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 Scientific Publications by NCEH Authors in 1996

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Adam BW, Alexander JR, Caudill SP, Hannon WH. Minimizing among laboratory variance of amino acid measurements. In: Therrell BL Jr, Aldis BG, editors. Proceedings of the 11th National Neonatal Screening Symposium; 1995 Sep 12-16; Corpus Christi (TX). Washington (DC): Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, 1996:253-5.

Ashley DL, Bonin MA, Cardinali FL, McCraw JM, Wooten JV. Measurement of volatile organic compounds in human blood. Environ Health Perspect 1996;104(Suppl 5):871-7.

Ashley DL, Bonin MA, Hamar B, McGeehin MA. Removing the smoking confounder from blood volatile organic compounds measurements. Environ Res 1995;71: 39-45.

Ashley DL, Bonin MA, Hamar B, McGeehin MA. Using the blood concentration of 2,5-dimethylfuran as a marker for smoking. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1996;68:183-7.

Barr JR, Maggio VL, Patterson DG Jr, Cooper GR, Henderson LO, Turner WE, Smith SJ, Hannon WH, Needham LL, Sampson EJ. Isotope dilution-mass spectrometric quantification of specific proteins: model application with apolipoprotein A-1. Clin Chem 1996;42:1676-82.

Barrett DH, Luk AJ, Parrish RG, Jones TS. An investigation of medical examiner cases in which methadone was detected, Harris County, Texas, 1987-1992. J Forensic Sci 1996;41:442-8.

Bell CJ, Hannon WH, Adams BW. Is the CLIA proficiency testing format appropriate for newborn screening? In: Therrell BL Jr, Aldis BG, editors. Proceedings of the 11th National Neonatal Screening Symposium; 1995 Sep 12-16; Corpus Christi (TX). Washington (DC): Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, 1996:251-2.

Botto LD, Khoury MJ, Mulinare J, Erickson JD. Periconceptional multivitamin use and the occurrence of conotruncal heart defects: results from a population-based, case-control study. Pediatrics 1996;98:911-7.

Botto LD, Olney RS, Mastroiacovo P, Khoury MJ, Moore CA, Alo CJ, Costa P, Edmonds LD, Flood TJ, Harris JA, Howe HL, Olsen CL, Panny SR, Shaw GM. Chorionic villus sampling and transverse digital deficiencies: evidence for anatomic and gestational-age specificity of the digital deficiencies in two studies. Am J Med Genet 1996;62:173-8.

Bowman BA, Bern C, Philen RM. Nothing's simple about malnutrition: complexities raised by epidemic neuropathy in Cuba.'s simple about malnutrition: complexities raised by epidemic neuropathy in Cuba. Am J Clin Nutr 1996;64:383-4.

Brock JW, Burse VW, Ashley DL, Najam AR, Green VE, Korver MP, Powell MK, Hodge CC, Needham LL. An improved analysis for chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in human and bovine sera using solid-phase extraction. J Anal Toxicol 1996;20:528-36.

Browne RJ, Mannino DM III, Khoury MJ. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency deaths in the United States from 1979-1991: an analysis using multiple-cause mortality data. Chest 1996;110:78-83.

Burse VW, Korver MP, Najam AR, Williams CC, Caudill SP, Sam PM, Needham LL. Experience with the use of surrogates in the analysis of a human matrix for analytes of environmental concern. In: Final Program. Today's laboratory C thinking globally, acting locally. The 110th AOAC International Annual Meeting & Exposition; 1996 Sep 8-12; Orlando. Arlington (VA): AOAC International, 1996: 89.

Burse VW, Patterson DG Jr, Brock JW, Needham LL. Selected analytical methods used at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for measuring environmental pollutants in serum. Toxicol Ind Health 1996;12:481-98.

Burt L. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Preface]. In: Marge M, editor. Preventing disabling conditions: the role of the private sector. Proceedings and Recommendations of the National Conference; 1994 Sep 11-13; Washington. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1995:vii-viii.

Chace DH, Hillman SL, Millington DS, Kahler SG, Adam BW, Levy HL. Rapid diagnosis of homocystinuria and other hypermethioninemias from newborns' blood spots by tandem mass spectrometry.' blood spots by tandem mass spectrometry. Clin Chem 1996;42:349-55.

Chew EY, Klein ML, Ferris FL III, Remaley NA, Murphy RP, Chantry K, Hoogwerf BJ, Miller D, for the ETDRS Research Group. Association of elevated serum lipid levels with retinal hard exudate in diabetic retinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol 1996;114:1079-84.

Combs DL, Parrish RG, McNabb SJN, Davis JH. Deaths related to Hurricane Andrew in Florida and Louisiana, 1992. Int J Epidemiol 1996;25:537-44.

The Cuba Neuropathy Field Investigation Team. Epidemic optic neuropathy in CubaCclinical characterization and risk factors. N Engl J Med 1995;333:1176-82.

Davis MK, Khoury MJ, Erickson JD. Pregnancy experience after delivery of a child with a major birth defect: a population study. Pediatrics 1995;95:59-65.

Devine OJ, Louis TA, Halloran ME. Identifying areas with elevated disease incidence rates using empirical Bayes estimators. Geographical Analysis 1996;28:187-99.

Drews CD, Murphy CC, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Decouflé P. The relationship between idiopathic mental retardation and maternal smoking during pregnancy. Pediatrics 1996;97:547-53.

Egeland GM, Perham-Hester KA, Hook EB. Use of capture-recapture analyses in fetal alcohol syndrome surveillance in Alaska. Am J Epidemiol 1995;141:335-41.

Eheman CR, Ford E, Staehling N, Garbe P. Knowledge about indoor radon in the united states: 1990 national health interview survey. Arch Environ Health 1996;51:245-7.

Emmons KM, Marcus BH, Abrams DB, Marshall R, Novotny TE, Kane ME, Etzel RA. Use of a 24-hour recall diary to assess exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Arch Environ Health 1996;51:146-9.

Etzel RA, French JG. Air pollution. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:336-53.

Ford ES, Eheman CR, Siegel PZ, Garbe PL. Radon awareness and testing behavior: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1989-1992. Health Phys 1996;70:363-6.Garger EK, Hoffman FO, Miller CW. Model testing using Chernobyl data: III. Atmospheric resuspension of radionuclides in Ukrainian regions impacted by Chernobyl fallout. Health Phys 1996;70:18-24.

Gideon NM, Mannino DM. Sarcoidosis mortality in the United States, 1979-1991: an analysis of multiple-cause mortality data. Am J Med 1996;100:423-7.

Gómez Sánchez MA, Martínez Tello F, Philen RM. Toxic oil syndrome and pulmonary hypertension. In: Hurst JW, editor. New types of cardiovascular diseases. New York: Igaku Shoin, 1994:128-40.

Grainger J, McClure PC, Liu Z, Botero B, Sirimanne S, Patterson DG Jr, Sewer M, Gillyard C, Kimata K, Hosoya K, Araki T, Tanaka N, Terabe S. Isomer identification of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins by orthogonal spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques. Chemosphere 1996;32:13-23.

Gunter EW, Bowman BA, Caudill SP, Twite DB, Adams MJ, Sampson EJ. Results of an international round robin for serum and whole-blood folate. Clin Chem 1996;42:1689-94.

Halliburton CS, Mannino DM, Olney RS. Cystic Fibrosis deaths in the United States from 1979 through 1991. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996;150:1181-5.

Halliburton CS, Mannino DM, Olney RS. Cystic fibrosis deaths in the United States from 1979 through 1991: an analysis using multiple-cause mortality data. Am J Epidemiol 1996;143:S20.

Hannon WH. Standardization problems: saving, storing, and using leftover dried blood spot specimens. In: Therrell BL Jr, Aldis BG, editors. Proceedings of the 11th National Neonatal Screening Symposium; 1995 Sep 12-16; Corpus Christi (TX). Washington (DC): Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, 1996:116-20.

Hanrahan JP, Sherman CB, Bresnitz EA, Emmons KM, Mannino DM. Cigarette smoking and health. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;153:861-5.

Hanzlick R, Parrish RG. The role of medical examiners and coroners in public health surveillance and epidemiologic research. Ann Rev Public Health 1996;17:383-409.

Herman WH, Ali MA, Aubert RE, Engelgau MM, Kenny SJ, Gunter EW, Malarcher AM, Brechner RJ, Wetterhall SF, DeStefano F, Thompson TJ, Smith PJ, Badran A, Sous ES, Habib M, Hegazy M, abd el Shakour S, Ibrahim AS, el Moneim el Behairy A. Diabetes mellitus in Egypt: risk factors and prevalence. Diabet Med 1995;12:1126-31.

Hill RH JR, Head SL, Baker S, Gregg M, Shealy DB, Bailey SL, Williams CC, Sampson EJ, Needham LL. Pesticide residues in urine of adults living in the United States: reference range concentrations. Environ Res 1995;71:99-108.

Jackson RJ. Preventing disabling conditions: a CDC perspective. In: Marge M, editor. Preventing disabling conditions: the role of the private sector. Proceedings and Recommendations of the National Conference; 1994 Sep 11-13; Washington. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1995:5-7.Johnson AM, Sampson EJ, Blirup-Jensen S, Svendsen PJ. Recommendations for the selection and use of protocols for assignment of values to reference materials. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem 1996;34:279-85.

Johnson AM, Sampson EJ, Blirup-Jensen S, Svendsen PJ. Recommendations for the selection and use of protocols for assignment of values to reference materials. Eur J Clin Chem Clin Biochem 1996;34:279-85.

Khoury MJ, and the Genetics Working Group. From genes to public health: the applications of genetic technology in disease prevention. Am J Public Health 1996;86:1717-22.

Khoury MJ, Moore CA, Mulinare J. Vitamin A and birth defects [Letter]. Lancet 1996;347:322.

Khoury MJ, Shaw GM, Moore CA, Lammer EJ, Mulinare J. Does periconceptional multivitamin use reduce the risk of neural tube defects associated with other birth defects? Data from two population-based case-control studies. Am J Med Genet 1996;61:30-6.

Kung H-C, Parrish RG, Spitler J. The abstractability and consistency of medical examiner/coroner reports: results from the 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey pilot. J Forensic Sci 1996;41:86-93.

Lanphear BP, Weitzman M, Winter NL, Eberly S, Yakir B, Tanner M, Emond M, TD Matte. Lead-contaminated house dust and urban children's blood lead levels. Am J Public Health 1996;86:1416-21.

Lemkin PF, Orr GA, Goldstein MP, Creed GJ, Myrick JE, Merril CR. The protein disease database of human body fluids: II. Computer methods and data issues. Appl Theor Electrophor 1995;5:55-72.

Lillibridge SR. Industrial disasters. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:354-72.

Lillibridge SR. Managing the environmental health aspects of disasters: water, human excreta, and shelter. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:65-78.

Lillibridge SR. Tornadoes. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:228-44.

Lillibridge SR, Burkle FM Jr, Waeckerle J, Koenig KL, Schultz C, Bissell R, Shen B, Noji EK. Disaster medicine: current assessment and blueprint for the future. Acad Emerg Med 1995;2:1068-76.

Liu S, Quenemoen LE, Malilay J, Noji E, Sinks T, Mendlein J. Assessment of a severe-weather warning system and disaster preparedness, Calhoun County, Alabama, 1994. Am J Public Health 1996;86:87-9.

Macdonald SC, Pertowski CA, Jackson RJ. Environmental public health surveillance. J Public Health Management Prac 1996;2:45-9.

Malilay J. Floods. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:287-301.

Malilay J. Tropical cyclones. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:207-27.Malilay J, Flanders WD, Brogan D. A modified cluster-sampling method for post-disaster rapid assessment of needs. Bull World Health Organ 1996;74:399-405.

Malilay J, Guido Real M, Ramirez Vanegas A, Noji E, Sinks T. Public health surveillance after a volcanic eruption: lessons from Cerro Negro, Nicaragua, 1992. Bull Pan Am Health Organ 1996;30:218-26.

Malilay J, Wasley A, Fiedler LA. Descriptive epidemiology of wind-related mortality. In: Raufaste NJ, editor. Wind and seismic effects. Proceedings of the 28th Joint Meeting of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects; 1996 May 14-17; Gaithersburg (MD). Washington: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1996:381-8.

Mannino DM, Etzel RA. Are oxygenated fuels effective? An evaluation of ambient carbon monoxide concentrations in 11 western states, 1986 to 1992. J Air Waste Manage Assoc 1996;46:20-4.

Mannino DM, Etzel RA, Parrish RG. Pulmonary fibrosis deaths in the United States, 1979-1991: an analysis of multiple-cause mortality data. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;153:1548-52.

Mannino DM, Ford E, Giovino GA, Thun M. Lung cancer deaths in the United States from 1979 through 1992: an analysis using multiple-cause mortality data. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;153:A658.

Mannino DM, Ruben S, Holschuh FC, Holschuh TC, Wilson MD, Holschuh T. Emergency department visits and hospitalizations for respiratory disease on the Island of Hawaii, 1981 to 1991. Hawaii Med J 1996;55:48-54.

Mannino DM, Siegel M, Husten C, Rose D, Etzel R. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and health effects in children: results from the 1991 National Health Interview Survey. Tobacco Control 1996;5:13-8.

Mannino DM, Siegel M, Rose D, Nkuchia J, Etzel RA. Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and health effects in nonsmoking adults: results from the 1991 National Health Interview Survey. Chest 1996;Suppl:10S.

Marge M, editor. Preventing disabling conditions: the role of the private sector. Proceedings and Recommendations of the National Conference; 1994 Sep 11-13; Washington. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1995.

Matte TD, Proops D, Palazuelos E, Graef J, Hernandez Avila M. Acute high-dose lead exposure from beverage contaminated by traditional Mexican pottery. Lancet 1994;344:1064-5.

McClanahan MA. Mercury contamination in the home [Letter]. Lancet 1996;347:1044-5.

Mei JV, Adam BW, Hannon WH. Preparation of dried blood spot materials for performance evaluation of biotinidase deficiency tests. In: Therrell BL Jr, Aldis BG, editors. Proceedings of the 11th National Neonatal Screening Symposium; 1995 Sep 12-16; Corpus Christi (TX). Washington (DC): Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, 1996:206-7.

Mei JV, Hannon WH, Dobbs TL, Bell CJ, Spruill C, Gwinn M. Development and evaluation of a zidovudine (ZDV) assay for eluates from dried-blood spots and its potential applications for monitoring ZDV therapy. In: Therrell BL Jr, Aldis BG, editors. Proceedings of the 11th National Neonatal Screening Symposium; 1995 Sep 12-16; Corpus Christi (TX). Washington (DC): Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, 1996:49-51.

Mellinger-Birdsong AK. Estimates of numbers of civilians treated with nasopharyngeal radium irradiation in the United States. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996;115:429-32.

Merril CR, Goldstein MP, Myrick JE, Creed GJ, Lemkin PF. The protein disease database of human body fluids: I. Rationale for the development of this database. Appl Theor Electrophor 1995;5:49-54.

Michalek JE, Pirkle JL, Caudill SP, Tripathi RC, Patterson DG Jr, Needham LL. Pharmacokinetics of TCDD in veterans of Operation Ranch Hand: 10-year follow-up. J Toxicol Environ Health 1996;47:209-20.

Miller CW, Smith JM. Why should we do environmental dose reconstructions? Health Phys 1996;71:420-4.

Mueller PW, Hall WD, Caudill SP, MacNeil ML, Arepally A. An in-depth examination of the excretion of albumin and other sensitive markers of renal damage in mild hypertension. Am J Hypertens 1995;8:1072-82.

Mulinare J, Khoury MJ, Posey DL, Adams MJ Jr, Ou C-Y. The search for genetic mechanisms in folate-dependent neural tube defects: is mutated methylenetetrahydrafolate reductase a risk factor for neural tube defects? A pooled analysis. In: Syllabus: 3rd Joint Clinical Genetics Meeting of the 27th Annual March of Dimes Clinical Genetics Conference and the American College of Medical Genetics 3rd Annual Meeting; Mar 11-14; San Antonio (TX). Bethesda (MD): American College of Medical Genetics, 1996:99.

Needham LL, Patterson DG Jr, Burse VW, Paschal DC, Turner WE, Hill RH Jr. Reference range data for assessing exposure to selected environmental toxicants. Toxicol Ind Health 1996;12:507-13.

Newman NJ, Torroni A, Brown MD, Lott MT, Marquez Fernandez M, Wallace DC, and the Cuba Neuropathy Field Investigation Team. Epidemic neuropathy in Cuba not associated with mitochondrial DNA mutations found in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy patients. Am J Ophthalmol 1994;118:158-68.

Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Noji EK. Earthquakes. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:135-78.

Noji EK. Introduction. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:xiii-xvii.

Noji EK. The nature of disaster: general charcteristics and public health effects. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:3-20.

Noji EK. The use of epidemiologic methods in disasters. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:21-36.

Nolte KB, Simpson GL, Parrish RG. Emerging infectious agents and the forensic pathologist: the New Mexico model. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1996;120:125-8.

Oakley GP. Urgent need to increase folic acid consumption. JAMA 1995;274:1717-8.

Oakley GP Jr, Adams MJ, Dickinson CM. More folic acid for everyone, now. J Nutr 1996;126:751S-5S.

Oakley GP Jr, Heath CW Jr. Cancer, environmental health, and birth defects -- examples of new directions in public health practice. Am J Epidemiol 1996;144(Suppl):S58-S64.

Oakley GP Jr, Toole JF. Taking a folic acid supplement probably would reduce cardiovascular disease rates in the United States. J Coron Artery Dis Index Rev 1996;II:3, 10-2.

O=Broin SD, Kelleher BP, Gunter E. Evaluation of factors influencing precision in the analysis of samples taken from blood spots on filter paper. Clin Lab Haematol 1995;17:185-8.

O=Carroll PW, Friede A, Noji EK, Lillibridge SR, Fries DJ, Atchison CG. The rapid implementation of a statewide emergency health information system during the 1993 Iowa flood. Am J Public Health 1995;85:564-7.

Olney R, Botto L, Khoury M, Mastroiacovo P, Moore C, Castilla E, Cocchi G, Cornel M, Goujard J, Martinez-Frias M, Merlob P, Mutchinick O, Ritvanen A, Stoll C. Limb deficiency with hypoglossia or the Poland anomaly: rates from international birth defects monitoring, 1983-1993. Am J Hum Genet 1996;59S:A100.

Rasmussen SA, Moore CA, Khoury MJ, Cordero JF. Descriptive epidemiology of holoproscencephaly and arhinencephaly in metropolitan Atlanta, 1968-1992. Am J Med Genet 1996;66:320-33.

Philen RM for the CDC members of the Cuba Neuropathy Field Investigation Team. Epidemic Optic Neuropathy in Cuba [Letter]. 1996;334:1063-4.

Pirkle JL, Flegal KM, Bernert JT, Brody DJ, Etzel RA, Maurer KR. Exposure of the US population to environmental tobacco smoke: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 to 1991. JAMA 1996;275:1233-40.

Posey DL, Khoury MJ, Mulinare J, Adams MJ Jr, Ou C-Y. Is mutated MTHFR a risk factor for neural tube defects? Lancet 1996;347:686-7.

Qualls NL, Teutsch SM. The role of prevention effectiveness in the development, implementation, and evaluation of public health prevention strategies. Curr Issues Public Health 1996;2:165-9.

Quenemoen LE, Davis YM, Malilay J, Sinks T, Noji EK, Klitzman S. The World Trade Center bombing: injury prevention strategies for high-rise building fires. Disasters 1996;20:125-32.

Rasmussen SA, Moore CA, Khoury MJ, Cordero JF. Descriptive epidemiology of holoprosencephaly and arhinencephaly in metropolitan Atlanta, 1968-1992. Am J Med Genet 1996;66:320-33.

Roberts HE, Saxe DF, Muralidharan K, Coleman KB, Zacharias JF, Fernhoff PM. Unique mosaicism of tetraploidy and trisomy 8: clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular findings in a live-born infant. Am J Med Genet 1996;62:243-6.

Robinson MK, Hannon WH, Whitfield WE, Henderson LO. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of proteins from dried blood spots. In: Therrell BL Jr, Aldis BG, editors. Proceedings of the 11th National Neonatal Screening Symposium; 1995 Sep 12-16; Corpus Christi (TX). Washington (DC): Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, 1996:308-12.

Romieu I, Meneses F, Ruiz S, Sienra JJ, Huerta J, White MC, Etzel RA. Effects of air pollution on the respiratory health of asthmatic children living in Mexico City. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;154:300-7.

Saftlas AF, Mellinger-Birdsong AK, Stolwijk JAJ. Introduction [The public health response to nasopharyngeal radium irradiation: a workshop]. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996;115:387.

Saftlas AF, Mellinger-Birdsong AK, Stolwijk JAJ. The public health response to nasopharyngeal radium irradiation: a workshop (proceedings). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996;115:386-446.

Schendel DE, Berg CJ, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Boyle CA, Decoufle P. Prenatal magnesium sulfate exposure and the risk for cerebral palsy or mental retardation among very low-birth-weight children aged 3 to 5 years. JAMA 1996;276:1805-10.

Schurz HH, Hill RH, Posada de la Paz M, Philen RM, Abaitua Borda I, Bailey SL, Needham LL. Products of aniline and triglycerides in oil samples associated with the toxic oil syndrome. Chem Res Toxicol 1996;9:1001-6.

Semenza JC. Deaths in the Chicago heat wave [Letter]. N Engl J Med 1996;335:1848-9.

Semenza JC, Rubin CH, Falter KH, Selanikio JD, Flanders WD, Howe HL, Wilhelm JL. Heat-related deaths during the July 1995 heat wave in Chicago. New Engl J Med 1996;335:84-90.

Shealy DB, Bonin MA, Wooten JV, Ashley DL, Needham LL, Bond AE. Application of an improved method for the analysis of pesticides and their metabolites in the urine of farmer applicators and their families. Environ Int 1996;22:661-75.

Simon JA, Fong J, Bernert JT Jr. Serum fatty acids and blood pressure. Hypertension 1996;27:303-7.

Simon JA, Fong J, Bernert JT Jr, Browner WS. Relation of smoking and alcohol consumption to serum fatty acids. Am J Epidemiol 1996;144:325-34.

Sirimanne SR, Barr JR, Patterson DG Jr, Ma L. Quantification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins in human serum by combined micelle-mediated extraction (cloud-point extraction) and HPLC. Anal Chem 1996;68:1556-60.

Sosnoff CS, Ann Q, Bernert JT Jr, Powell MK, Miller BB, Henderson LO, Hannon WH, Fernhoff P, Sampson EJ. Analysis of benzoylecgonine in dried blood spots by liquid chromatography - atmospheric pressure chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry. J Anal Toxicol 1996;20:179-84.

Straight JM, Kipen HM, Vogt RF Jr, Amler RW. Immune function test batteries for use in environmental health field studies. Atlanta: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1994.

Sullivan EA, Kamb ML, Jones JL, Meyer P, Philen RM, Falk H, Sinks T. The natural history of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome in a tryptophan-exposed cohort in South Carolina. Arch Intern Med 1996;156:973-9.

Thacker SB, Stroup DF, Parrish RG, Anderson HA. Surveillance in environmental public health: issues, systems, and sources. Am J Public Health 1996;86:633-8.

Therrell BL, Hannon WH, Pass KA, Lorey F, Brokopp C, Eckman J, Glass M. Heidenreich R, Kinney S, Kling S, Landenburger G, Meaney FJ, McCabe ERB, Panny S, Schwartz M, Shapira E. Guidelines for the retention, storage, and use of residual dried blood spot samples after newborn screening analysis: statement of the Council of Regional Networks for Genetic Services. Biochem Mol Med 1996;57:116-24.

Ting BG, Paschal DC, Caldwell KL. Determination of thorium and uranium in urine with inductively coupled argon plasma mass spectrometry. J Anal At Spectrom 1996;11:339-42.

Vergara AE, Pertowski CA, Rosenblum LS. Lead poisoning: costs of care in the United States, 1988-1992 [Letter]. JAMA 1996;276:1221.

Watkins M, Moore C, Mulinare J. Tetratogenicity of high vitamin A intake [Letter]. N Engl J Med 1996;334:1196.

Watkins ML, Edmonds L, McClearn A, Mullins L, Mulinare J, Khoury M. The surveillance of birth defects: the usefulness of the revised US Standard Birth Certificate. Am J Public Health 1996;86:731-4.

Watkins ML, Scanlon KS, Mulinare J, Khoury MJ. Is maternal obesity a risk factor for anencephaly and spina bifida? Epidemiology 1996;7:507-12.

Wells C, Mannino DM. Pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer in the United States: analysis of the multiple cause of death mortality data, 1979 through 1991. South Med J 1996;89:505-10.

Wetterhall SF, Noji EK. Surveillance and epidemiology. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:37-64.

Whitcomb RC Jr, Sage M, Eheman CR. Nuclear reactor incidents. In: Noji EK, editor. The public health consequences of disasters. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996:397-418.

White MC, Ashley DL. Interagency assessment of potential health risks associated with oxygenated gasoline. Washington (DC): Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, National Science and Technology Council, and Interagency Oxygenated Fuels Assessment Steering Committee; 1996 Feb.

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MMWR Articles

Carbon monoxide poisonings associated with snow-obstructed vehicle exhaust systems -- Philadelphia and New York City, January 1996. -- Philadelphia and New York City, January 1996. MMWR. January 12, 1996;45:1-3.

Outbreak of unexplained illness in a middle school -- Washington, April 1994. MMWR. January 12, 1996;45:6-9.Deaths associated with Hurricanes Marilyn and OpalCUnited States, SeptemberBOctober 1995. MMWR. January 19, 1996;45:32-8.

State-specific rates of mental retardation -- United States, 1993. -- United States, 1993. MMWR. January 26, 1996;45:61-5.

Surveillance for injuries and illnesses and rapid health-needs assessment following Hurricanes Marilyn and Opal, September-October 1995. MMWR. February 2, 1996;45:81-5.

Postnatal causes of developmental disabilities in children aged 3-10 years -- Atlanta, Georgia, 1991. MMWR. February 16, 1996;45:130-4.

Recall of Philip Morris cigarettes, May 1995-March 1996. MMWR. March 29, 1996;45:251-4.

Workshop on the public health response to nasopharyngeal radium irradiation -- September 1995. MMWR. March 29, 1996;45:254-6.

Carbon monoxide poisoning at an indoor ice arena and bingo hall -- Seattle, 1996. MMWR. April 5, 1996;45:265-7.

Boyle CA, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Doernberg NS, Holmgreen P, Murphy CC, Schendel DE. Prevalence of selected developmental disabilities in children 3-10 years of age: the Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program, 1991. MMWR. April 19, 1996;45(SS-2):1-14.

Lary JM, Edmonds LD. Prevalence of spina bifida at birthCUnited States, 1983-1990: a comparison of two surveillance systems. MMWR. April 19, 1996;45(SS-2):15-26.

Asthma mortality and hospitalization among children and young adults -- United States, 1980-1993. MMWR. May 3, 1996;45:350-3.

Guidelines for death scene investigation of sudden, unexplained infant deaths: recommendations of the Interagency Panel on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. MMWR. June 21, 1996;45(RR-10).

Heat-wave-related mortality -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 1995. MMWR. June 21, 1996;45:505-7.

Spontaneous abortions possibly related to ingestion of nitrate-contaminated well water -- LaGrange County, Indiana, 1991-1994. MMWR. July 5, 1996;45:569-72.

Prevention and management of heat-related illness among spectators and staff during the Olympic GamesCAtlanta, July 6-23, 1996. MMWR. July 26, 1996;45:631-3.

Update: mercury poisoning associated with beauty creamCArizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, 1996. MMWR. July 26, 1996;45:633-5.

Fatalities associated with ingestion of diethylene glycol-contaminated glycerin used to manufacture acetaminophen syrup -- Haiti, November 1995-June 1996. MMWR. August 2, 1996;45:649-50.

Adverse events associated with ephedrine-containing products -- Texas, December 1993-September 1995. MMWR. August 16, 1996;45:689-93.

Asthma surveillance programs in public health departments -- United States. MMWR. September 20, 1996;45:802-4.

Knowledge about folic acid and use of multivitamins containing folic acid among reproductive-aged women -- Georgia, 1995. MMWR. September 20, 1996;45:793-5.

Population-based prevalence of perinatal exposure to cocaine -- Georgia, 1994. MMWR. October 18, 1996;45:887-91.

Hepatic and renal toxicity among patients ingesting sheep bile as an unconventional remedy for diabetes mellitus -- Saudi Arabia, 1995. MMWR. November 1, 1996;45:941-3.

Infant metabolic alkalosis and soy-based formula -- United States. MMWR. November 15, 1996;45:985-8.

Deaths from motor-vehicle-related unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning -- Colorado, 1996, New Mexico, 1980-1995, and United States, 1979-1992. MMWR. November 29, 1996;45:1029-32.

Hypothermia-related deaths -- Vermont, October 1994-February 1996. MMWR. December 20, 1996;45:1093-5.

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Epi-Aid Investigations

Malilay J, Selanikio JD, Anderson PJ, McGeehin MA, Falk H, Sinks TH. Health effects of blizzard and flooding, Pennsylvania. January 26, 1996; EPI-96-14.

Balluz L, Falk H, McGeehin M, Sinks TH. Exposure to mercury in a beauty cream. May 28, 1996; EPI-E96-42.

Alexander JP, Jackson RJ, Mahy BWJ. Outbreak of gastroenteritis. June 28, 1996;EPI-96-54-1.

Noji E, Lillibridge SR, Jackson RJ. Emergency public health assessment, Rwanda. September 27, 1996; EPI-96-85-1.

Noji E, Lillibridge SR, Jackson R. Emergency public health assessment, Bosnia. October 2, 1996; EPI-97-1-1.

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