Articles
Volume 6 (2006) - August 2006
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Preventive home visits postpone mortality – a controlled trial with time-limited results Klas-Göran Sahlen, Lars Dahlgren, Britt Mari Hellner, Hans Stenlund, Lars Lindholm BMC Public Health 2006, 6:220 (31 August 2006) Elderly people receiving two regularly scheduled home visits per year from health professionals have a mortality rate nearly half that of pensioners who do not receive any visits, but this effect disappears once the visit program ends.
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Employment status and perceived health in the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) Simon Overland, Nicholas Glozier, John Mæland, Leif Aarø, Arnstein Mykletun BMC Public Health 2006, 6:219 (29 August 2006) |
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Acute symptoms related to air pollution in urban areas: a study protocol Masud Yunesian, Fariba Asghari, Javad Vash, Mohammad Forouzanfar, Dariush Farhud BMC Public Health 2006, 6:218 (25 August 2006) |
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Assessing the validity of tuberculosis surveillance data in California Joan E Sprinson, Elizabeth S Lawton, Travis C Porco, Jennifer M Flood, Janice L Westenhouse BMC Public Health 2006, 6:217 (25 August 2006) |
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Gianluca Quaglio, Fabio Lugoboni, Cristian Pattaro, GICS, Linda Montanari, Alessandro Lechi, Paolo Mezzelani, Don C Des Jarlais BMC Public Health 2006, 6:216 (23 August 2006) |
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Annemarie Wright, Patrick D McGorry, Meredith G Harris, Anthony F Jorm, Kerryn Pennell BMC Public Health 2006, 6:215 (22 August 2006) |
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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 (18 August 2006) |
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Coronary heart disease policy models: a systematic review Belgin Unal, Simon Capewell, Julia Critchley BMC Public Health 2006, 6:213 (18 August 2006) |
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Albinism in Africa as a public health issue Esther S Hong, Hajo Zeeb, Michael H Repacholi BMC Public Health 2006, 6:212 (17 August 2006) |
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Alan W Gemmill, Bronwyn Leigh, Jennifer Ericksen, Jeannette Milgrom BMC Public Health 2006, 6:211 (17 August 2006) |
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Holly Henderson, Richard C Wilson BMC Public Health 2006, 6:210 (16 August 2006) |
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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 (15 August 2006) |
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M Boland, MR Sweeney, E Scallan, M Harrington, A Staines BMC Public Health 2006, 6:208 (15 August 2006) A fall both in contacting eligible members of the public and in response rates over the last 5 years suggests that future telephone surveys need tailoring to keep costs down and raise success rates.
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Mary G Reynolds, Bach 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 (14 August 2006) |
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Christos Pitsavos, George A Milias, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Dimitra Xenaki, George Panagopoulos, Christodoulos Stefanadis BMC Public Health 2006, 6:206 (13 August 2006) |
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Caryl M Beynon, Mark A Bellis, Jim McVeigh BMC Public Health 2006, 6:205 (11 August 2006) The proportion of drug users completing treatment for drug addiction decreased between 1998 and 2002, with coercion into treatment by the criminal justice system resulting in higher drop out rates than other referral routes.
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Liesbeth E Meuwissen, Anna C Gorter, Arnold DM Kester, J Andre Knottnerus BMC Public Health 2006, 6:204 (7 August 2006) |
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Maria Rosvall, Basile Chaix, John Lynch, Martin Lindström, Juan Merlo BMC Public Health 2006, 6:203 (4 August 2006) |
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Helen Wormald, Heidi Waters, Mike Sleap, Lee Ingle BMC Public Health 2006, 6:202 (4 August 2006) |
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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 (3 August 2006) |
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Identification and quantification of change in Australian illicit drug markets Stuart Gilmour, Inge Koch, Louisa Degenhardt, Carolyn Day BMC Public Health 2006, 6:200 (3 August 2006) |
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Nico JD Nagelkerke, Roos MD Bernsen, Sema K Sgaier, Prabhat Jha BMC Public Health 2006, 6:199 (2 August 2006) |
