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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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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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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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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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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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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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Safer injections following a new national medicine policy in the public sector, Burkina Faso 1995  2000
Sophie Logez, Yvan Hutin, Paul Somda, J r me Thuault, Kathleen Holloway
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:136 (19December2005)
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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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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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(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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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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National estimates for maternal mortality: an analysis based on the WHO systematic review of maternal mortality and morbidity
Ana P Betr n, Daniel Wojdyla, Samuel F Posner, A Metin G lmezoglu
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:131 (12December2005)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lithuanian health care in transitional state: ethical problems
Irayda Jaku ovait ,  ilvinas Darulis, Romualdas ekas
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:117 (9November2005)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Assessing immunization data quality from routine reports in Mozambique
Jo o C Mavimbe, J rn Braa, Gunnar Bjune
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:108 (11October2005)
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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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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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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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Differing mental health practice among general practitioners, private psychiatrists and public psychiatrists
N Youn s, MC Hardy-Bayle, B Falissard, V Kovess, MP Chaillet, I Gasquet
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:104 (7October2005)
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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 H kansson, G ran Ejlertsson
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:103 (7October2005)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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AIDS knowledge and attitudes in a Turkish population: an epidemiological study
Unal Ayranci
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:95 (13September2005)
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Validation of self reported diagnosis of hypertension in a cohort of university graduates in Spain
Alvaro Alonso, Juan Jos Beunza, Miguel Delgado-Rodr guez, Miguel Angel Martnez-Gonzlez
BMC Public Health 2005, 5:94 (12September2005)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Health disparities and advertising content of women's magazines: a cross-sectional study
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