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Volume 4 (2004) - October 2004

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Trends in suicide in Scotland 1981 – 1999: age, method and geography

Cameron Stark, Paddy Hopkins, Diane Gibbs, Tracey Rapson, Alan Belbin, Alistair Hay BMC Public Health 2004, 4:49 (20 October 2004)

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The ProActive trial protocol – a randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of a family-based, domiciliary intervention programme to increase physical activity among individuals at high risk of diabetes [ISRCTN61323766]

Kate Williams, A Toby Prevost, Simon Griffin, Wendy Hardeman, William Hollingworth, David Spiegelhalter, Stephen Sutton, Ulf Ekelund, Nicholas Wareham, Ann Louise Kinmonth BMC Public Health 2004, 4:48 (18 October 2004)

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Verbal autopsy of 80,000 adult deaths in Tamilnadu, South India

Vendhan Gajalakshmi, Richard Peto BMC Public Health 2004, 4:47 (15 October 2004)

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Length of sick leave – Why not ask the sick-listed? Sick-listed individuals predict their length of sick leave more accurately than professionals

Nils Fleten, Roar Johnsen, Olav Førde BMC Public Health 2004, 4:46 (12 October 2004)

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Sick-listed individuals predict their length of sick leave more accurately than professionals.

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Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

Bjørn Blomberg, Davis SM Mwakagile, Willy K Urassa, Samwel Y Maselle, Marcellina Mashurano, Asbjørn Digranes, Stig Harthug, Nina Langeland BMC Public Health 2004, 4:45 (11 October 2004)

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A low-cost surveillance system for antimicrobial susceptibility, implemented in a tertiary hospital, provides information on resistance patterns that can be used to prepare locally applicable recommendations for antimicrobial use.

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The validity of the SF-36 in an Australian National Household Survey: demonstrating the applicability of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to examination of health inequalities

Peter Butterworth, Timothy Crosier BMC Public Health 2004, 4:44 (7 October 2004)

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