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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

GovernmentAtlanta, Georgia, United States
About: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a government organization based out in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 58238 authors who have published 82592 publications receiving 4405701 citations. The organization is also known as: CDC & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


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TL;DR: Physician-based counseling for physical activity is efficacious in producing short-term increases in moderate physical activity among previously sedentary patients.

580 citations

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TL;DR: The FFQ developed appears to be an acceptable tool for assessing the nutrient intakes in this population and further studies for calibration of the FFQ collected from multicenters participating in the KoGES are needed.
Abstract: Validation and reproducibility of food frequency questionnaire for Korean genome epidemiologic study

580 citations

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TL;DR: It is shown that HbAS provides significant protection against all-cause mortality, severe malarial anaemia, and high-density parasitaemia and this significant reduction in mortality was detected between the ages of 2 and 16 months, the highest risk period for severe malaria anaemia in this area.

579 citations

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TL;DR: A quantitative molecular diagnostic approach improved population-level and case-level characterisation of the causes of diarrhoea and indicated a high burden of disease associated with six pathogens, for which targeted treatment should be prioritised.

579 citations

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TL;DR: The proportion of Staphylococcus aureus isolates that were methicillin resistant (MRSA) increased from 35.9% in 1992 to 64.4% in 2003 for hospitals in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system.
Abstract: The proportion of Staphylococcus aureus isolates that were methicillin resistant (MRSA) increased from 35.9% in 1992 to 64.4% in 2003 for hospitals in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system. During the same period, there was a decrease in resistance rates for several non- beta -lactam drugs among the MRSA isolates.

577 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Graham A. Colditz2611542256034
David J. Hunter2131836207050
Bernard Rosner1901162147661
Richard Peto183683231434
Aaron R. Folsom1811118134044
Didier Raoult1733267153016
James F. Sallis169825144836
David R. Jacobs1651262113892
Steven N. Blair165879132929
Gordon J. Freeman164579105193
Dennis R. Burton16468390959
Rory Collins162489193407
Ali H. Mokdad156634160599
Caroline S. Fox155599138951
Paul Elliott153773103839
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Performance
Metrics
No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202327
2022254
20215,505
20205,426
20194,527
20184,344