...host-parasite-environn»>nt complex. Yet despite the advances in our understanding of its pathogenesis, caries continues to be a major public health problem. In the United States, nearly everyone sooner or later develops some caries ; it has been estimated that we now spend about...

...Decrease FOB. Amount POB. Amount Pos. Amount. 202 $3,721,000 177 $3,553,000 -25 -$168,OOO Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem In the United States, particularly in areas of poverty vhere local resources often are not adequate to provide essential...

...host-parasite-environment complex. Yet despite the advances in our understanding of its pathogenesis, caries continues to be a major public health problem. In the United States, nearly everyone sooner or later develops some caries; it has been estimated that we now spend about...

...cerebrovascular mortality in the past 30 years, stroke remains the third leading cause of death and continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. The direct health-care costs of stroke were estimated to be approximately $3.3 billion annually in...

...Health Department, The Ollie M. Goodloe Health Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA I. INTRODUCTION Gonorrhoea continues to be a major public health problem. In the United States, between January and October 1984, there were 675000 cases reported. In an effort to identify gonococcal...

...HTLV-III antibody testing. Centers for Disease Control Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) AIDS continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. From December 1984 to December 1985, the number of reported cases increased from 7,641 to over 16,039,...

...because it is the obvious that we take most for granted and forget first. Tragically breast cancer continues to be a major public health problem in the United States and other western countries. Among women in the United States more new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed...

...limiting exposure to environmental tobacco smoke indoors and limiting youth access to tobacco. Tobacco use continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. Tobacco use is the leading cause or preventable death accounting for over 487,000 deaths annually in...

...Greenlund KJ, Johnson C, Wattigney W, Bao W, Webber LS, Berenson GS. Cigarette smoking among adolescents continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. Smoking trends from 1976-1977 to 19921994 were examined in the Bogalusa Heart Study, an investigation...

...National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2005. The President has made his top priority the safety...percent of the transportation injuries. Even with the significant progress that is being made, motor vehicle crashes continue to be the leading cause of...