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- Masters Public Health University of California, Berkeley
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- Relationship of physical health status and health practices. (1972) (1078)
- Health and Ways of Living: The Alameda County Study (1983) (532)
- Persistence of health habits and their relationship to mortality. (1980) (471)
- Measurement of physical health in a general population survey. (1971) (274)
- A quantitative approach to the World Health Organization definition of health: physical, mental and social well-being. (1972) (265)
- The lifetime health-monitoring program. A practical approach to preventive medicine. (1977) (221)
- Encyclopedia of Public Health (2002) (214)
- Air pollution and cancer. (1960) (184)
- From disease prevention to health promotion. (1999) (171)
- Social Ecological Strategies for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles (1996) (127)
- Mortality from coronary heart disease and physical activity of work in California. (1960) (126)
- Occupations and cigarette smoking as factors in lung cancer. (1954) (120)
- Mortality from coronary heart disease in California men who work long hours. (1960) (117)
- Health practices and disability: some evidence from Alameda County. (1993) (113)
- Health measurement in the third era of health. (2006) (106)
- Creating a robust public health infrastructure for physical activity promotion. (2007) (99)
- Health promotion programs sponsored by California employers. (1983) (91)
- Worksite health promotion: its evolution and the Johnson & Johnson experience. (1990) (85)
- A study of epidemiologic factors in carcinoma of the uterine cervix. (1958) (80)
- A Framework for Public Health in the United States (2010) (72)
- Lifestyle and reduced mortality among active California Mormons, 1980-2004. (2008) (68)
- Lung cancer mortality experience of men in certain occupations in California. (1960) (67)
- The relationship between vitamin C intake, general health practices, and mortality in Alameda County, California. (1986) (62)
- Risk factor intervention for health maintenance. (1978) (60)
- Symptoms of Depression among Blacks and Whites in an Urban Community (1981) (60)
- REPORT OF A TEN-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO LONGSHOREMEN: MORTALITY FROM CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND FROM ALL CAUSES. (1963) (55)
- The occupational-social class risks of cancer mortality in men (1960) (49)
- Studies on melanoma. The effect of pregnancy on survival in human melanoma. (1961) (49)
- Cancer of the lung and los‐angeles‐type air pollution. Prospective study (1967) (46)
- California's Proposition 99 on tobacco, and its impact. (1993) (43)
- Making Cancer Policy (1988) (42)
- Problems of aging. (1966) (40)
- Control of cigarette smoking from a public policy perspective. (1982) (40)
- SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF CERVICAL CYTOLOGY IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIF. (1964) (39)
- Public health aspects of weight control. (1952) (38)
- Death certificate statement of occupation: its usefulness in comparing mortalities. (1956) (37)
- Relationship of Amount of Cigarette Smoking to Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Rates in Men (1958) (37)
- Multiphasic screening of longshoremen with organized medical follow-up. (1952) (36)
- S.O.S. for a Billion: The Conquest of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (1995) (36)
- Development of a Health Risk Appraisal for the Elderly (HRA-E) (1997) (36)
- Health Status Measurement in the Evaluation of Health Promotion (1989) (35)
- A health promotion primer for the 1990s. (1990) (34)
- Prospects for improving health through reducing risk factors. (1978) (31)
- Excess lung‐cancer—mortality rates among mexican women in California (1957) (30)
- Prevention of chronic illness. (1956) (30)
- Perspectives: the third revolution in health. (2004) (30)
- Can health promotion programs save Medicare money? (2007) (28)
- Health practices and mortality risk. (1983) (28)
- Health Promotion in Later Life: It's Never Too Late (2007) (28)
- Progress and objectives in cancer control. (1988) (27)
- The maturing paradigm of public health. (1994) (26)
- Interviewing versus diary keeping in eliciting information in a morbidity survey. (1954) (25)
- Cancer control: implications from its history. (1977) (25)
- An epidemiological investigation of coronary heart disease in the California health survey population. (1957) (25)
- A policy assessment of preventive health practice. (1977) (23)
- Low-Income Women with Cervical Abnormalities: Individual and System Factors Affecting Follow-up (1995) (22)
- Fetal Echocardiographic Screening for Congenital Heart Disease: The Importance of the Four-Chamber View (1988) (22)
- Lifetime Health Monitoring Program (1979) (20)
- Health and race in California. (1971) (19)
- An historical review of multiphasic screening. (1973) (19)
- The future of public health: prospects in the United States for the 1990s. (1990) (18)
- Early case finding, treatment and mortality from cervix and breast cancer. (1972) (18)
- Report of NCI AD Hoc Working Group on the Gross and Net Benefits of Mammography in Mass Screening for the Detection of Breast Cancer (1977) (18)
- Curtailing antibiotic use in agriculture: it is time for action: this use contributes to bacterial resistance in humans. (2002) (18)
- Promoting adolescent health: worksite-based interventions with parents of adolescents. (2001) (18)
- Patterns of vitamin C intake from food and supplements: survey of an adult population in Alameda County, California. (1983) (17)
- Multiphasic screening examination, an extension of the mass screening technique. (1950) (17)
- Health effects of air pollution. (1958) (16)
- Industrial aspects of bronchiogenic neoplasms. (1955) (16)
- Research in a Strategy for Health Improvement (1973) (15)
- X-Rays: Health Effects of Common Exams (1985) (15)
- A positive strategy for the nation's health. (1979) (14)
- Social networks and mortality risk. (1983) (13)
- Setting objectives for public health. (1987) (13)
- Epidemiological Aspects of Air Pollution (1959) (13)
- Musings on sixty years in public health. (1998) (12)
- V. Periodic Health Examinations and Multiple Screening (1959) (12)
- Empowerment, Not Outreach: Serving the Health Promotion Needs of the Inner City (1992) (12)
- Multiphasic screening in California. (1955) (11)
- Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California (1965) (11)
- Height, weight, and mortality in a population of longshoremen. (1958) (11)
- Public health and managed care: a California perspective. (1996) (10)
- Why Health Promotion Lags Knowledge about Healthful Behavior (2001) (10)
- Trends in survival rates of cancer patients: Connecticut and California. (1961) (10)
- Validity of pathological diagnosis of breast cancer. (1960) (10)
- Behavioral factors in the health status of urban populations (1998) (8)
- Heart Disease Claims under the California Workmen's Compensation Act (1956) (8)
- Cigarette smoking and health. (1980) (7)
- Nonoperative treatment of meconium ileus equivalent. (1975) (7)
- Uses and limitations of the California Health Survey for studying the epidemiology of chronic disease. (1957) (7)
- Social origins of cardiopulmonary disease: The need for population-focussed prevention studies (1997) (6)
- The California Tumor Registry: a summary report on the cancer experience in 36 hospitals. (1957) (6)
- Special issue on health promotion among the elderly. (2000) (6)
- Disease Prevention Research at NIH: An Agenda for All. Workshop B: Health behaviors--predictors, mediators, and endpoints. (1994) (6)
- Introductory statement on screening for asymptomatic disease (1955) (6)
- Factors in coronary artery disease: cigarette smoking and exercise. (1958) (5)
- The California tumor registry. (1951) (5)
- Cancer Wars: How Politics Shapes What We Know and Don't Know About Cancer (1995) (5)
- Worksite hypertension programs: results of a survey of 424 California employers. (1983) (5)
- Introduction: Health Promotion Among the Elderly (2000) (5)
- Proposals for achieving more adequate health care for children and youth. (1970) (4)
- An Experience with Health Promotion in the Inner City (1996) (4)
- Epidemiologic considerations in breast cancer. (1964) (4)
- Occupational factors in lung cancer; a preliminary report. (1953) (4)
- Some sequels to the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health: thirty years later. (1996) (4)
- Response: Risk from Exposure to Asbestos (1986) (4)
- The crossing of the curves: tuberculosis and lung cancer. (1957) (4)
- A study of epidemiologic factors in carcinoma of the uterine cervix. (1958) (3)
- Hospital information system and patterns of cancer screening (1994) (3)
- Significance of workplace smoking. (1998) (3)
- Origins and development of the International Epidemiological Association. (2005) (3)
- New partnerships in the delivery of services--a public health view of the need. (1967) (3)
- A prevention strategy: toward health in the year 2000. (1985) (3)
- Commentary: On ‘public health aspects of weight control’ (2006) (3)
- The organization of personal health services. (2005) (3)
- Promoting Adolescent Health (2001) (3)
- TRENDS IN AIR POLLUTION HEALTH EFFECTS. (1964) (3)
- CANCER IN CALIFORNIA, 1942-56. (1964) (3)
- Trends in Health—Ecological Consequences for the Human Population (1985) (2)
- SURVEY METHODS IN GENERAL POPULATIONS. STUDIES IN A TOTAL COMMUNITY. ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. (1965) (2)
- Goals for California against cancer. (1966) (2)
- Physician-patient partnerships for lifelong health monitoring. (1984) (2)
- From cancer research to cancer control. (1983) (2)
- The challenge to health statistics in the eighties. (1981) (2)
- Getting key players to work together and defending against diversion‐California (1998) (2)
- The urgency of social action for health. (1970) (2)
- Prevention and control of chronic disease. V. Periodic health examination and multiple screening. (1959) (2)
- Parental and Familial Factors in the Acceptance of Diphtheria and Smallpox Immunization. (1943) (2)
- The health care system--maligned or malignant? (1971) (1)
- Changing patterns of medical care and support. (1966) (1)
- Getting key players to work together and defending against diversion--California. (1998) (1)
- An interview with Dr. Lester Breslow [interview by JoAna Stallworth and Jeffery L. Lennon]. (2003) (1)
- The changing role of county hospitals in California. (1967) (1)
- Scope and trends of cancer in the united states (1963) (1)
- A HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S ROLE IN THE CANCER PROGRAM. (1948) (1)
- The chronic disease study of the California Department of Public Health. (1949) (1)
- Benefits and limitations of health monitoring. (1979) (1)
- Public health aspects of weight control. 1952. (2006) (1)
- The California morbidity survey; a progress report. (1956) (1)
- Public health and epidemiology (2007) (1)
- Political jurisdictions, voluntarism, and health planning. (1968) (1)
- Radiation risks of mammography: another view. (1976) (1)
- Chronic disease in the modern public health program. (1947) (1)
- Role of the American Public Health Association in the decade ahead. (1968) (1)
- The organization of personal health services. 1972. (1972) (1)
- Leprosy in California. (1968) (1)
- The epidemiologist looks at smog. (1955) (1)
- The treatment and control of tuberculosis in California. Propsective beneficial effects of Medicare and Medi-Cal. (1967) (0)
- Air pollution medical research conference. Over-view. (1967) (0)
- Personal Health Maintenance Physician-Patient Partnerships for Lifelong Health Monitoring (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- New Resources and New Alliances for Schools of Public Health (1973) (0)
- Some new relationships Medical Care and Health Education (2007) (0)
- Medical care and public health in California. (1966) (0)
- A reply to dr. Kahn. (1971) (0)
- Standards for changing practice in abortion. (1971) (0)
- Annual Review of Public Health (1984) (0)
- Epidemiologic and biometric manpower for cancer: report of a meeting. (1976) (0)
- “The frequency distribution of episodes of rheumatoid arthritis as shown by periodic examination,” by Beall and Cobb (1961) (0)
- The physical health of the aged. The public health problem. (1968) (0)
- Chronic Illness: National Health Forum (1956) (0)
- CALIFORNIA'S PLAN FOR THE STUDY AND CONTROL OF MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES. (1947) (0)
- A conversation with Lester Breslow. (2005) (0)
- Introductory Remarks—Conference on Epidemiologic Approaches to Cancer Etiology (1965) (0)
- Community medicine in California. University of California, Los Angeles. (1973) (0)
- Letter from Lester Breslow to Edward M. Kennedy (1976) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Health Affairs Care : A California Perspective Perspective : Public Health And Managed (0)
- Science, Stress, and Health. (1983) (0)
- The on-again, off-again campaigns for national health insurance. (1990) (0)
- Epidemiology of cancer. (1961) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Encyclopedia of public health 2002 (2013) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Response : Risk from Exposure to Asbestos (1986) (0)
- Letter To The Editor (1970) (0)
- Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention (1997) (0)
- DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER-Reply (1960) (0)
- Book ReviewExercise Testing and Training (1983) (0)
- Public health report. (1966) (0)
- A measles immunization campaign. (1966) (0)
- PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS TODAY AND TOMORROW. (1964) (0)
- The Medical Care of the Aged and Chronically Ill (1956) (0)
- The role of the local health department in medical care. (1962) (0)
- Cancer epidemiology--implications for control. (1963) (0)
- Testimony of Lester Breslow, M.D., M.P.H. for U. S. Senate Subcommittee on Health on Basic Issues in Biomedical Research (1976) (0)
- Studies on melanoma; the effect of pregnancy in human melanoma (1961) (0)
- Closing the Gap: The Burden of Unnecessary Illness; Guide to Clinical Preventive Services (1990) (0)
- The Action Board. Report of the Chairman to the Governing Council, 1970. (1971) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Proceedings: New resources and new alliances for schools of public health. (1973) (0)
- PARENTAL AND FAMILIAL FACTORS IN THE ACCEPTANCE OP DIPHTHERIA AND SMALLPOX IMMUNIZATION (1959) (0)
- Relationship ofAmountofCigarette Smoking to Coronary HeartDisease Mortality RatesinMen (1958) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Public health report. (1966) (0)
- The role of universities in personal health improvement. (1982) (0)
- Lifetime health monitoring program. Part 2. (1979) (0)
- Public health report. (1966) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- E. Richard weinerman, m.d. (1970) (0)
- ENVIRONMENTAL CARCINOGENESIS. (1964) (0)
- Epidemiology of cancer (1961) (0)
- E. Richard Weinerman, M.D. (1970) (0)
- Aging and community health programs. (1954) (0)
- Current Therapy 1950 (1950) (0)
- Public assistance medical care: Areas of needed research and an annotated bibliography (1960) (0)
- A Worksite Parenting Program That Works (2011) (0)
- 9. Causal Inference * (0)
- Annual review of public health. Vol. 1. (1980) (0)
- Trends in Cancer Incidence (1983) (0)
- Screening for Cancer (1987) (0)
- Health Sen-tecs Administration: Policy Cases and the Case Method (1969) (0)
- The human population laboratory: history concepts methods. (1983) (0)
- Public health report. (1966) (0)
- Medical care and health education. (1968) (0)
- Health indexes for medico-economics. (1982) (0)
- Public health report. (1967) (0)
- Letter from Lester Breslow to Joshua Lederberg (1980) (0)
- Letter From the Chairmen of the Working Groups to the Deputy Director, National Cancer Institute (1977) (0)
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