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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Psychological distress in long-term survivors of adult-onset cancer: results from a national survey.

25 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: As advances in cancer screening and treatment increase the number of long-term cancer survivors, it is important to understand the long-term psychological sequelae of the cancer experience. METHODS: The 4636 respondents who identified ... Read more...

Use of the new World Health Organization child growth standards to describe longitudinal growth of breastfed rural Bangladeshi infants and young children.

30 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Although the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference has been widely used, in 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) released new standards for assessing growth of infants and children worldwide. OBJECTIVE: To assess and ... Read more...

Epidemiology of lifetime work-related eye injuries in the U.S. population associated with one or more lost days of work.

29 Apr 2009 PURPOSE: Eye injuries are one of the most common types of work-related injuries. This study examined the lifetime prevalence rate of eye injuries at work and associated factors in the general population of the United States. METHODS: The data from ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Psychological distress in long-term survivors of adult-onset cancer: results from a national survey. 25 Jul 2009
• Use of the new World Health Organization child growth standards to describe longitudinal growth of breastfed rural Bangladeshi infants and young children. 30 May 2009
• Epidemiology of lifetime work-related eye injuries in the U.S. population associated with one or more lost days of work. 29 Apr 2009
• Obstetricians' rising liability insurance premiums and inductions at late preterm gestations. 30 Mar 2009
• Wireless substitution: state-level estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-December 2007. 9 Mar 2009
• Prognostic accuracy of WHO growth standards to predict mortality in a large-scale nutritional program in Niger. Mar 2009
• Comparison of the new World Health Organization growth standards and the National Center for Health Statistics growth reference regarding mortality of malnourished children treated in a 2006 nutrition program in Niger. 30 Jan 2009
• Preparing for adulthood: health care transition counseling for youth with arthritis. 13 Jan 2009
• Implications of adopting the WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards: case study from urban South Africa, the Birth to Twenty cohort. 30 Dec 2008
• Analysis of glaucoma-related mortality in the United States using death certificate data. 30 Aug 2008
• The role of particle composition on the association between PM2.5 and mortality. 30 Aug 2008
• Trends in perinatal and infant health disparities between rural American Indians and Alaska natives and rural Whites. 11 Aug 2008
• Seasonal variation: mortality from pulmonary fibrosis is greatest in the winter. 6 Aug 2008
• Reported visual impairment and risk of suicide: the 1986-1996 national health interview surveys. 29 Jun 2008
• Death rates fall for 8 of 10 top causes; Alzheimer's up to no. 6. 29 Jun 2008
• Preliminary evidence for an emerging nonmetropolitan mortality penalty in the United States. 10 Jun 2008
• Ecologic analysis of asthma-related events and dispensing of inhaled corticosteroid- and salmeterol-containing products. 30 May 2008
• Comparison of estimates of under-nutrition for pre-school rural Pakistani children based on the WHO standard and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference. 25 May 2008
• The public-use National Health Interview Survey linked mortality files: methods of reidentification risk avoidance and comparative analysis. 21 May 2008
• Algorithms for converting estimates of child malnutrition based on the NCHS reference into estimates based on the WHO Child Growth Standards. 3 May 2008

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Technical information about 'National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)'

Definition: A center in the PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE which is primarily concerned with the collection, analysis, and dissemination of health statistics on vital events and health activities to reflect the health status of people, health needs, and health resources.

Descriptor UI: D009309

Alternative terms: National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.); National Center for Health Statistics; United States National Center for Health Statistics;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration;

Tree Number: I01.409.137.500.600.650.425; N03.540.348.500.500.600.650.425;

History Note: 91(82); was see under UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 1982-90

Technical Notes: add UNITED STATES (NIM); research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; DF: NCHS CATALOG: use NAF entry