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Development and characterization of cold-adapted viruses for use as live virus vaccines
(Elsevier, 1985-12)
Representative viruses from twelve RNA and two DNA virus genera have been successfully adapted to growth at sub-optimal temperature (cold-adapted). In almost every case, there was a correlation between acquisition of the ...
Circumstances of Witnessed Drug Overdose in New York City: Implications for Intervention
(Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2005)
Drug users frequently witness the nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses of their peers, but often fail to intervene effectively to reduce morbidity
and mortality.We assessed the circumstances of witnessed heroin-related ...
Challenges in Understanding Disparities in Drug Use and its Consequences
(2005)
Racial/ethnic disparities in health have long been documented in a broad
range of medical conditions in the United States. For example, Blacks have higher HIV
incidence and AIDS-related mortality than do Whites. This ...
Self-reported increase in asthma severity following the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York-2001
(Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2002)
Association of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in childhood with early emphysema in adulthood among nonsmokers: the MESA-lung study.
(2010)
Mechanical stress to alveolar walls may cause progressive damage after an early-life insult such as exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). This hypothesis was examined by using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of ...
Psychiatric Medication Use Among Manhattan Residents Following the World Trade Center Disaster
(Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2003)