Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Jul 2000
The relative importance of social versus commercial sources in youth access to tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
Youth substance use began to increase in 1992 following a decade-long decline, leading to increased interest in controlling access to tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. ⋯ Because substances are easily accessible through social sources, prevention policies directed at retail outlets may not have the desired effect on reducing teen smoking and drinking. Greater attention to reducing access to all substances from social sources is needed.
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Preventive medicine · Jul 2000
Comparative StudyRisk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in young adults from a biracial community: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
Since type 2 diabetes has a strong familial component, characteristics of young adult offspring of type 2 diabetics were examined in a community sample to determine early abnormalities in black and white persons at risk. ⋯ The risk factors of young adults with parental type 2 diabetes or conditions of impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes can be detected early. These observations have implications for early prevention and intervention, especially for blacks.