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Research, visit the CDC web site at CDC.GOV, and investigate the risks associated with the handling of certain substances and chemicals that one encounters in their daily lives. Elizabeth W. Etheridge (1997), in an article appearing in the Journal of Environmental Health, said:

Among the 10 nationally notifiable infectious diseases that are most commonly reportable today, several were unknown in June 1946. The 10 most frequent nationally reportable infectious conditions in 1994 (the most recent year for which final data are available) were, in descending order, gonorrhea, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), salmonellosis, shigellosis, hepatitis a, tuberculosis, primary and secondary syphilis, Lyme disease, hepatitis B, and pertussis (5). Fifty years ago, AIDS and Lyme disease were unknown. "Infectious hepatitis" (subsequently identified as hepatitis a) had just been identified, and morbidity reports for this condition first appeared in 1947. In 1953, serum hepatitis (subsequently named hepatitis B) was recognized as a separate entity, although it was included in the general category of hepatitis until 1966, when infectious and serum hepatitis began to be reported separately. Other diseases reported on a weekly basis during 1946 included...

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16)." Managed care, that element of employer based and private policy health care can do more to contribute to the prevention and control of diseases by supporting routine physical check-ups, and especially by easing the restrictions that exist on health care access to primary care physicians. The spread of new and preventable disease must be contained, regardless of the cost in doing so.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Official web site, found online at CDC.GOV, retrieved 20 October 2008. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5002229582

Etheridge, E.W. (1997). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Journal of Environmental Health, 59(7), 16+. Retrieved October 22, 2008, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5002229582

Van Vugt, J.P. (Ed.). (1994). AIDS Prevention and Services: Community-Based Research. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey. Retrieved October 22, 2008, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=27273009

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008). Official web site, found online at CDC.GOV, retrieved 20 October 2008. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5002229582

Etheridge, E.W. (1997). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Journal of Environmental Health, 59(7), 16+. Retrieved October 22, 2008, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5002229582

Van Vugt, J.P. (Ed.). (1994). AIDS Prevention and Services: Community-Based Research. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey. Retrieved October 22, 2008, from Questia database: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=27273009
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