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Editor-in-Chief
Melissa Norton, MD Medical Editor
Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD In-house Editor
Natalie Pafitis
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Viral hepatitis and HIV-associated tuberculosis: Risk factors and TB treatment outcomes in Thailand
Chawin Srinak, Wanitchaya Kittikraisak, Duangporn Pinjeesekikul, Pricha Charusuntonsri, Phinai Luanloed, La-ong Srisuwanvilai, Sriprapa Nateniyom, Somsak Akksilp, Sirirat Likanonsakul, Wanchai Sattayawuthipong, Channawong Burapat, Jay K Varma
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:245 (18July2008)
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Research article
The effect of maternal anthropometric characteristics and social factors on gestational age and birth weight in Sudanese newborn infants
Eltahir M Elshibly, Gerd Schmalisch
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:244 (18July2008)
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Research article
Impact of social ties on self reported health in France: Is everyone affected equally?
Zoe Heritage, Richard G Wilkinson, Olivier Grimaud, Kate E Pickett
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:243 (18July2008)
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Research article
Lack of basic and luxury goods and health-related dysfunction in older persons;
Findings from the longitudinal SMILE study
Danielle AI Groffen, Hans Bosma, Marjan van den Akker, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Jacques THM van Eijk
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:242 (17July2008)
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Research article
Incidence of human brucellosis in a rural area in Western Greece after the implementation of a vaccination programme against animal brucellosis
Eleni Jelastopulu, Christos Bikas, Chrysanthos Petropoulos, Michalis Leotsinidis
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:241 (17July2008)
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Research article
Lot quality survey: an appealing method for rapid evaluation of vaccine coverage in developing countries - experience in Turkey
Banu Cakir, Sarp Uner, Fehminaz Temel, Levent Akin
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:240 (16July2008)
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Research article
Psychosocial risk factors in home and community settings and their associations with population health and health inequalities: a systematic meta-review.
Matt Egan, Carol Tannahill, Mark Petticrew, Sian Thomas
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:239 (16July2008)
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Research article
Observations from behind the bar: changing patrons' behaviours in response to smoke-free legislation in Scotland
Shona Hilton, Jane Cameron, Alice MacLean, Mark Petticrew
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:238 (14July2008)
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Research article
The risk of pathogenic intestinal parasite infections in Kisii Municipality, Kenya
Robert M. Nyarango, Peninah A. Aloo, Ephantus W. Kabiru and Benson O. Nyanchongi
Robert M Nyarango, Peninah A Aloo, Ephantus W Kabiru, Benson O Nyanchongi
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:237 (14July2008)
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Research article
Delayed Treatment of Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan
Jimmy P.S. Chern, Duan-Rung Chen, Tzai-Hung Wen
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:236 (13July2008)
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Research article
Participants' perspective on maintaining behaviour change: a qualitative study within the European Diabetes Prevention Study
Linda Penn, Suzanne M Moffatt, Martin White
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:235 (10July2008)
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A randomized controlled trial to evaluate Self-Determination Theory for exercise adherence and weight control: Rationale and intervention description
Marlene N Silva, David A Markland, Claudia S Minderico, Paulo N Vieira, Margarida M Castro, Silvia R Coutinho, Teresa C Santos, Margarida G Matos, Luis B Sardinha, Pedro J Teixeira
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:234 (9July2008)
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Research article
Seat belt use among rear passengers: validity of self-reported versus observational measures.
Francesco Zambon, Ugo Fedeli, Maria Marchesan, Elena Schievano, Antonio Ferro, Paolo Spolaore
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:233 (9July2008)
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Research article
Determinants of neonatal mortality in Indonesia
Christiana R Titaley, Michael J Dibley, Kingsley Agho, Christine L Roberts, John Hall
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:232 (9July2008)
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Research article
Cost-utility of a walking programme for moderately depressed, obese, or overweighed elderly women in primary care: a randomised controlled trial
Narcis Gusi, Maria C Reyes, Jose L Gonzalez-Guerrero, Emilio Herrera, Jose M Garcia
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:231 (8July2008)
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Research article
Social inequalities in self-rated health by age: Cross-sectional study of 22 457 middle-aged men and women
Emily McFadden, Robert Luben, Shelia Bingham, Nicholas Wareham, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, Kay-Tee Khaw
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:230 (8July2008)
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Research article
Disclosing intimate partner violence to health care clinicians - What a difference the setting makes: A qualitative study
Jane Liebschutz, Tracy Battaglia, Erin Finley, Tali Averbuch
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:229 (4July2008)
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Research article
Chronic disease risk factors, healthy days and medical claims in South African employees presenting for health risk screening
Tracy L Kolbe-Alexander, Chris Buckmaster, Craig Nossel, Liezel Dreyer, Fiona Bull, Timothy D Noakes, Estelle V Lambert
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:228 (4July2008)
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Race/ethnicity and validity of self-reported pneumococcal vaccination
Nancy P Gordon, Pascale M Wortley, James A Singleton, Teresa Y Lin, Barbara H Bardenheier
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:227 (3July2008)
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Prevalence and pattern of HIV-related malnutrition among women in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-analysis of demographic health surveys
Olalekan A Uthman
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:226 (2July2008)
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Lack of adequate sun protection for children with oculocutaneous albinism in South Africa
Patricia M Lund, Julie S Taylor
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:225 (30June2008)
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Study protocol
Clinical and cost-effectiveness of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for depression in primary care: Design of a randomised trial
L Esther de Graaf, Sylvia AH Gerhards, Silvia MAA Evers, Arnoud Arntz, Heleen Riper, Johan L Severens, Guy Widdershoven, Job FM Metsemakers, Marcus JH Huibers
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:224 (30June2008)
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SWITCH: rationale, design, and implementation of a community, school, and family-based intervention to modify behaviors related to childhood obesity
Joey C Eisenmann, Douglas A Gentile, Gregory J Welk, Randi Callahan, Sarah Strickland, Monica Walsh, David A Walsh
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:223 (29June2008)
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The burden of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: the Spanish EVAN-65 Study.
Olga Ochoa-Gondar, Angel Vila-Corcoles, Cinta De Diego, Victoria Arija, Monica Maxenchs, Montserrat Grive, Enrique Martin, Josep Lluis Pinyol, Study Group Evan
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:222 (27June2008)
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Research article
Prevalence of comorbidity of chronic diseases in Australia
Gillian E Caughey, Agnes I Vitry, Andrew L Gilbert, Elizabeth E Roughead
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:221 (27June2008)
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Research article
Contributions to early HIV diagnosis among patients linked to care vary by testing venue
Michael S Lyons, Christopher J Lindsell, DeAnna A Hawkins RN, Dana L Raab RN, Alexander T Trott, Carl J Fichtenbaum
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:220 (25June2008)
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The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's fully operationalised DSM-IV dementia computerized diagnostic algorithm, compared with the 10/66 dementia algorithm and a clinician diagnosis: a population validation study
Martin J Prince, Juan Llibre de Rodriguez, L Noriega, A Lopez, Daisy Acosta, Emiliano Albanese, Raul Arizaga, John RM Copeland, Michael Dewey, Cleusa P Ferri, Mariella Guerra, Yueqin Huang, KS Jacob, ES Krishnamoorthy, Paul McKeigue, Renata Sousa, Robert J Stewart, Aquiles Salas, Ana Luisa Sosa, Richard Uwakwa, the 10/66 Dementia research group
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:219 (24June2008)
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Research article
What explains between-school differences in rates of smoking?
Marion Henderson, Russell Ecob, Daniel Wight, Charles Abraham
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:218 (20June2008)
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A survey of local health promotion initiatives for older people in Wales
Maggie Hendry, Nefyn H Williams, Clare Wilkinson
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:217 (20June2008)
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Study protocol
Vitalum study design: RCT evaluating the efficacy of tailored print communication and telephone motivational interviewing on multiple health behaviors
Hilde M van Keulen, Ilse Mesters, Johannes Brug, Marlein Ausems, Marci Campbell, Ken Resnicow, Paul J Zwietering, Gerard van Breukelen, Willem van Mechelen, Johan L Severens, Hein de Vries
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:216 (19June2008)
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Factors associated with self-rated health status in university students: a cross-sectional study in three European countries
Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Patrick Brzoska, Claudia Maier, Veronika Ottova, Sabine Meier, Urszula Dudziak, Snezhana Ilieva, Walid El Ansari
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:215 (18June2008)
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Mental health (GHQ12; CES-D) and attitudes towards the value of work among inmates of a semi-open prison and the long-term unemployed in Luxembourg
Mich le Baumann, Raymond Meyers, Etienne Le Bihan, Claude Houssemand
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:214 (18June2008)
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The positive association between number of children and obesity in Iranian women and men: Results from the National Health Survey
Enayatollah Bakhshi, Mohammad Reza Eshraghian, Kazem Mohammad, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Hojat Zeraati, Akbar Fotouhi, Fraidon Siassi, Behjat Seifi
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:213 (15June2008)
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Research article
Gatekeepers of health: A qualitative assessment of child care centre staff's perspectives, practices and challenges to enteric illness prevention and management in child care centres
Marsha Taylor, Cindy L Adams, Andrea Ellis
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:212 (13June2008)
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Study protocol
(Cost)effectiveness of life review for Older Adults: Design of a randomized controlled trial
Anne Margriet Pot, Anne-Sophie Melenhorst, Simone Onrust, Ernst T Bohlmeijer
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:211 (13June2008)
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The cumulative effect of core lifestyle behaviours on the prevalence of hypertension and dyslipidemia
Raquel Villegas, Patricia M Kearney, Ivan J Perry
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:210 (13June2008)
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Opinions of married women about potential causes and triggers of intimate partner violence against women. A cross-sectional investigation in an Iranian city
Behrooz Hamzeh, Mirtaghi Garousi Farshi, Lucie Laflamme
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:209 (12June2008)
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Relationship between parental locus of control and caries experience in preschool children  cross-sectional survey
Erika Len ov , Hynek Pikhart, Zden k Broukal, Georgios Tsakos
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:208 (12June2008)
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Do 'alternative' help-seeking strategies affect primary care service use? A survey of help-seeking for mental distress
Katja R dell, Kamaldeep Bhui, Stefan Priebe
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:207 (11June2008)
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Physical activity as a possible mechanism behind the relationship between green space and health: A multilevel analysis
Jolanda Maas, Robert A Verheij, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Peter P Groenewegen
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:206 (10June2008)
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Correspondence
Vouchers for scaling up insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania: Methods for monitoring and evaluation of a national health system intervention
Kara Hanson, Rose Nathan, Tanya Marchant, Hadji Mponda, Caroline Jones, Jane Bruce, Godlove Stephen, Jo Mulligan, Hassan Mshinda, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:205 (10June2008)
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The prevalence and correlates of physical inactivity among adults in Ho Chi Minh City
Oanh TH Trinh, Nguyen D Nguyen, Michael J Dibley, Philayrath Phongsavan, Adrian E Bauman
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:204 (9June2008)
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Environment And Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology (EAGLE) study: An integrative population-based case-control study of lung cancer
Maria Teresa Landi, Dario Consonni, Melissa Rotunno, Andrew W Bergen, Alisa M Goldstein, Jay H Lubin, Lynn Goldin, Michael Alavanja, Glen Morgan, Amy F Subar, Ilona Linnoila, Fabrizio Previdi, Massimo Corno, Maurizia Rubagotti, Barbara Marinelli, Benedetta Albetti, Antonio Colombi, Margaret Tucker, Sholom Wacholder, Angela C Pesatori, Neil E Caporaso, Pier Alberto Bertazzi
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:203 (6June2008)
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Determinants of cognitive function in childhood: A cohort study in a middle income context
Darci N Santos, Ana Marl cia O Assis, Ana Cec lia S Bastos, Letcia M Santos, Carlos Antonio ST Santos, Agostino Strina, Matildes S Prado, Naomar M Almeida-Filho, Laura C Rodrigues, Mauricio L Barreto
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:202 (6June2008)
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Research article
Tuberculosis screening of travelers to higher-incidence countries: A cost-effectiveness analysis
Michael Tan, Dick Menzies, Kevin Schwartzman
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:201 (5June2008)
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Obesity prevalence from a European perspective: a systematic review
Anne Bergh fer, Tobias Pischon, Thomas Reinhold, Caroline M Apovian, Arya M Sharma, Stefan N Willich
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:200 (5June2008)
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Research article
Comparing factors affecting commencement and cessation of betel quid chewing behavior in Taiwanese adults
Shue-Fang Yap, Pei-Shan Ho, Hsiao-Ching Kuo, Yi-Hsin Yang
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:199 (5June2008)
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Adverse childhood experiences and prescription drug use in a cohort study of adult HMO patients
Robert F Anda, David W Brown, Vincent J Felitti, Shanta R Dube, Wayne H Giles
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:198 (4June2008)
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Research article
Risk factors for low birthweight in the public-hospitals at Peshawar, NWFP-Pakistan
Sareer Badshah, Linda Mason, Kenneth McKelvie, Roger Payne, Paulo JG Lisboa
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:197 (4June2008)
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The challenge of comprehensively mapping children's health in a nation-wide health survey: Design of the German KiGGS-Study
B rbel-Maria Kurth, Panagiotis Kamtsiuris, Heike Hlling, Martin Schlaud, Rdiger Dlle, Ute Ellert, Heidrun Kahl, Hiltraud Knopf, Michael Lange, Gert BM Mensink, Hannelore Neuhauser, Angelika Schaffrath Rosario, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Liane Schenk, Robert Schlack, Heribert Stolzenberg, Michael Thamm, Wulf Thierfelder, Ute Wolf
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:196 (4June2008)
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Household disaster preparedness and information sources: Rapid cluster survey after a storm in New South Wales, Australia
Michelle Cretikos, Keith Eastwood, Craig Dalton, Tony Merritt, Frank Tuyl, Linda Winn, David Durrheim
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:195 (4June2008)
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Health and survival of young children in southern Tanzania
Joanna RM Armstrong Schellenberg, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Fatuma Manzi, Kizito Shirima, Conrad Mbuya, Adiel K Mushi, Sosthenes Charles Ketende, Pedro L Alonso, Hassan Mshinda, Marcel Tanner, David Schellenberg
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:194 (3June2008)
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Association between television viewing and the risk of metabolic syndrome in a community-based population
Pei-Chia Chang, Tsai-Chung Li, Ming-Tsang Wu, Chiu-Shong Liu, Chia-Ing Li, Ching-Chu Chen, Wen-Yuan Lin, Shin-Yuh Yang, Cheng-Chieh Lin
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:193 (3June2008)
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Healthcare workers' attitudes towards working during pandemic influenza: A multi method study
Heather Draper, Sue Wilson, Jonathan Ives, Christine Gratus, Sheila Greenfield, Jayne Parry, Judith Petts, Tom Sorell
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:192 (2June2008)
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Post-graduation migration intentions of students of Lebanese medical schools: a survey study
Elie A Akl, Nancy Maroun, Stella Major, Claude Afif, Abir Abdo, Jacques Choucair, Mazen Sakr, Carl K Li, Brydon JB Grant, Holger J Schnemann
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:191 (2June2008)
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Prevalence and social environment of cigarette smoking in Cyprus youth
Costas A Christophi, Ourania Kolokotroni, Hillel R Alpert, Charles W Warren, Nathan R Jones, Philip Demokritou, Gregory N Connolly
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:190 (2June2008)
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C-reactive protein, established risk factors and social inequalities in cardiovascular disease the significance of absolute versus relative measures of disease
Maria Rosvall, Gunnar Engstrm, Gran Berglund, Bo Hedblad
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:189 (2June2008)
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Obesity prevention in child care: A review of U.S. state regulations
Sara E Benjamin, Angie Cradock, Elizabeth M Walker, Meghan Slining, Matthew W Gillman
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:188 (30May2008)
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Italian multicenter study on infection hazards during dental practice: Control of environmental microbial contamination in public dental surgeries
Paolo Castiglia, Giorgio Liguori, Maria Teresa Montagna, Christian Napoli, Cesira Pasquarella, Margherita Bergomi, Leila Fabiani, Silvano Monarca, Stefano Petti, SItI Working Group Hygiene in Dentistry
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:187 (29May2008)
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Strategies to improve global influenza surveillance: A decision tool for policymakers
Melinda Moore, Edward Chan, Nicole Lurie, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Danielle M Varda, John A Zambrano
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:186 (28May2008)
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Growing old at home A randomized controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of preventive home visits to reduce nursing home admissions: study protocol [NCT00644826]
Steffen Fleischer, Gudrun Roling, Katrin Beutner, Stephanie Hanns, Johann Behrens, Tobias Luck, Bettina Kuske, Matthias C Angermeyer, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Sven Heinrich, Hans-H Knig, Christine Lautenschlger
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:185 (28May2008)
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Use of residential wood heating in a context of climate change: a population survey in Qu bec (Canada)
Diane Blanger, Pierre Gosselin, Pierre Valois, Belkacem Abdous
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:184 (28May2008)
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Doctors' personal health care choices: A cross-sectional survey in a mixed public/private setting
Julie Y Chen, Eileen YY Tse, Tai Pong Lam, Donald KT Li, David VK Chao, Chi Wai Kwan
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:183 (28May2008)
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Less healthy, but more active: Opposing selection biases when recruiting older people to a physical activity study through primary care
Tess J Harris, Christina R Victor, Iain M Carey, Rika Adams, Derek G Cook
BMC Public Health 2008, 8:182 (27May2008)
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