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| Mark V RubertoneSummaryAffiliation: Walter Reed Army Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Trends in overweight and obesity among 18-year-old applicants to the United States military, 1993-2006Lucy L Hsu
Army Medical Surveillance Activity, U S Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA
J Adolesc Health 41:610-2. 2007..The prevalence of overweight increased from 22.8% in 1993 to 27.1% in 2006, and obesity increased from 2.8% to 6.8%. We conclude the U.S. military is recruiting from an increasingly overweight population...
The Defense Medical Surveillance System and the Department of Defense serum repository: glimpses of the future of public health surveillanceMark V Rubertone
Army Medical Surveillance Activity, Directorate of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Am J Public Health 92:1900-4. 2002..Recent applications of the DMSS and DoDSR provide glimpses of the capabilities and uses of comprehensive public health surveillance systems...
Comparing the population health impacts of medical conditions using routinely collected health care utilization data: nature and sources of variabilityJohn F Brundage
Army Medical Surveillance Activity, Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Directorate, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Mil Med 171:937-42. 2006..The findings are relevant to prevention planning and resourcing...
Comprehensive systematic surveillance for adverse effects of anthrax vaccine adsorbed, US Armed Forces, 1998-2000Jeffrey L Lange
Army Medical Surveillance Activity, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Building T-20, Room 213 (Attn: MCHB-TS-EDM, 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA
Vaccine 21:1620-8. 2003..This surveillance suggests that Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed has few, if any, clinically significant adverse effects...
Analysis of adverse events after anthrax immunization in US Army medical personnelGlenn M Wasserman
Preventive Medicine Department, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
J Occup Environ Med 45:222-33. 2003..Our findings suggest that AVA is relatively reactogenic but do not indicate serious adverse health effects due to immunization...
Timing and completeness of routine testing for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 among active duty members of the U.S. Armed ForcesMichael J Silverberg
Army Medical Surveillance Activity, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA
Mil Med 168:160-4. 2003..The results of this analysis may inform the planning and conduct of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 prevention programs as well as deployment-related or other surveillance activities...
Serum IgG antibody response to the protective antigen (PA) of Bacillus anthracis induced by anthrax vaccine adsorbed (AVA) among U.S. military personnelDarrell E Singer
Division of Retrovirology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Military HIV Research Program, Rockville, MD, USA
Vaccine 26:869-73. 2008..95 microg/mL and 45.5%, respectively. The forth dose elicited 100% seroconversion compared to the pre-immunization level. These results should facilitate comparison between different immunization schedules and new vaccines...
Temporal relationship between elevation of epstein-barr virus antibody titers and initial onset of neurological symptoms in multiple sclerosisLynn I Levin
Division of Preventive Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
JAMA 293:2496-500. 2005..0; 95% CI, 1.3-6.5; EBNA-1: RR, 3.0; 95% CI, 1.2-7.3). No association was found between cytomegalovirus antibodies and MS. CONCLUSION: These results suggest an age-dependent relationship between EBV infection and development of MS...
Development of autoantibodies before the clinical onset of systemic lupus erythematosusMelissa R Arbuckle
Arthritis and Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
N Engl J Med 349:1526-33. 2003..Furthermore, the appearance of autoantibodies in patients with SLE tends to follow a predictable course, with a progressive accumulation of specific autoantibodies before the onset of SLE, while patients are still asymptomatic...
Genetic variation in the inhibin pathway and risk of testicular germ cell tumorsMark P Purdue
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Res 68:3043-8. 2008..89-2.99; TT: OR, 4.54; 95% CI 2.00-10.3; P(trend) = 0.0008). We found no evidence of association with variants in the other investigated genes. These findings suggest that genetic variation in the INHA locus influences TGCT development...
