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2010 National and State Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption by Sacks, Jeffrey J., MD, MPH, Gonzales, Katherine R., MPH, Bouchery, Ellen E., MS, Tomedi, Laura E., PhD, MPH, Brewer, Robert D., MD, MSPH

“…Introduction Excessive alcohol use cost the U.S. $223.5 billion in 2006. Given economic shifts in the U.S. since 2006, more-current estimates are needed to…”
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Economic Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption in the U.S., 2006 by Bouchery, Ellen E., MS, Harwood, Henrick J, Sacks, Jeffrey J., MD, MPH, Simon, Carol J., PhD, Brewer, Robert D., MD, MSPH

“…Background Excessive alcohol consumption causes premature death (average of 79,000 deaths annually); increased disease and injury; property damage from fire…”
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State Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption, 2006 by Sacks, Jeffrey J., MD, MPH, Roeber, Jim, MSPH, Bouchery, Ellen E., MS, Gonzales, Katherine, MPH, Chaloupka, Frank J., PhD, Brewer, Robert D., MD, MSPH

“…Background Excessive alcohol consumption is responsible for an average of 80,000 deaths in the U.S. each year and cost $223.5 billion ($1.90/drink) in 2006…”
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Validation of a surveillance case definition for arthritis by SACKS, JEFFREY J, HARROLD, LESLIE R, HELMICK, CHARLES G, GURWITZ, JERRY H, EMANI, SRINIVAS, YOOD, ROBERT A

“…OBJECTIVE: To assess whether self-reports of chronic joint symptoms or doctor-diagnosed arthritis can validly identify persons with clinically verifiable…”
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Alternative Methods for Defining Osteoarthritis and the Impact on Estimating Prevalence in a US Population‐Based Survey by Cisternas, Miriam G., Murphy, Louise, Sacks, Jeffrey J., Solomon, Daniel H., Pasta, David J., Helmick, Charles G.

“…Objective Provide a contemporary estimate of osteoarthritis (OA) by comparing the accuracy and prevalence of alternative definitions of OA. Methods The Medical…”
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Improving Estimates of Alcohol-Attributable Deaths in the United States: Impact of Adjusting for the Underreporting of Alcohol Consumption by Esser, Marissa B, Sherk, Adam, Subbaraman, Meenakshi Sabina, Martinez, Priscilla, Karriker-Jaffe, Katherine J, Sacks, Jeffrey J, Naimi, Timothy S

“…Self-reported alcohol consumption in U.S. public health surveys covers only 30%-60% of per capita alcohol sales, based on tax and shipment data. To estimate…”
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Distribution of Drinks Consumed by U.S. Adults by Average Daily Alcohol Consumption: A Comparison of 2 Nationwide Surveys by Esser, Marissa B., Sacks, Jeffrey J., Sherk, Adam, Karriker-Jaffe, Katherine J., Greenfield, Thomas K., Pierannunzi, Carol, Brewer, Robert D.

“…Estimates of alcohol consumption in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System are generally lower than those in other surveys of U.S. adults. This study…”
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Anxiety and depression among US adults with arthritis: Prevalence and correlates by Murphy, Louise B., Sacks, Jeffrey J., Brady, Teresa J., Hootman, Jennifer M., Chapman, Daniel P.

“…Objective There has been limited characterization of the burden of anxiety and depression, especially the former, among US adults with arthritis in the general…”
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Deaths from arthritis and other rheumatic conditions, United States, 1979-1998 by SACKS, Jeffrey J, HELMICK, Charles G, LANGMAID, Gary

“…OBJECTIVE: To analyze US trends in deaths from arthritis and other rheumatic conditions (AORC). METHODS: Multiple cause of death tapes from the National Center…”
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Prevalence of specific types of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the ambulatory health care system in the United States, 2001–2005 by Sacks, Jeffrey J., Luo, Yao‐Hua, Helmick, Charles G.

“…Objective To estimate the overall prevalence of medically‐treated arthritis and other rheumatic conditions (AORC) for adults, the prevalence of specific…”
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Co-occurrence of potentially preventable factors in 256 dog bite–related fatalities in the United States (2000–2009) by Patronek, Gary J, Sacks, Jeffrey J, Delise, Karen M, Cleary, Donald V, Marder, Amy R

“…Objective—To examine potentially preventable factors in human dog bite–related fatalities (DBRFs) on the basis of data from sources that were more complete,…”
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Incidence of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior in the United States, 1994 by Crosby, Alex E., Cheltenham, Mark P., Sacks, Jeffrey J.

“…Completed suicides reflect only a portion of the impact of suicidal behavior; sublethal behaviors cause morbidity and can signal treatable problems such as…”
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Where Have All the Patients Gone? Profile of US Adults Who Report Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis But Are Not Being Treated by Theis, Kristina A, Brady, Teresa J, Sacks, Jeffrey J

“…BACKGROUNDPatients only benefit from clinical management of arthritis if they are under the care of a physician or other health professional. OBJECTIVESWe…”
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Supporting self-management education for arthritis: Evidence from the Arthritis Conditions and Health Effects Survey on the influential role of health care providers by Murphy, Louise B, Theis, Kristina A, Brady, Teresa J, Sacks, Jeffrey J

“…Objective Self-management education programs are recommended for many chronic conditions. We studied which adults with arthritis received a health care…”
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Operationalizing Surveillance of Chronic Disease Self-Management and Self-Management Support by Brady, Teresa J, Sacks, Jeffrey J, Terrillion, Albert J, Colligan, Erin M

“…Sixty percent of US adults have at least one chronic condition, and more than 40% have multiple conditions. Self-management (SM) by the individual, along with…”
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Measuring Alcohol Outlet Density: An Overview of Strategies for Public Health Practitioners by Sacks, Jeffrey J., Brewer, Robert D., Mesnick, Jessica, Holt, James B., Zhang, Xingyou, Kanny, Dafna, Elder, Randy, Gruenewald, Paul J.

“…Excessive alcohol use is responsible for 88 000 deaths in the United States annually and cost the United States $249 billion in 2010. There is strong…”
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Arthritis Prevalence: Which Case Definition Should Be Used for Surveillance? Comment on the Article by Jafarzadeh and Felson by Murphy, Louise B., Sacks, Jeffrey J., Helmick, Charles G., Brady, Teresa J., Barbour, Kamil E., Hootman, Jennifer M., Boring, Michael A., Moss, Susan, Guglielmo, Dana, Theis, Kristina A.

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Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis: A Public Health Agenda by HELMICK, Charles G, SACKS, Jeffrey J, GELFAND, Joel M, BEBO, Bruce, LEE-HAN, Hyewon, BAIRD, Tiffany, BARTLETT, Chris

“…The current paper highlights the steps taken in collaboration with clinical, biomedical, and public health experts to begin developing a public health agenda…”
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Should people who have joint symptoms, but no diagnosis of arthritis from a doctor, be included in surveillance efforts? by Bolen, Julie, Helmick, Charles G., Sacks, Jeffrey J., Gizlice, Ziya, Potter, Catima

“…Objective In 2005, 27% of adults reported doctor‐diagnosed arthritis, and 14% reported chronic joint symptoms but no doctor‐diagnosed arthritis (i.e., possible…”
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Exposure to Suicide: Incidence and Association with Suicidal Ideation and Behavior: United States, 1994 by Crosby, Alex E., Sacks, Jeffrey J.

“…Exposure to the suicide of another is common, but the magnitude and effects of such exposure are not well quantified. From a national random telephone survey…”
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