An epidemiological study was conducted to determine the geographical variations in stroke mortality among three U.S. areas. They were Savannah, Georgia (high stroke rates), Hagerstown, Maryland (intermediate stroke rates) and Pueblo, Colorado (low stroke rates). In each area samples were drawn of the population in the 35--54 age group. The subjects were interviewed and examined to obtain the information required on medical conditions and/or living habits which would characterize each area. A brief medical and family history, as well as demographic and personal data, were obtained by interview. The medical examination included blood pressure, ECG, blood and urine chemistry, height and weight. In all three cities the response rate in the final sample selected was 90% (2,375 individuals) interviewed and 74% (1.939 individuals) examined.

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Three-area epidemiological study of geographic differences in stroke mortality. II. Results.

An epidemiological study was conducted of geographic differences in stroke mortality between the following areas within the United States; Savannah, Georgia (high stroke rates), Hagerstown, Maryland (intermediate stroke rates) and Pueblo, Colorado (low stroke rates). Population samples 35--54 years of age of the three cities were drawn for interview and examination to determine medical conditions and living habits of these populations. The population samples were compared with emphasis on possible risk factors for stroke: serum cholesterol and glucose tolerance test determinations, weight and height measurements, blood pressure and cigarette smoking. The gradient of increasing prevalence of stroke-related risk factors from low to intermediate to high for the three cities was present for blood pressure in black females and white males and for glucose tolerance tests in whites and nonwhites. No other consistent pattern of increasing prevalence of risk factors for stroke was evident.

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Low-level lead exposure affects latent learning in the rat.

Neonatal rats were administered intragastrically either lead acetate (50 mg Pb/kg-BW) or an equal molar solution of sodium acetate at days 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 postpartum. At 33 days of age, each animal began a training sequence to develop maze running skills. Animals within each treatment group, i.e., lead exposed (Pb), control vehicle (CV), and control nonhandled (CNH) were assigned randomly to either latent learning or open-field testing groups. The former individually explored a symmetrical maze while satiated; the latter were exposed to an apparatus devoid of barriers. All animals were then food deprived and appetitively tested in the latent learning maze. The Pb, CV, and CNH animals naive to the maze did not differ in maze performance. The CV and CNH animals that previously experienced the maze committed fewer errors than non-experienced counterparts. Pb treated animals showed no evidence of a positive transfer effect of their earlier experience.

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Common errors in tooth preparation.

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