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CUMULATIVE INDEX JANUARY 1997 THROUGH DECEMBER 1997 Entries shown in bold are longer, more comprehensive articles. Page Issue | Page Issue | Page Issue Advertising: air pollution 43 Jun97; 10 Feb 97 Health Care, Policy (cont.): benefits to consumers Apr 97 | education, children 15 April 97 | 14, 18, 34 Mar 97 claims of manufacturers Jan 97 | global warmins 16 Dec 97 managed care, understanding 10Dec 97 Air Travel: ‘greenhouse effect,’ benefits of..16 Dec 97 medicare HMO marketing Jan 97 airport security measures Jul 19 Jun 97 | national health waiting lists Nov 96 barriers to competition Feb pollution standards 3 Sep - over-the-counter drug labels ... 28 Jun 97 crash risk Jul 6, 20 Aug 97; 43 Apr privacy of health records Apr 97 privatizing air-traffic control Dec recycling 1 4 Sep uninsured children Jun 97 Art associations Nov Eyewear | Highways: Automobiles: | Food and Nutrition: privatizing Jun 97 Jul agency accreditation of foods.. 21 state highway tolls Apr 97 air bag effectiveness ..43 Nov 97; 10Jan animal foods & nutrition Home: alternative fuel vehicles Oct aspartame, no link to cancer health hazards— antilock brake systems Mar colorful foods and health radon, asbestos, lead Aug 97 bumper tesis, luxury cars Sep distilled water risks thermostats Sep 97 bumper tests, small cars Oct eating disorders water heating Jan 97 bumper tests, vans Feb eating with all senses winterizing your house Dec 97 caring for your car's appearance..34 Jun fatty foods and ‘sin taxes’ | Investments: ‘clunker’ laws 15 Feb fat-free food myths privatized social security Mar convertibles, choosing .. Apr fat substituies 8 savings bonds, cashing ............. . Feb do it yourself repairs Jan foodborne illness..6 Sep 97; 8, 25 IRS, waste and inefficiency May driver behavior Sep food labels & advisories edia: driver’s ed effectiveness Mar ABC and Food Lion ..38 Oct 97; 43 Feb driving risks Oct food safety Women’s magazines and bias ... 35 Feb drowsiness at the wheel May food safety after a disaster Motion picture ratings Monthly emissions, old vs. new cars Jul food shopping | Product endorsement, charities. 10 Jul emissions test tips Apr fruit & vegetable consumption Regulation: engine design Feb lycopene, benefits of CPSC year-end review Dec fuel economy ratings Nov medical foods inducing death 3 Aug fuel injectors nutritional labeling ... milk prices ............... 33 Aug 97; 26 Feb insurance reform protein in the diet | Risk: leasing Monthly | balancing risk Jan new brake systems religious certification Apr 97 | basic risk tips Dec old vs. new cars salted/smoked/preserved meats.. 41 Dec 97 | better safe, than sorry?............. Sep safety information, comparing... wholegrains 8 Jul 97 | cost of regulating minor risks .... 34 Aug 9 safety experience: | Fraud: counteracting reduction efforts... May crash, injury, theft magazine subscription scams.. 22 Sep 97 | of air travel Jul driver death rates Free Markets: of cancer from EMFs Aug speed limits & safety technology and progress Jul 97 Oct SUV insurance rates .... | Gardening: of injury from children’s toys Feb used car buying lawn care Jul 97 of innovative drugs 34 Nov used car retailers Monthly of regulatory costs Aug useful items for the glovebox Health and Fitness: of routine mammograms, policy.. 34 Mar weight differentials in crashes air pollution Feb 97 strange risk trivia 33 Jun Banking: asthma rates Feb 97 | transferring risk to others ........... 34 Jul bankruptcy asthma treatment tips Apr 97 Safety: Cable TV: breast implants Jan 97 airport security measures Jul competition with satellite cancer, improved treatment .... Sep 97 lightning safety Jul inter-industry competition cartilage injury repair Feb speed limits & safety .... Sep Charities: colorful foods and health May sports safety Jul product endorsements dental diseases & treatments... Feb warning label overkill May dentist, choosing Mar weight differentials in car crashes.. 6 Ju! Salvation Army dieting, low-fat myths . Oct | Scholarships 2 Dec tips for giving eating disorders Sep Science: Computers: electromagnetic fields Aug federal science funding Oct 5 buying on the Internet exercise machines Dec misuse of ....10, 20 Aug 97; 15, 43 Apr glitches Jul 14, 35 Jan Internet and privacy fluoride, effects on health May social cost of ‘junk’ science... 36, 43 Apr Internet providers foodborne iliness Aug Sports stadiums, financing Nov Internet scams Gulf War Syndrome Apr 24 May 97; 20 Jan Internet transactions . health hazards: ‘sin taxes’ on fatty foods 34 maintenance radon, asbestos, lead Aug | Technology upgrading tips homeopathic care 4 April 97; 22 Jan and funding Credit marijuana, medicinal uses May and progress check cards medical foods Jul Television: credit report rules poison ivy Aug buying and maintaining a set... 23 Deregulation: sports safety Jul program ratings systems electricity travelers’ diarrhea .. Feb satellite TV 40 Apr 97; 10 national parks ..... tropical diseases May set standards 6 privatizing highways vegetarianism Oct | Trimming long-distance phone bills.. 7 Economic barometers Health Care, Policy: | Washing symbols 2 Energy conservation, myths autopsies, importance of Sep Environment: blood supply safety May Consumers’ Research is available on 35 mm positive microfilm from University Microfilms Inc., 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106. For a braille edition, contact a Regional Library for the Blind, or call (202) 707-5100. Consumers’ Research is abstracted and indexed in Academic Abstracts, Magazine Article Summaries, Periodical Abstracts, and Health Source—(800) 653-2726. CR is also indexed in Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature and in the quarterly Consumers Index, Pierian Press, Box 1808, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106. 42 Consumers’ Research