in the past two years has presented a problem, because its infant life has become less safe. The factors which caused such a reduction of births after 1931 had little influence in the rich area; and it is in this area that the recovery in the number of births since 1934 has been most marked. These features may be partly due to the increasing population of the rich area, though it is not clear t...

2 Vilniaus universiteto Medicinos fakulteto Vidaus ligų, šeimos medicinos ir onkologijos klinika Nuo 2010 m. tarp suaugusiųjų ir paauglių išaugo elektroninių cigarečių vartojimas. Dauguma el. cigarečių vartotojų anksčiau yra rūkę tradicinius tabako gaminius. Didžioji dalis žmonių el. cigaretes suvokia kaip priemonę, padėsiančią mesti rūkyti ar sumažinti surūkomų įprastinių cigarečių kiekį. Elek...

To assess the cost of varicella in young children in France, a prospective study was done in day care centers. Children (1263), who were 3 months to 3 years old and attending day care, were followed over a varicella season. For every child who developed varicella (n = 200), detailed information was obtained by use of parental questionnaires. Questions concerned medical care, days missed from wo...

Any writer of an introduction to psychology is now faced with something of a dilemma. He can discuss fairly intensively certain basic problems and discoveries so as to make their nature clear to the ordinary reader, or he can make an all-embracing survey of the extensive field of modern psychology with illustrative reference to a landmark here and a signpost there. Dr. Boenheim has chosen the l...