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BMC Public Health, Volume 6

 
Research article
A public health response to the methamphetamine epidemic: the implementation of contingency management to treat methamphetamine dependence
Steven Shoptaw, Jeffrey D Klausner, Cathy J Reback, Stephen Tierney, John Stansell, C Bradley Hare, Steven Gibson, Michael Siever, William D King, Uyen Kao, Jeffrey Dang
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:214 (18August2006)
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Research article
Coronary heart disease policy models: a systematic review
Belgin Unal, Simon Capewell, Julia Alison Critchley
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:213 (18August2006)
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Research article
Albinism in Africa as a public health issue
Esther S Hong, Hajo Zeeb, Michael H Repacholi
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:212 (17August2006)
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Research article
A survey of the clinical acceptability of screening for postnatal depression in depressed and non-depressed women
Alan W Gemmill, Bronwyn Leigh, Jennifer Ericksen, Jeannette Milgrom
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:211 (17August2006)
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Research article
Water incident related hospital activity across England between 1997/8 and 2003/4: a retrospective descriptive study
Holly Henderson, Richard C Wilson
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:210 (16August2006)
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Research article
Impact of DOTS expansion on tuberculosis related outcomes and costs in Haiti
Vary Jacquet, Willy Morose, Kevin Schwartzman, Olivia Oxlade, Graham Barr, Franque Grimard, Dick Menzies
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:209 (15August2006)
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Research article
Emerging advantages and drawbacks of telephone surveying in public health research in Ireland and the U.K
M Boland, MR Sweeney, E Scallan, M Harrington, A Staines
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:208 (15August2006)
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Research article
Factors associated with nosocomial SARS-CoV transmission among healthcare workers in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2003
Mary G Reynolds, Bach Huy Anh, Vu Hoang Thu, Joel M Montgomery, Daniel G Bausch, J Jina Shah, Susan Maloney, Katrin C Leitmeyer, Vu Quang Huy, Peter Horby, Aileen J Plant, Timothy M Uyeki
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:207 (14August2006)
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Research article
Prevalence of self-reported hypertension and its relation to dietary habits, in adults; a nutrition & health survey in Greece
Christos Pitsavos, George A Milias, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Dimitra Xenaki, George Panagopoulos, Christodoulos Stefanadis
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:206 (13August2006)
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Research article
Trends in drop out, drug free discharge and rates of re-presentation: a retrospective cohort study of drug treatment clients in the North West of England
Caryl M Beynon, Mark A Bellis, Jim McVeigh
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:205 (11August2006)
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Research article
Does a competitive voucher program for adolescents improve the quality of reproductive health care? A simulated patient study in Nicaragua
Liesbeth E Meuwissen, Anna C Gorter, Arnold DM Kester, J Andre Knottnerus
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:204 (7August2006)
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Research article
Similar support for three different life course socioeconomic models on predicting premature cardiovascular mortality and all-cause mortality
Maria Rosvall, Basile Chaix, John Lynch, Martin Lindstrm, Juan Merlo
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:203 (4August2006)
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Research article
Participants' perceptions of a lifestyle approach to promoting physical activity: targeting deprived communities in Kingston-Upon-Hull
Helen Wormald, Heidi Waters, Mike Sleap, Lee Ingle
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:202 (4August2006)
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Research article
Advertising and disclosure of funding on patient organisation websites: a cross-sectional survey
Douglas E Ball, Klara Tisocki, Andrew Herxheimer
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:201 (3August2006)
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Research article
Identification and quantification of change in Australian illicit drug markets
Stuart Gilmour, Inge Koch, Louisa Degenhardt, Carolyn Day
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:200 (3August2006)
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Research article
Body mass index, sexual behaviour, and sexually transmitted infections : an analysis using the NHANES 19992000 data
Nico JD Nagelkerke, Roos MD Bernsen, Sema K Sgaier, Prabhat Jha
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:199 (2August2006)
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Research article
The use of insulin declines as patients live farther from their source of care: results of a survey of adults with type 2 diabetes
Benjamin Littenberg, Kaitlin Strauss, Charles D MacLean, Austin R Troy
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:198 (27July2006)
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Research article
Use of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist for the detection of psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare
Sijmen A Reijneveld, Anton GC Vogels, Femke Hoekstra, Matty R Crone
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:197 (27July2006)
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Research article
A comparison of breastfeeding among Han, Uygur and other ethnic groups in Xinjiang, PR China
Fenglian Xu, Colin Binns, Guli Nazi, Lin Shi, Yun Zhao, Andy Lee
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:196 (27July2006)
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Research article
Which women stop smoking during pregnancy and the effect on breastfeeding duration
Roslyn C Giglia, Colin W Binns, Helman S Alfonso
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:195 (26July2006)
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Research article
Early cancer detection among rural and urban californians
Sarah L Blair, Georgia R Sadler, Rebecca Bristol, Courtney Summers, Zanera Tahir, Sidney L Saltzstein
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:194 (26July2006)
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Prevalence and determinants of the use of self-tests by members of the public: a mixed methods study
Angela Ryan, Sheila Greenfield, Sue Wilson
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:193 (25July2006)
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Research article
Political dynamics promoting the incremental regulation of secondhand smoke: a case study of New South Wales, Australia
Katherine Bryan-Jones, Simon Chapman
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:192 (21July2006)
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Research article
Is there a "Scottish effect" for self reports of health? Individual level analysis of the 2001 UK census
Frank Popham
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:191 (21July2006)
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Research article
Changes in the incidence of occupational disability as a result of back and neck pain in the Netherlands
Ivan A Steenstra, Jos H Verbeek, Femmeke J Prinsze, Dirk L Knol
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:190 (18July2006)
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Research article
Carboxyhaemoglobin levels and their determinants in older British men
Peter Whincup, Olia Papacosta, Lucy Lennon, Andrew Haines
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:189 (18July2006)
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Research article
Does trust in health care influence the use of complementary and alternative medicine by chronically ill people?
A van den Brink-Muinen, PM Rijken
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:188 (18July2006)
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Research article
Stages of development and injury patterns in the early years: a population-based analysis
Michael P Flavin, Suzanne M Dostaler, Kelly Simpson, Robert J Brison, William Pickett
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:187 (18July2006)
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Study protocol
Prevention of anxiety and depression in the age group of 75 years and over: a randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility and effectiveness of a generic stepped care programme among elderly community residents at high risk of developing anxiety and depression versus usual care [ISRCTN26474556]
Nelleke van 't Veer-Tazelaar, Harm van Marwijk, Patricia van Oppen, Giel Nijpels, Hein van Hout, Pim Cuijpers, Wim Stalman, Aartjan Beekman
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:186 (18July2006)
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Research article
An investigation of whether factors associated with short-term attrition change or persist over ten years: data from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS)
Fiona E Matthews, Mark Chatfield, Carol Brayne, Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS)
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:185 (18July2006)
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Research article
Trends in suicide in a Lithuanian urban population over the period 19842003
Abdonas Tamosiunas, Regina Reklaitiene, Dalia Virviciute, Diana Sopagiene
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:184 (13July2006)
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Research article
Defining a common set of indicators to monitor road accidents in the European Union
Sara Farchi, Nunzio Molino, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Piero Borgia, Michael Krzyzanowski, Dafina Dalbokova, Rokho Kim, the European Road Accident Indicator Working Group
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:183 (11July2006)
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Research article
Psychosocial factors and distress: a comparison between ethnic Norwegians and ethnic Pakistanis in Oslo, Norway
Hammad Raza Syed, Odd Steffen Dalgard, Ingvild Dalen, Bjrgulf Claussen, Akthar Hussain, Randi Selmer, Nora Ahlberg
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:182 (10July2006)
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Research article
Prisoners' attitudes towards cigarette smoking and smoking cessation: a questionnaire study in Poland
Alicja Sieminska, Ewa Jassem, Krzysztof Konopa
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:181 (7July2006)
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Research article
Sentinel surveillance for human enterovirus 71 in Sarawak, Malaysia: lessons from the first 7 years
Yuwana Podin, Edna LM Gias, Flora Ong, Yee-Wei Leong, Siew-Fung Yee, Mohd Apandi Yusof, David Perera, Bibiana Teo, Thian-Yew Wee, Sik-Chi Yao, Sik-King Yao, Andrew Kiyu, Mohd Taha Arif, Mary Jane Cardosa
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:180 (7July2006)
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Research article
Incidence trend and risk factors for campylobacter infections in humans in Norway
Marianne Sandberg, Karin Nygrd, Hege Meldal, Paul Steinar Valle, Hilde Kruse, Eystein Skjerve
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:179 (7July2006)
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Research article
Where do the elderly die? The impact of nursing home utilisation on the place of death. Observations from a mortality cohort study in Flanders
Gilberte Van Rensbergen, Tim S Nawrot, Ettiene Van Hecke, Benoit Nemery
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:178 (6July2006)
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Research article
WHO systematic review of prevalence of chronic pelvic pain: a neglected reproductive health morbidity
Pallavi Latthe, Manish Latthe, Lale Say, Metin Glmezoglu, Khalid S Khan
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:177 (6July2006)
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Research article
Knowledge, attitude and practices of pediatricians regarding the prevention of oral diseases in Italy
Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Carmelo GA Nobile, Alessandra Marinelli, Italo F Angelillo
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:176 (5July2006)
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Research article
Health system barriers to strengthening vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and response in the context of decentralization: evidence from Georgia
David R Hotchkiss, Thomas P Eisele, Mamuka Djibuti, Eva A Silvestre, Natia Rukhadze
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:175 (5July2006)
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Research article
Duration of unemployment and depression: a cross-sectional survey in Lithuania
Mindaugas Stankunas, Ramune Kalediene, Skirmante Starkuviene, Violeta Kapustinskiene
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:174 (5July2006)
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Research article
National and sub-national under-five mortality profiles in Peru: a basis for informed policy decisions
Luis Huicho, Miguel Trelles, Fernando Gonzales
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:173 (4July2006)
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Study protocol
California Men's Health Study (CMHS): a multiethnic cohort in a managed care setting
Shelley M Enger, Stephen K Van Den Eeden, Barbara Sternfeld, Ronald K Loo, Charles P Quesenberry Jr, Sarah Rowell, Marianne C Sadler, Donna M Schaffer, Laurel A Habel, Bette J Caan
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:172 (30June2006)
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Research article
Validating the Johns Hopkins ACG Case-Mix System of the elderly in Swedish primary health care
Anders Halling, Gerd Fridh, Ingvar Ovhed
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:171 (28June2006)
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Research article
Estimating the cost-effectiveness of detecting cases of chronic hepatitis C infection on reception into prison
Andrew J Sutton, W John Edmunds, O Noel Gill
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:170 (27June2006)
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Research article
Clustering of smoking, alcohol drinking and cannabis use in adolescents in a rapidly developing country
David Faeh, Bharathi Viswanathan, Arnaud Chiolero, Wick Warren, Pascal Bovet
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:169 (27June2006)
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Study protocol
Design of the New Life(style) study: a randomised controlled trial to optimise maternal weight development during pregnancy. [ISRCTN85313483]
Ellen Althuizen, Mireille NM van Poppel, Jacob C Seidell, Carla van der Wijden, Willem van Mechelen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:168 (26June2006)
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Research article
Changes in Scottish suicide rates during the Second World War
Rob Henderson, Cameron Stark, Roger W Humphry, Sivasubramaniam Selvaraj
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:167 (23June2006)
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Research article
Blood donors' motivation and attitude to non-remunerated blood donation in Lithuania
Ilona Buciuniene, Laimut Stonien, Aurelija Blazeviciene, Ruta Kazlauskaite, Vida Skudiene
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:166 (22June2006)
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Research article
Impact of funding on biomedical research: a retrospective cohort study
Evelyne Decullier, Franois Chapuis
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:165 (22June2006)
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Research article
Trends in absolute socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in Sweden and New Zealand. A 20-year gender perspective
Sarah Wamala, Tony Blakely, June Atkinson
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:164 (21June2006)
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Research article
The acceptability and impact of a randomised controlled trial of welfare rights advice accessed via primary health care: qualitative study
Suzanne Moffatt, Joan Mackintosh, Martin White, Denise Howel, Adam Sandell
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:163 (21June2006)
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Research article
Randomised controlled trial of welfare rights advice accessed via primary health care: pilot study [ISRCTN61522618]
Joan Mackintosh, Martin White, Denise Howel, Tom Chadwick, Suzanne Moffatt, Mark Deverill, Adam Sandell
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:162 (21June2006)
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Study protocol
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a minimal psychological intervention to reduce non-severe depression in chronically ill elderly patients: the design of a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN92331982]
F Lamers, CCM Jonkers, H Bosma, JPM Diederiks, JThM van Eijk
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:161 (21June2006)
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Research article
Effects of work-related factors on the breastfeeding behavior of working mothers in a Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer: a cross-sectional survey
Yi Chun Chen, Ya-Chi Wu, Wei-Chu Chie
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:160 (21June2006)
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Research article
Cancer mortality patterns in Ghana: a 10-year review of autopsies and hospital mortality
Edwin K Wiredu, Henry B Armah
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:159 (20June2006)
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Research article
Obesity and hypertension in an Iranian cohort study; Iranian women experience higher rates of obesity and hypertension than American women
Hossein Bahrami, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Akram Pourshams, Farin Kamangar, Mehdi Nouraei, Shahriar Semnani, Paul Brennan, Paolo Boffetta, Reza Malekzadeh
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:158 (20June2006)
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Research article
Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis evaluation and treatment of newly-arrived immigrants
Travis C Porco, Bryan Lewis, Elliot Marseille, Jennifer Grinsdale, Jennifer M Flood, Sarah E Royce
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:157 (19June2006)
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Research article
Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis: a clinic-based case control study in The Gambia
Philip C Hill, Dolly Jackson-Sillah, Simon A Donkor, Jacob Otu, Richard A Adegbola, Christian Lienhardt
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:156 (19June2006)
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Research article
Gender differences in the utilization of health-care services among the older adult population of Spain
urea Redondo-Sendino, Pilar Guallar-Castilln, Jos Ramn Banegas, Fernando Rodrguez-Artalejo
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:155 (16June2006)
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Research article
Community-based surveillance of malaria vector larval habitats: a baseline study in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Michael J Vanek, Bryson Shoo, Deo Mtasiwa, Michael Kiama, Steven W Lindsay, Ulrike Fillinger, Khadija Kannady, Marcel Tanner, Gerry F Killeen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:154 (15June2006)
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Research article
No difference in stroke knowledge between Korean adherents to traditional and western medicine the AGE study: an epidemiological study
Moon Ho Park, Sangmee Ahn Jo, Inho Jo, Eunkyung Kim, Su-Yong Eun, Changsu Han, Min Kyu Park
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:153 (13June2006)
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Research article
Correlates of condom use in a sample of MSM in Ecuador
Juan-Pablo Gutirrez, Diana Molina-Yepez, Ken Morrison, Fiona Samuels, Stefano M Bertozzi
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:152 (12June2006)
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Research article
Health Research Profile to assess the capacity of low and middle income countries for equity-oriented research
P Tugwell, C Sitthi-Amorn, J Hatcher-Roberts, V Neufeld, P Makara, F Munoz, P Czerny, V Robinson, Y Nuyens, D Okello
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:151 (12June2006)
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Study protocol
HIV in East London: ethnicity, gender and risk. Design and methods
Jonathan Elford, Jane Anderson, Cecilia Bukutu, Fowzia Ibrahim
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:150 (9June2006)
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Vitamin G: effects of green space on health, well-being, and social safety
Peter P Groenewegen, Agnes E van den Berg, Sjerp de Vries, Robert A Verheij
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:149 (7June2006)
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Research article
Fatal injuries while under the influence of psychoactive drugs: a cross-sectional exploratory study in England
Adenekan Oyefeso, Fabrizio Schifano, Hamid Ghodse, Kathryn Cobain, Ruth Dryden, John Corkery
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:148 (6June2006)
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Study protocol
A school-based physical activity program to improve health and fitness in children aged 613 years ("Kinder-Sportstudie KISS"): study design of a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN15360785]
Lukas Zahner, Jardena J Puder, Ralf Roth, Marco Schmid, Regula Guldimann, Uwe Phse, Martin Knpfli, Charlotte Braun-Fahrlnder, Bernard Marti, Susi Kriemler
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:147 (6June2006)
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Research article
Urban-rural disparities in smoking behaviour in Germany
Henry Vlzke, Hanne Neuhauser, Susanne Moebus, Jens Baumert, Klaus Berger, Andreas Stang, Ute Ellert, Andr Werner, Angela Dring
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:146 (6June2006)
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Research article
Continuous admission to primary school and mental health problems
Sijmen A Reijneveld, Carin H Wiefferink, Emily Brugman, Frank C Verhulst, S Pauline Verloove-Vanhorick, Theo GW Paulussen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:145 (6June2006)
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Research article
Why do adult women in Vietnam take iron tablets?
Ritsuko Aikawa, Masamine Jimba, Khan C Nguen, Yun Zhao, Colin W Binns, Mi Kyung Lee
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:144 (6June2006)
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Research article
Health seeking behaviour, health system experience and tuberculosis case finding in Gambians with cough
Yaya Kasse, Momodou Jasseh, Tumani Corrah, Simon A Donkor, Martin Antonnio, Adama Jallow, Richard A Adegbola, Philip C Hill
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:143 (5June2006)
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Research article
Attribution of physical complaints to the air disaster in Amsterdam by exposed rescue workers: an epidemiological study using historic cohorts
Pauline Slottje, Nynke Smidt, Jos WR Twisk, Anja C Huizink, Anke B Witteveen, Willem van Mechelen, Tjabe Smid
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:142 (30May2006)
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Research article
A large community outbreak of waterborne giardiasis- delayed detection in a non-endemic urban area
Karin Nygrd, Barbara Schimmer, ystein Sbstad, Anna Walde, Ingvar Tveit, Nina Langeland, Trygve Hausken, Preben Aavitsland
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:141 (25May2006)
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Study protocol
ALIFE@Work: a randomised controlled trial of a distance counselling lifestyle programme for weight control among an overweight working population [ISRCTN04265725]
Marieke F van Wier, Geertje AM Arins, Johanna C Dekkers, Ingrid JM Hendriksen, Nico P Pronk, Tjabe Smid, Willem van Mechelen
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:140 (24May2006)
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Research article
Patterns of smoking behavior among physicians in Yerevan, Armenia
Paul C Perrin, Ray M Merrill, Gordon B Lindsay
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:139 (23May2006)
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Research article
Primary care staff's views and experiences related to routinely advising patients about physical activity. A questionnaire survey
Flora Douglas, Nicola Torrance, Edwin van Teijlingen, Serena Meloni, Ann Kerr
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:138 (23May2006)
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Research article
Avoidable mortality across Canada from 1975 to 1999
Paul D James, Doug G Manuel, Yang Mao
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:137 (23May2006)
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Research article
The effect of a worksite based walking programme on cardiovascular risk in previously sedentary civil servants [NCT00284479]
Marie H Murphy, Elaine M Murtagh, Colin AG Boreham, Lesley G Hare, Alan M Nevill
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:136 (22May2006)
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Research article
The impact of clothing style on bone mineral density among post menopausal women in Morocco: a case-control study
Fadoua Allali, Siham El Aichaoui, Bouchra Saoud, Houda Maaroufi, Redouane Abouqal, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni1
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:135 (19May2006)
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Research article
A controlled trial of the effectiveness of a diabetes education programme in a multi-ethnic community in Glasgow [ISRCT28317455]
Hamid R Baradaran, Robin P Knill-Jones, Sunita Wallia, Alison Rodgers
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:134 (18May2006)
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The wider social environment and changes in self-reported quality of life in the transition from late childhood to early adolescence: a cohort study
Marjan Drukker, Charles Kaplan, Josien Schneiders, Frans JM Feron, Jim van Os
BMC Public Health 2006, 6:133 (17May2006)
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Immunization coverage and risk factors for failure to immunize within the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Kenya after introduction of new Haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b virus antigens
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