1. CDC Vital Signs
   • Substance Use and Abuse - Alcohol
     1. *Healthy People 2010 objectives for unintentional injury and violence among adolescents. Trends from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1999-2009
        Olsen EO, Hertz MF, Shults RA, Hamburger ME, Lowry R.
        Am J Prev Med. 2011 Dec;41(6):551-8.
        
     2. *The effects of minimum legal drinking age 21 laws on alcohol-related driving in the United States
        McCartt AT, Hellinga LA, Kirley BB.
        J Safety Res. 2010 Apr;41(2):173-81.
        
     3. *Fatal crashes of 16- to 17-year-old drivers involving alcohol, nighttime driving, and passengers
        Williams AF, West BA, Shults RA.
        Traffic Inj Prev. 2012 ;13(1):1-6.
        
     4. Adolescent passengers of drunk drivers: a multi-level exploration into the inequities of risk and safety
        Poulin C, Boudreau B, Asbridge M.
        Addiction. 2007 Jan;102(1):51-61.
        
     5. Associations between selected state laws and teenagers' drinking and driving behaviors
        Cavazos-Rehg PA, Krauss MJ, Spitznagel EL, Chaloupka FJ, Schootman M, Grucza RA, Bierut LJ.
        Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2012 Sep;36(9):1647-52.
        
     6. State alcohol-use estimates among youth and adults, 1993-2005
        Nelson DE, Naimi TS, Brewer RD, Nelson HA.
        Am J Prev Med. 2009 Mar;36(3):218-24.
        
     7. Reviews of evidence regarding interventions to reduce alcohol-impaired driving
        Shults RA, Elder RW, Sleet DA, Nichols JL, Alao MO, Carande-Kulis VG, Zaza S, et al.
        Am J Prev Med. 2001 Nov;21(4 Suppl):66-88.
        
     8. A national evaluation of the nighttime and passenger restriction components of graduated driver licensing
        Fell JC, Todd M, Voas RB.
        J Safety Res. 2011 Aug;42(4):283-90.
        
     9. Alcohol-related risk of driver fatalities: an update using 2007 data
        Voas RB, Torres P, Romano E, Lacey JH.
        J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2012 May;73(3):341-50.
        
     10. Underage drinking: frequency, consequences, and interventions
         Hingson RW, Assailly JP, Williams AF.
         Traffic Inj Prev. 2004 Sep;5(3):228-36.
         
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     11. High levels of periodontal disease among the older adult population in San Juan, Puerto Rico
         Montero-Aguilar M, Munoz-Torres F, Elias-Boneta AR, Dye B, Joshipura KJ.
         Community Dent Health. 2012 ;29(3):224-228.
         
     12. The Million Hearts initiative: how nurse practitioners can help lead
         Davis LL, Wright JS.
         J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2012 Oct;24(10):565-8.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     13. From caution to urgency: the evolution of HIV testing and counselling in Africa
         Baggaley R, Hensen B, Ajose O, Grabbe K, Wong V, Schilsky A, Lo YR, Lule F, Granich R, Hargreaves J.
         Bull World Health Organ. 2012 Sep 1;90(9):652-658B.
         
     14. Interventions to improve retention in HIV primary care: a systematic review of U.S. studies
         Higa DH, Marks G, Crepaz N, Liau A, Lyles CM.
         Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2012 Sep 21.
         
     15. Measuring retention in HIV care: the elusive gold standard
         Mugavero MJ, Westfall AO, Zinski A, Davila J, Drainoni ML, Gardner LI, Keruly JC, Malitz F, Marks G, Metsch L, Wilson TE, Giordano TP.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Sep 22.
         
     16. Serotypes and genetic profiles of Bordetella pertussis strains isolated in the city of Sao Paulo, 2006-2008
         Leite D, Cassiday PK, Tatti KM, Vaz TM, Tondella ML.
         J Pediatr (Rio J). 2012 Jul-Aug;88(4):357-60.
         
     17. Neurologic disorders among pediatric deaths associated with the 2009 pandemic influenza
         Blanton L, Peacock G, Cox C, Jhung M, Finelli L, Moore C.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Sep;130(3):390-6.
         
     18. Estimation of the burden of pandemic(H1N1)2009 in developing countries: experience from a tertiary care center in south India
         Moorthy M, Samuel P, Peter JV, Vijayakumar S, Sekhar D, Verghese VP, Agarwal I, Moses PD, Ebenezer K, Abraham OC, Thomas K, Mathews P, Mishra AC, Lal R, Muliyil J, Abraham AM.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(9):e41507.
         
   • Community Health Services
     19. Better health requires partnerships and a systems approach
         Jarris PE, Monroe JA, Pestronk RM.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
         
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     20. Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) one year following the Gulf Coast oil spill: Alabama and Mississippi, 2011
         Buttke D, Vagi S, Schnall A, Bayleyegn T, Morrison M, Allen M, Wolkin A.
         Prehosp Disaster Med. 2012 Sep 25:1-7.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     21. Effectiveness of a risk screener in identifying hepatitis C virus in a primary care setting
         Drainoni ML, Litwin AN, Smith BD, Koppelman EA, McKee MD, Christiansen CL, Gifford AL, Weinbaum CM, Southern WN.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
         
     22. Association between adult height, genetic susceptibility and risk of glioma
         Kitahara CM, Wang SS, Melin BS, Wang Z, Braganza M, Inskip PD, Albanes D, Andersson U, Beane Freeman LE, Buring JE, Carreon T, Feychting M, Gapstur SM, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Hallmans G, Hankinson SE, Henriksson R, Hsing AW, Johansen C, Linet MS, McKean-Cowdin R, Michaud DS, Peters U, Purdue MP, Rothman N, Ruder AM, Sesso HD, Severi G, Shu XO, Stevens VL, Visvanathan K, Waters MA, White E, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Hoover R, Fraumeni JF, Chatterjee N, Yeager M, Chanock SJ, Hartge P, Rajaraman P.
         Int J Epidemiol. 2012 Aug;41(4):1075-1085.
         
     23. Evidence for the transmission of parvovirus B19 in patients with bleeding disorders treated with plasma-derived factor concentrates in the era of nucleic acid test screening
         Soucie JM, De Staercke C, Monahan PE, Recht M, Chitlur MB, Gruppo R, Hooper WC, Kessler C, Kulkarni R, Manco-Johnson MJ, Powell J, Pyle M, Riske B, Sabio H, Trimble S.
         Transfusion. 2012 Sep 24.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     24. Multiwalled carbon nanotube-induced gene signatures in the mouse lung: potential predictive value for human lung cancer risk and prognosis
         Guo NL, Wan YW, Denvir J, Porter DW, Pacurari M, Wolfarth MG, Castranova V, Qian Y.
         J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2012 Sep 15;75(18):1129-53.
         
     25. The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax exhibits greater genetic diversity than Plasmodium falciparum
         Neafsey DE, Galinsky K, Jiang RH, Young L, Sykes SM, Saif S, Gujja S, Goldberg JM, Young S, Zeng Q, Chapman SB, Dash AP, Anvikar AR, Sutton PL, Birren BW, Escalante AA, Barnwell JW, Carlton JM.
         Nat Genet. 2012 Sep;44(9):1046-50.
         
     26. Plasmodium cynomolgi genome sequences provide insight into Plasmodium vivax and the monkey malaria clade
         Tachibana S, Sullivan SA, Kawai S, Nakamura S, Kim HR, Goto N, Arisue N, Palacpac NM, Honma H, Yagi M, Tougan T, Katakai Y, Kaneko O, Mita T, Kita K, Yasutomi Y, Sutton PL, Shakhbatyan R, Horii T, Yasunaga T, Barnwell JW, Escalante AA, Carlton JM, Tanabe K.
         Nat Genet. 2012 Aug 5;44(9):1051-5.
         
   • Global Health
     27. Global health. Global indicators and targets for noncommunicable diseases
         Angell SY, Danel I, DeCock KM.
         Science. 2012 Sep 21;337(6101):1456-7.
         
   • Health Communication and Education
     28. Public perceptions and preferences for patient notification after an unsafe injection
         Schneider AK, Brinsley-Rainisch KJ, Schaefer MK, Camilli T, Perz JF, Cochran RL.
         J Patient Saf. 2012 Sep 20.
         
   • Health Disparities
     29. Racial and ethnic health disparities among fifth-graders in three cities
         Schuster MA, Elliott MN, Kanouse DE, Wallander JL, Tortolero SR, Ratner JA, Klein DJ, Cuccaro PM, Davies SL, Banspach SW.
         N Engl J Med. 2012 Aug 23;367(8):735-45.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     30. Health care-associated infections studies project: an American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration case study 8
         Wright MO, Hebden JN, Allen-Bridson K, Morrell GC, Horan T.
         Am J Infect Control. 2012 Sep;40(7):670-1.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     31. State-level projections of cancer-related medical care costs: 2010 to 2020
         Trogdon JG, Tangka FK, Ekwueme DU, Guy GP, Nwaise I, Orenstein D.
         Am J Manag Care. 2012 Sep;18(9):525-32.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     32. Safety of seasonal influenza and influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccines in pregnancy
         Moro PL, Tepper NK, Grohskopf LA, Vellozzi C, Broder K.
         Expert Rev Vaccines. 2012 Aug;11(8):911-21.
         
     33. Improving influenza vaccines
         Sambhara S, Rappuoli R.
         Expert Rev Vaccines. 2012 Aug;11(8):871-2.
         
     34. The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for invasive pneumococcal disease in Alaska Native children: results of a clinical trial
         Singleton R, Wenger J, Klejka JA, Bulkow LR, Thompson A, Sarkozy D, Emini EA, Gruber WC, Scott DA.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Sep 20.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     35. A review of traumatic brain injury trauma center visits meeting physiologic criteria from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention field triage guidelines
         Pearson WS, Ovalle F, Faul M, Sasser SM.
         Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012 Jul-Sep;16(3):323-8.
         
     36. Commentary on subgroup analysis in intervention research: opportunities for the public health approach to violence prevention
         Haegerich TM, Massetti GM.
         Prev Sci. 2012 Sep 21.
         
     37. Feasibility study of social media to reduce intimate partner violence among gay men in metro Atlanta, Georgia
         Strasser SM, Smith M, Pendrick-Denney D, Boos-Beddington S, Chen K, McCarty F.
         West J Emerg Med. 2012 Aug;13(3):298-304.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     38. Evaluation of ricinine, a ricin biomarker, from a non-lethal castor bean ingestion
         Hamelin EI, Johnson RC, Osterloh JD, Howard DJ, Thomas JD.
         J Anal Toxicol. 2012 Sep 26.
         
     39. Variable expression of O:61 in Salmonella group C2
         Mikoleit M, Van Duyne MS, Halpin J, McGlinchey B, Fields PI.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Sep 26.
         
     40. Morphological characterization of carbon nanofiber aerosol using tandem mobility and aerodynamic size measurements
         Deye GJ, Kulkarni P, Ku BK.
         J Nanopart Res. 2012 Sep;14(9).
         
     41. Identification of a G8P[14] rotavirus isolate obtained from a Taiwanese child: evidence for a relationship with bovine rotaviruses
         Wu FT, Banyai K, Wu HS, Yang DC, Lin JS, Hsiung CA, Huang YC, Hwang KP, Jiang B, Gentsch JR.
         Jpn J Infect Dis. 2012 Sep;65(5):455-7.
         
     42. Carbon nanotubes enhance metastatic growth of lung carcinoma via up-regulation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells
         Shvedova AA, Tkach AV, Kisin ER, Khaliullin T, Stanley S, Gutkin DW, Star A, Chen Y, Shurin GV, Kagan VE, Shurin MR.
         Small. 2012 Sep 20.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     43. Public perception of birth defects terminology
         Mai CT, Petersen EE, Miller A.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Sep 27.
         
     44. Gestational diabetes and childhood obesity: what is the link?
         Kim SY, Sharma AJ, Callaghan WM.
         Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Sep 20.
         
     45. Trends and correlates of good perinatal outcomes in assisted reproductive technology
         Joshi N, Kissin D, Anderson JE, Session D, Macaluso M, Jamieson DJ.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Oct;120(4):843-51.
         
     46. Missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis infection in New York City
         Patel SJ, Klinger EJ, O'Toole D, Schillinger JA.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Oct;120(4):882-8.
         
     47. Levels of neonatal care
         Barfield WD, Papile LA, Baley JE, Benitz W, Cummings J, Carlo WA, Kumar P, Polin RA, Tan RC, Watterberg KL, Macones G, Jefferies AL, Mainous RO, Raju TN, Wang KS, Couto J.
         Pediatrics. 2012 September;130(3):587-597.
         
     48. Circumcision policy statement
         Blank S, Brady M, Buerk E, Carlo W, Diekema D, Freedman A, Maxwell L, Wegner S, LeBaron C, Atwood L, Craigo S, Flinn SK, Janowsky EC, Zimmerman EP.
         Pediatrics. 2012 September;130(3):585-586.
         
     49. Maternal HIV infection and vertical transmission of pathogenic bacteria
         Cutland CL, Schrag SJ, Zell ER, Kuwanda L, Buchmann E, Velaphi SC, Groome MJ, Adrian PV, Madhi SA.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Sep;130(3):e581-e590.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     50. Silicosis exposure-response in a cohort of tin miners comparing alternate exposure metrics
         Park RM, Chen W.
         Am J Ind Med. 2012 Sep 19.
         
     51. Maternal occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk of neural tube defect-affected pregnancies
         Langlois PH, Hoyt AT, Lupo PJ, Lawson CC, Waters MA, Desrosiers TA, Shaw GM, Romitti PA, Lammer EJ.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Sep;94(9):693-700.
         
     52. Action Learning: a new method to increase tractor rollover protective structure (ROPS) adoption
         Biddle EA, Keane PR.
         J Agromedicine. 2012 Oct;17(4):398-409.
         
     53. Long work hours and adiposity among police officers in a US northeast city
         Gu JK, Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Fekedulegn D, Sarkisian K, Andrew ME, Ma C, Violanti JM.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Sep 25.
         
     54. A road map toward a globally harmonized approach for occupational health surveillance and epidemiology in nanomaterial workers
         Riediker M, Schubauer-Berigan MK, Brouwer DH, Nelissen I, Koppen G, Frijns E, Clark KA, Hoeck J, Liou SH, Ho SF, Bergamaschi E, Gibson R.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Sep 19.
         
     55. Risk of leukaemia mortality from exposure to ionising radiation in US nuclear workers: a pooled case-control study
         Daniels RD, Bertke S, Waters KM, Schubauer-Berigan MK.
         Occup Environ Med. 2012 Sep 21.
         
     56. Selecting processes to minimize hexavalent chromium from stainless steel welding
         Keane M, Siert A, Stone S, Chen B, Slaven J, Cumpston A, Antonini J.
         Weld J. 2012 Sep;91(9):241S-246S.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     57. Schistosomiasis serology is valuable and reliable
         Wilkins PP, Keystone JS.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Sep 20.
         
   • Public Health Ethics
     58. Expected ethical competencies of public health professionals and graduate curricula in accredited schools of public health in North America
         Lee LM, Wright B, Semaan S.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     59. Condom type may influence sexual behavior and ejaculation and complicate the assessment of condom functionality
         Haddad L, Gallo MF, Jamieson DJ, Macaluso M.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct;86(4):391-6.
         
     60. When can a woman have an intrauterine device inserted? A systematic review
         Whiteman MK, Tyler CP, Folger SG, Gaffield ME, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Sep 17.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     61. Current tobacco use among adults in the United States: findings from the National Adult Tobacco Survey
         King BA, Dube SR, Tynan MA.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
         
   • Zoonoses
     62. Rabies: still a uniformly fatal disease? Historical occurrence, epidemiological trends, and paradigm shifts
         Feder HM, Petersen BW, Robertson KL, Rupprecht CE.
         Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2012 Aug;14(4):408-22.
         
     63. Unpredictable and difficult to control - the adolescence of West Nile virus
         Petersen LR, Fischer M.
         N Engl J Med. 2012 Sep 26.
         
     64. Outbreak of human Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to contact with baby poultry from a single agricultural feed store chain and mail-order hatchery, 2009
         Loharikar A, Vawter S, Warren K, Deasy M, Moll M, Sandt C, Gilhousen R, Villamil E, Rhorer A, Briere E, Schwensohn C, Trees E, Lafon P, Adams JK, Le B, Behravesh CB.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Sep 25.
         
   
   
3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.
   • MMWR in the Media
     65. Influenza A (H3N2) variant virus-related hospitalizations - Ohio, 2012
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Sep 28;61(38):764-7.
         
     66. Influenza vaccination coverage among health-care personnel - 2011-12 influenza season, United States
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Sep 28;61(38):753-7.
         
     67. Postvaccination serologic testing results for infants aged </=24 months exposed to hepatitis B virus at birth - United States, 2008-2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Sep 28;61(38):768-71.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     68. A trial of sugar-free or sugar-sweetened beverages and body weight in children
         de Ruyter JC, Olthof MR, Seidell JC, Katan MB.
         N Engl J Med. 2012 Sep 21.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     69. Prevalence, management, and control of hypertension among US workers: does occupation matter?
         Davila EP, Kuklina EV, Valderrama AL, Yoon PW, Rolle I, Nsubuga P.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Sep;54(9):1150-6.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     70. Deaths from secondhand smoke exposure in the United States: economic implications
         Max W, Sung HY, Shi Y.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Sep 20.
         
     71. Smoking in top-grossing US movies, 2011
         Glantz SA, Iaccopucci A, Titus K, Polansky JR.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 Sept;9.
         
   
   

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