Smoking, Care For Poor And US Flu Vaccine Policies
05/23/07
Research in New York Academy of Medicine's Journal of Urban Health
Research in New York Academy of Medicine's Journal of Urban Health
Bans on smoking at home may have greater influence on health status than those at work, according to a first-study-of-its kind study published in the May/June 2007 issue of The Journal of Urban Health (JUH), a bi-monthly publication of The New York Academy of Medicine. Also, a community's ethnic diversity can influence on a woman's decision to smoke during pregnancy, according to another study in this JUH issue, which also includes reports on how private hospitals have surpassed public hospitals in caring for Medicaid patients, as well as on the effect of 2004-2005 influenza vaccine shortage on minority groups.
Below are summaries of the four studies. Access to the full table of contents and the 11 peer-reviewed articles within can be found on the JUH web site at
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