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Research article
 
The cost of uncomplicated childhood fevers to Kenyan households: implications for reaching international access targets
Bruce A Larson, Abdinasir A Amin, Abdisalan M Noor, Dejan Zurovac, Robert W Snow
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:314 (29December2006)
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Public health preparedness in Alberta: a systems-level study
Douglas Moore, Alan Shiell, Tom Noseworthy, Margaret Russell, Gerald Predy
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:313 (28December2006)
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Preschool children's health and its association with parental education and individual living conditions in East and West Germany
Xianming du Prel, Ursula Kr mer, Heidrun Behrendt, Johannes Ring, Hanna Oppermann, Tamara Schikowski, Ulrich Ranft
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:312 (28December2006)
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Influenza pandemic and professional duty: family or patients first? A survey of hospital employees
Boris P Ehrenstein, Frank Hanses, Bernd Salzberger
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:311 (28December2006)
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Sexual behavior and experience of sexual coercion among secondary school students in three states in North Eastern Nigeria
Ademola J Ajuwon, Adeniyi Olaleye, Banji Faromoju, Oladapo Ladipo
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:310 (23December2006)
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Community hospitals  the place of local service provision in a modernising NHS: an integrative thematic literature review
David Heaney, Corri Black, Catherine A O'Donnell, Cameron Stark, Edwin van Teijlingen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:309 (21December2006)
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Is the HIV burden in India being overestimated?
Lalit Dandona, Vemu Lakshmi, G Anil Kumar, Rakhi Dandona
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:308 (20December2006)
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Population distribution and burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in British Columbia, Canada
M Kate Thomas, Shannon E Majowicz, Laura MacDougall, Paul N Sockett, Suzie J Kovacs, Murray Fyfe, Victoria L Edge, Kathryn Dor , James A Flint, Spencer Henson, Andria Q Jones
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:307 (19December2006)
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Management of environmental health issues for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games: is enhanced integrated environmental health surveillance needed in every day routine operation?
Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Varvara Mouchtouri, Vasiliki Vaitsi, Christina Kapoula, Anastasia Vousoureli, Isidiros Kalivitis, Julia Chervoni, Panagiotis Papastergiou, Antonios Vasilogiannakopoulos, Vasilis D Daniilidis, Jenny Kremastinou
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:306 (18December2006)
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Psychosocial environment for the integrated education opportunities of the disabled in Lithuania
Laimute Samsoniene, Algirdas Juozulynas, Gene Surkiene, Konstancija Jankauskiene, Aloyza Luk iene
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:305 (18December2006)
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Design of the Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (NRG-DOiT): systematic development, implementation and evaluation of a school-based intervention aimed at the prevention of excessive weight gain in adolescents
Amika S Singh, Marijke JM Chin A Paw, Stef PJ Kremers, Tommy LS Visscher, Johannes Brug, Willem van Mechelen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:304 (16December2006)
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Tear secretion dysfunction among women workers engaged in light-on tests in the TFT-LCD industry
Shih-Bin Su, Chih-Wei Lu, Jiunn-Woei Sheen, Shu-Chun Kuo, How-Ran Guo
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:303 (16December2006)
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Municipal mortality due to thyroid cancer in Spain
Virginia Lope, Marina Poll n, Beatriz Prez-G mez, Nuria Aragons, Rebeca Ramis, Diana Gmez-Barroso, Gonzalo Lpez-Abente
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:302 (15December2006)
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A bibliometric analysis in the fields of preventive medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, epidemiology, and public health
Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Matthew E Falagas
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:301 (15December2006)
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Effectiveness of smoking cessation therapies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ping Wu, Kumanan Wilson, Popey Dimoulas, Edward J Mills
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:300 (11December2006)
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Aiming to increase birth weight: a randomised trial of pre-pregnancy information, advice and counselling in inner-urban Melbourne
Judith Lumley, Lisa Donohue
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:299 (10December2006)
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Cardiovascular risk factors among Chamorros
Binh Chiem, Victoria Nguyen, Phillis L Wu, Celine M Ko, Lee Ann Cruz, Georgia Robins Sadler
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:298 (8December2006)
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Public health professionals' perceptions toward provision of health protection in England: a survey of expectations of Primary Care Trusts and Health Protection Units in the delivery of health protection
Paul A Cosford, Mary O'Mahony, Emma Angell, Graham Bickler, Shirley Crawshaw, Janet Glencross, Stephen S Horsley, Brian McCloskey, Richard Puleston, Nichola Seare, Martin D Tobin
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:297 (7December2006)
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The effect of leisure-time physical activity on the risk of acute myocardial infarction depending on Body Mass Index: a population-based case-control study
Eleonor Fransson, Ulf de Faire, Anders Ahlbom, Christina Reuterwall, Johan Hallqvist, Lars Alfredsson
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:296 (7December2006)
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Irregular breakfast eating and health status among adolescents in Taiwan
Rea-Jeng Yang, Edward K Wang, Yeu-Sheng Hsieh, Mei-Yen Chen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:295 (7December2006)
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Determinants of daily smoking in Turkish young adults in the Netherlands
Floor VA van Oort, Jan van der Ende, Alfons AM Crijnen, Frank C Verhulst, Johan P Mackenbach, Inez MA Joung
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:294 (6December2006)
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Study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of a tailored energy balance programme for recent retirees
Andrea Werkman, Albertine J Schuit, Lydia Kwak, Stef PJ Kremers, Tommy LS Visscher, Frans J Kok, Evert G Schouten
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:293 (6December2006)
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Prevalence and determinants of asthma in adult male leather tannery workers in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross sectional study
Khurram Shahzad, Saeed Akhtar, Sadia Mahmud
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:292 (5December2006)
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Levels and trends of demographic indices in southern rural Mozambique: evidence from demographic surveillance in Manhi a district
Ariel Q Nhacolo, Delino A Nhalungo, Charfudin N Sacoor, John J Aponte, Ricardo Thompson, Pedro Alonso
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:291 (30November2006)
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Work factors and psychological distress in nurses' aides: a prospective cohort study
Willy Eriksen, Kristian Tambs, Stein Knardahl
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:290 (28November2006)
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The relationship between parental socio-economic status and episodes of drunkenness among adolescents: findings from a cross-national survey
Matthias Richter, Anja Leppin, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:289 (28November2006)
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The demand control model and circadian saliva cortisol variations in a Swedish population based sample (The PART study)
Magnus Alderling, T res Theorell, Bartolom de la Torre, Ingvar Lundberg
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:288 (27November2006)
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Family time, parental behaviour model and the initiation of smoking and alcohol use by ten-year-old children: an epidemiological study in Kaunas, Lithuania
Asta Garmien , Nida  emaitien, Apolinaras Zaborskis
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:287 (23November2006)
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Space-time clustering of childhood malaria at the household level: a dynamic cohort in a Mali village
Jean Gaudart, Belco Poudiougou, Alassane Dicko, Stphane Ranque, Ousmane Toure, Issaka Sagara, Mouctar Diallo, Sory Diawara, Amed Ouattara, Mahamadou Diakite, Ogobara K Doumbo
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:286 (21November2006)
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Business and public health collaboration for emergency preparedness in Georgia: a case study
James W Buehler, Ellen A Whitney, Ruth L Berkelman
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:285 (20November2006)
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Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention
Charles AS Karamagi, James K Tumwine, Thorkild Tylleskar, Kristian Heggenhougen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:284 (20November2006)
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Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: Evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Bich Thuan, Curt Lofgren, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Urban Janlert, Lars Lindholm
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:283 (15November2006)
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Association between the metabolic syndrome and its components and gait speed among U.S. adults aged 50 years and older: a cross-sectional analysis
Catherine A Okoro, Yuna Zhong, Earl S Ford, Lina S Balluz, Tara W Strine, Ali H Mokdad
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:282 (14November2006)
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Ethnicity coding in a regional cancer registry and in Hospital Episode Statistics
Ruth H Jack, Karen M Linklater, David Hofman, Justine Fitzpatrick, Henrik M ller
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:281 (10November2006)
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Smoking trends among adolescents from 1990 to 2002 in ten European countries and Canada
Anne Hublet, Dirk De Bacquer, Raili Valimaa, Emmanuelle Godeau, Holger Schmid, Giora Rahav, Lea Maes
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:280 (10November2006)
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Steep HIV prevalence declines among young people in selected Zambian communities: population-based observations (19952003)
Charles Michelo, Ingvild F Sandy, Kumbutso Dzekedzeke, Seter Siziya, Knut Fylkesnes
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:279 (10November2006)
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Human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in eleven countries: diagnostic pattern across time, 19932002
Jes s de Pedro-Cuesta, Markus Glatzel, Javier Almazn, Katharina Stoeck, Vittorio Mellina, Maria Puopolo, Maurizio Pocchiari, Inga Zerr, Hans A Kretszchmar, Jean-Philippe Brandel, Nicole Delasnerie-Laupr tre, Annick Alprovitch, Cornelia Van Duijn, Pascual Sanchez-Juan, Steven Collins, Victoria Lewis, Gerard H Jansen, Michael B Coulthart, Ellen Gelpi, Herbert Budka, Eva Mitrova
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:278 (10November2006)
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General practitioners' beliefs about effectiveness and intentions to prescribe smoking cessation medications: qualitative and quantitative studies
Florian Vogt, Sue Hall, Theresa M Marteau
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:277 (8November2006)
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Child parent agreement on reports of disease, injury and pain
Gunilla M Brun Sundblad, Tnu Saartok, Lars-Magnus T Engstrm
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:276 (8November2006)
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Determinants of a healthy lifestyle and use of preventive screening in Canada
Vikky Qi, Susan P Phillips, Wilma M Hopman
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:275 (7November2006)
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Postpartum practices of puerperal women and their influencing factors in three regions of Hubei, China
Nian Liu, Limei Mao, Xiufa Sun, Liegang Liu, Banghua Chen, Qiang Ding
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:274 (7November2006)
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Assessment of data quality in a multi-centre cross-sectional study of participation and quality of life of children with cerebral palsy
Heather Dickinson, Kathryn Parkinson, Vicki McManus, Catherine Arnaud, Eva Beckung, Jr me Fauconnier, Susan I Michelsen, Jackie Parkes, Giorgio Schirripa, Ute Thyen, Allan Colver
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:273 (6November2006)
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Factors associated with intentions to adhere to colorectal cancer screening follow-up exams
Ying-Fang Zheng, Tami Saito, Miyako Takahashi, Teruo Ishibashi, Ichiro Kai
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:272 (6November2006)
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Predictors of betel quid chewing behavior and cessation patterns in Taiwan aborigines
Chin-Feng Lin, Jung-Der Wang, Ping-Ho Chen, Shun-Jen Chang, Yi-Hsin Yang, Ying-Chin Ko
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:271 (3November2006)
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Socioeconomic differentials in premature mortality in Rome: changes from 1990 to 2001
Giulia Cesaroni, Nera Agabiti, Francesco Forastiere, Carla Ancona, Carlo A Perucci
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:270 (2November2006)
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Percutaneous injuries among dental professionals in Washington State
Syed M Shah, Anwar T Merchant, James A Dosman
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:269 (30October2006)
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Health-related quality of life in diabetic patients and controls without diabetes in refugee camps in the Gaza strip: a cross-sectional study
Ashraf Eljedi, Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Alexander Kraemer, Ulrich Laaser
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:268 (30October2006)
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Consultations in primary care for symptoms attributed to electromagnetic fields a survey among general practitioners
Anke Huss, Martin Rsli
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:267 (30October2006)
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Air pollution in Boston bars before and after a smoking ban
James L Repace, James N Hyde, Doug Brugge
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:266 (27October2006)
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Prevalence and predictors of home and automobile smoking bans and child environmental tobacco smoke exposure: a cross-sectional study of U.S.- and Mexico-born Hispanic women with young children
Melissa Gonzales, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, Michelle C Kegler, Judith Espinoza
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:265 (27October2006)
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Identifying outbreaks of sexually transmitted infection: who cares?
Dirk Werber, Meirion R Evans, Daniel Rh Thomas
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:264 (24October2006)
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Approaches to the evaluation of outbreak detection methods
Rochelle E Watkins, Serryn Eagleson, Robert G Hall, Lynne Dailey, Aileen J Plant
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:263 (24October2006)
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Relative risk for cardiovascular atherosclerotic events after smoking cessation: 69 years excess risk in individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia
Anneke Kramer, Angelique CM Jansen, Emily S van Aalst-Cohen, Michael WT Tanck, John JP Kastelein, Aeilko H Zwinderman
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:262 (23October2006)
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Relationship between ozone and temperature during the 2003 heat wave in France: consequences for health data analysis
Sandrine A Lacour, Mich le de Monte, Patrice Diot, Jrme Brocca, Nadge Veron, Patrice Colin, Valrie Leblond
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:261 (20October2006)
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Associations between preschool attendance and developmental impairments in pre-school children in a six-year retrospective survey
Heribert L Stich, Bernhard T Baune, Riccardo N Caniato, Alexander Krmer
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:260 (20October2006)
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Racial/Ethnic and social class differences in preventive care practices among persons with diabetes
Carol R Williams Oladele, Elizabeth Barnett
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:259 (19October2006)
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Disabling knee pain another consequence of obesity: Results from a prospective cohort study
Clare Jinks, Kelvin Jordan, Peter Croft
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:258 (19October2006)
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Commentary
Beyond inpatient and outpatient care: alternative model for hypertension management
P Michael Ho, John S Rumsfeld
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:257 (19October2006)
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Management of high-risk patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in Germany: differences between cardiac specialists in the inpatient and outpatient setting
Heinz Vller, Frank J Sonntag, Joachim Thiery, Karl Wegscheider, Friedrich C Luft, Kurt Bestehorn
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:256 (19October2006)
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Determinants of cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases in Central and Eastern Europe: Rationale and design of the HAPIEE study
Anne Peasey, Martin Bobak, Ruzena Kubinova, Sofia Malyutina, Andrzej Pajak, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Hynek Pikhart, Amanda Nicholson, Michael Marmot
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:255 (18October2006)
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Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in an air force base in Western Greece
Eleni Jelastopulu, Danai Venieri, Georgia Komninou, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Theodoros C Constantinidis, Christos Bantias
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:254 (17October2006)
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The effects of a controlled worksite environmental intervention on determinants of dietary behavior and self-reported fruit, vegetable and fat intake
Luuk H Engbers, Mireille NM van Poppel, Marijke Chin A Paw, Willem van Mechelen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:253 (17October2006)
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Alternative technologies in cervical cancer screening: a randomised evaluation trial
Ahti Anttila, Matti Hakama, Laura Kotaniemi-Talonen, Pekka Nieminen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:252 (16October2006)
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Psychometric evaluation of a short measure of social capital at work
Anne Kouvonen, Mika Kivimki, Jussi Vahtera, Tuula Oksanen, Marko Elovainio, Tom Cox, Marianna Virtanen, Jaana Pentti, Sara J Cox, Richard G Wilkinson
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:251 (13October2006)
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Influence of parental employment status on Dutch and Slovak adolescents' health
Maria Sleskova, Jolanda Tuinstra, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Jitse P van Dijk, Ferdinand Salonna, Johan W Groothoff, Sijmen A Reijneveld
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:250 (12October2006)
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Cross-sectional survey of older peoples' views related to influenza vaccine uptake
Punam Mangtani, Elizabeth Breeze, Sue Stirling, Smita Hanciles, Sari Kovats, Astrid Fletcher
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:249 (11October2006)
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HIV prevalence and factors associated with HIV infection among male injection drug users under 30: a cross-sectional study in Long An, Vietnam
Thu Minh T Tran, Hien T Nguyen, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Nobuyuki Hamajima, Akio Nishimura, Katsuki Ito
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:248 (10October2006)
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Normative data and discriminative properties of short form 36 (SF-36) in Turkish urban population
Yucel Demiral, Gul Ergor, Belgin Unal, Semih Semin, Yildiz Akvardar, Berna K vrck, Kksal Alptekin
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:247 (9October2006)
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Risk-adjusted cesarean section rates for the assessment of physician performance in Taiwan: a population-based study
Chao-Hsiun Tang, Han-I Wang, Chun-Sen Hsu, Hung-Wen Su, Mei-Ju Chen, Herng-Ching Lin
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:246 (9October2006)
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Correspondence
Trends in scientific activity addressing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: a bibliometric study covering the period 19732002
El as Sanz-Casado, Margarita Ramrez-de Santa Pau, Carlos A Surez-Balseiro, Isabel Iribarren-Maestro, Jess de Pedro-Cuesta
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:245 (6October2006)
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Explanations of socioeconomic differences in changes in physical function in older adults: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
Annemarie Koster, Hans Bosma, Marjolein I Broese van Groenou, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Brenda WJH Penninx, Jacques ThM van Eijk, Dorly JH Deeg
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:244 (5October2006)
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Smoking in film in New Zealand: measuring risk exposure
Jesse Gale, Bridget Fry, Tara Smith, Ken Okawa, Anannya Chakrabarti, Damien Ah-Yen, Jesse Yi, Simon Townsend, Rebecca Carroll, Alannah Stockwell, Andrea Sievwright, Kevin Dew, George Thomson
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:243 (4October2006)
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Internet-based monitoring of influenza-like illness (ILI) in the general population of the Netherlands during the 20032004 influenza season
Richard L Marquet, Aad IM Bartelds, Sander P van Noort, Carl E Koppeschaar, John Paget, Franois G Schellevis, Jouke van der Zee
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:242 (4October2006)
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Gay/Lesbian sexual orientation increases risk for cigarette smoking and heavy drinking among members of a large Northern California health plan
Elisabeth P Gruskin, Nancy Gordon
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:241 (3October2006)
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Analysis of latent tuberculosis and mycobacterium avium infection data using mixture models
Jos I Villate, Berta Ib ez, Valentn Cabriada, Jos I Pijon, Jorge Taboada, Arantza Urkaregi
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:240 (28September2006)
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Substance use and sexual behaviours of Japanese men who have sex with men: A nationwide internet survey conducted in Japan
Yasuharu Hidaka, Seiichi Ichikawa, Junko Koyano, Michiko Urao, Toshihiko Yasuo, Hirokazu Kimura, Masako Ono-Kihara, Masahiro Kihara
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:239 (26September2006)
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A knowledge, attitudes, and practice survey among obstetrician-gynaecologists on intimate partner violence in Flanders, Belgium
Kristien Roelens, Hans Verstraelen, Kathia Van Egmond, Marleen Temmerman
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:238 (26September2006)
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Correlates of HCV seropositivity among familial contacts of HCV positive patients
Giuseppe La Torre, Luca Miele, Alice Mannocci, Giacomina Chiaradia, Filippo Berloco, Maria L Gabrieli, Giovanni Gasbarrini, Maria Giovanna Ficarra, Antonio Matera, Gualtiero Ricciardi, Antonio Grieco, HCV-Southern Lazio Collaborative Group
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:237 (25September2006)
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Support for immunization registries among parents of vaccinated and unvaccinated school-aged children: a case control study
Robert W Linkins, Daniel A Salmon, Saad B Omer, William KY Pan, Shannon Stokley, Neal A Halsey
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:236 (22September2006)
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Distributed data processing for public health surveillance
Ross Lazarus, Katherine Yih, Richard Platt
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:235 (19September2006)
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The impact of workplace risk factors on the occurrence of neck and upper limb pain: a general population study
Julius Sim, Rosie J Lacey, Martyn Lewis
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:234 (19September2006)
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Overweight, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol consumption in a cross-sectional random sample of German adults
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