Publications
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| hospice program; law, guidelines, and implementation. | 1979 | 379717 | |
| ches: the man for all seasons. | 1979 | 385864 | |
| human antirabies treatment in the united states, 1972. | data were examined on 965 persons treated in six states (delaware, florida, georgia, illinois, north dakota, and south carolina) and new york city in 1972 for possible rabies exposure. males 10-19 years were found to be the group at greatest risk, and exposures occurred most frequently during the warm months. dogs, other domestic animals, and wildlife were about equally responsible for human exposures in the six states, but 99% of the exposures in new york city involved dogs. antirabies postexp ... | 1979 | 432411 |
| sunlight and human cataracts. | studies of the cataractous lenses of humans in three different geographic locations indicate that where the ultraviolet components of sunlight are more intense, dark brown cataracts result at a higher frequency than in locations where they are weak. individuals exposed to sunlight regularly by virtue of their outdoor occupations seemed to develop this dark brown type of cataract much more frequently than those who work indoors. the biochemical characteristics of all brunescent cataracts were fou ... | 1979 | 437948 |
| human hexosaminidase isozymes. iv. effects of oral contraceptive steroids on serum hexosaminidase activity. | data from a mass screening program for identification of persons who are heterozygous for tay-sachs disease have been analyzed for the effects of oral contraceptive steroids on the activity in serum of hexosaminidase (hex) and the various hex isozymes. women using oral contraceptives show a significantly higher total serum hex activity, reflecting mainly an increase in the heat-stable hex isozyme (hex i), and a smaller increase in the heat-labile hex a than do women using no medications. the cha ... | 1979 | 463955 |
| veterinary medicine in new york state: overview of distribution patterns. | an understanding of the distributional patterns of veterinary practitioners in new york state can assist in optimizing veterinary services and opportunities. veterinarians have been arrayed by type of practice and location within counties and major land form regions. relationships between the number of practitioners and human and animal populations have been examined in these areas and show the inadequacy of basing veterinary needs on human population data. in contrast, large animal numbers show ... | 1979 | 477320 |
| age and sensitivity to lead toxicity: a review. | during the past 20 years considerable attention has been focused on the epidemiologic features of childhood lead poisoning in the united states. large numbers of children with symptomatic intoxication, as well as those with incipient symptoms, were commonplace a decade ago for physicians working in inner-city hospitals. with the recent availability of improved screening techniques, as well as a variety of environmental control measures, the incidence of symptomatic lead poisoning in children has ... | 1979 | 510238 |
| an epidemiologic study of the human bite. | the 892 human bites reported to the new york city department of health in 1977 were analyzed by time, place, and the victim's characteristics. the bites appeared to have a seasonality, increasing in march and exceeding the mean monthly average through august. the bite rate for the entire city, 10.7 per 100,000 population, was exceeded in 5 of the 10 brooklyn health districts; one of these districts reported a rate of 60.9 human bites per 100,000 population. most of the bites with identifiable lo ... | 1979 | 515337 |
| short-term in vitro bioassays: applicability to air monitoring in the coal conversion and shale oil industries. | short-termbioassays such as that of ames and co-workers may be a practical method of monitoring industrial environments for the presence of biologically active and potentially hazardous materials. in general, these assays detect agents that cause damage to dna which may lead to mutations, cancer, birth defects and to other diseases. used to monitor industrial environments, such tests can indicate the presence of biologically active materials and can detect changes in the levels of these material ... | 1979 | 517440 |
| prevalence of unique yersinia enterocolitica in the area of the mount sinai hospital, new york, n.y. | the incidence of infection due to yersinia enterocolitica is unknown in the united states as well as in a given geographic locale such as new york city. comparison of 10 y. enterocolitica strains recovered at nine hospitals in the new york city area to 22 isolated at the mount sinai hospital revealed striking differences in clinical presentation of disease, biochemical behavior of the isolates and their serological profiles. the 10 strains were from patients with 'classical syndromes', were bioc ... | 1979 | 535396 |
| yersinia enterocolitica in oneida county, new york. | in a 7-month study during and after an outbreak of yersiniosis in oneida, n.y., a total of 963 specimens were examined for yersinia enterocolitica. of the 103 y. enterocolitica isolates recovered, 91 were from oneida county. sixty-two (60.2%) were from humans including 52 from oneida county. the isolates from the outbreak were mainly serotype 0:8, which on biotypnig proved to be niléhn type 2, wauters type 1, knapp and thal type 2. the rest of the isolates were distributed among various biotypes ... | 1979 | 575321 |
| prevalence and type of traumatic injuries to the anterior teeth of preschool children. | 1979 | 297789 | |
| bankrupt brooklyn hospital given hope for staying open. | 1979 | 582816 | |
| hepatic cancer in chinese: a chapter in "georgraphic pathology". | 1980 | 6249113 | |
| nosocomial viral infections: ii. guidelines for prevention and control of respiratory viruses, herpesviruses, and hepatitis viruses. | this article reviews the most likely mechanisms of transmission of the commonly encountered respiratory viruses (influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza, rhinovirus), herpesviruses, and hepatitis viruses, and presents the guidelines used currently for prevention and control that are in use at strong memorial hospital. | 1980 | 6256306 |
| human blood utilization in the new york--new jersey metropolitan area. | 1980 | 6932238 | |
| a sudden decline in ampicillin resistance in salmonella typhimurium. | starting in 1975, an abrupt decline in ampicillin resistance of salmonella typhimurium (the most common and antibiotic-resistant serotype) occurred in new york city. the present lower rate of 5% to 7.9% at our hospitals represents a return to the 1965 level. at the same time, the ampicillin resistance in s typhimurium from calves and other farm animals from upper new york state, which has been rising since 1972, has reached 75%. substantial differences between levels of resistance in escherichia ... | 1980 | 6985988 |
| fragments from an autobiography. | 1980 | 6991623 | |
| margaret sanger: birth control's successful revolutionary. | the year 1979 marked the centennial of margaret sanger, birth control pioneer. sanger worked to secure two new human rights: the right to decide whether to have a child and the right of a child to be wanted. beginning in 1873, antipornography crusader anthony comstock lobbied through congress and the state legislatures laws forbidding the distribution of contraceptive devices and even information. he equated these with erotic postcards as "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent and disgusti ... | 1980 | 6992603 |
| ten-year experience with human pancreatic transplantation. | 1980 | 7013210 | |
| sulfur oxides, particulates, and human mortality: synopsis of statistical correlations. | 1980 | 7365147 | |
| cancer incidence and trihalomethane concentrations in a public drinking water system. | four thousand two hundred fifty-five cases of esophageal, stomach, colon, rectal, bladder, and pancreatic cancer reported from erie county, ny between 1973 and 1976 were analyzed in terms of their relationship to type of water source, level of trihalomethane (thm) and various social and economic parameters. among white males, a significant positive correlation existed between pancreatic cancer incidence rates and thm level. no other significant correlations were observed. this research lends lit ... | 1980 | 7377424 |
| fallout plutonium in human tissues from new york city. | 1980 | 7394162 | |
| concurrent respiratory syncytial virus and influenza a infections in the institutionalized elderly and chronically ill. | during a community outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza a/texas/77 infections, we investigated 71 cases of upper respiratory illness at a chronic disease hospital using a surveillance system plus viral and serologic studies. of the 32 patients with an etiologic diagnosis, seven had respiratory syncytial virus, 24 had influenza, and one had dual infections with respiratory syncytial virus and influenza. no definite etiologic diagnosis was made in the remaining 39 patients. a comp ... | 1980 | 7396314 |
| humane methodology and conservation of species in maintaining a primate animal laboratory for biomedical experimentation: twenty years experience. | the "3 r's", i.e., reduction of numbers, refinement of techniques aimed at avoiding or diminishing pain and suffering, and replacement of primate animal use (or animal use) whenever possible has been our policy for the past twenty years. lemsip is an inter-institutional, biomedical laboratory primarily serving physicians with clinical human patient responsibilities, and the research aimed at improving human health. the majority of its users are from new york and the northeastern u.s. area, but i ... | 1980 | 7399149 |
| implementation or regulations for the protection of man and animals used in biomedical research at a united states' school of medicine. | implementation of the present regulations of animal experimentation compared to use of human subjects in a setting of a large medical school including the impact on administrative systems involved in the compliance and monitoring process as well as cost of implementation. | 1980 | 7399150 |
| radiation and host factors in human thyroid tumors following thymus irradiation. | 1980 | 7410071 | |
| biochemical characteristics and virulence of environmental group f bacteria isolated in the united states. | bacteria phenotypically resembling aeromonas hydrophila, but requiring nacl for growth, have been isolated form the new york bight. the bacteria proved to be identical to group f organisms isolated from cases of human diarrhea in indonesia and bangladesh. anaerogenic strains initiated responses in y-1 tissue culture and rabbit ileal loop, consistent with those associated with cytotoxin- and enterotoxin-producing aeromonas spp. strains. separation on the basis of production of gas from glucose by ... | 1980 | 7425623 |
| midlife women in college sexuality classes. | 47 women between the ages of 35 and 60 were enrolled in human sexuality classes of queens college in their (ace) adult collegiate education program. at the outset of the semester, students filled in a personal data questionnaire which provided characteristics data and each wrote an anonymous paper about their sexual attitudes concerning themselves; at the conclusion another such paper was written about continuing concerns about personal sexuality. problems which were most pervasive at the begi ... | 1980 | 7430494 |
| the sources and routes of childhood chemical exposures. | 1980 | 7431184 | |
| rates of 47, + 13 amd 46 translocation d/13 patau syndrome in live births and comparison with rates in fetal deaths and at amniocentesis. | trisomy 13 (patau syndrome) is rare in newborns. data on rates in 167,774 live births from 17 separate studies are reviewed, and the following pooled rates found for: (1) 47,trisomy 13, 8.3 x 10(-5) (1/12,000); and (2) 46, (d/13 robertsonian translocations), 4.2 x 10(-5) (1/24,000)--mutants, 1.2 x 10(-5) (1/80,000) to 1.8 x 10(-5) (1/56,000); and familial cases, 2.4 x 10(-5) (1/42,000) to 3.0 x 10(-5) (1/33,000). the rate of trisomy 13 (47, + 13) in liveborns (ignoring possible biases in studies ... | 1980 | 7446526 |
| serosurvey for human babesiosis in new york. | healthy individuals at high risk of exposure to ticks were surveyed to determine the prevalence and incidence of asymptomatic babesiosis on shelter island, new york, during a single transmission season. paired sera obtained in june and october 1978 were tested for antibodies to babesia microti by indirect immunofluorescence. point prevalence values of 4.4% in june and 6.9% in october were obtained. six of 102 persons tested in both months showed at least a fourfold rise in titer of antibodies to ... | 1980 | 7189538 |
| human babesiosis in north america. | 1980 | 7189910 | |
| babesiosis in post-splenectomy hosts. | two persons who had been splenectomized later contracted babesiosis, one on cape cod and one near islip, long island, areas where human cases of babesiosis had not been previously identified. one of the patients received pentamidine, but parasitemia persisted after therapy. no deaths have been recorded for persons who had had splenectomies and were later infected with babesia microti. until more effective therapy is available, such patients should be treated conservatively. | 1980 | 7192058 |
| medical treatment of minors under new york law: committee report. | 1980 | 11665153 | |
| amalgamation of the supply, process and distribution function. | 1980 | 10246265 | |
| a one-man shop "howdunit.". | 1981 | 10309493 | |
| biological variability of regional deposition of aerosol particles in the human respiratory tract. | regional deposition of inhaled particles was studied experimentally for 9 health subjects breathing the same aerosol under the same breathing conditions in order to evaluate intersubject variability of regional deposition. a great intersubject variability of extrathoracic, tracheobronchial and alveolar deposition was found. the highest one was observed for particle deposition in the extrathoracic airways. this biological variability of regional deposition has to be taken into account for conside ... | 1981 | 7223643 |
| the right to refuse treatment: ethical issues. | to understand the emerging concept of the right to refuse treatment in mental institutions, several underlying ethical issues must be examined. for example, the right is limited by such factors as the competence of the patient, the distinction between apparent and real refusal of treatment, and the desirability of some balance between the state's police power and parens patriae power. the most difficult ethical problems arise when a mentally ill individual is competent and not dangerous, needs t ... | 1981 | 7227984 |
| characteristics of yersinia enterocolitica and related species isolated from human, animal, and environmental sources. | during a 4-year period, 4,448 human, animal, and environmental samples collected in new york state were tested for the presence of yersinia enterocolitica or related species. a total of 339 isolates were identified as yersinia and characterized according to source, species, biogroup, serogroup, and, in some instances, phage type. four new biogroups of y. intermedia were characterized. of 149 human isolates, 120 (80.5%) were identified as y. enterocolitica, and 29 were identified as either y. int ... | 1981 | 7287887 |
| application of a time-space clustering methodology to the assessment of acute environmental effects on respiratory illnesses. | a new methodology is proposed for the identification of environmental events of health significance. health indices measured on a daily basis at various location in a single geographical area are collected over time. first, the daily variations are examined to determine whether they reflect purely random variations or whether there are days on which there are extreme variations not plausibly explicable as random events. after such days are identified, the question of whether they occur only at a ... | 1981 | 7330366 |
| the william allan memorial award: presented to walter f. bodmer, phd, at the annual meeting of the american society of human genetics new york, september 24-27, 1980. | 1981 | 7027789 | |
| frank netter: the man, the artist, the surgeon. | 1981 | 7010057 | |
| latter-day psychiatry for the common man. | 1981 | 6942268 | |
| serum cholesterol and human colon cancer. | comparison of serum cholesterol levels in a matched case-control study indicates that patients with colon cancer have serum cholesterol levels lower than those of controls. in 133 pairs matched by age and sex, serum cholesterol levels were 188 +/- 42 mg/dl for cases and 213 +/- 42 mg/dl for controls (paired t-test = 5.08; p less than 0.001). following stratification by tumor stage, significant differences in serum cholesterol levels persisted between cases with advanced tumors (duke's classifica ... | 1981 | 6943369 |
| a case of keratitis due to acanthamoeba in new york, new york, and features of 10 cases. | a man in new york, new york, contracted keratitis caused by acanthamoeba castellanii. the diagnosis was delayed because amoebae were not initially suspected as the infectious organism. the culture isolate and the amoebae in corneal sections were identified as a. castellanii by immunofluorescence using antiserum to plasma membranes of this species. with the rapid agar disk diffusion method, the amoebae were shown to e susceptible to pimaricin (0.5%) and resistant to greater than 1,000-micrograms/ ... | 1981 | 6972421 |
| current report on the interferon program at roswell park memorial institute. | an overview of the interferon program at roswell park memorial institute (rpmi), is presented. this program encompasses three interrelated areas of research and new drug development: (a) basic research on purification and characterization of animal and human interferons (leukocyte, fibroblast, and immune); (b) large scale manufacture and preclinical testing of human fibroblast interferon (hfif); and (c) clinical trials with hfif to determine its safety of administration as well as antiviral, ant ... | 1981 | 6165867 |
| a microimmunofluorescent assay to detect human granulocyte antigens and antibodies. | granulocyte antibodies are important in the pathogenesis of neonatal granulocytopenia, in some varieties of idiopathic granulocytopenia, and in transfusion reactions, particularly since the development of leukocyte transfusion therapy for granulocytopenic patients. previous assays for the detection of granulocyte-specific antigens and antibodies were cumbersome, complex, and unreliable. thus we have now described a new microimmunofluorescent method to assay human granulocyte antigens and their a ... | 1981 | 6167164 |
| unbalanced robertsonian translocations associated with down's syndrome or patau's syndrome: chromosome subtype, proportion inherited, mutation rates, and sex ratio. | summary data are presented on 168 d/21 and 131 g/21 translocation trisomies reported to the new york state chromosome registry. by combining these data with others from the literature it is estimated that about 59% of d/21 cases are the result of mutation in hte parental generation; the rest are translocations inherited from parental carriers (39% maternal, 3% paternal). the proportion of mutants is about 10% greater for 14/21 cases and significant lower for 13/21 cases. of g/21 cases 93% are mu ... | 1981 | 6459988 |
| prediction of 90sr body burdens and radiation dose in anaktuvuk pass alaska eskimos due to fallout. | strontium-90 concentrations in skeletons of eskimo residents of anaktuvuk pass. alaska during 1954-79 were predicted from two models based on (1) sr kinetics in human bond and (2) estimated annual 90sr ingestion rates via caribou meat. predicted skeletal burdens of adult eskimos gradually increased through 1961 and then rapidly achieved maximal values during 1964-66, reflecting fallout 90sr levels in caribou meat which contributed 80-97% of dietary 90sr intake. concentrations of 90sr in male esk ... | 1982 | 6129202 |
| human babesiosis. clinical and therapeutic considerations. | during a two-month period, six patients from eastern long island were identified as having babesia microti infection. diagnosis was based on characteristic blood smears, hamster inoculation, or both. symptom duration ranged from 19 to 24 days in five patients. the sixth patient, who had previously undergone splenectomy, had a more severe and prolonged illness. no specific therapy was administered to five patients. the patient who had had a splenectomy was treated with chloroquine, quinine, penta ... | 1982 | 6890585 |
| association between age, blood lead concentration, and serum 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol levels in children. | serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25-cc), the form of vitamin d active in stimulating intestinal absorption of calcium, phosphorus, and lead, were determined in 177 human subjects ages 1 to 16 yr. significant negative association (r = -0.88) was observed between serum 1.25-cc levels and blood lead concentrations over the entire range of blood lead levels, 12 to 120 micrograms/dl. adolescents ages 11 to 16 yr had serum 1,25-cc levels higher than those observed among children 10 yr ... | 1982 | 6896257 |
| massive swelling of the foot in a 63-year-old man. | 1982 | 6815347 | |
| an epidemiologic evaluation of leprosy in new york city. | leprosy is a transmissible disease that is propagated from human to human. at the us public health service hospital, new york city, the number of new leprosy cases per year during the 1970s was about three times greater than in the previous decade. this review of our 100 most recent leprosy patients shows that 60% were of the lepromatous and borderline lepromatous type. ninety-nine of the patients were foreign born, originating in more than 26 countries. this emphasizes that, at this time, the l ... | 1982 | 7087061 |
| nih urged to act on germ war. | in response to reports that scientists have been approached by the military about the possibility of using cloning techniques to produce defensive biological warfare agents, dr. richard goldstein of harvard medical school and dr. richard novick of the public health research institute of new york city have asked the recombinant dna advisory committee to amend the nih recombinant dna guidelines to ban "the construction of biological weapons by molecular cloning." | 1982 | 7088135 |
| were tuskegee & willowbrook 'studies in nature'? | the author examines and rejects the claims of researchers involved in two well-known studies, the tuskegee study of untreated syphilis in poor blacks and the willowbrook experiments with hepatitis in institutionalized retarded children, that these were "studies in nature" in which the researchers were only passive observers of a natural phenomenon. he further argues that the research designs were unethical and that, in attempting to take advantage of conditions of overwhelming social deprivatio ... | 1982 | 7096065 |
| the woman who died in a box. commentary. | hopper and kittrie comment separately on the case of a homeless woman who froze to death on a city street. they discuss the extent to which society is obligated to intervene in protecting persons in need of care who refuse to accept intervention, balancing the demands of personal autonomy against communal responsibility. both commentators agree that new york city's protective services law, since streamlined, proved ineffective in its initial application. after almost two weeks of rejected off ... | 1982 | 7107235 |
| the woman who died in a box. commentary. | 1982 | 7107236 | |
| controversy at love canal. | a cancer researcher reviews the events surrounding the toxic waste contamination at love canal with emphasis on the political nature of the controversy about its health impact. antagonism between the community and the new york state department of health was fueled by several factors: the state's awareness that it gained from delay in investigation, disagreement on health problems to be studied, control over the information gathering process, silencing of opposition opinion, and the violation of ... | 1982 | 7107238 |
| brugia infection in northern ohio. | a new case of infection with brugia sp. is recorded from northern ohio, increasing the geographical range of this zoonosis, known previously in new england, new york and new jersey. the patient, a 53-year-old man, had a 7-year history of malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the spermatic cord, for which he received intense chemo- and radiotherapy. the worm found was alive at the time of fixation, allowing a description of the parasite in cross sections. | 1982 | 7149100 |
| [the traits theory in longitudinal life span research. partial report of a workshop]. | during the international workshop on 'life span and change in a gerontological perspective' (9-12 july, 1981) at the university of nijmegen, the netherlands, research data from the oakland growth study and the guidance study have been discussed. the second major contribution came from the longitudinal studies at the bonn university. these groups of researchers cover different periods in the life span, but both contribute to prediction and understanding of periods not under investigation. each of ... | 1982 | 7164133 |
| strontium-90 in bone: a case study in age-dependent dosimetric modeling. | there is an increasing need for age-dependent dosimetric models, and it would be desirable to develop these models in such a way that the uniformity and basic features of the standard man models are retained. unfortunately, available data concerning the age-dependent retention of nuclides would rarely permit the identification of compartments, uptake fractions, and clearance times using the empirical fitting methods that characterize the development of many adult models. however, in cases where ... | 1982 | 7174326 |
| cancer center doubles net income after appeal overhaul. | memorial sloan-kettering cancer center wanted a herd of higher quality donors. following concentrated efforts with list segmentation, data processing, mailing packages with a human interest slant, and a change in renewal strategy, the center reached its goal. when it was over, the development department had turned a simple annual giving campaign into a refreshing multiple gift appeal. | 1982 | 10262239 |
| ethical conflict among clinical psychologists and other mental health workers. | 1982 | 11653682 | |
| pesticides in groundwater: the aldicarb story in suffolk county, ny. | aldicarb, a carbamate pesticide, was detected for the first time in groundwater in suffolk county, new york, in august 1979. although all laboratory and field studies indicated that the pesticide could not reach groundwater, a combination of circumstances allowed its residues not only to reach groundwater but also to be ingested by humans. inquiries in hospitals and poison control centers did not reveal any cases of carbamate poisoning. the extensive monitoring program, conducted by the county i ... | 1982 | 7137437 |
| baby jane doe ruling upheld; suit fails. | 1983 | 11653509 | |
| force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners: a framework for analysis. | 1983 | 11658424 | |
| decision to pursue baby doe case born in confusion at hhs. | 1983 | 11646342 | |
| judge bars birth control notification. | 1983 | 11646363 | |
| health rights issue emerges in el salvador. | institute of medicine members alfred gellhorn and robert lawrence visited el salvador in january as observers for the american association for the advancement of science, the national academy of sciences, the new york academy of sciences, and the international league for human rights. their findings paralleled those of an earlier delegation--"a virtually complete breakdown of the health system" and continuing violence against health professionals. a number of scientific organizations in the u. ... | 1983 | 11643956 |
| "baby doe" squad adviser says hhs was insensitive. | the department of health and human services has been accused of "insensitive and arbitrary" behavior while investigating a possible violation of its "baby doe" regulations by a rochester, n.y., hospital. dr. frederick wirth, a virginia neonatologist who had agreed to advise dhhs teams on the care of handicapped newborns, was sent to rochester without special authority to review patients' records in new york. dhhs personnel were already at the hospital, examining medical records without permiss ... | 1983 | 11644005 |
| state of new york v. schweiker. | in a suit challenging the legality of u.s. department of health and human services (dhhs) regulations requiring federally-funded family planning services to notify parents or guardians when contraceptives were prescribed for an unemancipated minor, the u.s. district court temporarily prohibited the secretary of dhhs from enforcing the regulations. the court ruled that the plaintiff physicians had demonstrated that their patients would suffer irreparable harm if the regulations were permitted to ... | 1983 | 11648206 |
| u.s. v. university hospital, state univ. of new york. | the defendant hospital was the setting for treatment of an infant suffering from spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and other serious defects. after the infant's parents opted for a conservative form of treatment rather than surgery, the federal government, in response to a complaint, launched an investigation to determine if the hospital's failure to treat the infant surgically constituted discrimination against a handicapped person in violation of the federal rehabilitation act. after the defendan ... | 1983 | 11648241 |
| 'baby doe' proposed reg suffers setback in court. | 1983 | 11645566 | |
| rates of mutant structural chromosome rearrangements in human fetuses: data from prenatal cytogenetic studies and associations with maternal age and parental mutagen exposure. | in 27,225 prenatal cytogenetic studies of amniotic fluid reported to the new york state chromosome registry and the united states interregional chromosome register system, there were 61 cases with a structural chromosomal abnormality not known inherited, a rate per 1,000 of 2.24. of these 33, 1.21 per 1,000 were known de novo and nonmosaic; consequently, the rate of events resulting from germinal mutation is highly likely to be between these two limits. the rates per 1,000 of unbalanced abnormal ... | 1983 | 6823977 |
| field epidemiologic studies of populations exposed to waste dumps. | epidemiologic studies are required for assessing health risks related to toxic waste exposure. since the settings in which such studies must be performed are extremely diverse, epidemiologic approaches must be versatile. for any particular study, three fundamental requirements are to assess what toxic materials are present, understand how human exposure may occur, and objectively measure possible biologic effects. in assessing links between exposure and disease, epidemiologists must be particula ... | 1983 | 6825633 |
| influenza vaccines in children. comparison of new cetrimonium bromide and standard ether-treated vaccines. | we compared a new cetrimonium bromide (ctab) subunit vaccine with a conventional polysorbate (tween)-ether split-product vaccine in 63 children and young adults. the vaccines each contained influenza a/bangkok/79, a/brazil/78, b/singapore/79; two doses were given one month apart. among persons initially seronegative for a/bangkok/79, the geometric mean antibody titer rose to more than 100 following one dose of vaccine, while those initially seropositive had titers of greater than 200 after one d ... | 1983 | 6847954 |
| cancer epidemiology: shortcomings and possibilities. | the development of the concepts of initiators and promoters in carcinogenesis necessitates deliberations of evidence from human cancer epidemiology. recent arguments in favor of mortality data as a more reliable indicator of trends in cancer incidence than morbidity data collected from cancer registries are disputed. inconsistency in the use of data is pointed out. comparisons of data from cancer registration in denmark with those from connecticut and upstate new york show such congruity that it ... | 1983 | 6873023 |
| obtaining informed consent in the teaching nursing home. | the authors observed attempts to obtain informed consent for clinical research at the jewish institute for geriatric care. one study entailed the use of venipuncture, urine collections, urethral catheterizations, and antibiotic therapy. the other required that venipunctures and lumbar punctures be performed on dementia patients. patients and families were observed to be unwilling to consent to any procedure more invasive than venipuncture. poor recall and other physical and psychologic factors i ... | 1983 | 6886285 |
| genetic polymorphism of human c4-binding protein. | two different forms of human c4-bp, c4-bp a and c4-bp b, have been identified by isoelectric focusing (ief) of neuraminidase-treated edta-plasma samples. family studies demonstrate mendelian segregation of these forms, indicating that they are under gentic control. this conclusion is supported by ief analysis of the two variants purified by affinity chromatography. under completely denaturing conditions, c4-bp b was found to be composed of two subunits that focused at different ph, whereas c4-bp ... | 1983 | 6886425 |
| jamestown canyon virus: the etiologic agent of an emerging human disease? | 1983 | 6191343 | |
| antibodies to human t cell leukaemia virus-associated membrane antigens in haemophiliacs: evidence for infection before 1980. | human t cell leukaemia virus (htlv), htlv proviral dna, and antibodies to htlv or a related agent have recently been detected in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). antibodies against htlv-related antigens were assayed by means of indirect living cell immunofluorescence of htlv-infected cells in sera recently collected from georgia haemophiliacs and in sera collected between 1976 and 1981 from new york haemophiliacs. 5 of 45 georgia haemophiliacs and 8 of 48 new york haemoph ... | 1983 | 6136838 |
| evaluating human neurotoxicity of the pesticide aldicarb: when man becomes the experimental animal. | 1983 | 6320022 | |
| impact of influenza on a nursing home population--new york. | 1983 | 6402656 | |
| the william allan memorial award. presented to elizabeth f. neufeld, ph. d., at the annual meeting of the american society of human genetics detroit, september 29-october 2, 1982. | the opportunity for this presentation provides me with three gratifications. the first and most important is that the scientist being honored is elizabeth neufeld. the second is the honor bestowed upon me by being selected to introduce dr. neufeld. finally, the preparation of this introduction has provided me with the opportunity to reconstruct a scientific career from its beginnings to its present exciting momentum, an exercise in which i was helped with great enthusiasm by a number of people w ... | 1983 | 6417998 |
| mirex in human milk in upstate new york. | 1983 | 6651347 | |
| group intervention: a psychosocial and educational approach to open heart surgery patients and their families. | fear and apprehension usually accompany surgery on the human heart. experience and research have demonstrated that many patients who have undergone open heart surgery have less than optimal psychological outcomes. this article describes the response of one university hospital to the physiological and psychological needs of the cardiovascular surgery patient during the final phase of hospitalization. to give patients and families an opportunity to deal with their questions and concerns about disc ... | 1983 | 6670046 |
| the distribution of chromosomal genotypes associated with turner's syndrome: livebirth prevalence rates and evidence for diminished fetal mortality and severity in genotypes associated with structural x abnormalities or mosaicism. | the proportions of chromosomal genotypes associated with the turner syndrome genotype (excluding those with a y chromosome) in embryonic and fetal deaths, in fetuses diagnosed prenatally, and in living individuals were reviewed. the ratio of apparent non-mosaic 45,x to 45,x/46,xx mosaics was notably higher in a new york city series of embryonic and fetal deaths, 13.5 to 1, than in living individuals reported to the new york state chromosome registry, 3.6 to 1. the ratios of 45,x cases to those w ... | 1983 | 6683706 |
| hemagglutination patterns of aeromonas spp. in relation to biotype and source. | aeromonas spp. show patterns of hemagglutination with human group o cells in the presence of fucose, galactose, and mannose. these patterns are related to biotype as well as to the source of isolates. there was good correlation between hemagglutination pattern and the presence of diarrhea among strains isolated in western australia, which was the only source with adequate data for classification of children with an without diarrhea. most of the environmental and other nonfecal isolates produced ... | 1984 | 6690466 |
| the case of baby jane doe: child abuse or unlawful federal intervention? | 1984 | 6742262 | |
| influenza outbreaks--district of columbia, iowa, louisiana, new york city, north carolina. | 1984 | 6420666 | |
| orthotopic cardiac transplantation in a veterans administration hospital. | of 57 patients referred to the mcguire veterans administration medical center, richmond, va, for evaluation for cardiac transplantation, 18 received allografts. the overall graft survival rate was 67% from two to 24 months after transplantation. in 15 recipients receiving immunosuppression with rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin, prednisone, and azathioprine, previous transfusion and hla-dr matching resulted in improved graft survival. in three patients receiving cyclosporin and prednisone, hy ... | 1984 | 6422905 |
| william saunders: the united states army's first dentist--west point's forgotten man. | 1984 | 6433224 | |
| the use of epidemiology and clinical toxicology to assess environmental health problems. | historically, epidemiology has played an important role in the changes that have taken place over time as epidemics of important infectious diseases have been replaced with modern epidemics of chronic, degenerative diseases such as elevated blood pressure, various types of cancers, diabetes, and stroke, among others. two illustrations of the early uses of epidemiologic methods in investigations of disease outbreaks are described in the work of john snow, who described outbreaks of cholera in the ... | 1984 | 6436910 |
| analysis of paternity. the use of hla and red cell antigens. | over a 6-year period, 866 cases were analyzed for disputed parentage. in 194 cases (22%), the alleged father was excluded as the biological father. one hundred and eight-one cases (93%) were direct exclusions, and 13 cases (7%) were indirect exclusions. ninety-two percent of falsely accused men were identified by typing for hla antigens alone. exclusions based solely on red cell data occurred in 8 percent of the cases. when only hla testing was performed, 177 of 362 (43%) cases had a probability ... | 1984 | 6464160 |
| evaluation of a computerized drug review system: impact, attitudes, and interactions. | a study was carried out across 11 psychiatric and mental retardation, and developmental disabilities facilities to investigate the impact of a computerized drug prescription monitoring system on clinicians' prescribing behavior, knowledge of pharmacotherapy, attitudes toward computers, and the relationships between their attitudes and changes in their prescribing practices. the results document that surveillance systems can improve prescribing practices. the tangible feedback provided by the exc ... | 1984 | 6488756 |
| california serogroup viruses in new york state: the role of subtypes in human infections. | the roles of various subtypes of the california serogroup viruses as infectious agents and as neuropathogens were evaluated by using the plaque reduction neutralization test. sera from 394 patients with central nervous system (cns) infections during 1971-1982 and from 501 persons without cns manifestations were studied. jamestown canyon (jc) and la crosse (lac) viruses were found to have been common infectious agents in new york state for at least 16 years. jc virus was the prevalent indicated a ... | 1984 | 6507732 |
| the indochinese: strategies for health survival. | compounding the "culture shock" of the indochinese refugees were added problems of unemployment, and lack of housing and educational facilities, all leading to emotional distress. traditional service delivery systems failed to show interest, much less offer needed service to the refugees who were stereotyped as deviant, unmotivated and resistant. the limited service that was offered ignored significant ethno-cultural factors central to effective intervention. an innovative approach was required. ... | 1984 | 6511218 |
| legislation raising the legal drinking age in massachusetts from 18 to 20: effect on 16 and 17 year-olds. | the 1979 massachusetts law raising the legal drinking age from 18 to 20 is examined--the effects on the drinking, drinking and driving, and nonfatal and fatal crash involvement of 16-17 yr-olds, teenagers immediately younger than those targeted by the law. data from massachusetts are compared with those from new york state, where the drinking age remained at 18. a total of 3 yr of survey data from the two states and 6 yr of data from the department of transportation's fatal accident reporting sy ... | 1984 | 6521479 |
| morganella morganii: epidemiology of bacteremic disease. | a retrospective review of microbiology records revealed 19 documented episodes of m. morganii bacteremia in 18 patients at a veterans administration hospital during a 5.5 year period. thirteen of 19 bacteremias were related to nosocomial infections; 11 of the 13 nosocomial bacteremias occurred in surgical patients. nine of the 13 patients with nosocomial bacteremia had received recent therapy with a beta-lactam antibiotic. the most common source of bacteremia was a postoperative wound infection ... | 1984 | 6561180 |