In this study of a salmonellosis outbreak at a day care center an analysis of five variables revealed that the disease was transferred person to person or by a continuing common source. Successful preventive measures included instruction in proper handwashing and diaper changing procedures and isolation of the infected children. (VM)

Analyzed age, sex, and race specific multiple cause mortality data to examine changes in the pattern of conditions with which stroke is reported on the death certificate. Findings were consistent with a decline in the lethality of stroke and increases in its prevalence as an associated cause of death at advanced ages. (Author/ABB)

Presents two studies designed to examine the self-report of depressive symptoms in low back pain patients (N=134). Both studies found that patients were more likely to report somatic than cognitive symptoms of depression. Patients with multiple physical findings were not more likely to report somatic symptoms than patients with few physical…

France provides a model for the public-private-voluntary sector interaction with ventilator-dependent patients. The French regional associations are home ventilator care systems that have met the multiple needs of those concerned. (Author/CL)

Twenty-five leukemic children aged 6 to 10 years related significantly more stories that contained elements of preoccupation with threat to their body integrity and functioning than did 25 control children with nonfatal chronic illnesses. (Author)

Reviewed were treatment problems encountered in the care of 143 hydrocephalic children with ventriculocardiac shunts. (GW)

Services provided by the Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America, Inc. are briefly noted. (CB)