method pp. 186-191

N.L. Sloan, D. Rosen, T. De La Paz, M. Arita, C. Temalilwa and N.W. Solomons

Infectious disease mortality among infants in the United States, 1983 through 1987 pp. 192-198

J.S. Read, J.F. Troendle and M.A. Klebanoff

Employment, job strain, and preterm delivery among women in North Carolina pp. 199-204

K.M. Brett, D.S. Strogatz and D.A. Savitz

Maternal smoking and medical expenditures for childhood respiratory illness pp. 205-209

J.J. Stoddard and B. Gray

The impact of payor/provider type on health care use and expenditures among the frail elderly pp. 210-216

B. Experton, Z. Li, L.G. Branch, R.J. Ozminkowski and D.M. Mellon-Lacey

Competing priorities as a barrier to medical care among homeless adults in Los Angeles pp. 217-220

L. Gelberg, T.C. Gallagher, R.M. Andersen and P. Koegel

Drug use disorders and treatment contact among homeless adults in Alameda County, California pp. 221-228

M.J. Robertson, C. Zlotnick and A. Westerfelt

Substance use among runaway and homeless youth in three national samples pp. 229-235

J.M. Greene, S.T. Ennett and C.L. Ringwalt

Sheltered homeless children: Their eligibility and unmet need for special education evaluations pp. 236-240

B.T. Zima, R. Bussing, S.R. Forness and B. Benjamin

Homelessness in female-headed families: Childhood and adult risk and protective factors pp. 241-248

E.L. Bassuk, J.C. Buckner, L.F. Weinreb, A. Browne, S.S. Bassuk, R. Dawson and J.N. Perloff

Adverse childhood experiences: Are they risk factors for adult homelessness? pp. 249-255

D.B. Herman, E.S. Susser, E.L. Struening and B.L. Link

Preventing recurrent homelessness among mentally ill men: A 'critical time' intervention after discharge from a shelter pp. 256-262

E. Susser, E. Valencia, S. Conover, A. Felix, Wei-Che Tsai and R.J. Wyatt

Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of cardiovascular procedures: Associations with type of health insurance pp. 263-267

D.M. Carlisle, B.D. Leake and M.F. Shapiro

The impact of lifestyle characteristics on carotenoid intake in the United States: The 1987 National Health Interview Survey pp. 268-271

L.C. Nebeling, M.R. Forman, B.I. Graubard and R.A. Snyder

Using a brief household food inventory as an environmental indicator of individual dietary practices pp. 272-275

R.E. Patterson, A.R. Kristal, J. Shannon, J.R. Hunt and E. White

Carbonated beverage consumption and bone mineral density among older women: The Rancho Bernardo study pp. 276-279

S.H. Kim, D.J. Morton and E.L. Barrett-Connor

Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a California state prison, 1991 pp. 279-282

D.T. Koo, R.C. Baron and G.W. Rutherford

Motor-vehicle crash fatalities among American Indians and non-Indians in Arizona, 1979 through 1988 pp. 282-285

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

Characteristics of automatic or semiautomatic firearm ownership in the United States pp. 286-288

D. Hemenway and E. Richardson

Developing non-traditional print media for HIV prevention: role model stories for young urban women pp. 289-290

L. Bond, J. Bowden-Proctor, J. Lauby, C. Walls and M. Woll

Ensuring health care for foster children through Medicaid's EPSDT program pp. 290-291

N.M. Ruptier

Partnerships in school care: meeting the needs of New York city schoolchildren with complex medical conditions pp. 291-293

E.G. Lipper, M. Farr, C. Marchese, J. Palfrey and B.J. Darby

A "clinic without walls": the Los Angeles Immunization Demonstration Project pp. 293-294

S. Westman, R.J. Halbert, L.G. Walton and C.E. Henneman

Mistaken assertions on reducing motor vehicle injury pp. 295-296

L.S. Robertson

The Maryland ban on the sale of assault pistols and high-capacity magazines: estimating the impact in Baltimore pp. 297-298

D.S. Weil and R.C. Knox

Research and the Internet: an e-mail survey of sexual orientation pp. 297

R.L. Sell

Differences in the reported prevalence of adolescents who have never smoked pp. 298-299

T. Abernathy

Dose-response analyses of women's alcohol use during pregnancy and children's cognitive functioning pp. 299-300

P. Decouflé and C. Boyle

Cultural orientation: an individual- or group-level variable? pp. 301-302

G.G. Rhoads

The quality of data reported on birth certificates pp. 301

R.S. Kirby

1997, volume 87, articles 1

The road from managed care pp. 8-9

G. Silver

Janus considers the HIV pandemic--harnessing recent advances to enhance AIDS prevention pp. 10-12

M.E. St Louis, J.N. Wasserheit and H.D. Gayle

Health insurance coverage of foreign-born US residents--the implications of the new welfare reform law pp. 12-14

K. Ladenheim

The impact of the economic crisis and the US embargo on health in Cuba pp. 15-20

R. Garfield and S. Santana

Federal public health, semi-reinvented pp. 21-24

F. Mullan

Antigovernment sentiment and support for universal access to care: Are they incompatible? pp. 25-28

R.L. Goldsteen, K. Goldsteen, J.J. Kronenfeld and N.E. Hann

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and limb reduction malformations in Sweden pp. 29-32

K. Källén

Reproductive history, socioeconomic status, and self-reported health status of women aged 50 years or older pp. 33-37

R. Kington, Lee Lillard and J. Rogowski

Adaptive responses among Dutch elderly: The impact of eight chronic medical conditions on health-related quality of life pp. 38-44

G.I.J.M. Kempen, J. Ormel, E.I. Brilman and J. Relyveld

Physical activity in a multiethnic population of third graders in four states pp. 45-50

B.G. Simons-Morton, T.J. McKenzie, E. Stone, P. Mitchell, V. Osganian, P.K. Strikmiller, S. Ehlinger, P. Cribb and P.R. Nader

The effect of school dropout rates on estimates of adolescent substance use among three racial/ethnic groups pp. 51-55

R.C. Swaim, F. Beauvais, E.L. Chavez and E.R. Oetting

The validity of self-reports of smoking: Analyses by race/ethnicity in a school sample of urban adolescents pp. 56-61

T.A. Wills and S.D. Cleary

Substance use in the US college-age population: Differences according to educational status and living arrangement pp. 62-65

J.C. Gfroerer, J.C. Greenblatt and D.A. Wright

Sex trading and psychological distress among women recruited from the streets of Harlem pp. 66-70

N. El-Bassel, R.F. Schilling, K.L. Irwin, S. Faruque, L. Gilbert, J. Von Bargen, Y. Serrano and B.R. Edlin

Mortality and cancer incidence among sawmill workers exposed to chlorophenate wood preservatives pp. 71-79

C. Hertzman, K. Teschke, A. Ostry, R. Hershler, H. Dimich-Ward, S. Kelly, J.J. Spinelli, R.P. Gallagher, M. McBride and S.A. Marion

Primary care case management and birth outcomes in the Iowa Medicaid program pp. 80-84

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

Access to maternity care in rural Washington: Its effect on neonatal outcomes and resource use pp. 85-90

T.S. Nesbitt, E.H. Larson, R.A. Rosenblatt and L.G. Hart

Determinants of US local health department expenditures, 1992 through 1993 pp. 91-95

R.L. Gordon, R.B. Gerzoff and T.B. Richards

Health insurance coverage among foreign-born US residents: The impact of race, ethnicity, and length of residence pp. 96-102

M. Thamer, C. Richard, A.W. Casebeer and N.F. Ray

Hospital nurses' occupational exposure to blood: Prospective, retrospective, and institutional reports pp. 103-107

L.H. Aiken, D.M. Sloane and J.L. Klocinski

Correlates of tobacco use among Native American women in Western North Carolina pp. 108-111

J.G. Spangler, M.B. Dignan and R. Michielutte

The readability of HIV/AIDS educational materials targeted to drug users pp. 112-113

M.E. Johnson, S.L. Mailloux and D.G. Fisher

Can herd immunity influence the assessment of vaccine efficacy in nonrandomized studies? pp. 113-114

K. Mühlemann and N.S. Weiss

The validity of recalled birthweight in developing countries pp. 114

P. Gaskin, S.P. Walker, T.E. Forrester and S.M. Grantham-McGregor