Articles
Volume 6 (2006) - January 2006
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Extra-curricular physical activity and socioeconomic status in Italian adolescents Giuseppe La Torre, Daniele Masala, Elisabetta De Vito, Elisa Langiano, Giovanni Capelli, Walter Ricciardi, PHASES (PHysical Activity and Socio-Economic Status) collaborative group BMC Public Health 2006, 6:22 (31 January 2006) |
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Mecky IN Matee, Pius M Magesa, Eligius F Lyamuya BMC Public Health 2006, 6:21 (30 January 2006) |
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Peter L Kristensen, Niels Wedderkopp, Niels C Møller, Lars B Andersen, Charlotte N Bai, Karsten Froberg BMC Public Health 2006, 6:20 (27 January 2006) Tracking physical activity and body mass index in school children from different socio-economic backgrounds over 6 years revealed higher odds of developing and maintaining cardiovascular risk in the low socio-economic group.
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Olusoga B Ogunfowora, Olusoji J Daniel BMC Public Health 2006, 6:19 (27 January 2006) |
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Changes in health related quality of life 3 months after an acute coronary syndrome Inmaculada I Failde, Maria M Soto BMC Public Health 2006, 6:18 (27 January 2006) Heart attack patients have significant decreases in physical function, general health and vitality; the degree of these changes is inversely associated with increasing age and previous history of heart disease.
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Municipal distribution of bladder cancer mortality in Spain: Possible role of mining and industry Gonzalo Lopez-Abente, Nuria Aragones, Rebeca Ramis, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, Beatriz Perez-Gomez, Antonio Escolar-Pujolar, Marina Pollan BMC Public Health 2006, 6:17 (27 January 2006) |
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Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, Catherine Kyobutungi, Heiko Becher, Oliver Razum BMC Public Health 2006, 6:16 (26 January 2006) Despite high levels of overall and cardiovascular disease mortality in the former Soviet Union and the low socio-economic status of immigrants, ethnic German immigrants were found to have lower mortality than Germany's general population.
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Ali I Bozkurt, Saime Şahinöz, Birgül Özçırpıcı, Servet Özgür, Turgut Şahinöz, Hamit Acemoğlu, Günay Saka, Ali Ceylan, Yılmaz Palanci, Ersen İlçin, Feridun Akkafa BMC Public Health 2006, 6:15 (25 January 2006) |
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Lack of insurance coverage and urgent care use for asthma: A retrospective cohort study Barry P Markovitz, Elena M Andresen BMC Public Health 2006, 6:14 (24 January 2006) |
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A community programme to reduce salt intake and blood pressure in Ghana [ISRCTN88789643] Francesco P Cappuccio, Sally M Kerry, Frank B Micah, Jacob Plange-Rhule, John B Eastwood BMC Public Health 2006, 6:13 (24 January 2006) A study in Ghana showed a significant positive association between salt intake and blood pressure; community-based health promotion intervention resulted in a small but significant reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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Tania Winzenberg, Brian Oldenburg, Sue Frendin, Laura De Wit, Malcolm Riley, Graeme Jones BMC Public Health 2006, 6:12 (23 January 2006) The combination of educational intervention and feedback of low bone density in premenopausal women results in an increase of hip, but not spine, bone mineral density.
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Do people with risky behaviours participate in biomedical cohort studies? Anne W Taylor, Eleonora Grande, Tiffany Gill, Catherine R Chittleborough, David H Wilson, Robert J Adams, Janet F Grant, Patrick Phillips, Richard E Ruffin, the North West Adelaide Health Study Team BMC Public Health 2006, 6:11 (23 January 2006) |
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Concurrent crack and powder cocaine users from Sao Paulo: Do they represent a different group? Camila Guindalini, Homero Vallada, Gerome Breen, Ronaldo Laranjeira BMC Public Health 2006, 6:10 (20 January 2006) Drug users in Sao Paolo who take both crack and powder cocaine abuse a greater number of other drugs and have a greater criminal involvement than those who use either crack or powder cocaine, and dual use rates appear to be increasing.
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Pascal Bovet, Conrad Shamlaye, Anne Gabriel, Walter Riesen, Fred Paccaud BMC Public Health 2006, 6:9 (19 January 2006) |
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Joan Cunningham, Kerin O'Dea, Terry Dunbar, Tarun Weeramanthri, Paul Zimmet, Jonathan Shaw BMC Public Health 2006, 6:8 (17 January 2006) |
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Richard K Zimmerman, Melissa Tabbarah, Janine E Janosky, Barbara Bardenheier, Judith A Troy, Ilene K Jewell, Barbara P Yawn BMC Public Health 2006, 6:7 (12 January 2006) |
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Prediction of depression in European general practice attendees: the PREDICT study Michael King, Scott Weich, Francisco Torres-González, Igor Švab, Heidi-Ingrid Maaroos, Jan Neeleman, Miguel Xavier, Richard Morris, Carl Walker, Juan A Bellón-Saameño, Berta Moreno-Küstner, Danica Rotar, Janez Rifel, Anu Aluoja, Ruth Kalda, Mirjam I Geerlings, Idalmiro Carraça, Manuel de Almeida, Benjamin Vicente, Sandra Saldivia, Pedro Rioseco, Irwin Nazareth BMC Public Health 2006, 6:6 (12 January 2006) |
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Norman Beale, Gill Kane, Mark Gwynne, Carole Peart, Gordon Taylor, David Herrick, Andy Boyd, ALSPAC Study Team BMC Public Health 2006, 6:5 (11 January 2006) |
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Birgitta de Jong, Karl Ekdahl BMC Public Health 2006, 6:4 (10 January 2006) |
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Julie Parkes, Paul Roderick, Bethan Bennett-Lloyd, William Rosenberg BMC Public Health 2006, 6:3 (10 January 2006) |
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Manami Inoue, Motoki Iwasaki, Tetsuya Otani, Shizuka Sasazuki, Shoichiro Tsugane BMC Public Health 2006, 6:2 (10 January 2006) |
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José Carrasco, Virginia Lope, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Nuria Aragonés, Berta Suárez, Gonzalo López-Abente, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Marina Pollán BMC Public Health 2006, 6:1 (3 January 2006) |
