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BMC Public Health

Issue 1/2003

Content (42 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Endemic cryptosporidiosis and exposure to municipal tap water in persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): A case-control study

Tomás J Aragón, Suzanne Novotny, Wayne Enanoria, Duc J Vugia, Asheena Khalakdina, Mitchell H Katz

Open Access Research article

Overweight and obesity in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors among medical students in Crete, Greece

George Bertsias, Ioannis Mammas, Manolis Linardakis, Anthony Kafatos

Open Access Research article

The study of reproductive outcome and the health of offspring of UK veterans of the Gulf war: methods and description of the study population

Noreen Maconochie, Pat Doyle, Graham Davies, Samantha Lewis, Margo Pelerin, Susan Prior, Patrick Sampson

Open Access Research article

Airborne rhinovirus detection and effect of ultraviolet irradiation on detection by a semi-nested RT-PCR assay

Theodore A Myatt, Sebastian L Johnston, Stephen Rudnick, Donald K Milton

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Attitudes of developing world physicians to where medical research is performed and reported

John Page, Richard F Heller, Scott Kinlay, Lynette L-Y Lim, Wang Qian, Zheng Suping, Supornchai Kongpatanakul, Murtaza Akhtar, Salah Khedr, William Macharia

Open Access Research article

Implementing guidelines in primary care: can population impact measures help?

Richard F Heller, Richard Edwards, Patrick McElduff

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Disability in young adults following major trauma: 5 year follow up of survivors

Sian A Evans, Mark C Airey, Susan M Chell, James B Connelly, Alan S Rigby, Alan Tennant

Open Access Research article

Breast cancer screening beliefs by practice location

Lisa M Santora, Martin C Mahoney, Silvana Lawvere, Jessica J Englert, Andrew B Symons, Amy L Mirand

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A comparison between the effort-reward imbalance and demand control models

Aleck S Ostry, Shona Kelly, Paul A Demers, Cameron Mustard, Clyde Hertzman

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Is drinking water a risk factor for endemic cryptosporidiosis? A case-control study in the immunocompetent general population of the San Francisco Bay Area

Asheena Khalakdina, Duc J Vugia, Joelle Nadle, Gretchen A Rothrock, John M Colford Jr

Open Access Research article

The Cornella Health Interview Survey Follow-Up (CHIS.FU) Study: design, methods, and response rate

Montse Garcia, Anna Schiaffino, Esteve Fernandez, Merce Marti, Esteve Salto, Gloria Perez, Merce Peris, Carme Borrell, F Javier Nieto, Josep Maria Borras

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A summertime peak of "winter vomiting disease": Surveillance of noroviruses in England and Wales, 1995 to 2002

Ben A Lopman, Mark Reacher, Chris Gallimore, Goutam K Adak, Jim J Gray, David WG Brown

Open Access Research article

Health and economic impact of HIV/AIDS on South African households: a cohort study

Max O Bachmann, Frederick LR Booysen

Open Access Research article

Explaining the de-prioritization of primary prevention: Physicians' perceptions of their role in the delivery of primary care

Amy L Mirand, Gregory P Beehler, Christina L Kuo, Martin C Mahoney

Open Access Research article

Effects of Greek orthodox christian church fasting on serum lipids and obesity

Katerina O Sarri, Nikolaos E Tzanakis, Manolis K Linardakis, George D Mamalakis, Anthony G Kafatos

Open Access Research article

Womens' opinions on antenatal care in developing countries: results of a study in Cuba, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Argentina

Gustavo Nigenda, Ana Langer, Chusri Kuchaisit, Mariana Romero, Georgina Rojas, Muneera Al-Osimy, José Villar, Jo Garcia, Yagob Al-Mazrou, Hassan Ba'aqeel, Guillermo Carroli, Ubaldo Farnot, Pisake Lumbiganon, José Belizán, Per Bergsjo, Leiv Bakketeig, Gunilla Lindmark

Open Access Research article

Awareness of vaccination status and its predictors among working people in Switzerland

Chung-Yol Lee, Claudine Naguel, Danielle Gyurech, Nicole Duvoisin, Julian Schilling

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Attitudes of healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals regarding smallpox vaccination

W Katherine Yih, Tracy A Lieu, Virginia H Rêgo, Megan A O'Brien, David K Shay, Deborah S Yokoe, Richard Platt

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Heterogeneity in regional notification patterns and its impact on aggregate national case notification data: the example of measles in Italy

John R Williams, Piero Manfredi, Alisa R Butler, Marta Ciofi degli Atti, Stefania Salmaso

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Risks of serious complications and death from smallpox vaccination: A systematic review of the United States experience, 1963–1968

Tomás J Aragón, Skylar Ulrich, Susan Fernyak, George W Rutherford

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Filipina American women's breast cancer knowledge, attitudes, and screening behaviors

Celine M Ko, Georgia Robins Sadler, Lisa Ryujin, Adam Dong

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Breastfeeding practices in a cohort of inner-city women: the role of contraindications

Lucinda England, Ruth Brenner, Brinda Bhaskar, Bruce Simons-Morton, Abhik Das, Mary Revenis, Nitin Mehta, John Clemens

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Mortality after discharge from long-term psychiatric care in Scotland, 1977 – 94: a retrospective cohort study

Cameron Stark, Margaret MacLeod, David Hall, Fiona O'Brien, Anthony Pelosi

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An evaluation of completeness of tuberculosis notification in the United Kingdom

Jayshree Pillaye, Aileen Clarke

Open Access Study protocol

Epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors in Greece: aims, design and baseline characteristics of the ATTICA study

Christos Pitsavos, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Christina Chrysohoou, Christodoulos Stefanadis

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Current HIV/AIDS end-of-life care in sub-Saharan Africa: a survey of models, services, challenges and priorities

Richard Harding, Karen Stewart, Katherine Marconi, Joseph F O'Neill, Irene J Higginson

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Re-emerging syphilis: a detrended correspondence analysis of the behaviour of HIV positive and negative gay men

C Philip Wheater, Penny A Cook, Pete Clark, Qutub Syed, Mark A Bellis

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A study on cercarial dermatitis in Khuzestan province, south western Iran

Ali Farahnak, Mostafa Essalat

Open Access Study protocol

PRISM (Program of Resources, Information and Support for Mothers) Protocol for a community-randomised trial [ISRCTN03464021]

Judith Lumley, Rhonda Small, Stephanie Brown, Lyndsey Watson, Jane Gunn, Creina Mitchell, Wendy Dawson

Open Access Debate

Syringe access for the prevention of blood borne infections among injection drug users

Sharon Stancliff, Bruce Agins, Josiah D Rich, Scott Burris

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Household item ownership and self-rated health: material and psychosocial explanations

Hynek Pikhart, Martin Bobak, Richard Rose, Michael Marmot

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Risk factors for antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter spp. isolated from raw poultry meat in Switzerland

Ursula Ledergerber, Gertraud Regula, Roger Stephan, Jürg Danuser, Béatrice Bissig, Katharina DC Stärk

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An epidemiological study of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis among pupils in the peri-urban zone of Kumba town, Meme Division, Cameroon

Roger Moyou-Somo, Charles Kefie-Arrey, Georges Dreyfuss, Michel Dumas

Open Access Research article

Public opinion regarding earmarked cigarette tax in Taiwan

Yi-Wen Tsai, Lee-Lan Yen, Chung-Lin Yang, Pei-Fen Chen