21st Century Collection Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - Comprehensive Collection from 1982 through ... Pollution (Core Federal Information Series)

This incredible CD-ROM provides a comprehensive collection of the electronic versions of the famous Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) produced by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), illustrated with color and B&W photography, charts, graphs, and statistics. They contain data on specific diseases as reported by state and territorial health departments and reports on infectious and chronic diseases, environmental hazards, natural or human-generated disasters, occupational diseases and injuries, and intentional and unintentional injuries. Also included are reports on topics of international interest and notices of events of interest to the public health community. Additional material: the CDC MMWR Recommendations and Reports 1990 through July 2002; CDC Surveillance Summaries 1983, 1986, 1988-1990, and 1993-July 2002; MMWR Supplements Issues 1985-1989 and 1999; and annual MMWR Summary of Notifiable Diseases, US, 1993 through 2000.

The documents are reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included. Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.

Some of the topics covered in this collection:

Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight Among Black and White Infants-United States, 1980-2000; Update: AIDS-United States 2000; Diagnosis and Reporting of HIV and AIDS in States with HIV/AIDS Surveillance-United States, 1994-2000; Information About Anthrax and Bioterrorism; Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Persons; Hysterectomy Surveillance-U.S. 1994-1999; Malaria Surveillance-US 2000; West Nile Virus Activity-US; Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities; Staphylococcus aureus Resistant to Vancomycin; Heat-Related Deaths-Four States July-August 2001 and United States, 1979-1999; Injuries and Deaths Among Children Left Unattended in or around Motor Vehicles-US July 2000-June 2001; Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Newport-US January-April 2002; Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication-Pakistan and Afghanistan January 2000-April 2002; Update: Rashes Among Schoolchildren-27 States, October 4, 2001-June 3, 2002; Cancer Death Rates-Appalachia, 1994-1998; Update: Influenza Activity-US and Worldwide, 2001-2002 Season; and Composition of the 2002-2003 Influenza Vaccine; Occupational Exposures to Air Contaminants at the World Trade Center Disaster Site-New York, September-October 2001; Trends in Cigarette Smoking Among High School Students-US, 1991-2001; Tropical Storm Allison Rapid Needs Assessment-Houston, Texas June 2001; Trends in Deaths from Systematic Lupus Erythematosus; Fixed Obstructive Lung Disease in Workers at a Microwave Popcorn Factory-Missouri, 2000-2002; Factors Associated with Pilot Fatalities in Work-Related Aircraft Crashes-Alaska, 1990-1999; Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality Rates-60 Largest US Cities, 1995-1998; Alcohol Use Among Women of Childbearing Age-US, 1991-1999; Suspected Cutaneous Anthrax in a Laboratory Worker-Texas 2002; Imported Dengue-US, 1999 and 2000; Cat-Scratch Disease in Children-Texas, September 2000-August 2001; Tularemia-US, 1990-2000; Variation in Homicide Risk During Infancy-US, 1989-1998; Health-Related Quality of Life-Puerto Rico, 1996-2000; Laboratory-Acquired Meningococcal Disease-US, 2000; Measles-US, 2000; State-Specific Mortality from Sudden Cardiac Death-US, 1999; Recent Trends in Mortality Rates for Four Major Cancers, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity-US, 1990-1998; Immunization Registry Use and Progress-US, 2001; Emergency Medical System Responses to Suicide-Related Calls-Maine, November 1999-October 2000; Lyme Disease-US, 2000; Rapid Assessment of Injuries Among Survivors of the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center-New York City, September 2001

MMWR Recommendations and Reports 1990 through July 2002 contain in-depth articles that relay policy statements for prevention and treatment on all areas in CDC's scope of responsibility (e.g., recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices). Just a few of the MMWR Recommendations and Reports: Guidelines for Preventing Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Persons-2002; Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2002; Progressing Toward Tuberculosis Elimination in Low-Incidence Areas of the United States; Guidelines for School Programs to Prevent Skin Cancer; Prevention and Control of Influenza; General Recommendations on Immunization.

CDC Surveillance Summaries 1983, 1986, 1988-1990, and 1993-July 2002 provide a means for CDC programs to disseminate surveillance findings, permitting detailed interpretation of trends and patterns based on those findings. Just a few of the CDC Surveillance Summaries: Hysterectomy Surveillance-US, 1994-1999; Malaria Surveillance-US, 2000; Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-US, 2001; Abortion Surveillance-US, 1998; Prevalence of Selected Maternal Behaviors and Experiences, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 1999; Surveillance for Asthma-US, 1980-1999.