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BMC Public Health, Volume 5

 
Research article
Work factors and smoking cessation in nurses' aides: a prospective cohort study
Willy Eriksen
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:142 (27December2005)
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Research article
An automated, broad-based, near real-time public health surveillance system using presentations to hospital Emergency Departments in New South Wales, Australia
David J Muscatello, Tim Churches, Jill Kaldor, Wei Zheng, Clayton Chiu, Patricia Correll, Louisa Jorm
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:141 (22December2005)
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Research article
Please understand when I cry out in pain: women's accounts of maternity services during labour and delivery in Ghana
Lucia D'Ambruoso, Mercy Abbey, Julia Hussein
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:140 (22December2005)
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Research article
Understanding non-compliance to colorectal cancer screening: a case control study, nested in a randomised trial [ISRCTN83029072]
Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Antonio Federici, Francesco Bartolozzi, Sara Farchi, Piero Borgia, Gabriella Guasticchi
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:139 (22December2005)
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Research article
Socio-demographic factors associated with smoking and smoking cessation among 426,344 pregnant women in New South Wales, Australia
Mohammed Mohsin, Adrian E Bauman
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:138 (21December2005)
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Research article
E-health: Determinants, opportunities, challenges and the way forward for countries in the WHO African Region
Joses M Kirigia, Anthony Seddoh, Doris Gatwiri, Lenity HK Muthuri, Janet Seddoh
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:137 (20December2005)
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Research article
Safer injections following a new national medicine policy in the public sector, Burkina Faso 1995 2000
Sophie Logez, Yvan Hutin, Paul Somda, Jrme Thuault, Kathleen Holloway
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:136 (19December2005)
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Research article
Use of a food frequency questionnaire in American Indian and Caucasian pregnant women: a validation study
Heather J Baer, Robin E Blum, Helaine RH Rockett, Jill Leppert, Jane D Gardner, Carol W Suitor, Graham A Colditz
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:135 (15December2005)
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Study protocol
Promoting physical activity using an activity monitor and a tailored web-based advice: design of a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN93896459]
Sander M Slootmaker, Marijke JM Chin A Paw, Albertine J Schuit, Jacob C Seidell, Willem van Mechelen
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:134 (15December2005)
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Study protocol
(Cost)-effectiveness of case-management by district nurses among primary informal caregivers of older adults with dementia symptoms and the older adults who receive informal care: design of a randomized controlled trial [ISCRTN83135728]
Aaltje PD Jansen, Hein PJ van Hout, Harm WJ van Marwijk, Giel Nijpels, Martine C de Bruijne, Judith E Bosmans, Anne-Margriet Pot, Wim AB Stalman
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:133 (12December2005)
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Research article
Socioeconomic status and non-fatal injuries among Canadian adolescents: variations across SES and injury measures
Beth K Potter, Kathy N Speechley, John J Koval, Iris A Gutmanis, M Karen Campbell, Douglas Manuel
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:132 (12December2005)
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Research article
National estimates for maternal mortality: an analysis based on the WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
Ana P Betrn, Daniel Wojdyla, Samuel F Posner, A Metin Glmezoglu
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:131 (12December2005)
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Research article
Cost, affordability and cost-effectiveness of strategies to control tuberculosis in countries with high HIV prevalence
Christine SM Currie, Katherine Floyd, Brian G Williams, Christopher Dye
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:130 (12December2005)
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Research article
Public perception of drinking water from private water supplies: focus group analyses
Andria Q Jones, Catherine E Dewey, Kathryn Dor, Shannon E Majowicz, Scott A McEwen, David Waltner-Toews, Spencer J Henson, Eric Mathews
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:129 (9December2005)
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Research article
Skin infection, housing and social circumstances in children living in remote Indigenous communities: testing conceptual and methodological approaches
Ross S Bailie, Matthew R Stevens, Elizabeth McDonald, Stephen Halpin, David Brewster, Gary Robinson, Steven Guthridge
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:128 (8December2005)
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Research article
Incidence of cancer in the area around Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 19882003: a population-based ecological study
Otto Visser, Joop H van Wijnen, Flora E van Leeuwen
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:127 (6December2005)
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Research article
Patterns of alcohol drinking and its association with obesity: data from the third national health and nutrition examination survey, 19881994
Ahmed A Arif, James E Rohrer
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:126 (5December2005)
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Research article
Comparative levels and time trends in blood pressure, total cholesterol, Body Mass Index and smoking among Caucasian and South-Asian participants of a UK primary-care based cardiovascular risk factor screening programme
Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Patrick McElduff, Richard F Heller, Margaret Hanily, Philip S Lewis
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:125 (28November2005)
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Research article
Cardiovascular health knowledge and behavior in patient attendants at four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan a cause for concern
Fahim H Jafary, Fawad Aslam, Hussain Mahmud, Abdul Waheed, Murtaza Shakir, Atif Afzal, Mohammad A Qayyum, Javed Akram, Iqbal S Khan, Irshad U Haque
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:124 (25November2005)
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Research article
An economic way of reducing health, environmental, and other pressures of urban traffic: a decision analysis on trip aggregation
Jouni T Tuomisto, Marko Tainio
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:123 (25November2005)
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Research article
Patient and health service delay in pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending a referral hospital: a cross-sectional study
Mpungu S Kiwuwa, Karamagi Charles, Mayanja Kizza Harriet
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:122 (24November2005)
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Research article
Response of religious groups to HIV/AIDS as a sexually transmitted infection in Trinidad
Gillian L Genrich, Brader A Brathwaite
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:121 (16November2005)
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Research article
Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey study
Francisco G Soto Mas, Richard L Papenfuss, Holly E Jacobson, Chiehwen Ed Hsu, Ximena Urrutia-Rojas, William M Kane
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:120 (14November2005)
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Debate
Neglected diseases of neglected populations: Thinking to reshape the determinants of health in Latin America and the Caribbean
John P Ehrenberg, Steven K Ault
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:119 (11November2005)
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Research article
Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection and associated factors among adults in Southern Brazil: a population-based cross-sectional study
Ina S Santos, Jose Boccio, Ari S Santos, Neiva CJ Valle, Camila S Halal, Marta Colvara Bachilli, Ricardo D Lopes
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:118 (10November2005)
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Debate
Lithuanian health care in transitional state: ethical problems
Irayda Jakuovait, ilvinas Darulis, Romualdas ekas
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:117 (9November2005)
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Research article
The contribution of leading diseases and risk factors to excess losses of healthy life in eastern Europe: burden of disease study
John W Powles, Witold Zatonski, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Majid Ezzati
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:116 (3November2005)
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Research article
Homeopathic medical practice: Long-term results of a cohort study with 3981 patients
Claudia M Witt, Rainer Ldtke, Roland Baur, Stefan N Willich
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:115 (3November2005)
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Research article
Blood pressure patterns in rural, semi-urban and urban children in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa
Charles Agyemang, William K Redekop, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Marc A Bruijnzeels
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:114 (1November2005)
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Study protocol
Protocol for: Sheffield Obesity Trial (SHOT): A randomised controlled trial of exercise therapy and mental health outcomes in obese adolescents [ISRCNT83888112]
Amanda J Daley, Robert J Copeland, Neil P Wright, Jerry KH Wales
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:113 (31October2005)
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Research article
Diet induced weight loss accelerates onset of negative alliesthesia in obese women
Patrick Frankham, Caroline Gosselin, Michel Cabanac
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:112 (18October2005)
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Research article
Risk factors for adverse perinatal outcomes in imprisoned pregnant women: a systematic review
Marian Knight, Emma Plugge
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:111 (17October2005)
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Research article
Improving rates of pneumococcal vaccination on discharge from a tertiary center medical teaching unit: A prospective intervention
Chandra M Thomas, Andrea Loewen, Carla Coffin, Norman RC Campbell
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:110 (14October2005)
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Research article
Khat and alcohol use and risky sex behaviour among in-school and out-of-school youth in Ethiopia
Derege Kebede, Atalay Alem, Getnet Mitike, Fikre Enquselassie, Frehiwot Berhane, Yigeremu Abebe, Reta Ayele, Wuleta Lemma, Tamrat Assefa, Tewodros Gebremichael
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:109 (14October2005)
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Research article
Assessing immunization data quality from routine reports in Mozambique
Joo C Mavimbe, Jrn Braa, Gunnar Bjune
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:108 (11October2005)
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Research article
Prevalence and associations of symptoms of upper extremities, repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and 'RSI-like condition'. A cross sectional study of bank workers in Northeast Brazil
Eliana M Lacerda, Luis C Ncul, Lia G da S Augusto, Maria Teresa A Olinto, Dyhanne C Rocha, Danielle C Wanderley
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:107 (11October2005)
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Research article
Unfavourable birth outcomes of the Roma women in the Czech Republic and the potential explanations: a population-based study
Martin Bobak, Jan Dejmek, Ivo Solansky, Radim J Sram
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:106 (10October2005)
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Research article
Evaluation of school absenteeism data for early outbreak detection, New York City
Melanie Besculides, Richard Heffernan, Farzad Mostashari, Don Weiss
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:105 (7October2005)
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Research article
Differing mental health practice among general practitioners, private psychiatrists and public psychiatrists
N Youns, MC Hardy-Bayle, B Falissard, V Kovess, MP Chaillet, I Gasquet
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:104 (7October2005)
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Research article
Work ethics and general work attitudes in adolescents are related to quality of life, sense of coherence and subjective health a Swedish questionnaire study
Lars Axelsson, Ingemar Andersson, Anders Hkansson, Gran Ejlertsson
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:103 (7October2005)
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Research article
Is relatively young age within a school year a risk factor for mental health problems and poor school performance? A population-based cross-sectional study of adolescents in Oslo, Norway
Lars Lien, Kristian Tambs, Brit Oppedal, Sonja Heyerdahl, Espen Bjertness
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:102 (5October2005)
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Study protocol
Case management for the treatment of patients with major depression in general practices rationale, design and conduct of a cluster randomized controlled trial PRoMPT (Primary care Monitoring for depressive Patient's Trial) [ISRCTN66386086] Study protocol
Jochen Gensichen, Marion Torge, Monika Peitz, Heike Wendt-Hermainski, Martin Beyer, Thomas Rosemann, Christian Krauth, Heiner Raspe, Josef B Aldenhoff, Ferdinand M Gerlach
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:101 (5October2005)
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Research article
Birth outcomes in Colorado's undocumented immigrant population
Mary M Reed, John M Westfall, Caroline Bublitz, Catherine Battaglia, Alexandra Fickenscher
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:100 (4October2005)
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Study protocol
ELSID-Diabetes study-evaluation of a large scale implementation of disease management programmes for patients with type 2 diabetes. Rationale, design and conduct a study protocol [ISRCTN08471887]
Stefanie Joos, Thomas Rosemann, Marc Heiderhoff, Michel Wensing, Sabine Ludt, Jochen Gensichen, Petra Kaufmann-Kolle, Joachim Szecsenyi
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:99 (4October2005)
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Research article
HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: outputs, cost and efficiency
Lalit Dandona, Pratap Sisodia, SG Prem Kumar, YK Ramesh, A Anod Kumar, M Chalapathi Rao, Elliot Marseille, M Someshwar, Nell Marshall, James G Kahn
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:98 (24September2005)
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Research article
A population-based study of asthma, quality of life, and occupation among elderly Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites: a cross-sectional investigation
Ahmed A Arif, James E Rohrer, George L Delclos
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:97 (21September2005)
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Research article
Comparison of prevalence and severity of asthma among adolescents in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago: results of a nationwide cross-sectional survey
Michele A Monteil, Gina Joseph, Catherine Changkit, Gillian Wheeler, Robin M Antoine
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:96 (14September2005)
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Research article
AIDS knowledge and attitudes in a Turkish population: an epidemiological study
Unal Ayranci
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:95 (13September2005)
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Research article
Validation of self reported diagnosis of hypertension in a cohort of university graduates in Spain
Alvaro Alonso, Juan Jos Beunza, Miguel Delgado-Rodrguez, Miguel Angel Martnez-Gonzlez
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:94 (12September2005)
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Research article
Methodological aspects of a GIS-based environmental health inspection program used in the Athens 2004 Olympic and Para Olympic Games
Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Elpidoforos S Soteriades, Virginia Kolonia, Matthew E Falagas, Efstathios Pantelopoulos, Georgios Panagakos, Varvara Mouchtouri, Jeni Kremastinou
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:93 (2September2005)
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Research article
Pride and confidence at work: potential predictors of occupational health in a hospital setting
Kerstin Nilsson, Anna Hertting, Inga-Lill Petterson, Tres Theorell
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:92 (1September2005)
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Research article
The impact of partial smokefree legislation on health inequalities: Evidence from a survey of 1150 pubs in North West England
Karen Tocque, Richard Edwards, Brenda Fullard
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:91 (1September2005)
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Research article
The relationship between risk factors for falling and the quality of life in older adults
Ayse Ozcan, Hulya Donat, Nihal Gelecek, Mehtap Ozdirenc, Didem Karadibak
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:90 (26August2005)
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Research article
Patterns of HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in the cross-border area of Lang Son Province, Vietnam, and Ning Ming County, Guangxi Province, China
Don C Des Jarlais, Patrick Johnston, Patricia Friedmann, Ryan Kling, Wei Liu, Doan Ngu, Yi Chen, Tran V Hoang, Meng Donghua, Ly K Van, Nguyen D Tung, Kieu T Binh, Theodore M Hammett
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:89 (24August2005)
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Research article
Effectiveness of different methods of health education: A comparative assessment in a scientific conference
Asim Saha, Era Poddar, Minal Mankad
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:88 (22August2005)
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Research article
High risk of HIV in non-brothel based female sex workers in India
Rakhi Dandona, Lalit Dandona, Juan Pablo Gutierrez, Anil G Kumar, Sam McPherson, Fiona Samuels, Stefano M Bertozzi, the ASCI FPP Study Team
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:87 (20August2005)
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Research article
Falls in young, middle-aged and older community dwelling adults: perceived cause, environmental factors and injury
Laura A Talbot, Robin J Musiol, Erica K Witham, E Jeffery Metter
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:86 (18August2005)
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Research article
Health disparities and advertising content of women's magazines: a cross-sectional study
Susan C Duerksen, Amy Mikail, Laura Tom, Annie Patton, Janina Lopez, Xavier Amador, Reynaldo Vargas, Maria Victorio, Brenda Kustin, Georgia Robins Sadler
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:85 (18August2005)
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Research article
The impact of changes to heroin supply on blood-borne virus notifications and injecting related harms in New South Wales, Australia
Carolyn Day, Louisa Degenhardt, Stuart Gilmour, Wayne Hall
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:84 (16August2005)
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Research article
Suicidal tendencies and attitude towards freedom to choose suicide among Lithuanian schoolchildren: results from three cross-sectional studies in 1994, 1998, and 2002
Nida Zemaitiene, Apolinaras Zaborskis
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:83 (11August2005)
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Research article
An evaluation of a morphine public health programme for cancer and AIDS pain relief in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dorothy E Logie, Richard Harding
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:82 (10August2005)
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Research article
Health system outcomes and determinants amenable to public health in industrialized countries: a pooled, cross-sectional time series analysis
Onyebuchi A Arah, Gert P Westert, Diana M Delnoij, Niek S Klazinga
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:81 (2August2005)
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Research article
The influence of in-pregnancy smoking cessation programmes on partner quitting and women's social support mobilization: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN89131885]
Paul Aveyard, Terry Lawrence, Olga Evans, KK Cheng
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:80 (29July2005)
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Research article
Socioeconomic factors and adolescent pregnancy outcomes: distinctions between neonatal and post-neonatal deaths?
Barry P Markovitz, Rebeka Cook, Louise H Flick, Terry L Leet
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:79 (25July2005)
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Research article
Psychophysiological effects of a web-based stress management system: A prospective, randomized controlled intervention study of IT and media workers [ISRCTN54254861]
Dan Hasson, Ulla Maria Anderberg, Tres Theorell, Bengt B Arnetz
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:78 (25July2005)
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Study protocol
Rationale, design and conduct of a comprehensive evaluation of a primary care based intervention to improve the quality of life of osteoarthritis patients. The PraxArt-project: a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN87252339]
Thomas Rosemann, Thorsten Krner, Michel Wensing, Jochen Gensichen, Christiane Muth, Stefanie Joos, Joachim Szecsenyi
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:77 (19July2005)
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Correspondence
Are Alcoholism Treatments Effective? The Project MATCH Data: Response
William R Miller
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:76 (18July2005)
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Research article
Are alcoholism treatments effective? The Project MATCH data
Robert B Cutler, David A Fishbain
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:75 (14July2005)
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Research article
College campus smoking policies and programs and students' smoking behaviors
Tyrone F Borders, K Tom Xu, Donna Bacchi, Lee Cohen, Danielle SoRelle-Miner
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:74 (7July2005)
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Research article
Prevalence of thyroid nodules in an occupationally radiation exposed group: a cross sectional study in an area with mild iodine deficiency
Paolo Trerotoli, Anna Ciampolillo, Giuseppe Marinelli, Riccardo Giorgino, Gabriella Serio
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:73 (7July2005)
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Study protocol
Household cost-benefit equations and sustainable universal childhood immunisation: a randomised cluster controlled trial in south Pakistan [ISRCTN12421731]
Neil Andersson, Anne Cockcroft, Noor Ansari, Khalid Omer, Joe Losos, Robert J Ledogar, Peter Tugwell, Beverley Shea
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:72 (28June2005)
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Case report
International public health research involving interpreters: a case study from Bangladesh
Emma Pitchforth, Edwin van Teijlingen
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:71 (28June2005)
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Debate
Washing our hands of the congenital cytomegalovirus disease epidemic
Michael J Cannon, Katherine Finn Davis
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:70 (20June2005)
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Research article
Down syndrome, paternal age and education: comparison of California and the Czech Republic
Dagmara Dzurova, Hynek Pikhart
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:69 (17June2005)
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Research article
The incidence of varicella and herpes zoster in Massachusetts as measured by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) during a period of increasing varicella vaccine coverage, 19982003
W Katherine Yih, Daniel R Brooks, Susan M Lett, Aisha O Jumaan, Zi Zhang, Karen M Clements, Jane F Seward
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:68 (16June2005)
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Research article
A prospective study of cumulative job stress in relation to mental health
Isabelle Godin, France Kittel, Yves Coppieters, Johannes Siegrist
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:67 (15June2005)
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Research article
Seroprevalence and risk factors for toxoplasma infection among pregnant women in Aydin province, Turkey
Sema Ertug, Pinar Okyay, Munevver Turkmen, Hasan Yuksel
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:66 (15June2005)
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Research article
Municipal health expectancy in Japan: decreased healthy longevity of older people in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas
Yoshiharu Fukuda, Keiko Nakamura, Takehito Takano
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:65 (14June2005)
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Research article
Changes in social inequality with respect to health-related living conditions of 6-year-old children in East Germany after re-unification
Xianming du Prel, Ursula Krmer, Ulrich Ranft
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:64 (8June2005)
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Research article
Improving the Deaf community's access to prostate and testicular cancer information: a survey study
Ann Folkins, Georgia Robins Sadler, Celine Ko, Patricia Branz, Shane Marsh, Michael Bovee
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:63 (6June2005)
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Research article
DOTS improves treatment outcomes and service coverage for tuberculosis in South Ethiopia: a retrospective trend analysis
Estifanos B Shargie, Bernt Lindtjrn
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:62 (6June2005)
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Research article
Sex- and age-specific trends in mortality from suicide and undetermined death in Germany 19912002
Jens J Baumert, Natalia Erazo, Karl-Heinz Ladwig
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:61 (6June2005)
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Research article
Routine testing for IgG antibodies against hepatitis A virus in Israel
Noah Samuels
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:60 (6June2005)
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