Publications by authors named "C A Doms"
Although forecasts and other mathematical models have the potential to play an important role in mitigating the impact of infectious disease outbreaks, the extent to which these tools are used in public health decision making in the United States is unclear. Throughout 2015, we invited public health practitioners belonging to three national public health organizations to complete a cross-sectional survey containing questions on model awareness, model use, and communication with modelers. Of 39 respondents, 46.
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- The study investigates the impact of maternal alcohol consumption during breastfeeding on child development outcomes.
- It compares children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), typically developing children, and their mothers, finding notable differences linked to maternal drinking habits.
- Results indicate that mothers who drank while breastfeeding had children who were lighter, had lower verbal IQ scores, and were significantly more likely (6.4 times) to have FASD compared to mothers who abstained from alcohol.
Previous studies have examined the bibliographic accuracy of citations in medical journals. The purpose of this study was to assess reference accuracy in five national dental journals. One hundred references were randomly selected from the March, 1987, issue of each of five dental journals (a total of 500 references).
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