Issue 1/2007
Content (359 Articles)
Effects of backpacking holidays in Australia on alcohol, tobacco and drug use of UK residents
Mark A Bellis, Karen E Hughes, Paul Dillon, Jan Copeland, Peter Gates
Anthropometric measures and nutritional status in a healthy elderly population
Sergio Sánchez-García, Carmen García-Peña, María Ximena Duque-López, Teresa Juárez-Cedillo, Alma Rosa Cortés-Núñez, Sandra Reyes-Beaman
Tobacco use among students aged 13–15 years in Greece: the GYTS project
Athina Kyrlesi, Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Charles W Warren, Jeni Kremastinou, Panagiotis Papastergiou, Nathan R Jones, Christos Hadjichristodoulou
Application of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) infusions in palliative home care: design of a randomized clinical trial
Sandra Beijer, Erik van Rossum, Pierre S Hupperets, Cor Spreeuwenberg, Marieke van den Beuken, Ron A Winkens, Lisette Ars, Ben E van den Borne, Alexander de Graeff, Pieter C Dagnelie
Use of tobacco and alcohol by Swiss primary care physicians: a cross-sectional survey
Paul Sebo, Martine Bouvier Gallacchi, Catherine Goehring, Beat Künzi, Patrick A Bovier
Prevention, control, and elimination of neglected diseases in the Americas: Pathways to integrated, inter-programmatic, inter-sectoral action for health and development
John C Holveck, John P Ehrenberg, Steven K Ault, Rocio Rojas, Javier Vasquez, Maria Teresa Cerqueira, Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, Miguel A Genovese, Mirta Roses Periago
Can current national surveillance systems in England and Wales monitor sexual transmission of hepatitis C among HIV-infected men who have sex with men?
Sarah Dougan, M Adekoyejo Balogun, Jonathan Elford, Lisa J Brant, Katy Sinka, Barry G Evans, Mary E Ramsay
Using European travellers as an early alert to detect emerging pathogens in countries with limited laboratory resources
Philippe J Guerin, Rebecca Freeman Grais, John Arne Rottingen, Alain Jacques Valleron
Appropriate interventions for the prevention and management of self-harm: a qualitative exploration of service-users' views
Megan Hume, Stephen Platt
Morbidity and related factors among elderly people in South Korea: results from the Ansan Geriatric (AGE) cohort study
Eun-kyung Woo, Changsu Han, Sangmee Ahn Jo, Min Kyu Park, Sungsoo Kim, Eunkyung Kim, Moon Ho Park, Juyoung Lee, Inho Jo
Commentary: improving the health of neglected populations in Latin America
Carlos Franco-Paredes, Danielle Jones, Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales, José Ignacio Santos-Preciado
Factors influencing identification of and response to intimate partner violence: a survey of physicians and nurses
Iris Gutmanis, Charlene Beynon, Leslie Tutty, C Nadine Wathen, Harriet L MacMillan
Community uptake of safe storage boxes to reduce self-poisoning from pesticides in rural Sri Lanka
Flemming Konradsen, Ravi Pieris, Manjula Weerasinghe, Wim van der Hoek, Michael Eddleston, Andrew H Dawson
'Issues of equity are also issues of rights': Lessons from experiences in Southern Africa
Leslie London
The HIKCUPS trial: a multi-site randomized controlled trial of a combined physical activity skill-development and dietary modification program in overweight and obese children
Rachel A Jones, Anthony D Okely, Clare E Collins, Philip J Morgan, Julie R Steele, Janet M Warren, Louise A Baur, Dylan P Cliff, Tracy Burrows, Jane Cleary
Patterns in sedentary and exercise behaviors and associations with overweight in 9–14-year-old boys and girls - a cross-sectional study.
Saskia J te Velde, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Inga Thorsdottir, Mette Rasmussen, Maria Hagströmer, Knut-Inge Klepp, Johannes Brug
High prevalence of respiratory symptoms among workers in the development section of a manually operated coal mine in a developing country: A cross sectional study
Simon HD Mamuya, Magne Bråtveit, Yohana Mashalla, Bente E Moen
Knowledge, perceived stigma, and care-seeking experiences for sexually transmitted infections: a qualitative study from the perspective of public clinic attendees in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Monica Malta, Francisco I Bastos, Steffanie A Strathdee, Shayna D Cunnigham, Jose Henrique Pilotto, Deanna Kerrigan
Persistent problems of access to appropriate, affordable TB services in rural China: experiences of different socio-economic groups
Tuohong Zhang, Shenglan Tang, Gao Jun, Margaret Whitehead
A semi-qualitative study of attitudes to vaccinating adolescents against human papillomavirus without parental consent
Loretta Brabin, Stephen A Roberts, Henry C Kitchener
Correlates of depressive symptoms among Latino and Non-Latino White adolescents: Findings from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey
Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Maren Bredehorst, Nadia Khelaifat, Claudia Maier, Annette E Maxwell
A qualitative investigation into knowledge, beliefs, and practices surrounding mastitis in sub-Saharan Africa: what implications for vertical transmission of HIV?
Manuela De Allegri, Malabika Sarker, Jennifer Hofmann, Mamadou Sanon, Thomas Böhler
Socio-economic and lifestyle factors associated with overweight in Flemish adult men and women
Nathalie Duvigneaud, Katrien Wijndaele, Lynn Matton, Peter Deriemaeker, Renaat Philippaerts, Johan Lefevre, Martine Thomis, William Duquet
Are computer and cell phone use associated with body mass index and overweight? A population study among twin adolescents
Hanna-Reetta Lajunen, Anna Keski-Rahkonen, Lea Pulkkinen, Richard J Rose, Aila Rissanen, Jaakko Kaprio
Health and working conditions of pregnant women working inside and outside the home in Mexico City
Laura del Pilar Torres-Arreola, Patricia Constantino-Casas, Juan Pablo Villa-Barragán, Svetlana Vladislavovna Doubova
The New Zealand Asthma and Allergy Cohort Study (NZA2CS): Assembly, Demographics and Investigations
Michael J Epton, George I Town, Tristram Ingham, Kristin Wickens, David Fishwick, Julian Crane
Mental health of immigrants from the former Soviet Bloc: a future problem for primary health care in the enlarged European Union? A cross-sectional study
Yulia Blomstedt, Sven-Erik Johansson, Jan Sundquist
Changing trend of caries from 1989 to 2004 among 12-year old Sardinian children
Guglielmo Campus, Gianluca Sacco, MariaGrazia Cagetti, Silvio Abati
Smoking, cessation and expenditure in low income Chinese: cross sectional survey
Therese Hesketh, Li Lu, Ye Xue Jun, Wang Hong Mei
Adverse childhood experiences and mental health in young adults: a longitudinal survey
Elizabeth A Schilling, Robert H Aseltine Jr, Susan Gore
Cocaine- and opiate-related fatal overdose in New York City, 1990–2000
Kyle T Bernstein, Angela Bucciarelli, Tinka Markham Piper, Charles Gross, Ken Tardiff, Sandro Galea
Infection by the hepatitis C virus in chronic renal failure patients undergoing hemodialysis in Mato Grosso state, central Brazil: a cohort study
Marcelo AM Santos, Francisco JD Souto
Sociodemographic characteristics and diabetes predict invalid self-reported non-smoking in a population-based study of U.S. adults
Monica A Fisher, George W Taylor, Brent J Shelton, Sara M Debanne
Experimental based experiences with the introduction of a water safety plan for a multi-located university clinic and its efficacy according to WHO recommendations
Alexander Dyck, Martin Exner, Axel Kramer
Nitrite inhalant use among young gay and bisexual men in Vancouver during a period of increasing HIV incidence
Thomas M Lampinen, Kelly Mattheis, Keith Chan, Robert S Hogg
Does a self-referral counselling program reach doctors in need of help? A comparison with the general Norwegian doctor workforce
Karin E Isaksson Rø, Tore Gude, Olaf G Aasland
Influence of geocoding quality on environmental exposure assessment of children living near high traffic roads
Paul A Zandbergen
The presence of a booster phenomenon among contacts of active pulmonary tuberculosis cases: a retrospective cohort
Cristiane G Salles, Antonio Ruffino-Netto, Jose R Lapa-e-Silva, Afranio L Kritski, Michelle Cailleaux-Cesar, Fernanda C Queiroz-Mello, Marcus B Conde
Stroke risk perception among participants of a stroke awareness campaign
Klaus Kraywinkel, Jan Heidrich, Peter U Heuschmann, Markus Wagner, Klaus Berger
Description of industrial pollution in Spain
Javier García-Pérez, Elena Boldo, Rebeca Ramis, Marina Pollán, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Nuria Aragonés, Gonzalo López-Abente
Folic acid fortification and public health: Report on threshold doses above which unmetabolised folic acid appear in serum
Mary Rose Sweeney, Joseph McPartlin, John Scott
Parents' champions vs. vested interests: Who do parents believe about MMR? A qualitative study
Shona Hilton, Mark Petticrew, Kate Hunt
Improving return-to-work after childbirth: design of the Mom@Work study, a randomised controlled trial and cohort study
Suzanne GM Stomp-van den Berg, Mireille NM van Poppel, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, David J Bruinvels, Kimi Uegaki, Martine C de Bruijne, Willem van Mechelen
Challenges in defining an optimal approach to formula-based allocations of public health funds in the United States
James W Buehler, David R Holtgrave
Sickness absence poses a threat to the Swedish Welfare State: a cross-sectional study of sickness absence and self-reported illness
Jan Sundquist, Ahmad Al-Windi, Sven-Erik Johansson, Kristina Sundquist
The effects of alcohol consumption, psychological distress and smoking status on emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia
Devon Indig, Margo Eyeson-Annan, Jan Copeland, Katherine M Conigrave
Potential cost savings with terrestrial rabies control
Sergio Recuenco, Bryan Cherry, Millicent Eidson
Influenza pandemic: perception of risk and individual precautions in a general population. Cross sectional study
Ivar S Kristiansen, Peder A Halvorsen, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen
Are passive smoking, air pollution and obesity a greater mortality risk than major radiation incidents?
Jim T Smith
Acute hepatitis C virus infection assessment among chronic hemodialysis patients in the Southwest Parana State, Brazil
Maricea Engel, Fernanda M Malta, Michele MS Gomes, Isabel MVGC Mello, João RR Pinho, Suzane K Ono-Nita, Flair J Carrilho
Higher prevalence of smoking and lower BMI, waist circumference, cholesterol and triacylglyceride levels in Prague's homeless compared to a majority of the Czech population
Dana Kubisová, Věra Adámková, Věra Lánská, Pavel Dlouhý, Jolana Rambousková, Michal Anděl
The effect of different public health interventions on longevity, morbidity, and years of healthy life
Paula Diehr, Ann Derleth, Liming Cai, Anne B Newman
European citizens' use of E-health services: A study of seven countries
Hege K Andreassen, Maria M Bujnowska-Fedak, Catherine E Chronaki, Roxana C Dumitru, Iveta Pudule, Silvina Santana, Henning Voss, Rolf Wynn
Early sexual maturation, central adiposity and subsequent overweight in late adolescence. A four-year follow-up of 1605 adolescent Norwegian boys and girls: the Young HUNT study
Grete H Bratberg, Tom IL Nilsen, Turid L Holmen, Lars J Vatten
Self-reported drinking and driving amongst educated adults in Spain: The "Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra" (SUN) cohort findings
Maria Segui-Gomez, Silvia Palma, Francisco Guillen-Grima, Jokin de Irala, Miguel A Martinez-Gonzalez
Changes of the prescription of hormone therapy in menopausal women: An observational study in Taiwan
Weng-Foung Huang, Yi-Wen Tsai, Fei-Yuan Hsiao, Wen-Chun Liu
Breast cancer knowledge, attitudes, and screening behaviors among African American women: the Black cosmetologists promoting health program
Georgia R Sadler, Celine M Ko, Jennifer A Cohn, Monique White, Rai-nesha Weldon, Phillis Wu
Prevalence and risk factors for HIV-1 infection in rural Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania: Implications for prevention and treatment
Elia J Mmbaga, Akhtar Hussain, Germana H Leyna, Kagoma S Mnyika, Noel E Sam, Knut-Inge Klepp
Analysis of health care and actual needs of patients with psoriasis: a survey on the Italian population
Emma Altobelli, Mara Maccarone, Reimondo Petrocelli, Ciro Marziliano, Alberto Giannetti, Ketty Peris, Sergio Chimenti
Associations between sexual behaviour change in young people and decline in HIV prevalence in Zambia
Ingvild F Sandøy, Charles Michelo, Seter Siziya, Knut Fylkesnes
Eurythmy therapy in chronic disease: a four-year prospective cohort study
Harald J Hamre, Claudia M Witt, Anja Glockmann, Renatus Ziegler, Stefan N Willich, Helmut Kiene
A descriptive study of mastitis in Australian breastfeeding women: incidence and determinants
Lisa H Amir, Della A Forster, Judith Lumley, Helen McLachlan
Gender distribution of adult patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Southern Africa: a systematic review
Adamson S Muula, Thabale J Ngulube, Seter Siziya, Cecilia M Makupe, Eric Umar, Hans Walter Prozesky, Charles S Wiysonge, Ronald H Mataya
Vitamin D inadequacy in Belgian postmenopausal osteoporotic women
Audrey Neuprez, Olivier Bruyère, Julien Collette, Jean-Yves Reginster
Smoking among pregnant women in Cantabria (Spain): trend and determinants of smoking cessation
Silvia Palma, Rocio Pérez-Iglesias, Rosa Pardo-Crespo, Javier Llorca, Marcial Mariscal, Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez
Inequity in the provision of and access to palliative care for cancer patients. Results from the Italian survey of the dying of cancer (ISDOC)
Monica Beccaro, Massimo Costantini, Domenico Franco Merlo
Advantages and disadvantages of an objective selection process for early intervention in employees at risk for sickness absence
Saskia FA Duijts, IJmert Kant, Gerard MH Swaen
Intermediate care at a community hospital as an alternative to prolonged general hospital care for elderly patients: a randomised controlled trial
Helge Garåsen, Rolf Windspoll, Roar Johnsen
Measuring the neighbourhood using UK benefits data: a multilevel analysis of mental health status
David L Fone, Keith Lloyd, Frank D Dunstan
Hyperendemic pulmonary tuberculosis in peri-urban areas of Karachi, Pakistan
Saeed Akhtar, Franklin White, Rumina Hasan, Shafquat Rozi, Mohammad Younus, Faiza Ahmed, Sara Husain, Bilquis Sana Khan
Attitudes towards prisoners, as reported by prison inmates, prison employees and college students
Ellen Kjelsberg, Tom Hilding Skoglund, Aase-Bente Rustad
Contextual socioeconomic determinants of cardiovascular risk factors in rural south-west China: a multilevel analysis
Cai Le, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Alan Geater
Marital status and mortality among Japanese men and women: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study
Ai Ikeda, Hiroyasu Iso, Hideaki Toyoshima, Yoshihisa Fujino, Tetsuya Mizoue, Takesumi Yoshimura, Yutaka Inaba, Akiko Tamakoshi
The effectiveness of adding cognitive behavioural therapy aimed at changing lifestyle to managed diabetes care for patients with type 2 diabetes: design of a randomised controlled trial
Laura MC Welschen, Patricia van Oppen, Jacqueline M Dekker, Lex M Bouter, Wim AB Stalman, Giel Nijpels
A new national smokefree law increased calls to a national quitline
Nick Wilson, Gabriel Sertsou, Richard Edwards, George Thomson, Michele Grigg, Judy Li
Early intervention of multiple home visits to prevent childhood obesity in a disadvantaged population: a home-based randomised controlled trial (Healthy Beginnings Trial)
Li Ming Wen, Louise A Baur, Chris Rissel, Karen Wardle, Garth Alperstein, Judy M Simpson
Referral patterns of children with poor growth in primary health care
Floor K Grote, Wilma Oostdijk, Sabine MPF De Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Friedo W Dekker, Paula van Dommelen, Stef van Buuren, Adry M Lodder-van der Kooij, Paul H Verkerk, Jan Maarten Wit
Equity in health and healthcare in Malawi: analysis of trends
Eyob Zere, Matshidiso Moeti, Joses Kirigia, Takondwa Mwase, Edward Kataika
Reproductive health of male Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War
Helen L Kelsall, Malcolm R Sim, Jillian F Ikin, Andrew B Forbes, Dean P McKenzie, Deborah C Glass, Peter Ittak
The association of self-esteem, depression and body satisfaction with obesity among Turkish adolescents
Dilek Ozmen, Erol Ozmen, Dilek Ergin, Aynur Cakmakci Cetinkaya, Nesrin Sen, Pinar Erbay Dundar, E Oryal Taskin
Prevalence of maternal smoking and environmental tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy and impact on birth weight: retrospective study using Millennium Cohort
Corinne Ward, Sarah Lewis, Tim Coleman
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a state funded programme for control of severe asthma
Rosana Franco, Andreia C Santos, Harrison F do Nascimento, Carolina Souza-Machado, Eduardo Ponte, Adelmir Souza-Machado, Sebastião Loureiro, Maurício L Barreto, Laura C Rodrigues, Alvaro A Cruz
The metrics and correlates of physician migration from Africa
Onyebuchi A Arah
Costs of a successful public-private partnership for TB control in an urban setting in Nepal
Deepak K Karki, Tolib N Mirzoev, Andrew T Green, James N Newell, Sushil C Baral
National smokefree law in New Zealand improves air quality inside bars, pubs and restaurants
Nick Wilson, Richard Edwards, Anthony Maher, Jenny Näthe, Rafed Jalali
Parents' attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccination for their children. A survey comparing paper and web questionnaires, Sweden 2005
Eva Dannetun, Anders Tegnell, Johan Giesecke
Adolescent survey non-response and later risk of death. A prospective cohort study of 78 609 persons with 11-year follow-up
Ville M Mattila, Jari Parkkari, Arja Rimpelä
Communication and marketing as tools to cultivate the public's health: a proposed "people and places" framework
Edward W Maibach, Lorien C Abroms, Mark Marosits
Factors influencing the spatial extent of mobile source air pollution impacts: a meta-analysis
Ying Zhou, Jonathan I Levy
Erratum to: psychometric evaluation of a short measure of social capital at work
Anne Kouvonen, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera, Tuula Oksanen, Marko Elovainio, Tom Cox, Marianna Virtanen, Jaana Pentti, Sara J Cox, Richard G Wilkinson
An ecological study of regional variation in work injuries among young workers
F Curtis Breslin, Peter Smith, James R Dunn
Designing and conducting tabletop exercises to assess public health preparedness for manmade and naturally occurring biological threats
David J Dausey, James W Buehler, Nicole Lurie
Population mortality during the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Toronto
Stephen W Hwang, Angela M Cheung, Rahim Moineddin, Chaim M Bell
Family joint activities in a cross-national perspective
Apolinaras Zaborskis, Nida Zemaitiene, Ina Borup, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Carmen Moreno
Interventions for increasing chlamydia screening in primary care: a review
Samitha Ginige, Christopher K Fairley, Jane S Hocking, Francis J Bowden, Marcus Y Chen
How do nurses and teachers perform breast self-examination: are they reliable sources of information?
Fatma Demirkiran, Nevin Akdolun Balkaya, Sakine Memis, Gulengun Turk, Safiye Ozvurmaz, Pars Tuncyurek
Effective media communication of disasters: Pressing problems and recommendations
Wilson Lowrey, William Evans, Karla K Gower, Jennifer A Robinson, Peter M Ginter, Lisa C McCormick, Maziar Abdolrasulnia
'I just keep thinking I haven't got it because I'm not yellow': a qualitative study of the factors that influence the uptake of Hepatitis C testing by prisoners
Fu-Meng Khaw, Lynne Stobbart, Madeleine J Murtagh
Residual susceptibility to measles among young adults in Victoria, Australia following a national targeted measles-mumps-rubella vaccination campaign
Heath A Kelly, Heather F Gidding, Theo Karapanagiotidis, Jennie A Leydon, Michaela A Riddell
Feasibility and costs of water fluoridation in remote Australian Aboriginal communities
Jonathon P Ehsani, Ross Bailie
Effect of meteorological factors on clinical malaria risk among children: an assessment using village-based meteorological stations and community-based parasitological survey
Yazoumé Yé, Valérie R Louis, Séraphin Simboro, Rainer Sauerborn
Increased standardized incidence ratio of breast cancer in female electronics workers
Tzu-I Sung, Pau-Chung Chen, Lukas Jyuhn-Hsiarn Lee, Yi-Ping Lin, Gong-Yih Hsieh, Jung-Der Wang
High potential of escalating HIV transmission in a low prevalence setting in rural Tanzania
Khadija I Yahya-Malima, Mecky I Matee, Bjørg Evjen-Olsen, Knut Fylkesnes
A review of health behaviour theories: how useful are these for developing interventions to promote long-term medication adherence for TB and HIV/AIDS?
Salla Munro, Simon Lewin, Tanya Swart, Jimmy Volmink
Ownership and use of wireless telephones: a population-based study of Swedish children aged 7–14 years
Fredrik Söderqvist, Lennart Hardell, Michael Carlberg, Kjell Hansson Mild
Correlates of smoking initiation among young adults in Ukraine: a cross-sectional study
Tatiana I Andreeva, Konstantin S Krasovsky, Daria S Semenova
Variations of care quality for infectious pulmonary tuberculosis in Taiwan: a population based cohort study
Wei-Sheng Chung, Ray-E Chang, How-Ran Guo
Who is maintaining weight in a middle-aged population in Sweden? A longitudinal analysis over 10 years
Anne N Nafziger, Kristina Lindvall, Margareta Norberg, Hans Stenlund, Stig Wall, Paul L Jenkins, Thomas A Pearson, Lars Weinehall
Levels of diphtheria and tetanus specific IgG of Portuguese adult women, before and after vaccination with adult type Td. Duration of immunity following vaccination
Guilherme Gonçalves, Maria Augusta Santos, João Graça Frade, José Saraiva Cunha
Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis patients in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study
Nguyen T Huong, Marleen Vree, Bui D Duong, Vu T Khanh, Vu T Loan, Nguyen V Co, Martien W Borgdorff, Frank G Cobelens
Cannabis treatment outcomes among legally coerced and non-coerced adults
Jan Copeland, Jane C Maxwell
Smoking habits of Greek preschool children's parents
Constantine I Vardavas, Dimitrios Athanasopoulos, Evaggelia Balomenaki, Dora Niaounaki, Manolis K Linardakis, Anthony G Kafatos
Variations in influenza vaccination coverage among the high-risk population in Sweden in 2003/4 and 2004/5: a population survey
Madelon W Kroneman, Gerrit A van Essen
A predictive model relating daily fluctuations in summer temperatures and mortality rates
Anne Fouillet, Grégoire Rey, Eric Jougla, Philippe Frayssinet, Pierre Bessemoulin, Denis Hémon
An international review of tobacco smoking in the medical profession: 1974–2004
Derek R Smith, Peter A Leggat
Comparison of children's self-reports of depressive symptoms among different family interaction types in northern Taiwan
Wen-chi Wu, Chi-Hsien Kao, Lee-Lan Yen, Tony Szu-Hsien Lee
Comparing primary prevention with secondary prevention to explain decreasing Coronary Heart Disease death rates in Ireland, 1985–2000
Zubair Kabir, Kathleen Bennett, Emer Shelley, Belgin Unal, Julia A Critchley, Simon Capewell
Ethnic differences in the effect of environmental stressors on blood pressure and hypertension in the Netherlands
Charles Agyemang, Carolien van Hooijdonk, Wanda Wendel-Vos, Joanne K Ujcic-Voortman, Ellen Lindeman, Karien Stronks, Mariel Droomers
Factors influencing the consumption of seafood among young children in Perth: a qualitative study
Alexandra McManus, Sharyn K Burns, Peter A Howat, Lisa Cooper, Lynda Fielder
Chlamydial infection among patients attending STD and genitourinary clinics in Taiwan
Kow-Tong Chen, Shou-Chien Chen, Chien-Chou Chiang, Lan-Hui Li, Li-Hui Tang
The synergistic effect of cigarette taxes on the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol and betel nuts
Jie-Min Lee
Impact of pharmaceutical promotion on prescribing decisions of general practitioners in Eastern Turkey
Serhat Vancelik, Nazim E Beyhun, Hamit Acemoglu, Oksan Calikoglu
Urban and rural variations in morbidity and mortality in Northern Ireland
Gareth O'Reilly, Dermot O' Reilly, Michael Rosato, Sheelah Connolly
Quality of life of Lithuanian women with early stage breast cancer
Giedre Bulotiene, Jonas Veseliunas, Valerijus Ostapenko
Fostering disability-inclusive HIV/AIDS programs in northeast India: a participatory study
Martha Morrow, MC Arunkumar, Emma Pearce, Heather E Dawson
The Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS): Design, procedures & participants
Sean A Martin, Matthew T Haren, Sue M Middleton, Gary A Wittert
Early prediction of median survival among a large AIDS surveillance cohort
Wayne TA Enanoria, Alan E Hubbard, Mark J van der Laan, Mi Chen, Juan Ruiz, John M Colford Jr
Swedish social insurance officers' experiences of difficulties in assessing applications for disability pensions – an interview study
Berit Ydreborg, Kerstin Ekberg, Kerstin Nilsson
Relation between sleep quality and quantity, quality of life, and risk of developing diabetes in healthy workers in Japan: the High-risk and Population Strategy for Occupational Health Promotion (HIPOP-OHP) Study
Yasuaki Hayashino, Shunichi Fukuhara, Yoshimi Suzukamo, Tomonori Okamura, Taichiro Tanaka, Hirotsugu Ueshima
Invasive meningococcal disease epidemiology and control measures: a framework for evaluation
J Jaime Caro, Jörgen Möller, Denis Getsios, L Coudeville, Wissam El-Hadi, Catherine Chevat, Van Hung Nguyen, Ingrid Caro
Before and after study of bar workers' perceptions of the impact of smoke-free workplace legislation in the Republic of Ireland
Lisa Pursell, Shane Allwright, Diarmuid O'Donovan, Gillian Paul, Alan Kelly, Bernie J Mullally, Maureen D'Eath
Health inequalities in Germany: do regional-level variables explain differentials in cardiovascular risk?
Juergen Breckenkamp, Andreas Mielck, Oliver Razum
The benefits of participatory methodologies to develop effective community dialogue in the context of a microbicide trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania
Andrew Vallely, Charles Shagi, Stella Kasindi, Nicola Desmond, Shelley Lees, Betty Chiduo, Richard Hayes, Caroline Allen, David Ross
Mortality and failure among tuberculosis patients who did not complete treatment in Vietnam: a cohort study
Marleen Vree, Nguyen T Huong, Bui D Duong, Dinh N Sy, Le N Van, Nguyen V Co, Frank GJ Cobelens, Martien W Borgdorff
Personal values and involvement in problem behaviors among Bahamian early adolescents: a cross-sectional study
Hongjie Liu, Shuli Yu, Lesley Cottrell, Sonja Lunn, Lynette Deveaux, Nanika V Brathwaite, Sharon Marshall, Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton
Vitamin and mineral supplements in pregnancy and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a case-control study
John D Dockerty, Peter Herbison, David CG Skegg, Mark Elwood
Interaction of smoking and occupational noise exposure on hearing loss: a cross-sectional study
Gholamreza Pouryaghoub, Ramin Mehrdad, Saber Mohammadi
Smoking, alcohol, and dietary choices: evidence from the Portuguese National Health Survey
Patrícia Padrão, Nuno Lunet, Ana Cristina Santos, Henrique Barros
The Australian longitudinal study of health and relationships
Anthony MA Smith, Marian K Pitts, Julia M Shelley, Juliet Richters, Jason Ferris
Aims, methods and preliminary findings of the Physical Activity, Nutrition and Allergies in Children Examined in Athens (PANACEA) epidemiological study
Kostas N Priftis, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Michael B Anthracopoulos, Anastasios Papadimitriou, Polyxeni Nicolaidou
Using Intervention Mapping to develop a programme to prevent sexually transmittable infections, including HIV, among heterosexual migrant men
Mireille EG Wolfers, Caty van den Hoek, Johannes Brug, Onno de Zwart
Record linked retrospective cohort study of 4.6 million people exploring ethnic variations in disease: myocardial infarction in South Asians
CM Fischbacher, R Bhopal, C Povey, M Steiner, J Chalmers, G Mueller, J Jamieson, D Knowles
Hospitalizations for acetaminophen overdose: a Canadian population-based study from 1995 to 2004
Robert P Myers, Bing Li, Andrew Fong, Abdel Aziz M Shaheen, Hude Quan
Diminished mental- and physical function and lack of social support are associated with shorter survival in community dwelling older persons of Botswana
Thomas Clausen, Adrian O Wilson, Robert M Molebatsi, Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen
Response rates for providing a blood specimen for HIV testing in a population-based survey of young adults in Zimbabwe
AD McNaghten, Joan M Herold, Hazel M Dube, Michael E St Louis
Measuring the tail of the dog that doesn't bark in the night: the case of the national evaluation of Choose Life (the national strategy and action plan to prevent suicide in Scotland)
Mhairi Mackenzie, Avril Blamey, Emma Halliday, Margaret Maxwell, Allyson McCollam, David McDaid, Joanne MacLean, Amy Woodhouse, Stephen Platt
Profound influence of different methods for determination of the ankle brachial index on the prevalence estimate of peripheral arterial disease
Stefan F Lange, Hans-Joachim Trampisch, David Pittrow, Harald Darius, Matthias Mahn, Jens R Allenberg, Gerhart Tepohl, Roman L Haberl, Curt Diehm
Retaining women in a prenatal care randomized controlled trial in Canada: implications for program planning
Suzanne C Tough, Jodi E Siever, David W Johnston
Early menopause, association with tobacco smoking, coffee consumption and other lifestyle factors: a cross-sectional study
Thea F Mikkelsen, Sidsel Graff-Iversen, Johanne Sundby, Espen Bjertness
Changes in body mass index in Canadians over a five-year period: Results of a prospective, population-based study
Wilma M Hopman, Cristine Leroux, Claudie Berger, Lawrence Joseph, Susan I Barr, Jerilynn C Prior, Mark Harrison, Suzette Poliquin, Tanveer Towheed, Tassos Anastassiades, David Goltzman
A multilevel analysis of neighborhood and individual effects on individual smoking and drinking in Taiwan
Ying-Chih Chuang, Yu-Sheng Li, Yi-Hua Wu, Hsing Jasmine Chao
Incidence, patterns and severity of reported unintentional injuries in Pakistan for persons five years and older: results of the National Health Survey of Pakistan 1990–94
Zafar Fatmi, Wilbur C Hadden, Junaid A Razzak, Huma I Qureshi, Adnan A Hyder, Gregory Pappas
Risk factors for HIV infection in Males who have Sex with Males (MSM) in Bangladesh
Philip A Chan, Omar A Khan
Leisure time physical activity in middle age predicts the metabolic syndrome in old age: results of a 28-year follow-up of men in the Oslo study
Ingar Holme, Serena Tonstad, Anne Johanne Sogaard, Per G Lund Larsen, Lise Lund Haheim
The association between weekly hours of physical activity and mental health: A three-year follow-up study of 15–16-year-old students in the city of Oslo, Norway
Aase Sagatun, Anne Johanne Søgaard, Espen Bjertness, Randi Selmer, Sonja Heyerdahl
Cohort differences in disease and disability in the young-old: findings from the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC-CFAS)
Carol Jagger, Ruth J Matthews, Fiona E Matthews, Nicola A Spiers, Judith Nickson, Eugene S Paykel, Felicia A Huppert, Carol Brayne
Influenza pandemic preparedness: motivation for protection among small and medium businesses in Australia
Rochelle E Watkins, Feonagh C Cooke, Robert J Donovan, C Raina MacIntyre, Ralf Itzwerth, Aileen J Plant
Childhood deaths from external causes in Estonia, 2001–2005
Marika Väli, Katrin Lang, Ruth Soonets, Marika Talumäe, Andrej M Grjibovski
Population and antenatal-based HIV prevalence estimates in a high contracepting female population in rural South Africa
Brian D Rice, Jörg Bätzing-Feigenbaum, Victoria Hosegood, Frank Tanser, Caterina Hill, Till Barnighausen, Kobus Herbst, Tanya Welz, Marie-Louise Newell
Evaluating the SOSsuicide prevention program: a replication and extension
Robert H Aseltine Jr, Amy James, Elizabeth A Schilling, Jaime Glanovsky
Demographic determinants of acute gastrointestinal illness in Canada: a population study
Shannon E Majowicz, Julie Horrocks, Kathryn Bocking
Prevalence, awareness and control of diabetes in the Seychelles and relationship with excess body weight
David Faeh, Julita William, Luc Tappy, Eric Ravussin, Pascal Bovet
Waiting for elective general surgery: impact on health related quality of life and psychosocial consequences
JP Oudhoff, DRM Timmermans, DL Knol, AB Bijnen, G van der Wal
The protocols for the 10/66 dementia research group population-based research programme
Martin Prince, Cleusa P Ferri, Daisy Acosta, Emiliano Albanese, Raul Arizaga, Michael Dewey, Svetlana I Gavrilova, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, KS Jacob, ES Krishnamoorthy, Paul McKeigue, Juan Llibre Rodriguez, Aquiles Salas, Ana Luisa Sosa, Renata MM Sousa, Robert Stewart, Richard Uwakwe
The 'Women's Lifestyle Study', 2-year randomized controlled trial of physical activity counselling in primary health care: rationale and study design
Sally B Rose, Beverley A Lawton, C Raina Elley, Anthony C Dowell, Anna J Fenton
Early Childhood Caries among a Bedouin community residing in the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem
Alon Livny, Rula Assali, Harold D Sgan-Cohen
Effect of Body Mass Index on pregnancy outcomes in nulliparous women delivering singleton babies
Sohinee Bhattacharya, Doris M Campbell, William A Liston, Siladitya Bhattacharya
Health burden and economic impact of measles-related hospitalizations in Italy in 2002–2003
Antonietta Filia, Antonio Brenna, Augusto Panà, Gianluca Maggio Cavallaro, Marco Massari, Marta L Ciofi degli Atti
The diagnosis and management of neuropathic pain in daily practice in Belgium: an observational study
Guy Hans, Etienne Masquelier, Patricia De Cock
Prevalence and risk factors for low back pain among professional cooks working in school lunch services
Miwako Nagasu, Kazuhiro Sakai, Akiyoshi Ito, Shigeru Tomita, Yoshiomi Temmyo, Mitsuo Ueno, Shigeji Miyagi
Cause-specific inequalities in mortality in Scotland: two decades of change. A population-based study
Alastair H Leyland, Ruth Dundas, Philip McLoone, F Andrew Boddy
Use of mental health services among disaster survivors: predisposing factors
Dirk-Jan den Ouden, Peter G van der Velden, Linda Grievink, Mattijn Morren, Anja JE Dirkzwager, C Joris Yzermans
How many people have had a myocardial infarction? Prevalence estimated using historical hospital data
Douglas G Manuel, Jenny JY Lim, Peter Tanuseputro, Therésè A Stukel
Factor structure of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in subjects who had suffered from the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu Earthquake in Japan: a community-based study
Shin-ichi Toyabe, Toshiki Shioiri, Kuriko Kobayashi, Hideki Kuwabara, Masataka Koizumi, Taro Endo, Miki Ito, Hiroko Honma, Noboru Fukushima, Toshiyuki Someya, Kouhei Akazawa
Prevalence and determinants of adolescent tobacco smoking in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Emmanuel Rudatsikira, Abdurahman Abdo, Adamson S Muula
Self-rated health and its determinants among adults in Syria: a model from the Middle East
Taghrid Asfar, Balsam Ahmad, Samer Rastam, Tanja P Mulloli, Kenneth D Ward, Wasim Maziak
Prevalence of obesity in preschool Greek children, in relation to parental characteristics and region of residence
Yiannis Manios, Vassiliki Costarelli, Maria Kolotourou, Katerina Kondakis, Chara Tzavara, George Moschonis
To what extent does IQ 'explain' socio-economic variations in function?
Hans Bosma, Martin PJ van Boxtel, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Jacques ThM van Eijk, Jelle Jolles
Occupation and skin cancer: the results of the HELIOS-I multicenter case-control study
Berta Suárez, Gonzalo López-Abente, Carmen Martínez, Carmen Navarro, Maria José Tormo, Stefano Rosso, Simon Schraub, Lorenzo Gafà, Hélène Sancho-Garnier, Janine Wechsler, Roberto Zanetti
Body mass index, physical activity, and dietary behaviors among members of an urban community fitness center: a questionnaire survey
Kimberly A Kaphingst, Gary G Bennett, Glorian Sorensen, Karen M Kaphingst, Amy E O'Neil, Kyle McInnis
Methods and representativeness of a European survey in children and adolescents: the KIDSCREEN study
Silvina Berra, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer, Michael Erhart, Cristian Tebé, Corinna Bisegger, Wolfgang Duer, Ursula von Rueden, Michael Herdman, Jordi Alonso, Luis Rajmil
Design of a randomized controlled trial on the effects of Counseling of mental health problems by Occupational Physicians on return to work: the CO-OP-study
David S Rebergen, David J Bruinvels, Allard J van der Beek, Willem van Mechelen
Gender, ethnicity, health behaviour & self-rated health in Singapore
Wei-Yen Lim, Stefan Ma, Derrick Heng, Vineta Bhalla, Suok Kai Chew
Falls Assessment Clinical Trial (FACT): design, interventions, recruitment strategies and participant characteristics
C Raina Elley, M Clare Robertson, Ngaire M Kerse, Sue Garrett, Eileen McKinlay, Beverley Lawton, Helen Moriarty, A John Campbell
Predictors of health-related quality of life in type II diabetic patients in Greece
Angelos A Papadopoulos, Nick Kontodimopoulos, Aristidis Frydas, Emmanuel Ikonomakis, Dimitris Niakas
Prevalence of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland: results from the North South Survey of Children's Height, Weight and Body Mass Index, 2002
Helen Whelton, Janas Harrington, Evelyn Crowley, Virginia Kelleher, Michael Cronin, Ivan J Perry
What makes people decide who to turn to when faced with a mental health problem? Results from a French survey
Viviane Kovess-Masféty, Delphine Saragoussi, Christine Sevilla-Dedieu, Fabien Gilbert, Agnieszka Suchocka, Nathalie Arveiller, Isabelle Gasquet, Nadia Younes, Marie-Christine Hardy-Bayle
Sexual attitudes, pattern of communication, and sexual behavior among unmarried out-of-school youth in China
Bo Wang, Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton, Vafa Kamali, Sylvie Naar-King, Iqbal Shah, Ronald Thomas
To be seen, confirmed and involved - a ten year follow-up of perceived health and cardiovascular risk factors in a Swedish community intervention programme
Maria Emmelin, Lars Weinehall, Hans Stenlund, Stig Wall, Lars Dahlgren
The impact of the introduction of liquid based cytology on the variation in the proportion of inadequate samples between GP practices
Wayne N Harrison, Alison MJ Teale, Suzanne P Jones, Mohammed A Mohammed
Influence of maternal and social factors as predictors of low birth weight in Italy
Carmelo GA Nobile, Gianluca Raffaele, Carlo Altomare, Maria Pavia
Factors associated with a measles outbreak in children admitted at Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Laos
Mayfong Mayxay, Tiengthong Khomthilat, Phoutthalavanh Souvannasing, Khamphouvanh Phounesavath, Banlieng Vorasane, Sommay Keomany, Phouvieng Douangdala, Khamseng Philavong, Leila Srour, Paul N Newton
Correlates of exposure to second-hand smoke in an urban Mediterranean population
Jorge Twose, Anna Schiaffino, Montse García, Josep Maria Borras, Esteve Fernández
Modelling the impact and cost-effectiveness of the HIV intervention programme amongst commercial sex workers in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Isaac C-H Fung, Lorna Guinness, Peter Vickerman, Charlotte Watts, Gangadhar Vannela, Jagdish Vadhvana, Anna M Foss, Laxman Malodia, Meena Gandhi, Gaurang Jani
Health disparities by occupation, modified by education: a cross-sectional population study
Anita C Volkers, Gert P Westert, Francois G Schellevis
Impact of flu on hospital admissions during 4 flu seasons in Spain, 2000–2004
Annick D Lenglet, Victoria Hernando, Pilar Rodrigo, Amparo Larrauri, Juan DM Donado, Salvador de Mateo
Avoiding the danger that stop smoking services may exacerbate health inequalities: building equity into performance assessment
Allan Low, Louise Unsworth, Anne Low, Iain Miller
Malaria mosquito control using edible fish in western Kenya: preliminary findings of a controlled study
Annabel FV Howard, Guofa Zhou, Francois X Omlin
Pattern and determinants of hospitalization during heat waves: an ecologic study
Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Ugo Fedeli, Cristiana Visentin, Giovanni Milan, Emanuela Fadda, Paolo Spolaore
Emergency contraception among Finnish adolescents: awareness, use and the effect of non-prescription status
Kobra Falah-Hassani, Elise Kosunen, Rahman Shiri, Arja Rimpelä
Evaluating environmental tobacco smoke exposure in a group of Turkish primary school students and developing intervention methods for prevention
Hasan C Ekerbicer, Mustafa Celik, Ekrem Guler, Mehmet Davutoglu, Metin Kilinc
Implementing hospital guidelines improves warfarin use in non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a before-after study
Simona Bo, Susanna Valpreda, Luca Scaglione, Daniela Boscolo, Marina Piobbici, Mario Bo, Giovannino Ciccone
Covert observation in practice: lessons from the evaluation of the prohibition of smoking in public places in Scotland
Mark Petticrew, Sean Semple, Shona Hilton, Kaen S Creely, Douglas Eadie, Deborah Ritchie, Catherine Ferrell, Yvette Christopher, Fintan Hurley
Ecological study of socio-economic indicators and prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren in urban Brazil
Sérgio Souza da Cunha, Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Mauricio Lima Barreto, Bernd Genser, Laura C Rodrigues
Expectations and changing attitudes of bar workers before and after the implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland
Shona Hilton, Sean Semple, Brian G Miller, Laura MacCalman, Mark Petticrew, Scott Dempsey, Audrey Naji, Jon G Ayres
Analysis of the geographic distribution of HFRS in Liaoning Province between 2000 and 2005
Hualiang Lin, Qiyong Liu, Junqiao Guo, Jibo Zhang, Jinfeng Wang, Huaxin Chen
Non-pharmaceutical public health interventions for pandemic influenza: an evaluation of the evidence base
Julia E Aledort, Nicole Lurie, Jeffrey Wasserman, Samuel A Bozzette
The impact of maternal experience of violence and common mental disorders on neonatal outcomes: a survey of adolescent mothers in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cleusa P Ferri, Sandro S Mitsuhiro, Marina CM Barros, Elisa Chalem, Ruth Guinsburg, Vikram Patel, Martin Prince, Ronaldo Laranjeira
High mortality during tuberculosis treatment does not indicate long diagnostic delays in Vietnam: a cohort study
Marleen Vree, Nguyen T Huong, Bui D Duong, Nguyen V Co, Dinh N Sy, Frank G Cobelens, Martien W Borgdorff
Causes of stigma and discrimination associated with tuberculosis in Nepal: a qualitative study
Sushil C Baral, Deepak K Karki, James N Newell
Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differentials of C-reactive protein levels: a systematic review of population-based studies
Aydin Nazmi, Cesar G Victora
Patterns and correlates of physical activity: a cross-sectional study in urban Chinese women
Adriana L Jurj, Wanqing Wen, Yu-Tang Gao, Charles E Matthews, Gong Yang, Hong-Lan Li, Wei Zheng, Xiao-Ou Shu
Western Australian food security project
Alexandra McManus, Graham Brown, Bruce Maycock
Social inequalities in injury occurrence and in disability retirement attributable to injuries: a 5 year follow-up study of a 2.1 million gainfully employed people
Harald Hannerz, Kim L Mikkelsen, Martin L Nielsen, Finn Tüchsen, Søren Spangenberg
Effects of a community-based healthy heart program on increasing healthy women's physical activity: a randomized controlled trial guided by Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Raha Pazoki, Iraj Nabipour, Nasrin Seyednezami, Seyed Reza Imami
Health behaviors and risk factors in those who use complementary and alternative medicine
Richard L Nahin, James M Dahlhamer, Beth L Taylor, Patricia M Barnes, Barbara J Stussman, Catherine M Simile, Marc R Blackman, Margaret A Chesney, Morgan Jackson, Heather Miller, Kim K McFann
Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the dynamics of population growth, immunization, and access to clean water
Jean-Christophe Fotso, Alex Chika Ezeh, Nyovani Janet Madise, James Ciera
A survey of health professions students for knowledge, attitudes, and confidence about tuberculosis, 2005
Marguerite Jackson, Shawn Harrity, Helene Hoffman, Antonino Catanzaro
Age-specific prevalence of the metabolic syndrome defined by the International Diabetes Federation and the National Cholesterol Education Program: the Norwegian HUNT 2 study
Bjørn Hildrum, Arnstein Mykletun, Torstein Hole, Kristian Midthjell, Alv A Dahl
Child and adolescent psychiatric patients and later criminality
Ulf Engqvist, Per-Anders Rydelius
Influence of household demographic and socio-economic factors on household expenditure on tobacco in six New Independent States
Mamuka Djibuti, George Gotsadze, George Mataradze, Akaki Zoidze
Living environment and self assessed morbidity: a questionnaire-based survey
Asim Saha, Pradip Kulkarni, Habibullah Saiyed
Impact of the "Tobacco control law" on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in Spain
Iñaki Galán, Nelva Mata, Carmen Estrada, Lucía Díez-Gañán, Luis Velázquez, Belén Zorrilla, Ana Gandarillas, Honorato Ortiz
Empowerment of women and mental health promotion: a qualitative study in rural Maharashtra, India
Michelle Kermode, Helen Herrman, Rajanikant Arole, Joshua White, Ramaswamy Premkumar, Vikram Patel
Are variations in rates of attending cultural activities associated with population health in the United States?
Anna V Wilkinson, Andrew J Waters, Lars Olov Bygren, Alvin R Tarlov
Socioeconomic status and hospitalization in the very old: a retrospective study
Raffaele Antonelli-Incalzi, Carla Ancona, Francesco Forastiere, Valeria Belleudi, Andrea Corsonello, Carlo A Perucci
Measuring participant rurality in Web-based interventions
Brian G Danaher, L Gary Hart, H Garth McKay, Herbert H Severson
Occupation recorded on certificates of death compared with self-report: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
Aurelian Bidulescu, Kathryn M Rose, Susanne H Wolf, Wayne D Rosamond
Acculturation does not necessarily lead to increased physical activity during leisure time: a cross-sectional study among Turkish young people in the Netherlands
Karen Hosper, Niek S Klazinga, Karien Stronks
Use of smokeless tobacco among groups of Pakistani medical students – a cross sectional study
Sardar Z Imam, Haq Nawaz, Yasir J Sepah, Aqueel H Pabaney, Mahwish Ilyas, Shehzad Ghaffar
Design of the sex hormones and physical exercise (SHAPE) study
Evelyn M Monninkhof, Petra HM Peeters, Albertine J Schuit
Recruitment and retention of low-income minority women in a behavioral intervention to reduce smoking, depression, and intimate partner violence during pregnancy
M Nabil El-Khorazaty, Allan A Johnson, Michele Kiely, Ayman AE El-Mohandes, Siva Subramanian, Haziel A Laryea, Kennan B Murray, Jutta S Thornberry, Jill G Joseph
Diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of the diabetes epidemic on tuberculosis incidence
Catherine R Stevenson, Nita G Forouhi, Gojka Roglic, Brian G Williams, Jeremy A Lauer, Chirstopher Dye, Nigel Unwin
Influence of the family nucleus on obesity in children from northeastern Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Ana M Oliveira, Antônio C Oliveira, Marcele S Almeida, Nelson Oliveira, Luis Adan
Prioritization strategies for pandemic influenza vaccine in 27 countries of the European Union and the Global Health Security Action Group: a review
Masja Straetemans, Udo Buchholz, Sabine Reiter, Walter Haas, Gérard Krause
Reinterpreting a community outbreak of Salmonella entericaserotype Enteritidis in the light of molecular typing
Cristina Romani, PierLuigi Nicoletti, Maria Ida Buonomini, Antonino Nastasi, Caterina Mammina
Comparison of patient comprehension of rapid HIV pre-test fundamentals by information delivery format in an emergency department setting
Roland C Merchant, Erin M Gee, Melissa A Clark, Kenneth H Mayer, George R Seage III, Victor G DeGruttola
Metabolic syndrome in a Taiwanese metropolitan adult population
Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chiu-Shong Liu, Ming-May Lai, Chia-Ing Li, Ching-Chu Chen, Pei-Chia Chang, Wen-Yuan Lin, Yih-Dar Lee, Tsann Lin, Tsai-Chung Li
Ambient biomass smoke and cardio-respiratory hospital admissions in Darwin, Australia
Fay H Johnston, Ross S Bailie, Louis S Pilotto, Ivan C Hanigan
The sociodemographic patterning of drinking and binge drinking in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland, 1994–2002
Ville Helasoja, Eero Lahelma, Ritva Prättälä, Janina Petkeviciene, Iveta Pudule, Mare Tekkel
A comparison of patients' perceptions and an audit of health promotion practice within a UK hospital
Charlotte L Haynes, Gary A Cook
Protracted outbreak of S. Enteritidis PT 21c in a large Hamburg nursing home
Christina Frank, Udo Buchholz, Monika Maaß, Arthur Schröder, Karl-Hans Bracht, Paul-Gerhard Domke, Wolfgang Rabsch, Gerhard Fell
Highly active antiretroviral treatment and health related quality of life in South African adults with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A cross-sectional analytical study
Goedele M Louwagie, Max O Bachmann, Kobus Meyer, Frikkie le R Booysen, Lara R Fairall, Christo Heunis
Health-related quality of life and mental health in the medium-term aftermath of the Prestige oil spill in Galiza (Spain): a cross-sectional study
José Miguel Carrasco, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Maria José García-Mendizábal, Virginia Lope, Nuria Aragonés, Maria João Forjaz, Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Gonzalo López-Abente, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Marina Pollán
Incidence and pattern of injuries among residents of a rural area in South-Western Nigeria: a community-based study
Omoniyi A Olawale, Eme T Owoaje
Smoking-attributable morbidity: acute care hospital diagnoses and days of treatment in Canada, 2002
Dolly Baliunas, Jayadeep Patra, Jürgen Rehm, Svetlana Popova, Benjamin Taylor
Attitudes and behavioral response toward key tobacco control measures from the FCTC among Chinese urban residents
Tingzhong Yang, Yanwei Wu, Abu Saleh M Abdullah, Di Dai, Fuzhong Li, Junqing Wu, Haiqing Xiang
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project
Tiina Laatikainen, James A Dunbar, Anna Chapman, Annamari Kilkkinen, Erkki Vartiainen, Sami Heistaro, Ben Philpot, Pilvikki Absetz, Stephen Bunker, Adrienne O'Neil, Prasuna Reddy, James D Best, Edward D Janus
Potential for early warning of viral influenza activity in the community by monitoring clinical diagnoses of influenza in hospital emergency departments
Wei Zheng, Robert Aitken, David J Muscatello, Tim Churches
Ten years of lesbian health survey research in the UK West Midlands
Catherine Meads, Emily Buckley, Paul Sanderson
Towards a comprehensive estimate of national spending on prevention
Esther W de Bekker-Grob, Johan J Polder, Johan P Mackenbach, Willem Jan Meerding
Assessment of an enhanced program for depression management in primary care: a cluster randomized controlled trial. The INDI project (Interventions for Depression Improvement)
Enric Aragonès, Antonia Caballero, Josep Ll Piñol, Germán López-Cortacans, Waleska Badia, Josep M Hernández, Pilar Casaus, Sílvia Folch, Josep Basora, Antonio Labad
Multidisciplinary outpatient care program for patients with chronic low back pain: design of a randomized controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study [ISRCTN28478651]
Ludeke C Lambeek, Johannes R Anema, Barend J van Royen, Peter C Buijs, Paul I Wuisman, Maurits W van Tulder, Willem van Mechelen
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk factors: a multilevel analysis of nine cities in the Czech Republic and Germany
Nico Dragano, Martin Bobak, Natalia Wege, Anne Peasey, Pablo E Verde, Ruzena Kubinova, Simone Weyers, Susanne Moebus, Stefan Möhlenkamp, Andreas Stang, Raimund Erbel, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Johannes Siegrist, Hynek Pikhart
The association between drinking water turbidity and gastrointestinal illness: a systematic review
Andrea G Mann, Clarence C Tam, Craig D Higgins, Laura C Rodrigues
Health impacts of exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) amongst a highly exposed workforce: survey of London casino workers
Paul A Pilkington, Selena Gray, Anna B Gilmore
Free breakfasts in schools: design and conduct of a cluster randomised controlled trial of the Primary School Free Breakfast Initiative in Wales [ISRCTN18336527]
Laurence Moore, Graham F Moore, Katy Tapper, Rebecca Lynch, Carol Desousa, Janine Hale, Chris Roberts, Simon Murphy
The (cost-)effectiveness of an individually tailored long-term worksite health promotion programme on physical activity and nutrition: design of a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
Suzan JW Robroek, Folef J Bredt, Alex Burdorf
Erosive Arthropathy in systemic sclerosis
Fadoua Allali, Latifa Tahiri, Adil Senjari, Redouane Abouqal, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
The evaluation of disability and its related factors among the elderly population in Kashan, Iran
Mohsen Adib-Hajbaghery, Shima Aghahoseini
Health seeking and access to care for children with suspected dengue in Cambodia: An ethnographic study
Sokrin Khun, Lenore Manderson
Trends and determinants of excess winter mortality in New Zealand: 1980 to 2000
Gabrielle S Davie, Michael G Baker, Simon Hales, John B Carlin
The survey of serum retinol of the children aged 0~4 years in Zhejiang Province, China
Rongwang Yang, Rong Li, Shujiong Mao, Liying Sun, Xinwen Huang, Chai Ji, Zhiwei Zhu, Lingling Wu, Yufeng Qin, Zhengyan Zhao
Influence of socio-economic and lifestyle factors on overweight and nutrition-related diseases among Tunisian migrants versus non-migrant Tunisians and French
Caroline Méjean, Pierre Traissac, Sabrina Eymard-Duvernay, Jalila El Ati, Francis Delpeuch, Bernard Maire
Geographic variability of fatal road traffic injuries in Spain during the period 2002–2004: an ecological study
Francisco Rivas-Ruiz, Emilio Perea-Milla, Alberto Jimenez-Puente
Are there differences in birth weight between neighbourhoods in a Nordic welfare state?
Eva Sellström, Göran Arnoldsson, Sven Bremberg, Anders Hjern
Under-attending free antenatal care is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes
Kaisa Raatikainen, Nonna Heiskanen, Seppo Heinonen
Changes in body mass index by age, gender, and socio-economic status among a cohort of Norwegian men and women (1990–2001)
Deborah L Reas, Jan F Nygård, Elisabeth Svensson, Tom Sørensen, Inger Sandanger
Primary DNA damage and genetic polymorphisms for CYP1A1, EPHX and GSTM1 in workers at a graphite electrode manufacturing plant
Massimo Moretti, Marco Dell'Omo, Milena Villarini, Roberta Pastorelli, Giacomo Muzi, Luisa Airoldi, Rossana Pasquini
HIV risk behaviors among female IDUs in developing and transitional countries
Charles M Cleland, Don C Des Jarlais, Theresa E Perlis, Gerry Stimson, Vladimir Poznyak
Emotional support, education and self-rated health in 22 European countries
Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Siegfried Geyer
Dealing with sickness certification – a survey of problems and strategies among general practitioners and orthopaedic surgeons
Britt Arrelöv, Kristina Alexanderson, Jan Hagberg, Anna Löfgren, Gunnar Nilsson, Sari Ponzer
Prevalence of childhood and early adolescence mental disorders among children attending primary health care centers in Mosul, Iraq: a cross-sectional study
Asma A Al-Jawadi, Shatha Abdul-Rhman
The mental health disaster in conflict settings: Can scientific research help?
Frank Neuner, Thomas Elbert
Program of active aging in a rural Mexican community: a qualitative approach
María de la Luz Martínez-Maldonado, Elsa Correa-Muñoz, Víctor Manuel Mendoza-Núñez
Prevalence of self-reported diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors in a national survey in the US population: SHIELD (Study to Help Improve Early evaluation and management of risk factors Leading to Diabetes)
Harold E Bays, Debbra D Bazata, Nathaniel G Clark, James R Gavin III, Andrew J Green, Sandra J Lewis, Michael L Reed, Walter Stewart, Richard H Chapman, Kathleen M Fox, Susan Grandy
Functional ability in a population: normative survey data and reliability for the ICF based Norwegian Function Assessment Scale
Nina Østerås, Søren Brage, Andrew Garratt, Jurate Saltyte Benth, Bård Natvig, Pål Gulbrandsen
Changes in BMI-distribution from 1966–69 to 1995–97 in adolescents. The Young-HUNT study, Norway
Sigrid Bjørnelv, Stian Lydersen, Arnstein Mykletun, Turid Lingaas Holmen
Disentangling the stigma of HIV/AIDS from the stigmas of drugs use, commercial sex and commercial blood donation – a factorial survey of medical students in China
Kit Yee Chan, Yi Yang, Kong-Lai Zhang, Daniel D Reidpath
Use of formative research in developing a knowledge translation approach to rotavirus vaccine introduction in developing countries
Evan Simpson, Scott Wittet, Josefina Bonilla, Kateryna Gamazina, Laura Cooley, Jennifer L Winkler
Policy maker and health care provider perspectives on reproductive decision-making amongst HIV-infected individuals in South Africa
Jane Harries, Diane Cooper, Landon Myer, Hillary Bracken, Virginia Zweigenthal, Phyllis Orner
Using death certificate data to study place of death in 9 European countries: opportunities and weaknesses
Joachim Cohen, Johan Bilsen, Guido Miccinesi, Rurik Löfmark, Julia Addington-Hall, Stein Kaasa, Michael Norup, Gerrit van der Wal, Luc Deliens
High prevalence of lack of knowledge of symptoms of acute myocardial infarction inPakistan and its contribution to delayed presentationto the hospital
Muhammad S Khan, Fahim H Jafary, Azhar M Faruqui, Syed I Rasool, Juanita Hatcher, Nish Chaturvedi, Tazeen H Jafar
Perceptions of the neighbourhood environment and self rated health: a multilevel analysis of the Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Study
Wouter Poortinga, Frank D Dunstan, David L Fone
Validating estimates of problematic drug use in England
Martin Frisher, Heath Heatlie, Matthew Hickman
Work and family: associations with long-term sick-listing in Swedish women – a case-control study
Hélène Sandmark
Length of stay in asylum centres and mental health in asylum seekers: a retrospective study from Denmark
Peter Hallas, Anne R Hansen, Mia A Stæhr, Ebbe Munk-Andersen, Henrik L Jorgensen
Comparisons of predictors for typhoid and paratyphoid fever in Kolkata, India
Dipika Sur, Mohammad Ali, Lorenz von Seidlein, Byomkesh Manna, Jacqueline L Deen, Camilo J Acosta, John D Clemens, Sujit K Bhattacharya
All-cause mortality and risk factors in a cohort of retired military male veterans, Xi'an, China: an 18-year follow up study
Xiao Y Sai, Yao He, Ke Men, Bo Wang, Jiu Y Huang, Qiu L Shi, Lei Zhang, Liang S Li, Bernard CK Choi, Yong P Yan
Risk factors for poor tuberculosis treatment outcome in Finland: a cohort study
Tuula Vasankari, Pekka Holmström, Jukka Ollgren, Kari Liippo, Maarit Kokki, Petri Ruutu
Prevalence of heroin and methamphetamine male users in the northern Taiwan, 1999–2002: capture-recapture estimates
Shu-Chuan Chiang, Chuan-Yu Chen, Yuan-Ying Chang, Hsiao-Ju Sun, Wei J Chen
Informal knowledge transfer in the period before formal health education programmes: case studies of mass media coverage of HIV and SIDS in England and Wales
Nick Hilliard, Rebeka Jenkins, Nora Pashayan, John Powles
Consistency between education reported in health survey and recorded in death certificate
Young-Ho Khang, Hye Ryun Kim, John W Lynch
Validity and reliability of the multidimensional health locus of control scale for college students
Mahdi Moshki, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, Ebrahim Hajizadeh, Parviz Azadfallah
The catch 22 of condoms in US correctional facilities
Joseph D Tucker, Suzanne W Chang, Jacqueline P Tulsky
Factors associated with good self-rated health of non-disabled elderly living alone in Japan: a cross-sectional study
Wei Sun, Misuzu Watanabe, Yoshimi Tanimoto, Takahiro Shibutani, Rei Kono, Masahisa Saito, Kan Usuda, Koichi Kono
Explanations for female excess psychosomatic symptoms in adolescence: evidence from a school-based cohort in the West of Scotland
Helen N Sweeting, Patrick B West, Geoff J Der
Leisure and religious activity participation and mental health: gender analysis of older adults in Nepal
Ramraj Gautam, Tami Saito, Ichiro Kai
Modelling the evolution of drug resistance in the presence of antiviral drugs
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Erratum to: Rationale, design and conduct of a comprehensive evaluation of a school-based peer-led anti-smoking intervention in the UK: the ASSIST cluster randomised trial [ISRCTN55572965]
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