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Physical activity in the United States measured by accelerometer.

open access: yesMedicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2008
PURPOSE To describe physical activity levels of children (6-11 yr), adolescents (12-19 yr), and adults (20+ yr), using objective data obtained with accelerometers from a representative sample of the U.S. population.
R. Troiano   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The changing risk and burden of wildfire in the United States

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
Recent dramatic and deadly increases in global wildfire activity have increased attention on the causes of wildfires, their consequences, and how risk from wildfire might be mitigated.
M. Burke   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Food-related illness and death in the United States.

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 1999
To better quantify the impact of foodborne diseases on health in the United States, we compiled and analyzed information from multiple surveillance systems and other sources.
P. Mead   +7 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Each year, 31 pathogens caused 9.4 million episodes of foodborne illness, resulting in 55,961 hospitalizations and 1,351 deaths.
E. Scallan   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Globalization and the United States

open access: yesАмериканська історія і політика, 2017
The paper studies major concepts of globalization and focuses on its impact on the U.S. and vice versa. A concept of globalization as an American project to strengthen its global influences is noticeable in the academic discourse on globalization ...
Nataliya Gorodnia
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States, 1990-1997: results of a follow-up national survey.

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 1998
CONTEXT A prior national survey documented the high prevalence and costs of alternative medicine use in the United States in 1990. OBJECTIVE To document trends in alternative medicine use in the United States between 1990 and 1997.
D. Eisenberg   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

1918 Influenza Pandemic and Highly Conserved Viruses with Two Receptor-Binding Variants

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
The “Spanish influenza pandemic swept the globe in the autumn and winter of 1918–19, and resulted in the deaths of approximately 40 million people. Clinically, epidemiologically, and pathologically, the disease was remarkably uniform, which suggests that
Ann H. Reid   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017

open access: yesMorbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2018
Problem Health-risk behaviors contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults in the United States. In addition, significant health disparities exist among demographic subgroups of youth defined by sex, race/ethnicity ...
L. Kann   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Could a Tuberculosis Epidemic Occur in London as It Did in New York?

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2000
In early 1999, more than 160 senior physicians, public health officials, and nurses met to discuss London's tuberculosis (TB) control program. The program was examined against the public health response of New York City's Bureau of Tuberculosis Control ...
Andrew C. Hayward, Richard J. Coker
doaj   +1 more source

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