OBJECTIVES To measure the prevalence and patterns of, and risk factors for, smoking and other tobacco use among Vietnamese men in Massachusetts (United States). METHODS Data were obtained via a telephone interview of 774 Vietnamese men in 1994. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey administered via telephone in 1994. SETTING Massachusetts, United States. SUBJECTS Randomly selected Vietnamese me...

I analyze a model of interest group influence on legislative voting through information transmission. The model shows how interest groups may craft different messages to target different winning coalitions in order to influence the outcome. If access to legislators is costly then interest groups prefer to coordinate with allied legislators by providing them with information that helps them to p...

This article examines the width and variety of contemporary maritime history - a concern Skip Fischer in his later years, which gives its title. Maritime can provide major template for understanding change, but it only achieve this by actively investigating multiple ways human beings relate to sea. The author listed 30 categories that would reflect possible diversity then coded all articles fou...

Abstract Good oral health in older patients is important for numerous reasons including facilitating fluid and nutritional intake, communication quality of life. It an essential component providing holistic care should be a daily requirement during hospital admission. Poor leads to adverse outcomes periodontitis, tooth loss, pneumonia cardiovascular disease. Frail, elderly those with dementia a...