American Journal of Public Health

1971 - 2018

Current editor(s): Alfredo Morabia

From American Public Health Association
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Christopher F Baum ().

Access Statistics for this journal.
Is something missing from the series or not right? See the RePEc data check for the archive and series.

1996, volume 86, articles 12

New directions for community intervention studies pp. 1696-1698

M. Feinleib

Drug use and behavior change pp. 1698-1699

J.E. Osborn

Annotation: Patients on the auction block pp. 1699-1700

S. Woolhandler and D.U. Himmelstein

Annotation: Preventive screening for health risks among adolescents pp. 1701

H.L. Barnett

Comment: genetics and public health pp. 1701-1704

G.S. Omenn

CDC's first 50 years: lessons learned and relearned pp. 1705-1708

D. Satcher

The cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention targeting: How much more bang for the buck? pp. 1709-1712

J.G. Kahn

Some principles in study design for preventing HIV transmission: rigor or reality pp. 1713-1716

M. Susser

From genes to public health: The applications of genetic technology in disease prevention pp. 1717-1722

M.J. Khoury

Estimating the indirect cost of illness: An assessment of the forgone earnings approach pp. 1723-1728

S. Glied

Trends in overweight among US adults from 1987 to 1993: A multistate telephone survey pp. 1729-1735

D.A. Galuska, M. Serdula, E. Pamuk, P.Z. Siegel and T. Byers

Cocaine use and characteristics of young adult users from 1987 to 1992: The CARDIA study pp. 1736-1741

B.L. Braun, D. Murray, P. Hannan, S. Sidney and C. Le

Faithful patients: The effect of long-term physician-patient relationships on the costs and use of health care by older Americans pp. 1742-1747

L.J. Weiss and J. Blustein

The timing of preventive services for women and children: The effect of having a usual source of care pp. 1748-1754

S.L. Ettner

Healthy behaviors among women in the United States and Ontario: The effect on use of preventive care pp. 1755-1759

T.P. Hofer and S.J. Katz

An adolescent tobacco-use prevention trial in orthodontic offices pp. 1760-1766

M.F. Hovell, D.J. Slymen, J.A. Jones, C. Richard Hofstetter, S. Burkham-Kreitner, T.L. Conway, B. Rubin and D. Noel

Don't ask, they won't tell: The quality of adolescent health screening in five practice settings pp. 1767-1772

R.W. Blum, T. Beuhring, M. Wunderlich and M.D. Resnick

The long-term effects of a cardiovascular disease prevention trial: The stanford five-city project pp. 1773-1779

M.A. Winkleby, B. Taylor, D. Jatulis and S.P. Fortmann

The protective effect of AIDS-related behavioral change among injection drug users: A cross-national study pp. 1780-1785

D.C. Des Jarlais, P. Friedmann, H. Hagan and S.R. Friedman

Promoting abstinence among relapsed chronic smokers: The effect of telephone support pp. 1786-1790

H.A. Lando, P.L. Pirie, J. Roski, P.G. McGovem and L.A. Schmid

The school enrollment-based health insurance program: Socioeconomic factors in enrollees' use of health services pp. 1791-1793

E. Shenkman, J. Pendergast, J. Reiss, E. Walther, R. Bucciarelli and S. Freedman

The late-stage diagnosis of colorectal cancer: Demographic and socioeconomic factors pp. 1794-1797

J. Mandelblatt, H. Andrews, R. Kao, R. Wallace and J. Kerner

Self-rated health among hispanic vs non-hispanic white adults: The San Luis Valley health and aging study pp. 1798-1801

S.M. Shetterly, J. Baxter, L.D. Mason and R.F. Hamman

Assessing children's ultraviolet radiation exposure: The potential usefulness of a colorimeter pp. 1802-1804

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

Compliance with antihypertensive therapy among elderly medicaid enrollees: The roles of age, gender, and race pp. 1805-1808

M. Monane, R.L. Bohn, J.H. Gurwitz, R.J. Glynn, R. Levin and J. Avorn

Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion pp. 1809-1812

T.L. Cheng, J.A. Savageau, C. Bigelow, E. Charney, S. Kumar and T.G. DeWitt

Inappropriately timed immunizations: types, causes, and their relationship to record keeping pp. 1812-1814

J.S. Hamlin, D. Wood, M. Pereyra and M. Grabowsky

Using social gatherings to encourage HIV risk reduction among drug users pp. 1815-1816

M. Wood and F. Rhodes

An intervention with high-risk mothers who abuse alcohol and drugs: the Seattle Advocacy Model pp. 1816-1817

T.M. Grant, C.C. Ernst and A.P. Streissguth

Establishing an indigent health care clinic in an Indiana "healthy city" pp. 1818-1819

C.J. Adams and B.C. Flynn

Montana County creates local solution to health care crisis pp. 1819-1820

M.B. Frideres and K.M. Wilson

Peace in the Middle East: the implications for public health pp. 1821

E. Kahan, R. Carel, J. Hart and A. Kimhi

Maine students' musculoskeletal injuries attributed to harvesting blueberries pp. 1821-1822

P.S. Millard, S.C. Shannon, B. Carvette, S. Tanaka and W.E. Halperin

Sexual identity vs sexual behavior pp. 1822-1823

E.J. Rankow

Lowering infant mortality in western Europe: national health service vs social security systems pp. 1823-1824

S.G. Grubaugh and Rexford Santerre

1996, volume 86, articles 11

150 years of anaesthesia - On the way to the physician of perioperative medicine [150 Jahre Anaesthesie - Was nun? oder Vom Narkotiseur zum Arzt für perioperative Medizin] pp. 5-6

B. Landauer

Anaesthetic implication of obstructive sleep apnoea [Die anästhesiologische Bedeutung der obstruktiven Schlafapnoe] pp. 9-15

M. Dworschak, J.T. Maurer and K.F. Waschke

Does advanced age imply a worse prognosis for intensive care patients? [Bedeutet ein höheres Lebensalter eine schlechtere Prognose in der Intensivmedizin?] pp. 18-21

D. Holst, M. Möllmann, F. Feyerherd, C. Reichl and M. Wendt

Documentation and data acquisition of a physician-guided emergency service system 1996 [Notärztliche Dokumentation und Datenerfassung -Stand 1996] pp. 22-29

M. Messelken, J. Martin and P. Milewski

Incidences induced by anaesthesia and their medical legal examination [Der Anästhesiezwischenfall und seine Begutachtung aus der Sicht des Rechtsmediziners] pp. 33-37

V. Schneider

Assessment of critical events in anaesthesia by a board of consultants [Der Anästhesiezwischenfall und seine Begutachtung aus der Sicht einer Gutachterstelle] pp. 38-42

G. Hack

Bericht über die erste Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Atemwegs-Management (Society for Airway Management [SAM]) pp. 43-44

U. Braun

Public health history and advocacy in the money-driven 1990s pp. 1522-1523

R. Stevens

Our view of adolescent sexuality--a focus on risk behavior without the developmental context pp. 1523-1525

A.A. Ehrhardt

Annotation: the use of educational attainment as an indicator of socioeconomic position pp. 1525-1526

W.C. Hadden

Erratum: Surveillance in environmental public health: Issues, systems, and sources (American Journal of Public Health (1996) 86 (633-638)) pp. 1526

S.B. Thacker, D.F. Stroup, R.G. Parrish and H.A. Anderson

US emergency department costs: No emergency pp. 1527-1531

P.H. Tyrance , D.U. Himmelstein and S. Woolhandler

Socioeconomic differences in cervical cancer: Two case-control studies in Colombia and Spain pp. 1532-1538

S. De Sanjosé, F.X. Bosch, N. Muñoz, L. Tafur, M. Gili, I. Izarzugaza, A. Izquierdo, C. Navarro, A. Vergara, M.T. Muñoz, N. Ascunce and K.V. Shah

Socioeconomic factors in Helicobacter pylori infection among Danish adults pp. 1539-1544

S.J. Rosenstock, L.P. Andersen, C.V. Rosenstock, O. Bonnevie and T. Jørgensen

Pneumococcal pneumonia and influenza vaccination: Access to and use by US Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries pp. 1545-1550

T.L. Mark and L.C. Paramore

Measles vaccination levels of children enrolled in WIC during the 1991 measles epidemic in New York City pp. 1551-1556

C.W. LeBaron, G.S. Birkhead, P. Parsons, J.C. Grabau, L. Barr-Gale, J. Fuhrman, S. Brooks, E. Maes, S. Friedman and S.C. Hadler

A nurse-managed smoking cessation program for hospitalized smokers pp. 1557-1560

C.B. Taylor, N.H. Miller, S. Herman, P.M. Smith, D. Sobel, L. Fisher and R.F. DeBusk

Burmese political dissidents in Thailand: Trauma and survival among young adults in exile pp. 1561-1569

K. Allden, C. Poole, S. Chantavanich, K. Ohmar, N.N. Aung and R.F. Mollica

The sexual practices of adolescent virgins: Genital sexual activities of high school students who have never had vaginal intercourse pp. 1570-1576

M.A. Schuster, R.M. Bell and D.E. Kanouse

Associations between physical activity and other health behaviors in a representative sample of US adolescents pp. 1577-1581

R.R. Pate, G.W. Heath, M. Dowda and S.G. Trost

The relationship between cigarette smoking and education revisited: Implications for categorizing persons' educational status pp. 1582-1589

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

Tobacco promotion and susceptibility to tobacco use among adolescents aged 12 through 17 years in a nationally representative sample pp. 1590-1593

D.G. Altman, D.W. Levine, R. Coeytaux, J. Slade and R. Jaffe

Trends in drug use among American Indian students and dropouts, 1975 to 1994 pp. 1594-1598

F. Beauvais

Patterns of health-compromising behaviors among Minnesota adolescents: Sociodemographic variations pp. 1599-1606

D. Neumark-Sztainer, M. Story, S. French, N. Cassuto, D.R. Jacobs and M.D. Resnick

Childhood victimization and subsequent risk for promiscuity, prostitution, and teenage pregnancy: A prospective study pp. 1607-1612

C.S. Widom and J.B. Kuhns

Illicit drug use by persons with disabilities: Insights from the national household survey on drug abuse pp. 1613-1615

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

Characteristics of women 50 years of age or older with heterosexually acquired AIDS pp. 1616-1618

B. Schable, S.Y. Chu and T. Diaz

HIV risk behaviors and obstacles to condom use among Puerto Rican men in New York City who have sex with men pp. 1619-1622

A. Carballo-Diéguez and C. Dolezal

Assessing immigration status and eligibility for publicly funded medical care: A questionnaire for public health professionals pp. 1623-1625

S. Loue and J. Foerstel

Assessing substance abuse treatment needs among the homeless: A telephone-based interactive voice response system pp. 1626-1628

S.A. Alemagno, D. Cochran, T.E. Feucht, R.C. Stephens, J.M. Butts and S.A. Wolfe

Exposure to varying levels of contaminants and symptoms among workers in two office buildings pp. 1629-1633

D. Menzies, R.M. Tamblyn, F. Nunes, J. Hanley and R.T. Tamblyn

Preventing recurring injuries from violence: The risk of assault among Cleveland youth after hospitalization pp. 1633-1636

D. Litaker

The pleasures and perils of prophetic advocacy: Henry E. Sigerist and the politics of medical reform pp. 1637-1647

E. Fee

Parents' understanding of the CDC's vaccine information material pp. 1648-1649

D. Esernio-Jenssen and V. Turow

Clarifying "biological," "natural," and "adoptive" parents pp. 1649

H.L. McQuistion

The influence of socioeconomic position on health--and vice versa pp. 1649-1650

N.M. Morris

1996, volume 86, articles 10

Beyond mortality--residential placement and quality of life among children with mental retardation pp. 1359-1361

M.S. Durkin

Social class and asthma--distinguishing between the disease and the diagnosis pp. 1361-1362

P. Gergen

Comment: recent twists and turns in American Indian health care pp. 1362-1364

J.G. Jorgensen

Public health and primary care: a framework for proposed linkages pp. 1365-1369

B. Starfield

Racial discrimination and blood pressure: The CARDIA study of young black and white adults pp. 1370-1378

N. Krieger and S. Sidney

Judging hospitals by severity-adjusted mortality rates: The influence of the severity-adjustment method pp. 1379-1387

L.I. Iezzoni, A.S. Ash, M. Shwartz, J. Daley, J.S. Hughes and Y.D. Mackieman

Decreasing disability in the 21st century: The future effects of controlling six fatal and nonfatal conditions pp. 1388-1393

C. Boult, M. Altmann, D. Gilbertson, C. Yu and R.L. Kane

Do beliefs, knowledge, and perceived norms about diet and cancer predict dietary change? pp. 1394-1400

R.E. Patterson, A.R. Kristal and E. Vliite

The effects of poverty, race, and family structure on US children's health: Data from the NHIS, 1978 through 1980 and 1989 through 1991 pp. 1401-1405

L.E. Montgomery, J.L. Kiely and G. Pappas

Race, asthma, and persistent wheeze in Philadelphia schoolchildren pp. 1406-1409

J. Cunningham, D.W. Dockeiy and F.E. Speizer

Factors associated with emergency department visits by children with asthma: Implications for health education pp. 1410-1415

Y. Wasilewski, N.M. Clark, D. Evans, M. Levison, B. Levin and R.B. Meilins

Lead-contaminated house dust and urban children's blood lead levels pp. 1416-1421

B.P. Lanphear, M.D. Michael Weitzman, N.L. Winter, S. Eberly, B. Yakir, M. Tanner, M. Emond and T.D. Matte

Predictors of mortality in children with severe mental retardation: The effect of placement pp. 1422-1429

D. Strauss, R.K. Eyman and H.J. Grossman

The recovery of Guatemalan children with mild to moderate wasting: Factors enhancing the impact of supplementary feeding pp. 1430-1434

J.A. Rivera and J.-P. Habicht

Detecting risk drinking during pregnancy: A comparison of four screening questionnaires pp. 1435-1439

M. Russell, S.S. Martier, R.J. Sokol, P. Mudar, S. Jacobson and J. Jacobson

The risk of myocardial infarction among Finnish farmers seeking medical care for an infection pp. 1440-1442

J. Penttinen and P. Valonen

Preventing HIV/AIDS among high-risk urban women: The cost-effectiveness of a behavioral group intervention pp. 1442-1445

D.R. Holtgrave and J.A. Kelly

HIV test-seeking before and after the restriction of anonymous testing in North Carolina pp. 1446-1450

I. Hertz-Picciotto, L.W. Lee and C. Hoyo

Alcohol and drug use, abuse, and dependence among welfare recipients pp. 1450-1454

B.F. Grant and D.A. Dawson

Spina bifida and cleft lip among newborns of Norwegian women with epilepsy: Changes related to the use of anticonvulsants pp. 1454-1456

P.B. King, R.T. Lie and L.M. Irgens

Lower respiratory tract infections among Norwegian infants with siblings in day care pp. 1456-1459

P. Nafstad, J.A. Hagen, C. Batten and J.J.K. Jaakkola

Racial differences in urban children's environmental exposures to lead pp. 1460-1463

B.P. Lanphear, M. Weitztnan and S. Eberly

The history and politics of US health care policy for American Indians and Alaskan Natives pp. 1464-1473

S.J. Kunitz

Measuring access to prenatal care in New York City: a telephone survey of prenatal clinics pp. 1474-1475

L.R. Schwartz, M. Heagarty, E.H. Graham and S. Pirani

Community health promotion via local minority youth: a model for academic medical centers pp. 1475-1477

R. Garfield

The persistence of a high maternal mortality rate in the Ivory Coast pp. 1478-1479

P. Thonneau, Y. Djanhan, M. Tran, C. Welfens-Ekra, M. Bohoussou and E. Papiernik

Lead poisoning among US Hispanic children pp. 1479

O. Carter-Pokras and R. Harrison

Trends in restraint prevalence in US nursing homes, 1990 through 1994 pp. 1480-1481

K. Schoeneman and D.R. Graber

The scope of the data available in the AMA's Physician Masterfile pp. 1481-1482

K. Kenward

State health agencies' role in a more balanced and sophisticated tobacco control program pp. 1482-1483

J.R. Lumpkin and J.R. Rice

The value of the population attributable risk percentage pp. 1483

G.B. Hill

1996, volume 86, articles 9

Improving HIV/AIDS prevention in prisons is good public health policy pp. 1201-1203

J. Gaiter and L.S. Doll

Annotation: marine waters and nonenteric illness--matching the degree of analytical rigor to the biology of the infectious process pp. 1203-1204

S.R. Telford 3rd.

Topics for our times: public health on the line--abortion and beyond pp. 1204-1206

W. Chavkin

Disasters, the environment, and public health: Improving our response pp. 1207-1210

J.N. Logue

New York inmates' HIV risk behaviors: The implications for prevention policy and programs pp. 1211-1215

N. Mahon

Seventh graders' self-reported exposure to cigarette marketing and its relationship to their smoking behavior pp. 1216-1221

C. Schooler, E. Feighery and J.A. Flora

Toward a more realistic appraisal of the lung cancer risk from radon: The effects of residential mobility pp. 1222-1227

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

Marine waters contaminated with domestic sewage: Nonenteric illnesses associated with bather exposure in the United Kingdom pp. 1228-1234

J.M. Fleisher, D. Kay, R.L. Salmon, F. Jones, M. Wyer and A.F. Godfree

The use of breast milk substitutes in developing countries: The impact of women's employment pp. 1235-1240

V. Hight-Laitkaran, S.O. Rutstein, A.E. Peterson and M.H. Labbok

Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (DDE) concentrations in the breast milk of women in Quebec pp. 1241-1246

E. Dewailly, P. Ayotte, C. Laliberté, J.-P. Weber, S. Gingras and A.J. Nantel

Increased blood lead and decreased calcium levels during pregnancy: A prospective study of Swedish women living near a smelter pp. 1247-1252

B.J. Lagerkvist, S. Ekesrydh, V. Englyst, G. Nordberg, H.-A. Söderberg and D.-E. Wiklund

Semivolatile organic compounds in adipose tissue: Estimated averages for the US population and selected subpopulations pp. 1253-1259

R.A. Lordo, K.T. Dinh and J.G. Schwemberger

Occasional smoking in a Minnesota working population pp. 1260-1266

D.J. Hennrikus, R.W. Jeffery and H.A. Lando

Passive smoking, active smoking, and education: Their relationship to weight history in women in Geneva pp. 1267-1272

M. Bernstein, A. Morabia, S. Héritier and N. Katchatrian

Low-level air pollution and hospital admissions for cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases in Helsinki pp. 1273-1280

A. Pönkä and M. Virtanen

Neurodegenerative diseases: Occupational occurrence and potential risk factors, 1982 through 1991 pp. 1281-1288

P.A. Schulte, C.A. Bumett, M. Boeniger and J. Johnson

Cancer risk and residential proximity to cranberry cultivation in Massachusetts pp. 1289-1296

A. Aschengrau, D. Ozonoff, P. Coogan, R. Vezina, T. Heeren and Y. Zhang

Lowering state legal blood alcohol limits to 0.08%: The effect on fatal motor vehicle crashes pp. 1297-1299

R. Hingson, T. Heeren and M. Winter

Trends in smokeless tobacco use among men in four states, 1988 through 1993 pp. 1300-1303

D.E. Nelson, S.L. Tomar, P. Mowery and P.Z. Siegel

Daily exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: Smokers vs nonsmokers in California pp. 1303-1305

J.P. Robinson, P. Switzer and W. Ott

Risk factors for occupational injuries among older workers: An analysis of the health and retirement study pp. 1306-1309

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

Water and turf: Fluoridation and the 20th-century fate of waterworks engineers pp. 1310-1317

E. Hunt

Tuberculosis and HIV among mentally ill men in a New York City shelter pp. 1318-1319

H. Saez, E. Valencia, S. Conover and E. Susser

The important contribution of community mental health workers pp. 1319-1320

L.D. Ozarin

Needle exchange programs: New Zealand's experience pp. 1319

B. Lichtenstein

Current research on chronic pain and suicide pp. 1320-1321

D.A. Fishbain

1996, volume 86, articles 8

Tuberculosis control in resource-poor settings with high rates of HIV infection pp. 1071-1073

K.M. De Cock

Revealing and reversing tobacco industry strategies pp. 1073-1075

J.E. Fielding

Great expectations, or do we ask too much from community-level interventions? pp. 1075-1076

M. Fishbein

Why foodborne disease surveillance is critical to the safety of our food supply pp. 1076-1077

C.W. Hedberg and N. Hirschhorn

Needle exchange programs and the law--time for a change pp. 1077-1078

L.H. Glantz and W.K. Mariner

The role of employee flexible spending accounts in health care financing pp. 1079-1081

M. Schweitzer and D.A. Asch

Childhood sexual abuse and bulimic behavior in a nationally representative sample pp. 1082-1086

S.A. Wonderlich, R.W. Wilsnack, S.C. Wilsnack and T.R. Harris

Mortality after the death of a spouse: Rates and causes of death in a large Finnish cohort pp. 1087-1093

P. Martikainen and T. Valkonen

Erratum: Psychosocial work environment and sickness absence among British civil servants: The Whitehall II study (American Journal of Public Health (1996) 86 (332-340)) pp. 1093

F.M. North, S.L. Syme, A. Feeney, M. Shipley and M. Marmot

Erratum: Choosing a future for epidemiology: I. Cras and paradigms (American Journal of Public Health (1996) 86 (668-673)) pp. 1093

M. Susser and E. Susser

Erratum: Annotation: Uncertainties in the estimation of HIV prevalence and incidence in the United States (American Journal of Public Health (1996) 86 (627-628)) pp. 1093

M.C. Samuel and D.E. Osmond

Directly observed therapy for tuberculosis in rural South Africa, 1991 through 1994 pp. 1094-1097

D. Wilkinson, G.R. Davies and C. Connolly

Gender differences in sexual practices and sexually transmitted infections among adults in Lima, Peru pp. 1098-1107

J. Sánchez, E. Gotuzzo, J. Escamilla, C. Carrillo, I.A. Phillips, C. Barrios, W.E. Stamm, R.L. Ashley, J.K. Kreiss and K.K. Holmes

Is genital mycosis associated with HIV risk behaviors among heterosexuals? pp. 1108-1111

J. Warszawski, L. Meyer and N. Bajos

A prospective study of syphilis and HIV infection among injection drug users receiving methadone in the Bronx, NY pp. 1112-1115

M.N. Gourevitch, D. Hartel, E.E. Schoenbaum, P.A. Selwyn, K. Davenny, G.H. Friedland and R.S. Klein

HIV infection and AIDS in China, 1985 through 1994 pp. 1116-1122

E.S.H. Yu, Q. Xie, K. Zhang, P. Lu and L.L. Chan

HIV risk behaviors among women living in low-income, inner-city housing developments pp. 1123-1128

K.J. Sikkema, T.G. Heckman, J.A. Kelly, E.S. Anderson, R.A. Winett, L.J. Solomon, D.A. Wagstaff, R.A. Roffman, M.J. Perry, V. Cargill, D.A. Crumble, R.W. Fuqua, A.D. Norman and M.B. Mercer

The Mpowerment project: A community-level HIV prevention intervention for young gay men pp. 1129-1136

S.M. Kegeles, R.B. Hays and T.J. Coates

State tobacco lobbyists and organizations in the United States: Crossed lines pp. 1137-1142

A.O. Goldstein and N.S. Bearman

A new route of transmission for Escherichia coli: Infection from dry fermented salami pp. 1142-1145

J. Tilden , W. Young, A.-M. McNamara, C. Custer, B. Boesel, M.A. Lambert-Fair, J. Majkowski, D. Vugia, S.B. Werner, J. Hollingsworth and J.G. Morris

Directly observed therapy for tuberculosis: The Harlem Hospital experience, 1993 pp. 1146-1149

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

Mass human exposure to rabies in New Hampshire: Exposures, treatment, and cost pp. 1149-1151

D.L. Noah, M.G. Smith, J.C. Gotthardt, J.W. Krebs, D. Green and J.E. Childs

Death rates among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: A reexamination with data from three states pp. 1152-1154

J.S. Markowitz, S. Pashko, E.M. Gutterman, W.T. Linde-Zwirble and R. Newbold

A meningococcal vaccination campaign on a university campus: Vaccination rates and factors in nonparticipation pp. 1155-1158

C.L. Roberts, A. Roome, C.S. Algert, S.J. Walsh, M. Kurland, K. Lawless and M.L. Cartter

HIV infection and risk behaviors among male port workers in Santos, Brazil pp. 1158-1160

R. Larcerda, R. Stall, N. Gravato, R. Tellini, E.S. Hudes and N. Hearst

The legal strategies used in operating syringe exchange programs in the United States pp. 1161-1166

S. Burris, D. Finucane, H. Gallagher and J. Grace

Meeting the public's need for information during the Arizona hantavirus outbreak pp. 1167-1168

G.J. Graham

Diagnosing children with attention deficit disorders through a health department-public school partnership pp. 1168-1169

K.M. Shea, C.H. Rahmani and P.J. Morris

Using volunteers to survey child restraint compliance among New Hampshire drivers pp. 1169-1170

E. Frank and J. Ascheim

Reducing delays in the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis pp. 1171-1172

S. Krishnan, J.E. Koehler, R. Benjamin and A.L. Reingold

Questioning the validity of self-reported heterosexual HIV transmission pp. 1172

S. Brody

1996, volume 86, articles 7

Editorial: From alcohol and breast cancer to beef and BSE - Improving our communication of risk pp. 921-923

M. Marmot

Editorial: Community solutions to community problems - Preventing adolescent alcohol use pp. 923-925

H. Wechsler and E.R. Weitzman

Understanding and treating obesity pp. 925-926

M. Winick

Topics for our times: can we learn from the care of persons with mental illness in developing countries? pp. 926-928

E. Susser, P. Collins, B. Schanzer, V.K. Varma and M. Gittelman

Hospitalizations for injury in New Zealand: Prior injury as a risk factor for assaultive injury pp. 929-934

M.D. Dowd, J. Langley, T. Koepsell, R. Soderberg and F.P. Rivara

Preventing diabetic foot disease: Lessons from the medicare therapeutic shoe demonstration pp. 935-938

J. Wooldridge, J. Bergeron and C. Thornton

Work site-based cancer prevention: Primary results from the working well trial pp. 939-947

G. Sorensen, B. Thompson, K. Glanz, Z. Feng, S. Kinne, C. DiClemente, K. Emmons, J. Heimendinger, C. Probart and E. Lichtenstein

A cross-national trial of brief interventions with heavy drinkers pp. 948-955

T.F. Babor

Project Northland: Outcomes of a communitywide alcohol use prevention program during early adolescence pp. 956-965

C.L. Perry, C.L. Williams, S. Veblen-Mortenson, T.L. Toomey, K.A. Komro, P.S. Anstine, P.G. McGovern, J.R. Finnegan, J.L. Forster, A.C. Wagenaar and M. Wolfson

Recovery from alcohol problems with and without treatment: Prevalence in two population surveys pp. 966-972

L.C. Sobell, J.A. Cunningham and M.B. Sobell

Persons with dual diagnoses of substance abuse and major mental illness: Their excess costs of psychiatric care pp. 973-977

B. Dickey and H. Azeni

Alcohol consumption among the elderly in a general population, Erie County, New York pp. 978-984

A.L. Mirand and J.W. Welte

Are smokers with alcohol disorders less likely to quit? pp. 985-990

N. Breslau, E. Peterson, L. Schultz, P. Andreski and H. Chilcoat

Violence and substance use among North Carolina pregnant women pp. 991-998

S.L. Martin, K.T. English, K.A. Clark, D. Cilenti and L.L. Kupper

Can physical activity minimize weight gain in women after smoking cessation? pp. 999-1004

I. Kawachi, R.J. Troisi, Andrea Rotnitzky, E.H. Coakley and G.A. Colditz

Socioeconomic status and weight control practices among 20- to 45-year- old women pp. 1005-1010

R.W. Jeffery and S.A. French

The regionalization of perinatal care in Wales and Washington State pp. 1011-1015

R.A. Rosenblatt, A. Macfarlane, A.J. Dawson, P.H.T. Cartlidge, E.H. Larson and L.G. Hart

Mammography use among sociodemographically diverse women: The accuracy of self-report pp. 1016-1021

J.G. Zapka, C. Bigelow, T. Hurley, L.D. Ford, J. Egelhofer, W.M. Cloud and E. Sachsse

High-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and types of alcoholic beverages consumed among men and women pp. 1022-1027

D.R. Parker, J.B. McPhillips, C.A. Derby, K.M. Gans, T.M. Lasater and R.A. Carleton

Can conflict resolution training increase aggressive behavior in young adolescents? pp. 1028-1029

E. Colyer, T. Thompkins, M. Durkin and B. Barlow

The future of epidemiology: a humanist response pp. 1029-1030

J. Lawson and J. Floyd

Nonconsensual participation in genetic studies pp. 1030

A. Lippman

The population "wolf" and demographic entrapment in Rwanda pp. 1030-1031

M. King

Ambient carbon monoxide and hospitalizations for heart failure: Earlier findings pp. 1031-1032

A.C. Hexter, R.D. Morris, E.N. Naumova and R.L. Munasinghe

1996, volume 86, articles 6

Intrauterine infection and why preterm prevention programs have failed pp. 781-783

R.L. Goldenberg and W.W. Andrews

Family planning, sexually transmitted diseases, and the prevention of AIDS--divided we fail? pp. 783-784

Z. Stein

The dominant role of driver behavior in traffic safety pp. 784-786

L. Evans

Directive counseling on long-acting contraception pp. 787-790

E. Moskowitz and B. Jennings

Erratum: The first year of hyperinflation in the former Soviet Union: Nutritional deprivation among elderly pensioners, 1992 (American Journal of Public Health (1996) 86 (361-367)) pp. 790

D. Rush and K. Welch

Erratum: The effect of ordinances requiring smoke-free restaurants on restaurant sales (American Journal of Public Health (1994) 84 (1081-1085)) pp. 790

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

Erratum: Who administers? Who cares? Medical administrative and clinical employment in the United States and Canada (American Journal of Public Health (1996) 86 (172-178)) pp. 790

D.U. Himmelstein, J.P. Lewontin and S. Woolhandler

Erratum: The costs and effects of a nutritional education program following work-site cholesterol screening (American Journal of Public Health (1995) 85 (650-655)) pp. 790

T. Byers, R. Mullis and James Anderson

Reducing alcohol-impaired driving in Massachusetts: The saving lives program pp. 791-797

R. Hingson, T. McGovern, J. Howland, T. Heeren, M. Winter and R. Zakocs

Age-related changes in total and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol in elderly Dutch men pp. 798-803

M.P. Weijenberg, E.J.M. Feskens and D. Kromhout

Aiding troubled employees: The prevalence, cost, and characteristics of employee assistance programs in the United States pp. 804-808

T.D. Hartwell, P. Steele, M.T. French, F.J. Potter, N.F. Rodman and G.A. Zarkin

The cost of prematurity: A case-control study of twins vs singletons pp. 809-814

B. Luke, H.R. Bigger, S. Leurgans and D. Sietsema

Prenatal hospitalization and compliance with guidelines for prenatal care pp. 815-819

J.S. Haas, S. Berman, A.B. Goldberg, L.W.K. Lee and E.F. Cook

Pregnancy outcomes of US-born and foreign-born Japanese Americans pp. 820-824

G.R. Alexander, J.M. Mor, M.D. Kogan, N.L. Leland and E. Kieffer

The risk of prematurity and small-for-gestational-age birth in Mexico City: The effects of working conditions and antenatal leave pp. 825-831

P. Cerón-Mireles, S.D. Harlow and C.I. Sánchez-Carrillo

The association between cesarean delivery and breast-feeding outcomes among Mexican women pp. 832-836

R. Pérez-Escamilla, I. Maulén-Radovan and K.G. Dewey

Adverse pregnancy outcomes: Differences between US- and foreign-born women in major US racial and ethnic groups pp. 837-843

G.K. Singh and M.Yu. Stella

Vaginal douching and reduced fertility pp. 844-850

D.D. Baird, C.R. Weinberg, L.F. Voigt and J.R. Dating

What proportion of multiple births are due to ovulation induction? A register-based study in Italy pp. 851-854

C. Corchia, P. Mastroiacovo, R. Lanni, R. Mannazzu, V. Currò and C. Fabris

Risk factors for hazardous substance releases that result in injuries and evacuations: Data from 9 states pp. 855-857

H. Irene Hall, G.S. Haugh, P.A. Price-Green, V. Ramana Dhara and W.E. Kaye

Risk factors for self-reported uterine fibroids: A case-control study pp. 858-862

A.R. Samadi, N.C. Lee, W. Dana Flanders, J.R. Boring and E.B. Parris

Liability for managed care decisions: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the uneven playing field pp. 863-869

W.K. Mariner

Prematurity as a public health problem: US policy from the 1920s to the 1960s pp. 870-878

G.M. Oppenheimer

De Madres a Madres: an access model for primary care pp. 879-880

J. McFarlane

Improving access to prenatal care in Vermont pp. 880-881

J.K. Carney, P. Berry, E.B. Thompson and M.M. Brozicevic

Decreasing premature Norplant removals among low-income recipients pp. 881-882

S. Radecki and E. McEwen

Florida goes statewide with alcohol health warning signs pp. 882-883

D. Cleary

Local research and legal advocacy for the medically indigent in Orange County, California pp. 883-885

N. Rimsha, H. Waitzkin, I. Peña, J. Meeker, S. Eastman and S. Wylie

A prison release program for HIV-positive women: Linking them to health services and community follow-up [1] pp. 886-887

T.P. Flanigan, J.Y. Kim, S. Zierler, J. Rich, K. Vigilante and D. Bury-Maynard

DDE and insufficient breast milk [2] pp. 887-888

C. Lutter, R. Perez-Escamilla, B.C. Gladen and W.J. Rogan

Native Hawaiian mortality, 1980 and 1990 pp. 888-889

K.L. Braun, M.A. Look, Hai Yang, A.T. Onaka and B.Y. Horiuchi

The need for adolescent health education and training among health professionals pp. 889-890

T.E. Gordon

The CDC's proposed revision of polio immunization policy: Is it wise? [3] pp. 890

R. Judelsohn

Reduce drunk driving for everyone's sake pp. 890-891

P. Jacobsen

Estimating the prevalence of women with breast implants pp. 891-892

R.A. Bright and R.M. Moore

Nonfatal injuries among US children pp. 892-893

H.J. Kim and M. Graves

1996, volume 86, articles 5

Eras, paradigms, and the future of epidemiology pp. 621-622

W. Winkelstein

The promise of risk-based allocation trials in assessing new treatments pp. 622-623

F. Mosteller

Toward a holistic approach to public health surveillance pp. 624-625

B.S. Levy

Annotation: From disease surveillance to the surveillance of risk factors pp. 625-627

A. Morabia

Annotation: Uncertainties in the estimation of HIV prevalence and incidence in the United States pp. 627-628

M.C. Samuel and D.E. Osmond

Annotation: On the Holm, Simes, and Hochberg multiple test procedures pp. 628-629

B. Levin

Emerging objectives and methods in epidemiology pp. 630-632

J.S. Koopman

Surveillance in environmental public health: Issues, systems, and sources pp. 633-638

S.B. Thacker, D.F. Stroup, G. Parrish and H.A. Anderson

Comment: Toward a coordinated system for the surveillance of environmental health hazards pp. 638-641

I. Hertz-Picciotto

The estimated prevalence and incidence of HIV in 96 large US metropolitan areas pp. 642-654

S.D. Holmberg

Viral infections in short-term injection drug users: The prevalence of the hepatitis C, hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency, and human T-lymphotropic viruses pp. 655-661

R.S. Garfein, D. Vlahov, N. Galai, M.C. Doherty and K.E. Nelson

The risk of suicide among wounded Vietnam veterans pp. 662-667

T.A. Bullman and M.K. Kang

Choosing a future for epidemiology: I. Eras and paradigms pp. 668-673

M. Susser and E. Susser

Choosing a future for epidemiology: II. From black box to Chinese boxes and eco-epidemiology pp. 674-677

M. Susser and E. Susser

Traditional epidemiology, modern epidemiology, and public health pp. 678-683

N. Pearce

Genetic screening for reproductive planning: Methodological and conceptual issues in policy analysis pp. 684-690

D.A. Asch, J.C. Hershey, M.V. Pauly, J.P. Patton, M. Kathtyn Jedrziewski and M.T. Mennuti

Clinical and prophylactic trials with assured new treatment for those at greater risk: I. A design proposal pp. 691-695

M.O. Finkelstein, B. Levin and H. Robbins

Clinical and prophylactic trials with assured new treatment for those at greater risk: II. Examples pp. 696-702

M.O. Finkelstein, B. Levin and H. Robbins

Differences in the misreporting of chronic conditions, by level of education: The effect on inequalities in prevalence rates pp. 706-711

J.P. Mackenbach, C.W.N. Looman and J.B.W. Van Der Meer

The expanded racial and ethnic codes in the Medicare data files: Their completeness of coverage and accuracy pp. 712-716

D.S. Lauderdale and J. Goldberg

Tracking community sentinel events: Breast cancer mortality and neighborhood risk for advanced-stage tumors in Denver pp. 717-722

T.L. Andres, A.E. Baron, R.A. Wright and W.M. Marine

Trends in US urban black infant mortality, by degree of residential segregation pp. 723-726

A.P. Polednak

Adjusting for multiple testing when reporting research results: The Bonferroni vs Holm methods pp. 726-728

M. Aickin and H. Gensler

Tuberculosis surveillance in the United States: Case definitions used by state health departments pp. 728-731

S.B. McCombs, I.M. Onorato, E. McCray and K.G. Castro

The surveillance of birth defects: The usefulness of the revised US Standard Birth Certificate pp. 731-734

M.L. Watkins, L. Edmonds, A. McClearn, L. Mullins, J. Mulinare and M. Khoury

Reporting vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis: Concordance between the CDC and the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program pp. 734-737

R.E. Weibel and D.E. Benor

Cuban epidemic neuropathy, 1991 to 1994: History repeats itself a century after the "Amblyopia of the Blockade" pp. 738-743

P.O. Ordúñez-García, F. Javier Nieto, A.D. Espinosa-Brito and B. Caballero

Intensive follow-up of control subjects: is it necessary? pp. 744-745

B.W. Alderman

Who are these "nonsmokers"? pp. 745-746

J.R. Hughes

Capture-recapture estimates of cancer incidence, adjusting for geographic effects: an alternative perspective pp. 746-747

E.B. Hook

The Department of Energy's Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource: a public-use database on radiation exposure pp. 747-748

H.G. Stockwell, B.G. Brooks, H.H. Holmes, M.J. Durst, Y.K. Shim and P.E. Heinig

A graphical method for pooling epidemiological studies pp. 748-750

W.R. Chappell and L.B. Gratt

Monitoring vendor compliance with tobacco sales laws: payment vs no payment approaches pp. 750-751

K.M. Cummings, T. Saunders-Martin, Harry Clarke and J. Perla

Firearm injuries among Virginia juvenile drug traffickers, 1992 through 1994 pp. 751-752

C.R. McLaughlin, S.M. Reiner, B.W. Smith, D.E. Waite, P.N. Reams, T.F. Joost and A.S. Gervin

1996, volume 86, articles 4

Understanding sociodemographic differences in health--the role of fundamental social causes pp. 471-473

B.G. Link and J.C. Phelan

A contract on American's children pp. 473-474

C.A. Miller

Social inequalities in health--do they diminish with age? pp. 474-475

M. Jefferys

1995 Presidential Address. Public health: vision and reality pp. 476-479

Evans Ca,

Body mass index in young adults: Associations with parental body size and education in the CARDIA study pp. 480-484

K.J. Greenlund, K. Liu, A.R. Dyer, C.I. Kiefe, G.L. Burke and C. Yunis

Socioeconomic differentials in mortality risk among men screened for the multiple risk factor intervention trial: I. White men pp. 486-496

G.D. Smith, J.D. Neaton, D. Wentworth, R. Stamler and J. Stamler

Socioeconomic differentials in mortality risk among men screened for the multiple risk factor intervention trial: II. Black men pp. 497-504

G.D. Smith, D. Wentworth, J.D. Neaton, R. Stamler and J. Stamler

US childhood mortality, 1950 through 1993: Trends and socioeconomic differentials pp. 505-512

G.K. Singh and S.M. Yu

Morbidity and mortality among US adolescents: An overview of data and trends pp. 513-519

C. Wayne Sells and R.Wm. Blum

Physician use in Ontario and the United States: The impact of socioeconomic status and health status pp. 520-524

S.J. Katz, T.P. Hofer and Willard Manning

Medical care employment in the United States, 1968 to 1993: The importance of health sector jobs for African Americans and women pp. 525-528

D.U. Himmelstein, J.P. Lewontin and S. Woolhandler

Will uninsured people volunteer for voluntary health insurance? Experience from Washington State pp. 529-532

P. Diehr, C.W. Madden, A. Cheadle, D.P. Martin, D.L. Patrick and S. Skillman

The health insurance status of US latino women: A profile from the 1982-1984 HHANES pp. 533-537

A. De La Torre, R. Friis, H.R. Hunter and L. Garcia

Cutaneous melanoma mortality among the socioeconomically disadvantaged in Massachusetts pp. 538-543

A.C. Geller, D.R. Miller, R.A. Lew, R.W. Clapp, M.B. Wenneker and H.K. Koh

Iron deficiency in Massachusetts communities: Socioeconomic and demographic risk factors among children pp. 544-550

J.D. Sargent, T.A. Stukel, M.A. Dalton, J.L. Freeman and M.J. Brown

The transcontinental transmission of tuberculosis: A molecular epidemiological assessment pp. 551-553

C. Casper, S.P. Singh, S. Rane, C.L. Daley, G.S. Schecter, L.W. Riley, B.N. Kreiswirth and P.M. Small

Changes in multiple sexual partnerships, HIV testing, and condom use among US heterosexuals 18 to 49 years of age, 1990 and 1992 pp. 554-556

K.-H. Choi and J.A. Catania

Health status before and mortality after hip fracture pp. 557-560

A.G. Katelaris and R.G. Cumming

Trends and differentials in adolescent and young adult mortality in the United States, 1950 through 1993 pp. 560-564

G.K. Singh and S.M. Yu

The ages of fathers in California adolescent births, 1993 pp. 565-568

M. Males and K.S.Y. Chew

Carrying and using weapons: A survey of minority junior high school students in New York City pp. 568-572

R.D. Vaughan, J.F. McCarthy, B. Armstrong, H.J. Walter, P.D. Waterman and L. Tiezzi

The growth in the US uninsured population: Trends in Hispanic subgroups, 1977 to 1992 pp. 572-576

M.L. Berk, L.A. Albers and C.L. Schur

The contribution of diabetes to early deaths from ischemic heart disease: US gender and racial comparisons pp. 576-579

J.C. Will and M. Casper

Sexual assault history and eating disorder symptoms among White, Hispanic, and African-American women and men pp. 579-582

A. Laws and J.M. Golding

Surgery for colorectal cancer: Race-related differences in rates and survival among medicare beneficiaries pp. 582-586

G.S. Cooper, Z. Yuan, C.S. Landefeld and A.A. Rimm

Childhood lead poisoning through Kohl pp. 587-588

G.M. Mojdehi and J. Gurtner

Older women helping older women: Employing senior workers in community research pp. 588-589

M. Tyrrell, K. Margolis, L. Sandberg, J. Slater and N. Lurie

The public health response to Los Angeles' 1994 earthquake pp. 589-590

S.J. Carr, S.M. Leahy, S. London, S. Sidhu and J. Vogt

A health education program for migrant children pp. 590-591

A.E. Marier

The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology: an underutilized repository of case material pp. 592

M.R. Peterson

Daily movement, adiposity, and blood glucose among older adults of middle to lower socioeconomic status pp. 592-593

L.S. Pescatello, D. Murphy and L. DiPietro

Australia implements voluntary folate fortification pp. 593-594

T. Adams and S. Jeffreson

1996, volume 86, articles 3

Determining the Nutritional Status of the Elderly in post-cold war Russia pp. 299-301

M.J. Toole and M. Serdula

The psychosocial work environment and heart disease pp. 301-303

L.J. Fine

Paradox as paradigm--the health outcomes of Mexican Americans pp. 303-305

R. Scribner

Topics for our times: from Cairo to Beijing-women's agenda for equality pp. 305-306

H. Rodriguez-Trias

The current state of health care in the former Soviet Union: Implications for health care policy and reform pp. 307-312

D.A. Barr and M.G. Field

Addressing the epidemiologic transition in the former Soviet Union: Strategies for health system and public health reform in Russia pp. 313-320

T.H. Tulchinsky and E.A. Varavikova

Comment: Deteriorating health in Russia--a place for community-based approaches pp. 321-323

J.B. Wyon

Long-term psychosocial work environment and cardiovascular mortality among Swedish men pp. 324-331

J.V. Johnson, W. Stewart, E.M. Hall, P. Fredlund and T. Theorell

Erratum: What is the matter with the medical profession? (American Journal of Public Health (1996) 86 (108-109)) pp. 331

J.P. Warbasse

Erratum: Trends in the treatment of alcohol problems in the US general population, 1979 through 1990 (American Journal of Public Health (1995) 85 (55-60)) pp. 331

C. Weisner, T. Greenfield and R. Room

Psychosocial work environment and sickness absence among British civil servants: The Whitehall II study pp. 332-340

F.M. North, S.L. Syme, A. Feeney, M. Shipley and M. Marmot

Does religious observance promote health? Mortality in secular vs religious Kibbutzim in Israel pp. 341-346

J.D. Kark, G. Shemi, Y. Friedlander, O. Martin, O. Manor and S.H. Blondheim

Intrauterine growth retardation and premature delivery: The influence of maternal smoking and psychosocial factors pp. 347-354

M. Nordentoft, H.C. Lou, D. Hansen, J. Nim, O. Pryds, P. Rubin and R. Hemmingsen

The nutritional status of the elderly in Russia, 1992 through 1994 pp. 355-360

B.M. Popkin, N. Zohoori and A. Baturin

The first year of hyperinflation in the former Soviet Union: Nutritional deprivation among elderly pensioners, 1992 pp. 361-367

D. Rush and K. Welch

Cigarette smoking and its risk factors among elementary school students in Beijing pp. 368-375

B.-P. Zhu, M. Liu, D. Shelton, S. Liu and G.A. Giovino

Separation between HIV-positive women and their children: The French prospective study, 1986 through 1993 pp. 376-381

S. Blanche, M.-J. Mayaux, F. Veber, A. Landreau, C. Courpotin, E. Vilmer, N. Ciraru-Vigneron, C. Floch, J. Tricoire, G. Noseda, J. Jean-Marc and C. Rouzioux

Long-term back problems and physical work exposures in the 1990 Ontario health survey pp. 382-387

J.P. Liira, H.S. Shannon, L.W. Chambers and T.A. Haines

Switching Swiss enrollees from indemnity health insurance to managed care: The effect on health status and satisfaction with care pp. 388-393

T.V. Perneger, J.-F. Etter and A. Rougemont

Acculturation and low-birthweight infants among Latino women: A reanalysis of HHANES data with structural equation models pp. 394-396

J.A. Cobas, H. Balcazar, M.B. Benin, V.M. Keith and Y. Chong

Access to war weapons and injury prevention activities among children in Croatia pp. 397-400

B. Kopjar, J. Wiik, T.M. Wickizer, M. Bulajic-Kopjar and A. Mujkic-Klaric

Home injuries among adults in Stavanger, Norway pp. 400-404

B. Kopjar and T.M. Wickizer

The Department of Defense's Women's Health Research Programs pp. 405

C.W. Suitor and L. Klein

Evaluating population folate exposure through a complete frequency distribution pp. 406-407

K.M. Koehler, S.L. Pareo-Tubbeh, R.N. Baumgartner, L.J. Romero and P.J. Garry

Are uninsured trauma patients treated differently? pp. 407-408

F.H. Millham and M. Segui-Gomez

1996, volume 86, articles 2

Preventing tobacco use--the youth access trap pp. 156-158

S.A. Glantz

Annotation: The amphibole hypothesis of asbestos-related cancer - gone but not forgotten pp. 158-159

M.R. Cullen

Topics for our times: Don't inhale - Reflections on garbage! pp. 159-161

D. Rosner

Public hospitals and health care reform: choices and challenges pp. 162-165

D.P. Andrulis, K.L. Acuff, K.B. Weiss and R.J. Anderson

The Washington Heights-Inwood Healthy Heart Program: A 6-year report from a disadvantaged urban setting pp. 166-171

S. Shea, C.E. Basch, H. Wechsler and R. Lantigua

Who administers? Who cares? Medical administrative and clinical employment in the United States and Canada pp. 172-178

D.U. Himmelstein, J.P. Lewontin and S. Woolhandler

Occupational exposure to chrysotile asbestos and cancer risk: A review of the amphibole hypothesis pp. 179-186

L.T. Stayner, D.A. Danhovic and R.A. Lemen

The elimination of selected chronic diseases in a population: The compression and expansion of morbidity pp. 187-194

W.J. Nusselder, K.D. Van Velden, J.L.A. Van Sonsbeek, M.E. Lenior and G.A.M. Van Den Bos

Chronic gynecological conditions reported by US women: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 1984 to 1992 pp. 195-199

K.H. Kjerulff, B.A. Erickson and P.W. Langenberg

The prevalence of self-reported peptic ulcer in the United States pp. 200-205

A. Sonnenberg and J.E. Everhart

Preventing cardiovascular disease through community-based risk reduction: The Bootheel Heart Health Project pp. 206-213

R.C. Brownson, C.A. Smith, M. Pratt, N.E. Mack, J. Jackson-Thompson, C.G. Dean, S. Dabney and J.C. Wilkerson

Smoking cessation in young adults: Age at initiation of cigarette smoking and other suspected influences pp. 214-220

N. Breslau and E.L. Peterson

Youth access to tobacco: The effects of age, gender, vending machine locks, and "it's the law" programs pp. 221-224

J.R. Difranza, J.A. Savageau and B.F. Aisquith

Is smoking associated with depression and anxiety in teenagers? pp. 225-230

G.C. Patton, M. Hibbert, M.J. Rosier, J.B. Carlin, J. Caust and G. Bowes

Smoking prevalence in US birth cohorts: The influence of gender and education pp. 231-236

L.G. Escobedo and J.P. Peddicord

Temporal variation in drinking water turbidity and diagnosed gastroenteritis in Milwaukee pp. 237-239

R.D. Morris, E.N. Naumova, R. Levin and R.L. Munasinghe

Preconceptional and prenatal multivitamin-mineral supplement use in the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey pp. 240-242

M.Yu. Stella, K.G. Keppel, G.K. Singh and W. Kessel

The validity of hospital administrative data in monitoring variations in breast cancer surgery pp. 243-245

L.H. Kahn, J. Blustein, R.R. Arons, R. Yee and S. Shea

An education program for parents of children with asthma: Differences in attendance between smoking and nonsmoking parents pp. 246-248

L. Fish, S.R. Wilson, D.M. Latini and N.J. Starr

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and the risk of congenital urinary tract anomalies pp. 249-253

D.-K. Li, B.A. Mueller, D.E. Hickok, J.R. Daling, A.G. Fantel, H. Checkoway and N.S. Weiss

How long will today's new adolescent smoker be addicted to cigarettes? pp. 253-256

J.P. Pierce and E. Gilpin

Temporarily detained: Tuberculous alcoholics in Seattle, 1949 through 1960 pp. 257-265

B.H. Lerner

The injection of crack cocaine among Chicago drug users pp. 266

W.A. Johnson and L.J. Ouellet

The hazards of epidemiology, continued pp. 267

Anthony Staines

Clarifying the issues in tuberculosis control pp. 267-268

T.R. Frieden

The implications of CDC's research on organizational downsizing pp. 268-269

D. Wallace

A call for the destruction of smallpox virus stores pp. 268

M.T. Donohoe

1996, volume 86, articles 1

Preventing injuries from violence towards women pp. 12-14

L.L. Davidson

The high cost of injuries in the United States pp. 14-15

D.P. Rice and W. Max

Rape is a major public health issue pp. 15-17

L.H. Schafran

Smokers' knowledge and understanding of advertised tar numbers: Health policy implications pp. 18-24

J.B. Cohen

Activity level and risk of overweight in male health professionals pp. 25-30

P.L.Y.H. Ching, W.C. Willett, E.B. Rimm, G.A. Colditz, S.L. Gortmaker and M.J. Stampfer

Reducing death on the road: The effects of minimum safety standards, publicized crash tests, seat belts, and alcohol pp. 31-34

L.S. Robertson

Violence and injury in marital arguments: Risk patterns and gender differences pp. 35-40

S.B. Sorenson, D.M. Upchurch and H. Shen

Motorcycle helmet use and injury outcome and hospitalization costs from crashes in Washington State pp. 41-45

J. Rowland, F. Rivara, P. Salzberg, R. Soderberg, R. Maier and T. Koepsell

The effects of a 4-year program promoting bicycle helmet use among children in Quebec pp. 46-51

C. Farley, S. Haddad and B. Brown

Workers' compensation recipients with carpal tunnel syndrome: The validity of self-reported health measures pp. 52-56

J.N. Katz, L. Punnett, B.P. Simmons, A.H. Fossel, N. Mooney and R.B. Keller

The effect of walking on lower body disability among older Blacks and Whites pp. 57-61

D.O. Clark

The loss of independence in activities of daily living: The role of low normal cognitive function in elderly nuns pp. 62-66

P.A. Greiner, D.A. Snowdon and F.A. Schmitt

Injuries among inner-city minority women: A population-based longitudinal study pp. 67-70

J.A. Grisso, D.F. Schwarz, C.G. Miles and J.H. Holmes

Total hip arthroplasty: Use and select complications in the US Medicare population pp. 70-72

J.A. Baron, J. Barrett, J.N. Katz and M.H. Liang

Occupational injury mortality rates in the United States: Changes from 1980 to 1989 pp. 73-77

N.A. Stout, E.L. Jenkins and T.J. Pizatella

A survey of injuries among broadway performers pp. 78-80

R.W. Evans, R.I. Evans, S. Carvajal and S. Perry

Burn-related physical impairments and disabilities in Ghanaian children: Prevalence and risk factors pp. 81-83

S.N. Forjuoh, B. Guyer and H.T. Ireys

Capodanno Senza Danno: The effects of an intervention program on fireworks injuries in Naples pp. 84-86

P. D'Argenio, L. Cafaro, F. Santonastasi, F. Taggz and N. Binkin

Assessment of a severe-weather warning system and disaster preparedness, Calhoun County, Alabama, 1994 pp. 87-89

S. Liu, L.E. Quenemoen, J. Malilay, E. Noji, T. Sinks and J. Mendlein

Patterns in US medical expenditures and utilization for injury, 1987 pp. 89-93

T.R. Miller and D.C. Lestina

Why are most drowning victims men? Sex differences in aquatic skills and behaviors pp. 93-96

J. Howland, R. Hingson, T.W. Mangione, N. Bell and S. Bak

Homicide risk among immigrants in California, 1970 through 1992 pp. 97-100

S.B. Sorenson and H. Shen

Accidents and acts of God: A history of the terms pp. 101-107

H. Loimer and M. Guamieri

What is the matter with the medical profession? 1912 pp. 108-110

J.P. Warbasse

Mercury use in espiritismo: A survey of botanicas pp. 111-112

L.H. Zayas and P.O. Ozuah

Blood lead levels, scientific misconduct, and the Needleman case. 1. A reply from the lead industry pp. 112-115

J.F. Smith

Blood lead levels, scientific misconduct and the Needleman case. 3. A reply from Scarr and Ernhart pp. 113-115

S. Scarr and C.B. Ernhart

Is a rational, national drug policy possible? pp. 115

J.H. Kilwein