JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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To describe the case characteristics of a series of patients poisoned with carbon monoxide (CO) while boating for recreation. ⋯ Carbon monoxide poisoning is a serious hazard associated with recreational boating. The installation of CO detectors aboard boat types typically associated with this syndrome should be strongly encouraged.
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To evaluate long-term survival of black and white prostate cancer patients in an equal-access medical care system to help distinguish biological from medical and social explanations of mortality differences. ⋯ This analysis suggests that in an equal-access medical care system there are no stage-specific differences in treatment between black and white prostate cancer patients. Survival among blacks is similar to that among whites and may surpass it for high-stage disease.