| secondhand smoke and indoor public spaces in paducah, kentucky. | secondhand smoke (shs) is the third leading cause of preventable death in the united states. it is responsible for an estimated 3,000 lung cancer deaths annually in never-smokers in the us. it also accounts for over 35,000 deaths annually from coronary heart disease in never-smokers. it increases the number and severity of asthmatic attacks in over 300,000 asthmatic children each year, and is associated with sudden infant death syndrome and middle ear infections, in addition to other illnesses i ... | 2006 | 16886880 |
| potential oversummering and overwintering regions for the wheat stripe rust pathogen in the contiguous united states. | epidemics of wheat stripe rust, caused by puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (pst), are more frequent in the regions where pst can oversummer and overwinter. regions for potential oversummering and overwintering of pst were determined in the contiguous united states using a survival index (si) ranging from 0 (most unfavorable) to 10 (most favorable) developed based on long-term weather data. the pathogen can survive in cool summer in the most regions north of latitude 40°n, particularly washing ... | 2014 | 23722926 |
| glucose phosphate isomerase deficiency with hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. | eight children (5 living, 3 deceased) with severe hereditary nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia caused by glucose phosphate isomerase deficiency have been observed in two kentucky and indiana families. all affected children were severely anemic in early life. three deaths occurred in young patients who did not receive adequate transfusions of blood or whose parents refused to permit splenectomy. splenectomy generally abolishes the requirement for blood transfusion. no patient has required regular t ... | 2015 | 4443856 |
| evaluation of the tennessee child restraint law. | in tennessee a law came into force january 1, 1978 requiring parents to use child restraints properly when transporting their children who are less than four years old. alternatively, the law permits children to be held in arms, a practice known to be hazardous rather than protective. before and after the law went into force, observations were made of children in cars exiting from shopping centers in knoxville and nashville, tennessee, and in lexington and louisville, kentucky, an adjacent state ... | 1974 | 434275 |