Lois A Fingerhut
Biographic Data
| ID | 83880 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lois A Fingerhut |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lois A |
| FAMILY NAME | Fingerhut |
| SIGNATURE | FINGERHUT L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Center for Health Statistics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Addressing the Growing Burden of Trauma and Injury in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
In “Addressing the Growing Burden of Trauma and Injury in Low- and Middle-Income Countries,” Hofman et al. report on a meeting sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).1 The article acknowledges some work by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) but neglects to acknowledge an international activity sponsored by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and cofunded by NIH’s National Institute of Child Health and H…
Injuries at Work in the US Adult Population: Contributions to the Total Injury Burden
Objectives. We estimated the contribution of nonfatal work-related injuries on the injury burden among working-age adults (aged 18–64 years) in the United States. Methods. We used the 1997–1999 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to estimate injury rates and proportions of work-related vs non–work-related injuries. Results. An estimated 19.4 million medically treated injuries occurred annually to working-age adults (11.7 episodes per 100 pers…
Firearm-Related Death and Injury among Children and Adolescents
As the articles in this journal issue show, gun violence affects children and youth in many ways: psychologically, emotionally, financially, and legally. But first and foremost, gun violence affects children's physical safety. Therefore, this issue opens with an overview of the physical toll that firearms exact upon children and youth, reviewing the incidence of firearm-related injury and death among Americans under age 20. This article analyzes …
Mortality among minority populations in the United States
Mortality among minority populations in the United States. L A Fingerhut, and D M MaKucCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.82.8.1168 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Race, Place, and Risk: Black Homicide in Urban America
Smoking before, during, and after pregnancy
We report the first national data on smoking before, during, and after pregnancy. Estimates are based on the 1986 Linked Telephone Survey that reinterviewed 1,550 White women 20-44 years of age who were respondents to the 1985 National Health Interview Survey. An estimated 39 percent of White women who had smoked before pregnancy quit smoking while pregnant (27 percent when they found out they were pregnant and 12 percent later during pregnancy).…
Mortality among children and youth
Mortality among children and youth. L A Fingerhut, and J C KleinmanCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.7.899 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Smoking before, during, and after pregnancy
We report the first national data on smoking before, during, and after pregnancy. Estimates are based on the 1986 Linked Telephone Survey that reinterviewed 1,550 White women 20-44 years of age who were respondents to the 1985 National Health Interview Survey. An estimated 39 percent of White women who had smoked before pregnancy quit smoking while pregnant (27 percent when they found out they were pregnant and 12 percent later during pregnancy).…
Injuries at Work in the US Adult Population: Contributions to the Total Injury Burden
Objectives. We estimated the contribution of nonfatal work-related injuries on the injury burden among working-age adults (aged 18–64 years) in the United States. Methods. We used the 1997–1999 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to estimate injury rates and proportions of work-related vs non–work-related injuries. Results. An estimated 19.4 million medically treated injuries occurred annually to working-age adults (11.7 episodes per 100 pers…
Mortality among minority populations in the United States
Mortality among minority populations in the United States. L A Fingerhut, and D M MaKucCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.82.8.1168 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Firearm-Related Death and Injury among Children and Adolescents
As the articles in this journal issue show, gun violence affects children and youth in many ways: psychologically, emotionally, financially, and legally. But first and foremost, gun violence affects children's physical safety. Therefore, this issue opens with an overview of the physical toll that firearms exact upon children and youth, reviewing the incidence of firearm-related injury and death among Americans under age 20. This article analyzes …
Mortality among children and youth
Mortality among children and youth. L A Fingerhut, and J C KleinmanCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.7.899 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Mortality among children and youth
Mortality among children and youth. L A Fingerhut, and J C KleinmanCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.79.7.899 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Smoking before, during, and after pregnancy
We report the first national data on smoking before, during, and after pregnancy. Estimates are based on the 1986 Linked Telephone Survey that reinterviewed 1,550 White women 20-44 years of age who were respondents to the 1985 National Health Interview Survey. An estimated 39 percent of White women who had smoked before pregnancy quit smoking while pregnant (27 percent when they found out they were pregnant and 12 percent later during pregnancy).…
Mortality among minority populations in the United States
Mortality among minority populations in the United States. L A Fingerhut, and D M MaKucCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.82.8.1168 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Race, Place, and Risk: Black Homicide in Urban America
Firearm-Related Death and Injury among Children and Adolescents
As the articles in this journal issue show, gun violence affects children and youth in many ways: psychologically, emotionally, financially, and legally. But first and foremost, gun violence affects children's physical safety. Therefore, this issue opens with an overview of the physical toll that firearms exact upon children and youth, reviewing the incidence of firearm-related injury and death among Americans under age 20. This article analyzes …
Addressing the Growing Burden of Trauma and Injury in Low- And Middle-Income Countries
In “Addressing the Growing Burden of Trauma and Injury in Low- and Middle-Income Countries,” Hofman et al. report on a meeting sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).1 The article acknowledges some work by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) but neglects to acknowledge an international activity sponsored by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and cofunded by NIH’s National Institute of Child Health and H…
Injuries at Work in the US Adult Population: Contributions to the Total Injury Burden
Objectives. We estimated the contribution of nonfatal work-related injuries on the injury burden among working-age adults (aged 18–64 years) in the United States. Methods. We used the 1997–1999 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to estimate injury rates and proportions of work-related vs non–work-related injuries. Results. An estimated 19.4 million medically treated injuries occurred annually to working-age adults (11.7 episodes per 100 pers…
Medicine (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Suicide prevention (4 works) · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (3 works) · Injury prevention (3 works)