JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION VOL. 99, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2007
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS
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A Qualitative Study of Physicians’ Engagement in Reducing Healthcare Disparities
Susanne K. Vanderbilt, BS; Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH;
Margaret Gadon, MD, MPH; and G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS
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Improving Access to Diabetes Care in an Inner-City, Community-Based Outpatient Health Center with a Monthly Open-Access, Multistation Group Visit Program
Gregory C. Vachon, MD; Ngozi Ezike, MD; Mary Brown-Walker, FNP; Vuthik Chhay, PAC; Irv Pikelny, RHIA; and
Trudy B. Pendergraft, MSPH
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Access to Care as a Predictor of Patients’ Knowledge of Cardiovascular Diseases
Cedric K. Dark, MD, MPH and Ugo A. Ezenkwele, MD, MPH
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Ambulatory Care for Cancer in the United States: Results from Two National Surveys Comparing Visits to Physicians’ Offices and Hospital Outpatient Departments
Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH and Florence K. Tangka, PhD
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Pilot Test of Cooperative Learning Format for Training Mental Health Researchers and Black Community Leaders in Partnership Skills
Danielle J. Laborde, PhD; Kristen Brannock, MPH; Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD; and Theodore Parrish, PhD
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Intraurban Influences on Physician Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices
Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, PhD; Alfred R. Ashford, MD; Rafael Lantigua, MD; Farida Hajiani, MBBS, MPH;
Rebeca Franco, MPH; Julia E. Heck, PhD; and Donald Gemson, MD (deceased)
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Jaundice in African-American and Hispanic Patients with AIDS
Abbasi J. Akhtar, MD, MRCP (UK) and Magda Shaheen, MD, PhD
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STD/HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behaviors and Substance Use among U.S. Rural Adolescents
Alice F. Yan, MD; Yu-Wen Chiu, MD, MSPH; Carolyn A. Stoesen, MA; and Min Qi Wang, PhD
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Urban African-American Males’ Perceptions of Condom Use, Gender and Power, and HIV/STD Prevention Program
Stephen B. Kennedy, MD, MPH; Sherry Nolen, AA; Jeffrey Applewhite; and Elizabeth Waiter, PhD
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Organ Failure Associated with Acute Pancreatitis in African-American and Hispanic Patients
Magda A. Shaheen, MD, PhD and Abbasi J. Akhtar, MD, MRCP (UK)
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Sinonasal Malignancies: A 10-Year Review in a Tertiary Health Institution
Ayotunde J. Fasunla, MBChB and Akeem O. Lasisi, FWACS
CASE REPORT
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A Child with Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade Due to Previously Unrecognized Hypothyroidism
Srinath Sanda, MD and Ron S. Newfield, MD
GUEST EDITORIAL
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HIV and Tuberculosis Coinfection: Inextricably Linked Liaison
Vincent Idemyor, PharmD
ENDOWED CHAIR SERIES
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Orlando C. Kirton, MD, FACS, FCCM, FCCP
Ludwig J. Pyrtek, MD, Chair in Surgery
Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
INFOPOEMS
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Tinidazole Is Effective Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis
Second-Line Antibiotics More Effective than First Line in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis
Dressing Choice Unimportant for Leg Ulcers
Apolipoprotein Levels No Better than Standard Methods to Evaluate CVD Risk
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Regarding Prognostic Factors in Typhoid IlealPerforation: A Prospective Study of 53 Cases
Dolapo Babalola, MD
Annual Indexes
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2007 Reviewer Index
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2007 Author Index
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2007 Subject Index
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NMA Presidents
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