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Binge Drinking Intensity and Health-Related Quality of Life Among US Adult Binge Drinkers
PEER REVIEWED Xiao-Jun Wen, MD; Dafna Kanny, PhD; William W. Thompson, PhD; Catherine A. Okoro, MS; Machell Town, MS; Lina S. Balluz, ScD, MPH Suggested citation for this article: Wen XJ, Kanny D, Thompson WW, Okoro CA, Town M, Balluz LS. Binge drinking intensity and health-related quality of life among US adult binge drinkers. Prev Read More >
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ESSAY Amanda K. Hall, MHSE, MS; Michael Stellefson, PhD; Jay M. Bernhardt, PhD, MPH Suggested citation for this article: Hall AK, Stellefson M, Bernhardt JM. Healthy Aging 2.0: the potential of new media and technology. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110241. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110241. Introduction The emergence of e-patients (consumers who use the Internet and electronic communication tools Read More >
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SPECIAL TOPIC Heather Schacht Reisinger, PhD; Stephen C. Hunt, MD, MPH; A. Lucile Burgo-Black, MD; Madhulika A. Agarwal, MD, MPH Suggested citation for this article: Reisinger HS, Hunt SC, Burgo-Black AL, Agarwal MA. A population approach to mitigating the long-term health effects of combat deployments. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110116. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110116. PEER REVIEWED Abstract A Read More >
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH Erika R. Cheng, MPA; David A. Kindig, MD, PhD Suggested citation for this article: Cheng ER, Kindig DA. Disparities in premature mortality between high- and low-income US counties. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110120. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110120. PEER REVIEWED Abstract Introduction Several well-established determinants of health are associated with premature mortality. Using data from the 2010 Read More >
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH Pamela Samson, MS; Kenneth R. Casey, MD, MPH; James Knepler, MD; Ralph J. Panos, MD Suggested citation for this article: Samson P, Casey KR, Knepler J, Panos RJ. Clinical characteristics, comorbidities, and response to treatment of veterans with obstructive sleep apnea, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2005-2007. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110117. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110117. Read More >
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH Jamison Fargo, PhD, MS; Stephen Metraux, PhD; Thomas Byrne, MSW; Ellen Munley; Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, PhD; Harlan Jones; George Sheldon, PhD; Vincent Kane, MSW; Dennis Culhane, PhD Suggested citation for this article: Fargo J, Metraux S, Byrne T, Munley E, Montgomery AE, Jones H, et al. Prevalence and risk of homelessness among US Read More >
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH Brent A. Langellier, MA Suggested citation for this article: Langellier BA. The food environment and student weight status, Los Angeles County, 2008-2009. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110191. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110191. PEER REVIEWED Abstract Introduction One factor believed to affect overweight status is the food environment, or the distribution of outlets that serve healthful or unhealthful Read More >
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Michelle O’Hegarty, PhD, Linda L. Pederson, PhD, Gayane Yenokyan, MD, MPH, David Nelson, MD, MPH, Pascale Wortley, MD, MPH Suggested citation for this article: O’Hegarty M, Pederson LL, Yenokyan G, Nelson D, Wortley P. Young adults’ perceptions of cigarette warning labels in the United States and Canada. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2007 Apr [date Read More >
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Christina D. Williams, PhD, MPH; Brian M. Whitley, MD; Cathrine Hoyo, PhD, MPH; Delores J. Grant, PhD; Gary G. Schwartz, PhD; Joseph C. Presti, Jr, MD; Jared D. Iraggi; Kathryn A. Newman; Leah Gerber; Loretta A. Taylor; Madeline G. McKeever; Stephen J. Freedland, MD Suggested citation for this article: Williams CD, Whitley BM, Hoyo C, Read More >
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ESSAY Promoting Active Communities in a Culture of Distracted Driving Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH, CHES; Mark E. Benden, PhD, CPE; Chanam Lee, PhD, MLA Suggested citation for this article: Smith ML, Benden ME, Lee C. Promoting active communities in a culture of distracted driving. Prev Chronic Dis 2012;9:110212. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110212. Efforts to improve health Read More >
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