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1978, volume 67, articles 10

Evaluation of the syphla chek test for syphilis in a high risk population pp. 970-972

M. Nelson and E. Portoni

1977, volume 67, articles 12

The importance of direct intervention pp. 1135-1136

L. Berger

Lessons for health educators pp. 1137-1138

J.J. Simmons

Seventy-five years of international health pp. 1139-1140

A. Yankauer

Children can't fly: a program to prevent childhood morbidity and mortality from window falls pp. 1143-1147

C.N. Spiegel and F.C. Lindaman

Prevention of childhood household injuries: a controlled clinical trial pp. 1148-1153

R.A. Dershewitz and J.W. Williamson

Moderate alcohol use during pregnancy and decreased infant birth weight pp. 1154-1156

R.E. Little

Contraceptive method continuation according to type of provider pp. 1157-1164

R.F. Einhorn, A.M. Sear, E. Perez and E. Cabrera

Population density and the rate of mental illness pp. 1165-1172

L. Schweitzer and W.H. Su

Variations in utilization of a multi-state company dental plan pp. 1173-1178

D.H. Leverett, S.D. Hooper and W.N. Russell

Epidemiologic perspectives and the special program in tropical diseases of the World Health Organization pp. 1181-1182

T.H. Weller

The case for a national health service pp. 1183-1185

M. Terris, P.B. Cornely, H.C. Daniels and L.E. Kerr

The effects of measurement errors on some multivariate procedures pp. 1188-1191

J.L. Fleiss and P.E. Shrout

Directing the hospital outpatient to the neighborhood health clinic pp. 1191-1193

T.J. Skinner, B.S. Price and G.A. Gorry

Toxocara infection in animal hospital employees pp. 1193-1195

L.T. Glickman and R.H. Cypess

A salute to the Pan American Health Organization pp. 1198-1204

M.E. Wegman

The constitutionality of prohibiting the operation of pay toilets pp. 1205-1206

W.J. Curran

On health department administration pp. 1210-1211

M. Bader

On the safe drinking water act pp. 1210

W.E. Gilbertson

On the medical and social welfare models pp. 1211-1212

A.S. Bergman

A common mistake in calculating probability pp. 1212-1213

D.R. Brogan

1977, volume 67, articles 11

To the victim belong the flaws pp. 1025-1026

R.B. Galanter

Strategy for prevention pp. 1026-1027

M. Terris

Appointment-keeping behavior re-evaluated pp. 1033-1036

P. Hertz and P.L. Stamps

Chemical mutagenesis: an emerging issue for public health pp. 1037-1042

L.D. Claxton and P.Z. Barry

What kinds of people do not use seat belts? pp. 1043-1050

K.J. Helsing and G.W. Comstock

Head and spinal cord injuries: A pilot study of morbidity survey procedures pp. 1051-1057

W.D. Kalsbeek and T.D. Hartwell

House-to-house, community-wide chemoprophylaxis for meningococcal disease: An aggressive approach to disease prevention pp. 1058-1062

T.J. Chester, J.A. Jacobson, E.L. Caviness and F.S. Wolf

A perspective on the significance of pandemic influenza pp. 1063-1070

J. Kavet

A large outbreak of foodborne salmonellosis on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, epidemiology and secondary transmission pp. 1071-1076

M.A. Horwitz, R.A. Pollard, M.H. Merson and S.M. Martin

Fire victims: Medical outcomes and demographic characteristics pp. 1077-1080

M.S. Levine and E.P. Radford

Health promotion - some notions in search of a constituency pp. 1082-1085

J.E. Fielding

Rubella in Seattle-King County Washington pp. 1087-1089

M. Bader and P. Bonin

Mumps in Seattle-King County, Washington 1920-1976 pp. 1089-1091

M. Bader

The phantom taxi seat belt pp. 1091-1092

C. Welkon and K.S. Reisinger

The efficacy of lay CPR instruction: An evaluation pp. 1093-1095

A.G. Ramirez, F.J. Weaver, A.E. Raizner, S.B. Dorfman, K.L. Herrick and A.M. Gotto

Application of a data collection method to ensure confidentiality pp. 1095-1097

R.B. White

Early studies of occupational health in New York City in the 1870s pp. 1100-1102

G. Rosen

The confidentiality of researcher's notes and interviews in public policy and environmental health studies pp. 1103-1104

W.J. Curran

On pre-hospital coronary care pp. 1107

M.W. Pozen and G.C. Voight

1977, volume 67, articles 10

Behavioral change and public attitudes toward public health pp. 911-913

B.M. Kramer

Health departments: then and now pp. 913-914

M.E. Wegman

Tension and hypertension pp. 914-916

A. Yankauer

Health beliefs and smoking patterns in heart patients and their wives: A longitudinal study pp. 921-930

S.H. Croog and N.P. Richards

A survey of local public health departments and their directors pp. 931-939

C.A. Miller, E.F. Brooks, G.H. DeFriese, B. Gilbert, S.C. Jain and F. Kavaler

Statutory authorizations for the work of local health departments pp. 940-945

C.A. Miller, B. Gilbert, D.G. Warren, E.F. Brooks, G.H. DeFriese, S.C. Jain and F. Kavaler

Daily relaxation response breaks in a working population: I. Effects on self-reported measures of health, performance, and well-being pp. 946-953

R.K. Peters, H. Benson and D. Porter

Daily relaxation response breaks in a working population: II. Effects on blood pressure pp. 954-959

R.K. Peters, H. Benson and J.M. Peters

The incidence of hospitalized burn injury in upstate New York pp. 966-967

G. Feck, M. Baptiste and P. Greenwald

Improved patient compliance through use of a daily drug reminder chart pp. 968-969

M. Gabriel, J.P. Gagnon and C.K. Bryan

Costs of mental health services in a Colombian hospital pp. 972-974

R.L. Robertson, R. Pabón and B. Barona

Physician distribution analysis based on zip code areas applied to dermatologists pp. 974-977

M. Krasner, D.L. Ramsay and P.E. Weary

Screening for hypertension by optometrists pp. 977-979

J.R. Pierce and R.N. Kleinstein

International health legislation at the World Health Organization pp. 984

W.J. Curran

For national MCH service pp. 985-986

C.A. Miller

Dr. George Rosen, former journal editor, Yale professor and scholar of history of science and medicine (June 23, 1910-July 27, 1977) pp. 997-999

A.J. Viseltear

1977, volume 67, articles 9

Maternal mortality studies - Time to stop? pp. 815-816

W.H. Pearse

A tool for health planners pp. 816-817

S.M. Shapiro

Abortions and public policy. II pp. 817-818

A. Yankauer

Maternal mortality in Michigan: An epidemiology analysis, 1950-1971 pp. 821-829

W. Schaffner, C.F. Federspiel, M.L. Fulton, D.G. Gilbert and L.B. Stevenson

The impact of state maternal mortality study committees on maternal deaths in the United States pp. 830-833

D.A. Grimes and W. Cates

Age adjusted mortality indexes for small areas: Applications to health planning pp. 834-840

J.C. Kleinman

Hemoglobin levels in children from a biracial southern community pp. 841-845

R.R. Frerichs, L.S. Webber, S.R. Srinivasan and G.S. Berenson

Consumer nutrition knowledge and self reported food shopping behavior pp. 846-850

A.E. Fusillo and A.M. Beloian

Environmental health and safety in the Academic setting pp. 851-854

R.L. DeRoos

Pediatric nurse associates in a large official health agency: Their education, training, productivity, and cost pp. 855-858

M.C. Heagarty, M.T. Grossi and M. O'Brien

Restricting medicaid funds for abortions: Projections of excess mortality for women of childbearing age pp. 860-862

D.B. Petitti and W. Cates

The patient's view of the role of the primary care physician in abortion pp. 863-865

R.H. Rosen

Should there be a different definition of anemia in Black and White children? pp. 865-866

G.M. Owen and A. Yanochik-Owen

The effect of census errors on life table estimates of black mortality pp. 867-868

N.W. Rives

Laetrile: Is it really a matter of free choice? pp. 871-872

F.A. Saber

Detection of viral genes and core proteins of flavoviruses in human blood specimens pp. 874-875

E. Arida

Consumer health information system urged pp. 874

C.L. Schell

1977, volume 67, articles 8

Drinking water and carcinogenesis: the dilemmas pp. 719-720

M.A. Ibrahim and R.F. Christman

Public health professionals and prison health care needs pp. 720-722

J.B. Weisbuch

The image of battered women pp. 722-723

K.O. Friedman

Ohio drinking water source and cancer rates pp. 725-729

R.J. Kuzma, C.M. Kuzma and C.R. Buncher

Utilization of former military medical corpsmen in the provision of jail health services pp. 730-734

L. King, A. Reynolds and Q. Young

Pro Bono Publico: a century later pp. 735-739

S.B. Greene and E.J. Salber

Screening for gonorrhea and syphilis in the gay baths - Denver, Colorado pp. 740-742

F.N. Judson, K.G. Miller and T.R. Schaffnit

A pitfall in sampling medical visits pp. 743-750

D.S. Shepard and R. Neutra

The 4-Score: an index for predicting a patient's non-medical hospital days pp. 751-755

R.I. Glass, M.N. Mulvihill, H. Smith , R. Peto, D. Bucheister and B.J. Stoll

Affecting the supply of rural physicians pp. 756-759

J.K. Cooper, K. Heald and M. Samuels

The battered wife syndrome and violence in the nuclear family of origin: a controlled pilot study pp. 760-761

B. Parker and D.N. Schumacher

The mal-prescribing of liquid tetracycline preparation pp. 762-763

W.A. Ray, C.F. Federspiel and W. Schaffner

Immunization: public health programming through law enforcement pp. 763-764

N. Anthony, M. Reed, A.M. Leff, J. Huffer and B. Stephens

An experimental comprehensive high school clinic pp. 765-766

L.E. Edwards, M.E. Steinman and E.Y. Hakanson

Problems in drafting and interpreting health regulations pp. 768-769

W.J. Curran

On seeking abortion counseling pp. 780-781

W. Cates and D.A. Grimes

Nutrition intervention: bigger is better pp. 780

D.B. Jelliffe and E.F. Jelliffe

On gonorrhea control programs pp. 781

W.R. Phillips

1977, volume 67, articles 7

The menace of mass screening pp. 601-602

A.B. Bergman

Child maltreatment, family stress, and ecological insult pp. 602-604

C.P. Gershenson

Abortions and public policy pp. 604-605

A. Yankauer

Evaluation of a screening program for heart disease pp. 609-611

G.M. Matanoski, M.M. Henderson, O.C. Stine, C. Courpas, R. Hepner and S. Walker

Environmental correlates of pediatric social illness: Preventive implications of an advocacy approach pp. 612-615

A.E. Morse, J.N. Hyde , E.H. Newberger and R.B. Reed

Very young adolescent women in Georgia: Has abortion or contraception lowered their fertility? pp. 616-620

J.D. Shelton

Induced abortion and sterilization among women who became mothers as adolescents pp. 621-625

J.F. Jekel, N.C. Tyler and L.V. Klerman

Lung function in fire fighters. I. A 3 yr follow up of active subjects pp. 626-629

A.W. Musk, J.M. Peters and D.H. Wegman

Lung function in fire fighters. II. A 5 yr follow up of retirees pp. 630-633

A.W. Musk, J.M. Peters and D.H. Wegman

Hypertension: effects of social class and racial admixture. The results of a cohort study in the black population of Charleston, South Carolina pp. 634-639

J.E. Keil, H.A. Tyroler, S.H. Sandifer and E. Boyle

Collection of a clean voided urine specimen: A comparison among spoken, written, and computer based instructions pp. 640-644

L.A. Fisher, T.S. Johnson, D. Porter, H.L. Bleich and W.V. Slack

The effects of the anti smoking campaign on cigarette consumption pp. 645-650

K.E. Warner

Morbidity and growth of infants and young children in a rural Mexican village pp. 651-656

D. Condon-Paoloni, J. Cravioto, F.E. Johnston, E.R. De Licardie and T.O. Scholl

Economic triage of the poor and population control pp. 660-663

C.E. Taylor

Public health and demographic transition in the People's Republic of China pp. 664-667

I.B. Taeuber

A preliminary report of a methodology to assess the communicative interaction between hospital personnel and hospitalized children pp. 670-672

D.R. Klinzing, D.G. Klinzing and P.D. Schindler

Counseling mothers in the hospital postpartum period: A comparison of techniques pp. 672-674

W.M. Kleinberg

Effects of feedback on performance of army trained expanded duty dental auxiliaries pp. 674-675

A.D. Mangelsdorff

Anstie's alcohol limit. Francis Edmund Anstie 1833 to 1874 pp. 679-681

A.D. Baldwin

Occupational safety and health: unconstitutional searches pp. 684-685

W.J. Curran

On "Statisticians, confidentiality, and privacy" pp. 686-687

W.E. Morton

1977, volume 67, articles 6

Black physicians and Black communities pp. 511-512

A.S. Yerby

Pre-hospital coronary care pp. 512-514

J.E. Dalen

The geographic and functional distribution of black physicians: some research and policy considerations pp. 519-526

L.C. Gray

Studies of ambulance patients with ischemic heart disease. I. The outcome of pre-hospital life-threatening arrhythmias in patients receiving electrocardiographic telemetry and therapeutic interventions pp. 527-531

M.W. Pozen, D.D. Fried, S. Smith, L.V. Lindsay and G.C. Voigt

Studies of ambulance patients with ischemic heart disease. II. Selection of patients for ambulance telemetry pp. 532-535

M.W. Pozen, D.D. Fried and G.G. Voigt

Five year follow-up of a smoking withdrawal clinic population pp. 536-544

D.W. West, S. Graham, M. Swanson and G. Wilkinson

Expired air carbon monoxide and serum thiocyanate as objective measures of cigarette exposure pp. 545-549

T.M. Vogt, S. Selvin, G. Widdowson and S.B. Hulley

The Norwegian food and nutritional policy pp. 550-551

Dept. Hlth Care Organ.. Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. Hyg. Publ. and Hlth. Baltimore. Md. 21205

Nutrition and food policy: the approaches of Norway and the United States pp. 552-557

B. Winikoff

Dr. Seuss meets Dr. Freud: primary prevention in the community library pp. 561-562

J.A. Walsh

Birth planning decisions pp. 563-565

R.J. Wood, F.L. Campbell, B.D. Townes and L.R. Beach

Utilization of a nutrition service in a neighborhood health center pp. 565-567

L.K. Ryan and C.B. Dutton

Tay-Sachs disease, wrongful life and preventive malpractice pp. 568-569

W.J. Curran

Points made and missed on HSAs pp. 570

G.J. Clarke

Interpreting the role of HSAs pp. 571

H.R. Mason

1977, volume 67, articles 5

Insensitive health statistics and the dilemma of the HSAs pp. 417-418

J. Elinson

Solid waste disposal. A long standing public health problem comes of age pp. 419-420

R.C. Wands

The development and application of indices of health: General methods and a summary of results pp. 423-428

D.L. Sackett, L.W. Chambers, A.S. MacPherson, C.H. Goldsmith and R.G. Mcauley

Metals in municipal landfill leachate and their health effects pp. 429-432

S.C. James

The state and territorial public health laboratory: Program activities, organization and prospects for the future pp. 433-438

R.M. Schmidt and M.A. Madofe

Factors affecting the choice of hospital based ambulatory care by the urban poor pp. 439-445

T.J. Skinner, B.S. Price, D.W. Scott and G.A. Gorry

Patient education and intrauterine contraception: A study of two package inserts pp. 446-449

H. Benson, L. Gordon, C. Mitchell and V. Place

Peer sex education training and evaluation pp. 450-454

J.M. Zapka and R.M. Mazur

Socialization and the human physiologic response to crowding pp. 455-459

H.W. Gruchow

A national health service and social security pp. 462-465

M.I. Roemer and S.J. Axelrod

Toxic soluble waste disposal in a sanitary landfill site draining to an urban water supply pp. 468-469

C.J. Johnson

Obstetricians' attitudes toward genetic screening pp. 469-471

L. Gordis, B. Childs and M.G. Roseman

The epidemiology of recurrent otitis media pp. 472-474

D.K. Onion and C. Taylor

1977, volume 67, articles 4

The underutilization of vital statistics pp. 325-326

C.L. Erhardt

History and health care pp. 326-328

G. Rosen

Facing challenges in service related research in aging pp. 328-329

J.A. Solon

The uses of multiple causes of death data to clarify changing patterns of cirrhosis mortality in Massachusetts pp. 333-336

F.E. Speizer, C. Trey and P. Parker

Patient outcome as a measure of quality of nursing home care pp. 337-344

M.W. Linn, L. Gurel and B.S. Linn

Motivational interventions in community hypertension screening pp. 345-352

S.M. Stahl, T. Lawrie, P. Neill and C. Kelley

Prevention pp. 353-356

M.S. Hilbert

Beyond a new perspective. Fourth annual Matthew B. Rosenhaus lecture pp. 357-360

M. Lalonde

Human milk in premature infant feeding: Report of a second workshop pp. 361-363

S.J. Fomon

Impact of a community health approach to rape pp. 365-367

A. Kaufman, P. DiVasto, R. Jackson, J. Vandermeer, D. Pathak and W. Odegard

Detergent toxicity survey pp. 367-369

M. Seabaugh, S.P. Bayard, R.E. Osterberg, W.K. Porter, D.F. McCaulley, C.A. Hoheisel, R.M. Hehir and G.W. Bierbower

A practical reporting and evaluation system for intervention programs: Guiding principles and potential uses pp. 370-373

D. Zalkind, H. Zelon, M. Moore and A. Kaluzny

Contract or lodge practice and its influence on medical attitudes to health insurance pp. 374-378

G. Rosen

Guam's influenza experience pp. 379-380

R.L. Haddock

Some thoughts on Swine Flu (from a local health officer) pp. 379

R.C. Milligan

Biologically active RNA in inactivated swine flu concentrate pp. 380

E. Arida and T. Hultin

Dean technique challenged pp. 380-381

N.D. McGlashan

On converting child health stations to pediatric treatment centers pp. 381-382

R. Cowin

On health misinformation on national television pp. 381

P. Lowinger

More on population-based spot maps pp. 381

A.G. Dean

On self-help groups and government agencies pp. 382

I. Probstein

Care in free clinics pp. 382-383

C.P. Schade, M.F. Garland and J.K. Seggar

1977, volume 67, articles 3

Nutrition intervention: bigger is smarter pp. 229-230

G.M. Owen

Nutrition intervention: bigger is smarter pp. 230-231

G.M. Owen

Quality assurance through computer surveillance and feedback pp. 230-231

G.O. Barnett

Relations between nutrition and cognition in rural Guatemala pp. 233-239

H.E. Freeman, R.E. Klein, J. Kagan and C. Yarbrough

A computer based record and clinical monitoring system for ambulatory care pp. 240-245

C.J. McDonald, R. Murray, D. Jeris, B. Bhargava, J. Seeger and L. Blevins

Alcohol and motorcycle fatalities pp. 246-249

S.P. Baker and R.S. Fisher

A health data system for New York State correctional facilities pp. 250-251

J. Froom, B. Howe, D. Mangone, C. Swearingen and P.S. Warren

The pharmacist's clinical role as seen by other health workers pp. 252-253

R.L. Lambert, A.I. Wertheimer, D.J. Dobbert and T.R. Church

Analysis of a stratified random sample in AFDC pp. 254-256

N. Chand and C.J. Rothwell

A combined health department medical school rural outpatient tuberculosis program pp. 257-259

T.H. Peirce, G.K. York, G.H. Parsons, V. Spannagel, G.A. Lillington and C.E. Cross

A constitutional right to a healthy environment pp. 262

W.J. Curran

The use and abuse of medical charities in late nineteenth century America pp. 264-267

G.H. Brieger

Comment on clinic performance pp. 269

C.P. Schade, M.F. Garland and K.B. Seegar

On pharmacist's role in patient behavior pp. 269-270

J.L. Fink 3rd. and A.I. Wertheimer

1977, volume 67, articles 2

The child resistant container: a success and a model for accident prevention pp. 135-136

L.K. Garrettson

Editor's report pp. 136-137

A. Yankauer

Abortion applicants: characteristics distinguishing dropouts remaining pregnant and those having abortion pp. 142-146

M.E. Swigar, D.M. Quinlan and S.D. Wexler

Injuries, crashes, and construction on a superhighway pp. 147-150

T.C. Doege and P.S. Levy

Nutrition surveillance in Arizona: selected anthropometric and laboratory observations among Mexican American children pp. 151-154

A. Yanochik Owen and M. White

Evaluation and measurement: some dilemmas for health education pp. 155-161

L.W. Green

An integrated approach to tuberculosis care in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pp. 162-164

E.D. Riehl, G. Berenznicki, G. Rogers, R. Reza and J. Eagan

Statisticians, confidentiality, and privacy pp. 165-167

M.E. Martin

Safety packaging. What does the public think? pp. 169-171

M.S. McIntire, C.R. Angle, K. Sathees and P.S.T. Lee

Appeals used in advertisements for psychotropic drugs: an exploratory study pp. 171-173

M.C. Smith

The case finding effectiveness of a self referral system for gonorrhea: a preliminary report pp. 174-176

J.J. Potterat and R. Rothenberg

A method of estimating risk for occupational factors using multiple data sources: the Newfoundland lip cancer study pp. 176-179

L.W. Chambers and W.O. Spitzer

Neighborhood health centers: an assessment pp. 179-182

P.R. Breyer

Housing and nutrition of psychiatric aftercare patients pp. 182-184

K. Tardiff

Nutritional status of Chippewa Head Start children in Wisconsin pp. 185-186

M.R. Horner, C.M. Olson and D.J. Pringle

The national medical library's MEDLARS: freedom of information or protected system? pp. 188-189

W.J. Curran

1977, volume 67, articles 1

A ray of hope pp. 19-20

H.H. Tilson

The quiet desperation of public health conscience pp. 20-21

A. Yankauer

Interest group representation and the HSAs: health planning and political theory pp. 23-29

B.C. Vladeck

Provider expectations and consumer perceptions of the importance and value of dental care pp. 37-43

P.J. Frazier, J. Jenny, R.A. Bagramian, E. Robinson and J.M. Proshek

A progressive approach to the problem of foodborne infections pp. 44-49

M.H. Zaki, G.S. Miller, M.C. McLaughlin and S.B. Weinberg

Measuring the return on program costs: evaluation of a multi employer alcoholism treatment program pp. 50-51

C.J. Schramm

Legal abortions and trends in age specific marriage rates pp. 52-53

K.E. Bauman, A.E. Anderson, J.L. Freeman and G.G. Koch

The institution centered approach to rural primary health care: a preliminary report from New York State pp. 54-55

B. Howe and P.S. Warren

Direct advertising to the public: Free speech, risks, and benefits pp. 56

W.J. Curran

Comments on communication/compliance/concordance pp. 58-59

G. Kataoka

A comment on "Skin cancer, melanoma and sunlight" pp. 59-60

A.E. Green

Report of the APHA Task Force on Chile pp. 71-73

P.B. Cornely, R. Belmar, L.A. Falk, G.L. Filerman, H. Rodrigues-Trias, V.W. Sidel, G.A. Silver and M.E. Wegman