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Monday, November 23, 2009

Measuring injury risk perceptions: feasibility of a Risk Estimation Scale.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To develop a scale for measuring parental perceptions of childhood injury risk. METHODS: The Worry Assessment and Risk Estimation (WARE) Scale was administered to 256 parents/guardians to examine reliability, factor structure, and ... Read more...


Investigation of a mumps outbreak among university students with two measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccinations, Virginia, September-December 2006.

29 Sep 2009 Following the clinical diagnosis of the first case of mumps on September 22, 2006 at the University of Virginia (UVA), 52 suspected cases were identified through active surveillance for mumps by the end of December 2006. Samples were collected from ... Read more...


Hepatitis C virus transmission in hemodialysis units: importance of infection control practices and aseptic technique.

30 Aug 2009 We investigated 4 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection outbreaks at hemodialysis units to identify practices associated with transmission. Apparent failures to follow recommended infection control precautions resulted in patient-to-patient HCV ... Read more...

 

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Descriptor UI: D014768

Alternative terms: Virginia;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.107.567.875.075.837; Z01.107.567.875.750.870;

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