Articles
Volume 6 (2006) - April 2006
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Screening chest radiography: results from a Greek cross-sectional survey Konstantinos Kamposioras, Giovanni Casazza, Davide Mauri, Velisarios Lakiotis, Ivan Cortinovis, Apostolos Xilomenos, Christina Peponi, Vassilis Golfinopoulos, Athanasios Milousis, Dimitrios Kakaridis, Georgios Zacharias, Ioanna Karathanasi, Georgios Ferentinos, Anastasios Proiskos BMC Public Health 2006, 6:113 (29 April 2006) Despite formal recommendations discouraging routine chest radiography screening, a survey of Greek adults showed that 20% underwent recent screening, with a substantial number being screened at least yearly.
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Pontiac fever: an operational definition for epidemiological studies Paul Tossa, Magali Deloge-Abarkan, Denis Zmirou-Navier, Philippe Hartemann, Laurence Mathieu BMC Public Health 2006, 6:112 (28 April 2006) |
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Self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients in Boston, Massachusetts William G Fernandez, Supriya D Mehta, Tara Coles, James A Feldman, Patricia Mitchell, Jonathan Olshaker BMC Public Health 2006, 6:111 (27 April 2006) |
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Koivusilta LK, Rimpelä AH, Kautiainen SM BMC Public Health 2006, 6:110 (27 April 2006) |
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The silent HIV epidemic among pregnant women within rural Northern Tanzania Khadija I Yahya-Malima, Bjørg E Olsen, Mecky I Matee, Knut Fylkesnes BMC Public Health 2006, 6:109 (27 April 2006) |
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Kirsty Challen, Darren Walter BMC Public Health 2006, 6:108 (26 April 2006) |
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Huei-Yang Chen, Hsing-Yi Chang, Shu-Fang Shih, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Yaw-Tang Shih BMC Public Health 2006, 6:107 (26 April 2006) Taiwanese teenagers living in mountainous regions sustain more injuries, but spend less money on medical care, than the general population, raising concerns about a lack of medical resources in these regions.
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Rona Campbell, Nicola Mills, Emma Sanford, Anna Graham, Nicola Low, Tim J Peters, the Chlamydia Screening Studies (C) Group BMC Public Health 2006, 6:106 (25 April 2006) |
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Study protocol
Allan Colver, the SPARCLE* group BMC Public Health 2006, 6:105 (25 April 2006) |
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Mary Beach, Tiffany L Gary, Eboni G Price, Karen Robinson, Aysegul Gozu, Ana Palacio, Carole Smarth, Mollie Jenckes, Carolyn Feuerstein, Eric B Bass, Neil R Powe, Lisa A Cooper BMC Public Health 2006, 6:104 (24 April 2006) |
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Thorne Wallman, Hans Wedel, Saga Johansson, Annika Rosengren, Henry Eriksson, Lennart Welin, Kurt Svärdsudd BMC Public Health 2006, 6:103 (22 April 2006) The increased mortality rates found in people with disability pensions are not explained by pension cause, underlying disease, or various psychological and socio-economic factors, suggesting that other unknown factors are at work.
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Malin Gadd, Sven-Erik Johansson, Jan Sundquist, Per Wändell BMC Public Health 2006, 6:102 (21 April 2006) Northern European immigrants have lower cardiovascular mortality and southern European immigrants have higher cardiovascular mortality than those from their country of origin, though all-cause mortality is lower across most immigrant groups.
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Do teachers have more health problems? Results from a French cross-sectional survey Viviane Kovess-Masféty, Christine Sevilla-Dedieu, Carmen Rios-Seidel, Eléna Nerrière, Christine Chan Chee BMC Public Health 2006, 6:101 (21 April 2006) While teachers suffer from more infections of the urinary tract, throat and skin, such as laryngitis and eczema, their mental health and chronic pain levels are no worse than in those who do not teach.
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Prevalence study of Antonio Azara, Andrea Piana, Giovanni Sotgiu, Marco Dettori, Maria Deriu, Maria Masia, Bianca Are, Elena Muresu BMC Public Health 2006, 6:100 (18 April 2006) |
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Local public health workers' perceptions toward responding to an influenza pandemic Ran D Balicer, Saad B Omer, Daniel J Barnett, George S Everly BMC Public Health 2006, 6:99 (18 April 2006) Nearly half of local health workers would not report to work during an influenza pandemic; in order to ensure an effective health care response, local public health workers need to be educated regarding the importance of their roles.
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Roland Pongou, Majid Ezzati, Joshua A Salomon BMC Public Health 2006, 6:98 (17 April 2006) |
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Practice area and work demands in nurses' aides: a cross-sectional study Willy Eriksen BMC Public Health 2006, 6:97 (13 April 2006) |
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Cate Nagle, Sharon Lewis, Bettina Meiser, Sylvia Metcalfe, John B Carlin, Robin Bell, Jane Gunn, Jane Halliday BMC Public Health 2006, 6:96 (13 April 2006) |
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Patterns of sports sponsorship by gambling, alcohol and food companies: an Internet survey Anthony Maher, Nick Wilson, Louise Signal, George Thomson BMC Public Health 2006, 6:95 (11 April 2006) Sponsorship by alcohol, gambling and unhealthy food products is more than twice as common as sponsorship from other sources for sports popular with young people, suggesting that limits on unhealthy sponsorship should be considered.
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Public perceptions of drinking water: a postal survey of residents with private water supplies Andria Q Jones, Catherine E Dewey, Kathryn Doré, Shannon E Majowicz, Scott A McEwen, Waltner-Toews David, Mathews Eric, Deborah J Carr, Spencer J Henson BMC Public Health 2006, 6:94 (11 April 2006) |
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Ian Stewart, Penelope M Webb, Philip J Schluter, Lora E Fleming, John W Burns, Miroslav Gantar, Lorraine C Backer, Glen R Shaw BMC Public Health 2006, 6:93 (11 April 2006) |
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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome-related disorders in a large adult population in Turkey S Yavuz Sanisoglu, Cagatay Oktenli, Adnan Hasimi, Mehmet Yokusoglu, Mehmet Ugurlu BMC Public Health 2006, 6:92 (10 April 2006) |
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Surveillance of HIV and syphilis infections among antenatal clinic attendees in Tanzania-2003/2004 Roland O Swai, Geofrey R Somi G, Mecky IN Matee, Japhet Killewo, Eligius F Lyamuya, Gideon Kwesigabo, Tuhuma Tulli, Titus K Kabalimu, Lucy Ng'ang'a, Raphael Isingo, Joel Ndayongeje BMC Public Health 2006, 6:91 (10 April 2006) |
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Fiona E Matthews, Laura L Miller, Carol Brayne, Carol Jagger, the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Aging Study (MRC CFAS) BMC Public Health 2006, 6:90 (6 April 2006) |
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Nancy R LaPelle, Roger Luckmann, E Hatheway Simpson, Elaine R Martin BMC Public Health 2006, 6:89 (5 April 2006) New strategies to improve current information delivery systems and develop new models of information organization and delivery are required to address public health practitioners' information needs.
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Health care utilization among Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibles: a count data analysis Sangho Moon, Jaeun Shin BMC Public Health 2006, 6:88 (5 April 2006) |
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Heinz G Endres, Burkhard Dasch, Margitta Lungenhausen, Christoph Maier, Rüdiger Smektala, Hans J Trampisch, Ludger Pientka BMC Public Health 2006, 6:87 (4 April 2006) Nearly 1 in 5 patients with femoral fractures died in the 18 months following hospitalization, and more than half of the surviving patients reported reduced mobility.
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Correspondence
Mohammad Ali, Jin-Kyung Park, Lorenz von Seidlein, Camilo J Acosta, Jacqueline L Deen, John D Clemens BMC Public Health 2006, 6:86 (4 April 2006) |
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Hiroko Ohwada, Takeo Nakayama, Nobuo Nara, Yuji Tomono, Keiko Yamanaka BMC Public Health 2006, 6:85 (3 April 2006) |
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Acute health effects of the Tasman Spirit oil spill on residents of Karachi, Pakistan Naveed Janjua, Pashtoon Kasi, Haq Nawaz, Sadia Farooqui, Urooj Khuwaja, Najam-ul-Hassan, Syed Jafri, Shahid Lutfi, Muhammad Kadir, Nalini Sathiakumar BMC Public Health 2006, 6:84 (3 April 2006) People living on the coast of Pakistan who were exposed to the August 2003 Tasman Spirit oil spill report more health problems than individuals living inland.
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Reducing uncertainties in global HIV prevalence estimates: the case of Zambia Kumbutso Dzekedzeke, Knut Fylkesnes BMC Public Health 2006, 6:83 (2 April 2006) |
