Who will keep the public healthy?: educating public health professionals for the 21st century

LM Hernandez, L Rosenstock, K Gebbie - 2003 - books.google.com
Bioterrorism, drug-resistant disease, transmission of disease by global travel... there's no
shortage of challenges facing America's public health officials. Men and women preparing to …

Environment and cancer: who are susceptible?

FP Perera - Science, 1997 - science.org
Acting in concert with individual susceptibility, environmental factors such as smoking, diet,
and pollutants play a role in most human cancer. However, new molecular evidence …

Participation in colorectal cancer screening: a review

SW Vernon - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1997 - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this review is to evaluate the published literature on adherence to colorectal
cancer (CRC) screening with fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) and sigmoidoscopy …

Measured gene-environment interactions in psychopathology: Concepts, research strategies, and implications for research, intervention, and public understanding of …

TE Moffitt, A Caspi, M Rutter - Perspectives on Psychological …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
There is much curiosity about interactions between genes and environmental risk factors for
psychopathology, but this interest is accompanied by uncertainty. This article aims to …

Introduction to addictive behaviors

DL Thombs, CJ Osborn - 2019 - books.google.com
Now revised and updated, this widely used text comprehensively reviews theories of
addiction to give students and professionals a multidisciplinary foundation for clinical …

Molecular epidemiology: recent advances and future directions

FP Perera, IB Weinstein - Carcinogenesis, 2000 - academic.oup.com
In 1982 we proposed the concept and a framework for implementing molecular cancer
epidemiology. Here, we review progress during the past 17 years in validating and applying …

Genomic priorities and public health

KR Merikangas, N Risch - Science, 2003 - science.org
Given the continuing difficulty of identifying genes for complex disorders in a robust,
replicable manner, and the extensive resources devoted to this effort, it is becoming …

US Newborn screening system guidelines II: Follow-up of children, diagnosis, management, and evaluation statement of the Council of Regional Networks for Genetic …

KA Pass, PA Lane, PM Fernhoff, CF Hinton… - The Journal of …, 2000 - jpeds.com
PEDIATRICS dren's Bureau, NBS programs were implemented nationwide. Currently, each
state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands screen all newborns for …

The magnitude and challenge of false-positive newborn screening test results

C Kwon, PM Farrell - Archives of pediatrics & adolescent …, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives This study examined for the first time to our knowledge the national data
available from newborn screening programs in the United States and determined the salient …

Ethical issues in predictive genetic testing: a public health perspective

KG Fulda, K Lykens - Journal of medical ethics, 2006 - jme.bmj.com
As a result of the increase in genetic testing and the fear of discrimination by insurance
companies, employers, and society as a result of genetic testing, the disciplines of ethics …