Where smoking kills women
American Demographics - October 1, 1997
A new atlas of the leading causes of death could give doctors new ways to extend Americans' lives.
To catch a killer, look for patterns in the killings. That is the idea behind the new Atlas of United States Mortality from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (... (Read More)
Informing subjects of epidemiologic study results - Children's Cancer Group
Pediatrics - April 1, 1996, by Greta R. Bunin,
Anne E. Kazak,
Olga Mitelman
In the past decade, epidemiologists have increasingly studied childhood malignancies and congenital anomalies and contributed knowledge about the development of these conditions. The subjects (usually parents) comprise a large and generally cooperative group, hopeful that t... (Read More)
The aluminum reclamation industry work environment: are unidentified neurotoxins present? - Editorial
Archives of Environmental Health - September 1, 1998, by Arthur M. Langer
Dr. Kaye Kilburn's contribution in this issue ("Neurobehavioral Impairment and Symptoms Associated with Aluminum Remelting") conveys a sense of workforce exposure to both new and unidentified agents in the aluminum-reclamation industry. His clinical findings are provocat... (Read More)