O E Pitkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 6079325 |
|---|---|
| NAME | O E Pitkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | O E |
| FAMILY NAME | Pitkin |
| SIGNATURE | PITKIN O E |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Deinstitutionalized mentally retarded hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers in public school classes
Twenty-seven of 33 formerly institutionalized retarded HBsAg carriers exhibited behaviors which might facilitate viral transmission in classrooms where they had been placed with retarded susceptibles. Classroom conditions included lack of handwashing facilities and frequent failure to inform staff of the presence of such carriers in their classes. A serological survey of classroom contacts showed that 91% of never-institutionalized students, 86% …
Mentally retarded hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers in NYC public school classes
The placement of retarded children who have been institutionalized and are asymptomatic hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers into public school classes for the retarded has caused controversy and presented the New York City Health Department with an unusual medical-ethical dilemma. In this situation, the cost of interfering with deinstitutionalization, an important social advance, must be balanced against the benefit of controlling the unquantifi…
Mentally retarded hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers in NYC public school classes
The placement of retarded children who have been institutionalized and are asymptomatic hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers into public school classes for the retarded has caused controversy and presented the New York City Health Department with an unusual medical-ethical dilemma. In this situation, the cost of interfering with deinstitutionalization, an important social advance, must be balanced against the benefit of controlling the unquantifi…
Deinstitutionalized mentally retarded hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers in public school classes
Twenty-seven of 33 formerly institutionalized retarded HBsAg carriers exhibited behaviors which might facilitate viral transmission in classrooms where they had been placed with retarded susceptibles. Classroom conditions included lack of handwashing facilities and frequent failure to inform staff of the presence of such carriers in their classes. A serological survey of classroom contacts showed that 91% of never-institutionalized students, 86% …
Deinstitutionalized mentally retarded hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers in public school classes
Twenty-seven of 33 formerly institutionalized retarded HBsAg carriers exhibited behaviors which might facilitate viral transmission in classrooms where they had been placed with retarded susceptibles. Classroom conditions included lack of handwashing facilities and frequent failure to inform staff of the presence of such carriers in their classes. A serological survey of classroom contacts showed that 91% of never-institutionalized students, 86% …
Mentally retarded hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers in NYC public school classes
The placement of retarded children who have been institutionalized and are asymptomatic hepatitis-B surface antigen carriers into public school classes for the retarded has caused controversy and presented the New York City Health Department with an unusual medical-ethical dilemma. In this situation, the cost of interfering with deinstitutionalization, an important social advance, must be balanced against the benefit of controlling the unquantifi…
Family medicine (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Mentally retarded (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Antibody (1 works) · Asymptomatic (1 works) · Asymptomatic carrier (1 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Dilemma (1 works)