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Lowering the drinking age is unlikely to curb college binge drinking
by Susan Hinton | Dec 10, 2010 | Article
Although presidents at some U.S. colleges have argued that lowering the minimum legal drinking age could help curb binge drinking on campuses, a new study in the January issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs suggests such a measure would be ineffective....
Highlights from SETAC 2010: Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Global Climate Change
by Pierre Goovaerts, Ph.D. | Nov 15, 2010 | Article
The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) is a non-profit, worldwide professional society comprised of individuals and institutions engaged in: 1) the study, analysis, and solution of environmental problems, 2) the management and regulation of...
The small numbers problem Part 1: What you see is not necessarily what you get
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Nov 4, 2010 | Learn with BioMedware
The ability to quickly create maps of health outcomes such as cancer incidence and mortality in counties, census areas and even Zip codes is now available through websites and data portals. (See for example Atlasplus, State Cancer Profiles, and Cardiovascular Disease,...

