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Substance Abuse Among Youth in Miami-Dade County, 2005-2007
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The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 9th to 12th graders in Miami-Dade County public schools found that 69.7% of students tried alcohol, 28.3% tried marijuana, and 6.3% tried cocaine in their lifetime. Results also showed that… read more… 33% were for males. AHCA There were 160 different ICD-9-CM Principal Diagnosis Codes used to search for substance … and Mortality Weekly Report 55 (5), 2006. http://www.cdc.gov/ mmwr/ PDF/ SS/ SS5505.pdf 2. White House Office … Hispanic Teens and Drugs- A Special Report, 2007. http://www. Media … -
Tracking emergency department (ED) patients with gastrointestinal symptoms during a Norovirus epidemic in Miami-Dade
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From January to March 2010, thirteen outbreaks of Norovirus infection were reported to the Epidemiology, Disease Control and Immunization Service (EDC-IS), up from four outbreaks in the entire 2008 and same number during 2009. … read more… Borroto et al.; licensee Emerging Health Threats Journal. www.eht-journal.org 11 occurred only among adults, and … Health Threats Journal R Borroto et al. 2011, 4:s121 www.eht-journal.org page 2/2 12 … -
Use of Epidemiological Knowledge to Create Syndromic Surveillance Reports
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Syndromic surveillance is an investigational approach used to monitor trends of illness in communities. It relies on pre-diagnostic health data rather than laboratory-confirmed clinical diagnoses. Its primary purpose is to detect… read more… gastrointestinal, hemorrhagic, influenza-like, shock/coma, neurologic, fever, febrile, rash, botulism-like, and …