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Health Risk Estimates for 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodloxln in Soil," Centers for Disease Control, Morbidity and Mortality, Weekly Report, 1984. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Progress toward elimination of Haemophilus influenzae type b invasive disease among infants and children—United States, 1998-2000. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 2002 51(RRll) 234-237. 

Most vaccines are administered in two- to four-shot series in order to elicit the best protection. Childhood and adult immunization schedules are revised frequently and published annually by the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Current immunization schedules can be found at www.cdc.gov/nip/. The childhood schedule is published in January and the adult schedule in October of each year. Recommendations will be published throughout the year in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) as new vaccines are licensed or new information necessitates a change in previous recommendations. 

Anonymous (2002) Multistate outbreaks of Salmonella serotype Poona infections associated with eating cantaloupe from Mexico - United States and Canada, 2000-2002 . MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, 51, 1044—1047. 

NIOSH. 1988b. NIOSH recommendations for occupational safety and health standards. Morbidity and mortality weekly report [supplement] Vol. 37 S-7. Atlanta, GA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Biological and Chemical Terrorism Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response. Recommendations of the CDC Strategic Planning Workgroup." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 49 (RR-4) (2000) 1-14. 

Case Management." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 53 (RR-8) (2004). 

In 2004 (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 53), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined that the risks of occupational exposure to biological terrorism agents outweighed the advantages of embalming fatalities and recommended that the body should be buried without embalming. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Medical Examiners, Coroners, and Biologic Terrorism A Guidebook for Surveillance and Case Management." Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 53 (No. RR-8) (2004). 

NIOSH. 1986. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Supplement 35 19S. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports . 

MMWR. 1988. Methemoglobinemia due to occupational exposure to dinitrobenzene Ohio 1986. Atlanta, GA Centers for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 37 353-355. 

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1981, 30, 138. Ramos, E., Food and Drug Admin., San Juan, Puerto Rico, personal communication, 1981. 

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 1980, 29, 610. Rotner, H., Union Hospital, Lynn, Massachusetts, personal communication, 1982. 

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2002a. Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Levels among Persons Aged > 65 years, United States, 2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 51(45) 1019-1024. 

Rates of Homicide, Suicide, and Firearm-Related Death among Children—26 Industrialized Countries. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 46, February 7, 1997, pp. lOlffi Concludes that the United States has by far the highest rates of child homicide, suicide, and firearms-related deaths among the industrialized nations. 

Miller D., V. Urdaneta, and A. Weltman (2002). Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—Pennsylvania, 2002. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 51 509. 

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Update alcohol-related traffic fatalities — United States, 1982-1993, Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep., 43, 861, 1994. 

There were four deaths in previously healthy women due to endometritis and toxic shock syndrome within 1 week after medically induced abortions with oral mifepristone 200 mg and vaginal misoprostol 800 micrograms in two cases Clostridium sordellii was found (19). Another similar case was reported in Canada in 2001. Endometritis and toxic shock syndrome associated with C. sordellii are rare. Of 10 cases identified by authors in the previous literature, eight occurred after the delivery of live-born infants, one after a medical abortion, and one was not associated with pregnancy. The cases produced an FDA alert with a Dear Health Care Provider letter from the manufacturer and publication of a Dispatch in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (20). 

Adverse Events Associated with Ingestion of Gamma-Butyrolac-tone Minnesota, New Mexico, and Texas, 1998-1999. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 48 (February 26, 1999) 137-140. 

MMWR. 1988. Preliminary report 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo -p-dioxin exposure to humans - Seveso, Italy. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 37(48) 733-736. 

Carvalho, N., Tomashek, N.K., Parashar, U., Powell, K., Mellinger-Birdsong, A. 2001. Severe malnutrition among young children - Georgia, January 1997-June 1999. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 50 (12) 224-227. 

Centers for Disease Control. Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate Use in New York and Texas, 1995-1996. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 46 (13) (April 4, 1997). 

Daley, W. (2006). Public health response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita—Louisiana, 2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 55(2), 29-30. 

Jablecki, J., Norton, S., Keller, R., DeGraw, C., Ratard, R., Straif-Bourgeois, S., et al. (2005). Infectious disease and dermatologic conditions in evacuees and rescue workers after Hurricane Katrina—multiple states, August-September, 2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 54(38), 961-964. 

Norris, R, Speier, A., Henderson, A., Davis, S., Purcell, D. W., Stratford, B. D., et al. (2006). Assessment of health-related needs after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita—Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, New Orleans Area, Louisiana, October 17-22, 2005. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 55(02), 38-41. 

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