This paper examines campaign communication of women who ran for the Pennsylvania State Assembly in 1996. The statements made their brochures were content analyzed to see if messages thiis medium similar those identified literature about female candidates' television advertising. Specifically issues, traits, and attacks mentioned examined. Differences between incumbents challengers, winners lose...

The pipeline from Pennsylvania dental education to Pennsylvania practice, rural practice, and low service area practice is described and analyzed. The article contends that pipeline development is an effective vehicle in meeting the public health mandate of ensuring access to dental care for all residents. Data from the American Dental Association served as the basis for addressing the two majo...

Seminal works on vascular plants in Pennsylvania include the Flora of Pennsylvania (Porter 1903), Wild Flowers of Western Pennsylvania and the Upper Ohio Basin (Jennings and Avinoff 1953), and Atlas of the Flora of Pennsylvania (Wherry et al. 1979). Given the age of Porter's work and the fact that Jennings and Avinoff's publication included only western Pennsylvania, the major reference work on...