Volume 17 / Number 1 Winter 1999

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY
OF NEW JERSEY (UMDNJ)

President
Stuart Cook, M.D.

Vice President for Government and Public Affairs
John C. Ekarius

Director, University Marketing Communications and Executive Editor
Barbara Hurley

HEALTHSTATE Editor
Eve Jacobs

Managing Editor
Mary Ann Littell

Senior Writer
Merry Sue Baum

Editorial Assistant
Mamie Hargrove

Photography Coordinator
Doris Delgado

Business Coordinator
Patricia Staley

Design
Bruce Danbrot/Graphic Design

Web Site Design
UMDNJ Media Resources Department

UMDNJ SCHOOLS:
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
UMDNJ - New Jersey Dental School
UMDNJ - Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
UMDNJ - School of Health Related Professions
UMDNJ - School of Nursing
UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
UMDNJ - School of Osteopathic Medicine
UMDNJ - School of Public Health

UMDNJ'S HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
AND CORE-AFFILIATED HOSPITALS:
UMDNJ - University Hospital, Newark
University Behavioral HealthCare
Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden
Kennedy Memorial Hospitals - University Medical Center, Stratford,
Cherry Hill, Washington Township
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick
University Health Plans
University HealthCare Corporation (UHC)

UMDNJ is a member of University Health System of New Jersey, a consortium of the University and its major teaching hospitals.



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The articles are not intended to give medical advice, which should be obtained directly from a health care professional.