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Changes in Alcohol-Related Travel Behavior due to an Under 21 Ordinance
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Alcohol abuse is one of the major leading causes of preventable mortality in the United States. Binge drinking or excessive alcohol consumption, categorized as a pattern of drinking that brings a person's blood alcohol concentration to 0.08, has… read more… a volatile mix of college students and non locals of all ages. Objective To study alcohol-related arrests … area. Document Changes_In_Alcohol_Related_Travel_Behavior_Due_To_An_Under_21_Ordinance.pdf 5 views Submitted by elamb … ing a volatile mix of college students and nonlocals of all ages. Methods Arrest records were obtained from the … -
Comparing Methods for Sentinel Surveillance Site Placement
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Influenza-like illness (ILI) data is collected via an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state level. Because participation is voluntary, locations of the sentinel providers may not reflect optimal geographic placement. This… read more… algorithms with respect to outbreak intensity and timing (i.e., being able to capture the start, peak and end of the … algorithms with respect to outbreak intensity and timing (i.e., being able to capture the start, peak and end of the … permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in … -
Clustering of U.S. Cities Based on Mortality from Influenza and Pneumonia
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Influenza is a major cause of mortality. In developed countries, mortality is at its highest during winter months, not only as a result of deaths from influenza and pneumonia but also as a result of deaths attributed to other diseases (e.g.… read more… Kullback-Leibler Information-based time-series-clustering dis- crepancy measure (2). All pairwise distances between cities were then used in a … -
Adverse Drug Events: Insights From Google Search Volume
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Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. However, post-marketing surveillance systems are passive and reporting is generally not mandated. Thus, many ADEs go unreported, and it is difficult to estimate and/or… read more… then obtained search volume data from Google Insight for all possible pairs of drugs and ADEs. Using a set of … search volume for the majority of the drugs. This may be due to prior elevated interest as the result of previous … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …