| human pulmonary dirofilariasis in the west. | | 1981 | 7222665 |
| recovery of parasitic nematodes from fish by digestion or elution. | two methods, digestion and elution, were used to recover parasitic nematodes from 470 flatfish belonging to species in the family pleuronectidae. samples of similar fish were collected from market lots; half of each sample was subjected to digestion, and half was subjected to elution (sedimentation). the edible (flesh) and the inedible (viscera) portions of each fish were analyzed separately. the total number of nematodes recovered by digestion was 1,110, which was not significantly greater than ... | 1981 | 7235710 |
| duration of stay and other aspects of nursing home use. | in 1965, the human population laboratory (california state department of health services) conducted a survey of the non-institutionalized population of alameda county. subsequent checking of death records disclosed that 521 survey participants aged fifty-five years or over in 1965 had died by january, 1975. a follow-up in 1977-78 of nursing home experience among these decedents revealed that about two-fifths of those for whom information could be obtained (n = 455) had entered a nursing home at ... | 1981 | 7251201 |
| natural la crosse virus infection in the red fox (vulpes fulva), gray fox (urocyon cinereoargenteus), raccoon (procyon lotor), and opossum (didelphis virginiana). | natural infection of sentinel red foxes (vulpes fulva) and free-ranging red foxes, gray foxes (urocyon cinereoargenteus) and raccoons (procyon lotor) with la crosse (lac) virus was demonstrated. one isolate of lac virus was obtained from a sentinel red fox in an enzootic area. the viremia titer of the lac virus-infected red fox was above the threshold of infection for aedes triseriatus mosquitoes. antibody responses were measured by the microneutralization test employing four california group vi ... | 1981 | 7258486 |
| evaluation of lactational performance of navajo women. | the effect of suboptimal maternal nutrition on lactational performance of 23 navajo women was studied in terms of milk volume, milk composition, and infant growth. the mean milk volume produced by 10 navajo women was 634 +/- 113 mg/24 h after approximately 1 month of lactation. the content of protein, lactose, and lipid were within normal limits. retinol and carotene content were 32.9 +/- 15.7 and 19.7 +/- 6.3 microgram/dl, respectively. milk folacin averaged 56.4 +/- 23.9 mg/ml. the mean conten ... | 1981 | 7293949 |
| cline loses two nih grants. | to the surprise of some observers, the national institutes of health recently issued a second set of sanctions against martin cline for violating its regulations governing recombinant dna research and human experimentation. cline is the ucla professor who prematurely conducted the first gene therapy experiments in humans in july 1980. acting nih director thomas malone accepted the recommendations of the advisory councils of the three institutes funding cline: the heart institute terminated it ... | 1981 | 7302590 |
| the research-defining accident investigation methodology of the national institute for occupational safety and health. | the accident investigation methodology (aim), developed for the national institute for occupational safety and health through a contract effort by safety sciences of san diego, california, is a composite procedure utilizing many useful concepts and approaches from existing investigative techniques in addition to innovations. the investigation procedure is oriented toward the identification of occupational accident/injury countermeasures and associated research needs. emphasis is placed upon mode ... | 1981 | 7330618 |
| methaqualone ingestion: evaluation of present status. | sixty cases of methaqualone ingestion have been reviewed from 1977 through 1980. serum methaqualone concentrations, clinical information, and demographic data were studied in order to define the present status of abuse of this drug. the average user was a 27 year-old man who ingested quaalude plus at least one additional drug (usually a narcotic analgesic, ethanol, a benzodiazepine, or a barbiturate, in that order). he was admitted to the emergency room with a depressed level of consciousness an ... | 1981 | 7339211 |
| incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis. | | 1980 | 7350304 |
| the psychology and economics of scarcity in human services: a symposium. | | 1980 | 7361866 |
| the future of human services without funding. | | 1980 | 7361867 |
| the health of mexican americans: evidence from the human population laboratory studies. | data are presented from sample surveys conducted in 1974 (n = 3,119) and 1975 (n = 657) in alameda county, california, by the human population laboratory. mexican americans are compared to anglos and blacks on selected health status indicators; chronic conditions, disability, symptoms and a summary measure, the physical health spectrum. comparisons of crude percentages indicate that, compared to anglos, blacks report having more chronic conditions, more disability and more symptoms, while chican ... | 1980 | 7361955 |
| medical care use by mexican-americans: evidence from the human population laboratory studies. | data are presented from sample surveys conducted in 1974 (n = 3,119) and 1975 (n = 657) in alameda county, california, by the human population laboratory. mexican-americans are compared to anglos and blacks in terms of physician visits, dental examinations, general physical examinations, and eye examinations. comparison of crude percentages indicates that there is very little ethnic variation in either sample regarding regular source of medical care or health insurance coverage, although the tre ... | 1980 | 7366256 |
| in the trenches, cost containment ain't always easy: an illustrative case report. | a specific case report illustrates the interplay between human considerations and technological potency that makes cost containment difficult in the real world of medical practice. | 1980 | 7385852 |
| influence of selection versus lifestyle on risk of fatal cancer and cardiovascular disease among seventh-day adventists. | the authors examine the influence of selection versus life-style on mortality from various causes for a population of 23,000 california seventh-day adventists. the data are compared with data from a control group of 112,726 other californians. the selective factors considered include education, occupation, and marital status | 1980 | 7416155 |
| an index and model of human response to air quality. | | 1980 | 7419828 |
| human plague cases increasing slightly in us. | | 1980 | 7420671 |
| deaths from bites and stings of venomous animals. | data abstracted from 34 death certificates indicate that the three venomous animal groups most often responsible for human deaths in california from 1960 through 1976 were hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and the like) (56 percent), snakes (35 percent) and spiders (6 percent). an average incidence of 2.0 deaths per year occurred during these 17 years, or an average death rate of 0.01 per 100,000 population per year. nearly three times more males than females died of venomous animal bites and sting ... | 1980 | 7467305 |
| hiv seroprevalence and risk behaviors among lesbians and bisexual women in san francisco and berkeley, california. | few data are available on human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and risk behaviors among lesbians and bisexual women. a total of 498 lesbians and bisexual women was sampled from public venues in san francisco and berkeley, calif, during 1993. the overall hiv seroprevalence was 1.2%. ten percent of participants reported injecting drugs since 1978. forty percent of the participants reported unprotected vaginal or anal sex with men during the past 3 years, including unprotected sex with gay ... | 1995 | 7485670 |
| dry eye among males infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. | keratoconjunctivitis sicca (kcs) has been reported as a potential ocular manifestation of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. this study was designed to estimate prevalence of dry eye among hiv-infected males and correlate subjective and objective findings with disease severity. | 1995 | 7490413 |
| clinical islet transplantation experience of the university of california islet transplant consortium. | the university of california islet transplant consortium was formed to evaluate the feasibility of performing clinical islet transplantation at different transplant centers by using a single centralized islet isolation laboratory. | 1995 | 7491541 |
| genotypic and phenotypic characterization of borrelia burgdorferi isolated from ticks and small animals in illinois. | we have characterized 33 isolates of borrelia burgdorferi from northern illinois (32 isolates) and wisconsin (1 isolate) representing the largest series of midwestern isolates investigated to date. the techniques used for molecular analysis of strains included (i) genospecies typing with species-specific pcr primers, (ii) plasmid profiling by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of total genomic dna, (iii) large-restriction-fragment pattern (lrfp) analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of mlui ... | 1995 | 7494019 |
| effective use of robots as mechanized couriers at stanford university hospital. | | 1995 | 7496406 |
| genetic analysis of hispanic individuals with cystic fibrosis. | we have performed molecular genetic analyses of hispanic individuals with cystic fibrosis (cf) in the southwestern united states. of 129 cf chromosomes analyzed, only 46% (59/129) carry delta f508. the g542x mutation was found on 5% (7/129) of cf chromosomes. the 3849 + 10kbc-->t mutation, detected primarily in ashkenazi jews, was present on 2% (3/129). r1162x and r334w, mutations identified in spain and italy, each occurred on 1.6% (2/129) of cf chromosomes. w1282x and r553x were each detected ... | 1994 | 7509564 |
| incremental cost-effectiveness of incorporating oestriol evaluation in down syndrome screening programmes. | as screening for down syndrome becomes increasingly sophisticated, it is important to evaluate the newer technologies in terms of their cost-effectiveness. one recent addition to down syndrome screening programmes is maternal serum unconjugated oestriol (ue3), especially when used in conjunction with maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and human chorionic gonadotropin. using assumptions used in a california proposal to justify an expanded screening programme for down syndrome, we calculated both th ... | 1994 | 7526362 |
| plasmodium falciparum: sera of individuals living in a malaria-endemic region recognize peptide motifs of the human erythrocyte anion transport protein. | specific regions of the human erythrocyte anion transport protein, ae 1 or band 3, have been identified as being adhesive in plasmodium falciparum-infected-erythrocytes. in addition, synthetic peptides based on these sequences and murine monoclonal antibodies (mabs) to these block cytoadherence/sequestration. these findings suggest the possibility that humans who are able to control p. falciparum infections may produce anti-adhesin (and thus anti-band 3) antibodies. to test this hypothesis, sera ... | 1995 | 7539597 |
| lyme disease. | in the united states, lyme disease is the most common arthropod-borne infection. the majority of cases are reported from the northeast, the midwest, and california, which are areas with established foci of borrelia burgdorferi. advances in the understanding of the epidemiology of ixodes ticks, the established vector for transmission of lyme disease, provided strategies to reduce tick populations and the risk of acquiring disease. genotypic diversity of subspecies of b. burgdorferi has been assoc ... | 1995 | 7547110 |
| liver transplantation at california pacific medical center, san francisco, california. | a number of modifications in patient selection, operative technique, and immunosuppressive management have greatly contributed to the success of the liver transplant program at cpmc. graft rejection and the timely detection of ebv infection are ongoing problems in hepatic transplantation that are foci of active research in our field. to address these issues, our group is investigating the activity of cytokines and adhesion molecules using sophisticated molecular techniques, and we are developing ... | 1994 | 7547535 |
| assessing historical exposures of children to power-frequency magnetic fields. | one risk factor for human cancer currently being studied is residential exposure to power-frequency magnetic fields. a key problem in such research is how best to use contemporaneous measurements to assess past magnetic-field exposures. the main goal of the research presented in this paper was to examine the effectiveness of various surrogate measures in predicting historical exposures and to determine if residential power consumptions and the loads served by neighborhood electric networks could ... | 1994 | 7549471 |
| hiv risk practices of male injecting-drug users who have sex with men--dallas, denver, and long beach, 1991-1994. | as of june 1995, a total of 31,024 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) had been reported in the united states among male injecting-drug users (idus) who also reported sexual contact with other men (1). although male idus who report male sex partners have accounted for 7% of all aids cases and for 21% of cases reported among idus, the characteristics and risk practices of male idus who have sex with men (msm) have not been clearly determined (2-4). to better characterize this group ... | 1995 | 7565560 |
| evidence implicating nymphal ixodes pacificus (acari: ixodidae) in the epidemiology of lyme disease in california. | to clarify the role of nymphal versus adult western black-legged ticks (ixodes pacificus) in the epidemiology of lyme disease, the seasonal distribution, abundance, and spirochetal infection rates in these stages, and the seasonal occurrence of ticks biting humans and of incident cases of lyme disease were determined in northern california. although their seasonal activity periods overlapped for about one-third of the year, nymphs and adults predominated in different seasons, the former from lat ... | 1995 | 7573703 |
| prevention of aids transmission through screening of the blood supply. | shortly after the first cases of aids were reported in 1981, it became apparent that this disease was caused by a blood-borne infectious agent that could be transmitted by blood transfusion. early reports documented a reduced ratio of cd4+ to cd8+ t cells not only in aids patients but also in likely carriers of the aids pathogen. on this basis, from july 1983 to june 1985, our blood center utilized flow cytometry to test each donated unit for the ratio of cd4 to cd8 t cells; we did not transfuse ... | 1995 | 7612221 |
| mode of existence and seasonality of midge larvae (diptera: chironomidae) in man-made lakes in the coachella valley, southern california. | over the past 2 decades, numerous man-made ponds and lakes constructed in country clubs and on golf courses in the coachella valley have become ideal habitats for various chironomid species. large numbers of adult midges emerging from these water bodies pose nuisance and economic problems. during 1992 and 1993 we initiated comprehensive studies on the nature and scope of the nuisance midge problem in the valley. we sampled on a biweekly basis 2 lakes supplied with well water, 2 supplied with ter ... | 1995 | 7616195 |
| landscape ecology of arboviruses in southern california: temporal and spatial patterns of vector and virus activity in coachella valley, 1990-1992. | consistent temporal and spatial patterns in the activity of culex tarsalis coquillett and western equine encephalomyelitis (wee) and st. louis encephalitis (sle) viruses were delineated that were useful in developing a stratified surveillance program. vernal increases in cx. tarsalis abundance typically were associated with flooding of saline marshes along the north shore of the salton sea and were followed 6-8 wk later by the onset of wee and sle virus activity. viruses then spread to managed m ... | 1995 | 7616515 |
| arboviral disease--united states, 1994. | arboviruses are mosquitoborne and tickborne agents that persist in nature in complex cycles involving birds and mammals, including humans. characteristics of arboviral infection include fever, headache, encephalitis, and sometimes death. in 1994, health departments in 20 states reported 100 presumptive or confirmed human cases of arboviral disease to cdc. of these, 76 were california (cal) serogroup encephalitis; 20, st. louis encephalitis (sle); two, western equine encephalomyelitis (wee); one, ... | 1995 | 7643850 |
| parties to the social contract? justice, proposition 187 and health care for undocumented immigrants. | | 1995 | 7655221 |
| mosquito and arbovirus surveillance in connecticut, 1991-1992. | a surveillance program for mosquito-borne arboviruses was conducted in connecticut following an epizootic of eastern equine encephalitis (eee) in horses and domestic birds during 1990. mosquito trapping was done weekly using co2-baited miniature light traps at 12 freshwater swamp sites that were located mostly in the southeastern portion of the state. trapping was conducted from june 27 to october 11, 1991 and from june 2 to september 30, 1992. totals of 7,435 (1991) and 13,912 (1992) adult fema ... | 1994 | 7707064 |
| evaluating health risks from occupational exposure to pesticides and the regulatory response. | in this study, we used measurements of occupational exposures to pesticides in agriculture to evaluate health risks and analyzed how the federal regulatory program is addressing these risks. dose estimates developed by the state of california from measured occupational exposures to 41 pesticides were compared to standard indices of acute toxicity (ld50) and chronic effects (reference dose). lifetime cancer risks were estimated using cancer potencies. estimated absorbed daily doses for mixers, lo ... | 1994 | 7713022 |
| predictors of successful prompted voiding among incontinent nursing home residents. | to develop a simple, noninvasive assessment strategy that will enable nursing home staff to identify incontinent residents who respond well to prompted voiding. | 1995 | 7715062 |
| is maternal diet worthwhile? | | 1994 | 7728226 |
| cutaneous diseases in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients referred to the ucla immunosuppression skin clinic: reasons for referral and management of select diseases. | many nondermatologist physicians have become skilled at identifying and treating certain human immunodeficiency virus-related skin diseases. they are reserving referrals primarily for diagnostically or therapeutically challenging skin disorders. our purpose was to study the reasons for referral of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, and to review the management of select diseases. one-hundred and fifty human immunodeficiency virus-positive outpatients were evaluated consecutively for ... | 1995 | 7729163 |
| fda puts the brakes on xenotransplants. | | 1995 | 7732365 |
| case management of substance abusers with hiv disease. | case management is a promising intervention that has been used widely in many settings but is not well evaluated with substance abusers. this article describes a case management approach for substance abusers with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) disease. clients are enrolled from emergency and outpatient clinics of a general hospital. case management focuses on encouraging a substance-free lifestyle, linking clients with needed services, and reducing their risk of transmitting hiv. a research ... | 1994 | 7735090 |
| the reluctance of house staff to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in the inpatient setting: what are the considerations? | medical house staff are required to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) as part of their job responsibilities. previously it has been shown that house staff are reluctant to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (mmr) in an out of hospital setting. therefore, whether reluctance to perform mmr extends to the inpatient setting, and, if so, the reasons for this reluctance were investigated. | 1994 | 7740188 |
| california's gas chamber on trial. | | 1994 | 7767049 |
| beyond moore: issues of law and policy impacting human cell and genetic research in the age of biotechnology. | | 1993 | 7779167 |
| infection with a babesia-like organism in northern california. | human babesiosis is a tick-transmitted zoonosis associated with two protozoa of the family piroplasmorida: babesia microti (in the united states) and b. divergens (in europe). recently, infection with an unusual babesia-like piroplasm (designated wa1) was described in a patient from washington state. we studied four patients in california who were identified as being infected with a similar protozoal parasite. all four patients had undergone splenectomy, three because of trauma and one because o ... | 1995 | 7816065 |
| non-parametric estimation and doubly-censored data: general ideas and applications to aids. | in many epidemiologic studies of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) disease, interest focuses on the distribution of the length of the interval of time between two events. in many such cases, statistical estimation of properties of this distribution is complicated by the fact that observation of the times of both events is subject to intervalcensoring so that the length of time between the events is never observed exactly. following degruttola and lagakos, we call such data doubly-censored. jewe ... | 1994 | 7846412 |
| the impact of a dedicated trauma program on outcome in severely injured patients. | in recent years, many trauma centers have been closing or scaling down their operations because of financial losses and lack of commitment by the relevant authorities. | 1995 | 7848094 |
| hiv transmission through donor artificial insemination. | to investigate and report cases of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) transmission through donor artificial insemination (ai) before 1986 at five infertility clinics. | 1995 | 7869555 |
| short report: prevalence of hantavirus infection in rodents associated with two fatal human infections in california. | rodents living near two fatal human cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in california were surveyed for evidence of hantavirus infection. seventeen (15%) (14 peromyscus maniculatus and one each of p. truei, eutamias minimus, and microtus californicus) of 114 rodents tested had evidence (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or polymerase chain reaction) of hantavirus infection. this suggests that peromyscus mice, and p. maniculatus in particular, may be the reservoir for the virus causing this ne ... | 1995 | 7872450 |
| the spectrum of medical conditions and symptoms before acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in homosexual and bisexual men infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. | the full range and occurrence of medical conditions in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) before they develop illnesses that define acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) have not been systematically or completely described. in a retrospective and prospective cohort study, 1,073 homosexual and bisexual men in three us cities were interviewed and examined twice per year from january 1988 to september 1992. study participants were from san francisco, california (273 hiv-se ... | 1995 | 7879784 |
| cocaine and crack use and hiv risk behaviors among high-risk methadone maintenance clients. | a discriminant function analysis was performed with data from 409 high-risk heroin addicts at intake into a methadone maintenance treatment program to determine the characteristics of cocaine users. cocaine users presented a higher-risk profile for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), engaged in a wider variety of criminal activities, were more likely to be african-american, reported more alcohol use, and showed more signs of psychological disturbance. a second discriminant function analysis dete ... | 1995 | 7882869 |
| malathion and malaoxon environmental levels used for exposure assessment and risk characterization of aerial applications to residential areas of southern california, 1989-1990. | between august 1989 and july 1990, california conducted a mediterranean fruit fly eradication project in southern california which included repeated aerial applications of malathion bait to urban areas where approximately 1.6 million people resided. concern about the safety of these applications prompted the california department of health services to prepare a risk assessment. the current work presents the estimates of environmental levels of malathion and malaoxon, derived from mass deposition ... | 1994 | 7894268 |
| assessment of exposure to malathion and malaoxon due to aerial application over urban areas of southern california. | the state of california conducted aerial applications of malathion (ma) bait over urban areas in the southern california air basin in order to eradicate the mediterranean fruit fly (ceratitis capitata). concern about the potential human health effects of this activity prompted a risk assessment conducted by the california department of health services. estimates of potential human exposures to ma and its primary breakdown product, malaoxon, (mo) are based on assumptions of daily human activities ... | 1994 | 7894269 |
| machado joseph disease maps to the same region of chromosome 14 as the spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 locus. | machado joseph disease (mjd) is an autosomal dominantly inherited neuro-degenerative disorder primarily affecting the motor system. it can be divided into three phenotypes based on the variable combination of a range of clinical symptoms including pyramidal and extra-pyramidal features, cerebellar deficits, and distal muscle atrophy. mjd is thought to be caused by mutation of a single gene which has recently been mapped, using genetic linkage analysis, to a 29 cm region on chromosome 14q24.3-q32 ... | 1995 | 7897622 |
| new bioactive taxoids from cell cultures of taxus baccata. | four new taxoids were isolated from cell cultures of taxus baccata. their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic analyses. two were the aglycones corresponding to previously isolated 7-o-xylosides of taxol c [1] and 10-deacetyltaxol c [2]. the third [3] had an n-methylated side-chain, while the fourth, named taxcultine [4], contained an n-propyl group on the side-chain. all four compounds actively promoted tubulin assembly. taxol c [1] showed potent and selective cytotoxicity in the nci hum ... | 1994 | 7908950 |
| serological surveillance of plague in dogs and cats, california, 1979-1991. | following natural infection both cats and dogs develop antibodies to plague which can be measured for several months after infection. besides being helpful in the diagnosis of plague in domestic carnivores, the antibody titer has important implications in outbreak investigation and surveillance programs. we report the first serological survey for plague in domestic carnivores conducted in california between 1979 and 1991 in five different settings or programs. a total of 4115 dogs and 466 cats w ... | 1994 | 7924244 |
| adaptability, a key ingredient in life. | | 1994 | 7928543 |
| mono-ortho- and non-ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyls in human milk from mohawk and control women: effects of maternal factors and previous lactation. | fifty-four individual human milk samples from 50 mothers (20 mohawks and 30 controls) were analyzed for four non-ortho- and eight mono-ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs). mean total coplanar pcbs concentrations were 49 ng/g and 55 ng/g lipid for mohawk and control women, respectively. a statistical evaluation of all analytical data reveals no significant difference of total coplanar pcb level between mohawk and control women. the level of these contaminants is influenced by the a ... | 1994 | 7944559 |
| changing trends in the epidemiology of human brucellosis in california from 1973 to 1992: a shift toward foodborne transmission. | from 1973 through 1992, 426 cases of human brucellosis were reported in california, of which 98% were laboratory confirmed. brucella melitensis was identified in 185 cases (78.7% of the bacteriologically typed cases). hispanics accounted for 81% of the cases from 1983 to 1992 compared with 65% during the previous decade (p < .01). the population-adjusted average annual incidence was higher in hispanics, especially in children and teenagers, compared with non-hispanic whites and african americans ... | 1994 | 7963716 |
| a cluster of tuberculosis among crack house contacts in san mateo county, california. | in march 1992, a cluster of 89 persons with tuberculosis infection was identified in san mateo county, california. thirteen persons (15%), including 11 children, were diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis. all contacts were african americans who resided in or visited one of two houses used for crack cocaine smoking or dealing. the patient with the index case, a male infected with human immunodeficiency virus, contributed to the transmission of tuberculosis as a transient resident of sever ... | 1994 | 7977929 |
| genotypic analysis of epstein-barr virus isolates associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in chinese immigrants to the united states. | ebv genotypes of first- and second-generation chinese diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the united states were analyzed by pcr techniques. previous studies showed a geographical distribution of genotypically distinct sub-types of ebv. viruses detected at a higher frequency among chinese npc patients (cf) were distinguished from those found in the majority of caucasian npc patients (df) in the united states by polymorphisms in the bamhi f and i regions. exploiting this distinction, we an ... | 1994 | 7989111 |
| pro-life nurses uniting for service. | the missouri pro-life nurses claim that nurses have lost the ethical basis of their profession. nurses need to reexamine their attitudes at a time when 1 in 5 physician-members of the american society of internal medicine admits to deliberately helping a patient end his or her life, and when many physicians and nurses favor euthanasia and abortion. former georgia nurse joseph dewey akin was sentenced in october 1992 to life imprisonment for injecting robert price, a quadriplegic, with a lethal d ... | 1994 | 8006780 |
| institute of human origins: separation issues. | | 1994 | 8016647 |
| institute of human origins: separation issues. | | 1994 | 8016648 |
| immigration and hiv infection: a pilot study. | this pilot study was conducted to determine areas in which additional education regarding the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is needed by the undocumented and recently immigrated hiv-infected population, and to obtain preliminary information on the ability of this community to access medical treatment for hiv. information regarding health status, immigration status, and the use of medical services was obtained from all hiv-infected undocumented and recently immigrated individuals who sought ... | 1994 | 8024945 |
| from the centers for disease control and prevention. human rabies--california, 1994. | | 1994 | 8028154 |
| implementing the science of unitary human beings at the san diego veterans affairs medical center. | | 1994 | 8028978 |
| incidence of renal anomalies in children prenatally exposed to ethanol. | based on a number of studies involving animals as well as human case reports indicating an association between prenatal ethanol exposure and renal malformations, it has been suggested that children with fetal alcohol syndrome (fas) should be screened for renal anomalies. the purpose of this study was to evaluate a group of children prenatally exposed to alcohol to determine the incidence of renal anomalies and to evaluate the need for such a screening procedure. | 1994 | 8036075 |
| ergonomics in the laboratory environment. | the focus of this report is how ergonomics--the art of making equipment fit the user--is applied to video display terminal (vdt) use in order to improve productivity. it is recommended that vdt operators be made more comfortable by using ergonomic chairs and tables. the placement of computer screens and keyboards at the workstations should be tailored to the body and its natural motion in order to decrease physical stress. | 1994 | 8044476 |
| institute of human origins breakup. | | 1994 | 8047874 |
| institute of human origins breakup. | | 1994 | 8047875 |
| assessment of the reproductive and developmental toxicity of pesticide/fertilizer mixtures based on confirmed pesticide contamination in california and iowa groundwater. | pesticides and fertilizers, as used in modern agriculture, contribute to the overall low-level contamination of groundwater sources. in order to determine the potential of pesticide and fertilizer mixtures to produce reproductive or developmental toxicity at concentrations up to 100 x the median level found in groundwater, we prepared and studied two mixtures of pesticides and a fertilizer (ammonium nitrate). one mixture containing aldicarb, atrazine, dibromochloropropane, 1,2-dichloropropane, e ... | 1994 | 8056207 |
| potential effect of global warming on mosquito-borne arboviruses. | if global warming occurs in california, daily mean temperatures may increase by 3 to 5 degrees c, precipitation patterns will change, and sea level may rise 1 m. studies were done on effect of temperature changes on survival of culex tarsalis coquillett, the primary vector of western equine encephalomyelitis (wee) and st. louis encephalitis (sle) viruses, in two regions where temperatures differed by 5 degrees c. daily mortality of adult vectors increased by 1% for each 1 degree c increase in te ... | 1994 | 8057305 |
| would you rather be a 'birth' or a 'genetic' mother? if so, how much? | judges face difficult choices when the birth and genetic mothers of a child are separate people who dispute maternal access; the views of the general population may help them. fifty women were asked whether, if they were infertile and could have only one child, they would prefer to be birth mothers (to carry a baby which was not genetically theirs) or genetic mothers (to have another woman carry their genetic baby). similarly, fifty men were asked about their preference for a partner's child. in ... | 1994 | 8083880 |
| geographic patterns of disability in the united states. | geographic patterns of county prevalence rates of disability benefit receipt are shown for the social security administration's disability insurance (di) and supplemental security income (ssi) programs. prevalence rates were calculated by dividing each county's december 1990 di and ssi disability caseloads by the population aged 18-64 for that year in that county. separate maps were also constructed for men and women recipients. areas with the highest overall di prevalence rates included appalac ... | 1994 | 8091272 |
| from the centers for disease control and prevention. human rabies--texas and california, 1993. | | 1994 | 8120949 |
| ucsd's medpics: implementation and impact on the curriculum. | medpics is a computer-based image delivery system with supporting text fields and on-screen graphics to assist in key feature identification. it has been used by the university of california, san diego as an integral part of the human disease course since 1992. initially created to support pathology and histology, the program has now expanded to include hematology. medpics has had a positive impact on the second year curriculum for which it was created. moreover, use of this program has improved ... | 1993 | 8130582 |
| school-age pregnancy: why hasn't prevention worked? | adolescent pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease (std) reduction has not occurred, despite sexuality education and abstinence programs, and intensive publicity and community initiatives. an obstacle to adolescent pregnancy, std, and childbearing prevention is the assumption that adolescent sexuality is a closed system of activity among peers. when a nation is consumed with the preoccupation of condoms versus chastity debates, and is ignoring high poverty levels and abuse of the young, adole ... | 1993 | 8133647 |
| dr henry garland: the man, the myth, the legend, and the legacy. garland lecture from the 1991 california radiological society meeting. | in a century of american radiology, a relatively small number of radiologists have emerged as unquestioned leaders of the specialty. one of those was l. henry garland, late of san francisco, whose multifaceted accomplishments and vigorous personality made him a significant contributor to advances in radiology during 3 decades. the garland family has endowed an annual lecture at the meeting of the california radiological society. this essay is taken from the 1991 lecture, which was an assessment ... | 1994 | 8134586 |
| human plague--united states, 1993-1994. | from 1944 through 1993, 362 cases of human plague were reported in the united states; approximately 90% of these occurred in four western states with endemic disease (arizona, california, colorado, and new mexico). during each successive decade of this period, the number of states reporting cases increased from three during 1944-1953 to 13 during 1984-1993 (figure 1), indicating the spread of human plague infection eastward to areas where cases previously had not been reported. in 1993, health d ... | 1994 | 8145715 |
| serotypic differentiation of rotaviruses in field samples from diarrheic pigs by using nucleic acid probes specific for porcine vp4 and human and porcine vp7 genes. | of 216 fecal and intestinal samples collected from nursing or weaned diarrheic pigs in the united states and canada, 57 were identified as group a rotavirus positive by rna electrophoresis and silver staining. fifty-seven and 52 rotavirus-positive samples were analyzed by hybridization with gottfried and osu pcr-derived gene 9 and 4 probes, respectively. only 17 samples were identified with either homologous vp4 (p)- or vp7 (g)-coding genes or both. one rotavirus identified as g4 and p7 was simi ... | 1994 | 8150940 |
| acetylator phenotype, aminobiphenyl-hemoglobin adduct levels, and bladder cancer risk in white, black, and asian men in los angeles, california. | there is a large body of epidemiologic and experimental data that have identified a number of arylamines as human bladder carcinogens. metabolic activation is required to biotransform these arylamines into their carcinogenic forms, and n-hydroxylation, which is catalyzed by the hepatic cytochrome p4501a2 isoenzyme, is generally viewed as the first critical step. on the other hand, the n-acetylation reaction, catalyzed by the hepatic n-acetyltransferase enzyme, represents a detoxification pathway ... | 1994 | 8158701 |
| from the centers for disease control and prevention. human plague--united states, 1993-1994. | | 1994 | 8158808 |
| conflicts of interest and the physician's duty to inform. | | 1994 | 8166158 |
| processed meats and risk of childhood leukemia (california, usa). | the relation between the intake of certain food items thought to be precursors or inhibitors of n-nitroso compounds (noc) and risk of leukemia was investigated in a case-control study among children from birth to age 10 years in los angeles county, california (united states). cases were ascertained through a population-based tumor registry from 1980 to 1987. controls were drawn from friends and by random-digit dialing. interviews were obtained from 232 cases and 232 controls. food items of princ ... | 1994 | 8167267 |
| sexual risk behavior and condom use among street youth in hollywood. | a study of 610 street youth aged 13-23 who attended drop-in centers in hollywood, calif., reveals that 96% are sexually experienced. one-half of the young men and one-third of the young women have engaged in sex for food, money, shelter, drugs or other items needed. twenty-five percent of the men and 15% of the women have injected drugs at some time in their life. some 45% of the men and 30% of the women used condoms at last intercourse. a logistic regression analysis found that among men, those ... | 1994 | 8174692 |
| health risks from contaminated water: do class and race matter? | the impact of contaminants in water on minorities and economically disadvantaged persons was reviewed. environmental legislation governing water was summarized as background information against which relevant studies were evaluated. the majority of the available information was anecdotal or case study and did not lend itself to making quantitative comparisons or analyses. however, the data did present certain trends that led to the conclusion that inequities concerning exposure to contaminants i ... | 1993 | 8184447 |
| neuropsychological impairment in human immunodeficiency virus-infection: implications for employment. hnrc group. hiv neurobehavioral research center. | individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (hiv-1), are at increased risk for neurobehavioral impairment, particularly in later stages of the disease. even patients in the medically asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic stages of infection may show mild deficits on comprehensive neuropsychological (np) test batteries, although the clinical significance of such deficits remains uncertain. the present study used vocational difficulties as markers of clinical significance of ... | 1994 | 8197319 |
| potential safety benefits of intelligent cruise control systems. | potential safety impact of a hypothetical intelligent cruise control system (iccs) is evaluated in terms of changes in traffic accidents and some traffic operation characteristics affecting safety. the analysis of changes in traffic accidents is accomplished by in-depth examinations of police accident reports for four major counties in california. the evaluation of changes in traffic operation characteristics affecting safety is accomplished by vehicle simulation. the accident analysis reveals t ... | 1994 | 8198682 |
| human rabies--california, 1994. | in january 1994, a 44-year-old california man died from a bat-associated strain of rabies; he had had no known animal bite or other rabies exposure. rabies was not clinically suspected nor confirmed until 1 month after his death. this report summarizes the case investigation. | 1994 | 8208235 |
| are hiv-infected injection drug users taking hiv tests? | knowledge of infection is essential for human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (hiv-1) treatment initiation and epidemic control. this study evaluates infection knowledge among infected injection drug users and acceptance of confidential testing among injection drug users, particularly those infected with hiv-1. | 1993 | 8214230 |
| hiv infection in the women's jail, orange county, california, 1985 through 1991. | the incidence and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection among injection drug users, prostitutes, and other women seeking confidential testing in the orange county women's jail were assessed from 1985 to 1991. a total of 4616 voluntary tests were completed on 3051 women, and 865 women were tested repeatedly. eighty-two women tested positively, a ratio of 1.8 positives per 100 tests or 2.7% of all persons tested. cumulative hiv prevalence increased from 2.5% to 2.7% between 19 ... | 1993 | 8214238 |
| chromosome 11q13 amplification in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. | to establish the frequency and clinicopathologic correlates of 11q13 amplification in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. | 1993 | 8217084 |
| initial cross-sectional results from the orinda longitudinal study of myopia. | although investigations of human refractive error development and normal ocular growth have been conducted for the last 50 years, no previous study of refractive error and the ocular components has measured all the ocular components. | 1993 | 8233371 |
| educating school nurses to care for hiv-infected children in school. | effects of an educational program on school nurses' knowledge and attitudes about human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in children and changes in practice was investigated. participants (n = 205) attended a one-day workshop held at 11 sites in new jersey. content was clinically focused and derived from a needs assessment of a sample of school nurses throughout new jersey. an adult education format was used, with interactive and affective teaching strategies modeled on the aids training p ... | 1993 | 8246463 |
| risk assessments in the pesticide regulatory process. | the risk assessment process offers regulators, registrants, public interest groups and users a means of weighing apparent health effects of pesticides and other chemicals, and measuring their safety for use. this report contains the method for developing relative measures of safety for acute toxicity and expressions of risk for chronic toxicity and assesses-human exposure under a variety of extreme scenarios. since workplace exposures usually exceed environmental exposures by two or more orders ... | 1993 | 8250475 |
| serotypes of salmonella isolated from california turkey flocks and their environment in 1984-89 and comparison with human isolates. | serotypes of salmonella from turkeys and their environment identified at the california veterinary diagnostic laboratory system (cvdls) between 1984 and 1989 are reported. between 1988 and 1989, salmonella serotypes from turkeys were compared from two sources: from routine submissions to the cvdls (primarily associated with the national poultry improvement plan), and from a random sample of turkey farms conducted by the national animal health monitoring system (nahms). serotype isolation frequen ... | 1993 | 8257361 |
| supporting ethnic and cultural diversity in nursing staff. | especially in california, there is a growing need to match the ethnic and cultural profiles of nurses and patients. two bay area healthcare programs pooled financial and human resources to develop long-range strategies aimed at increasing the number of minority graduate nurses. included were a work-study program, a russian immigrant nurse training program and a scholarship program for minority students. a cultural diversity enhancement committee is very active and various educational offerings h ... | 1994 | 8278129 |