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Volume 6 (2006) - October 2006

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Percutaneous injuries among dental professionals in Washington State

Syed M Shah, Anwar T Merchant, James A Dosman BMC Public Health 2006, 6:269 (30 October 2006)

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Health-related quality of life in diabetic patients and controls without diabetes in refugee camps in the Gaza strip: a cross-sectional study

Ashraf Eljedi, Rafael T Mikolajczyk, Alexander Kraemer, Ulrich Laaser BMC Public Health 2006, 6:268 (30 October 2006)

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Diabetic individuals living in refugee camps in the Gaza strip, especially women and those over 50 years old, have lower health-related quality of life than non-diabetics in the same situation

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Consultations in primary care for symptoms attributed to electromagnetic fields – a survey among general practitioners

Anke Huss, Martin Röösli BMC Public Health 2006, 6:267 (30 October 2006)

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Air pollution in Boston bars before and after a smoking ban

James L Repace, James N Hyde, Doug Brugge BMC Public Health 2006, 6:266 (27 October 2006)

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Prevalence and predictors of home and automobile smoking bans and child environmental tobacco smoke exposure: a cross-sectional study of U.S.- and Mexico-born Hispanic women with young children

Melissa Gonzales, Lorraine Malcoe, Michelle C Kegler, Judith Espinoza BMC Public Health 2006, 6:265 (27 October 2006)

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Identifying outbreaks of sexually transmitted infection: who cares?

Dirk Werber, Meirion R Evans, Daniel Rh Thomas BMC Public Health 2006, 6:264 (24 October 2006)

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Approaches to the evaluation of outbreak detection methods

Rochelle E Watkins, Serryn Eagleson, Robert G Hall, Lynne Dailey, Aileen J Plant BMC Public Health 2006, 6:263 (24 October 2006)

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Relative risk for cardiovascular atherosclerotic events after smoking cessation: 6–9 years excess risk in individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia

Anneke Kramer, Angelique CM Jansen, Emily S van Aalst-Cohen, Michael WT Tanck, John JP Kastelein, Aeilko H Zwinderman BMC Public Health 2006, 6:262 (23 October 2006)

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Relationship between ozone and temperature during the 2003 heat wave in France: consequences for health data analysis

Sandrine A Lacour, Michèle de Monte, Patrice Diot, Jérôme Brocca, Nadège Veron, Patrice Colin, Valérie Leblond BMC Public Health 2006, 6:261 (20 October 2006)

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Associations between preschool attendance and developmental impairments in pre-school children in a six-year retrospective survey

Heribert L Stich, Bernhard T Baune, Riccardo N Caniato, Alexander Krämer BMC Public Health 2006, 6:260 (20 October 2006)

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Racial/Ethnic and social class differences in preventive care practices among persons with diabetes

Carol Oladele, Elizabeth Barnett BMC Public Health 2006, 6:259 (19 October 2006)

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Minorities are more likely to engage in preventive services for diabetes than Caucasians, while diabetics of lower social class are at greatest risk for not receiving preventive services, regardless of race or ethnicity.

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Disabling knee pain – another consequence of obesity: Results from a prospective cohort study

Clare Jinks, Kelvin Jordan, Peter Croft BMC Public Health 2006, 6:258 (19 October 2006)

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Commentary   Open Access

Beyond inpatient and outpatient care: alternative model for hypertension management

P Michael Ho, John S Rumsfeld BMC Public Health 2006, 6:257 (19 October 2006)

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Management of high-risk patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy in Germany: differences between cardiac specialists in the inpatient and outpatient setting

Heinz Völler, Frank J Sonntag, Joachim Thiery, Karl Wegscheider, Friedrich C Luft, Kurt Bestehorn BMC Public Health 2006, 6:256 (19 October 2006)

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Determinants of cardiovascular disease and other non-communicable diseases in Central and Eastern Europe: Rationale and design of the HAPIEE study

Anne Peasey, Martin Bobak, Ruzena Kubinova, Sofia Malyutina, Andrzej Pajak, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Hynek Pikhart, Amanda Nicholson, Michael Marmot BMC Public Health 2006, 6:255 (18 October 2006)

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Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in an air force base in Western Greece

Eleni Jelastopulu, Danai Venieri, Georgia Komninou, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Theodoros C Constantinidis, Christos Bantias BMC Public Health 2006, 6:254 (17 October 2006)

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The effects of a controlled worksite environmental intervention on determinants of dietary behavior and self-reported fruit, vegetable and fat intake

Luuk H Engbers, Mireille NM van Poppel, Marijke Chin A Paw, Willem van Mechelen BMC Public Health 2006, 6:253 (17 October 2006)

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Alternative technologies in cervical cancer screening: a randomised evaluation trial

Ahti Anttila, Matti Hakama, Laura Kotaniemi-Talonen, Pekka Nieminen BMC Public Health 2006, 6:252 (16 October 2006)

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Psychometric evaluation of a short measure of social capital at work

Anne Kouvonen, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera, Tuula Oksanen, Marko Elovainio, Tom Cox, Marianna Virtanen, Jaana Pentti, Sara J Cox, Richard G Wilkinson BMC Public Health 2006, 6:251 (13 October 2006)

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Influence of parental employment status on Dutch and Slovak adolescents' health

Maria Sleskova, Jolanda Tuinstra, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Jitse P van Dijk, Ferdinand Salonna, Johan W Groothoff, Sijmen A Reijneveld BMC Public Health 2006, 6:250 (12 October 2006)

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Parental unemployment and disability have different effects on Slovak and Dutch adolescents' self-rated health, suggesting that the link between parental employment status and children’s health is affected by cultural and societal settings.

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Cross-sectional survey of older peoples' views related to influenza vaccine uptake

Punam Mangtani, Elizabeth Breeze, Sue Stirling, Smita Hanciles, Sari Kovats, Astrid Fletcher BMC Public Health 2006, 6:249 (11 October 2006)

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HIV prevalence and factors associated with HIV infection among male injection drug users under 30: a cross-sectional study in Long An, Vietnam

Thu Minh T Tran, Hien T Nguyen, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Nobuyuki Hamajima, Akio Nishimura, Katsuki Ito BMC Public Health 2006, 6:248 (10 October 2006)

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Normative data and discriminative properties of short form 36 (SF-36) in Turkish urban population

Yucel Demiral, Gul Ergor, Belgin Unal, Semih Semin, Yildiz Akvardar, Berna Kıvırcık, Köksal Alptekin BMC Public Health 2006, 6:247 (9 October 2006)

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Risk-adjusted cesarean section rates for the assessment of physician performance in Taiwan: a population-based study

Chao-Hsiun Tang, Han-I Wang, Chun-Sen Hsu, Hung-Wen Su, Mei-Ju Chen, Herng-Ching Lin BMC Public Health 2006, 6:246 (9 October 2006)

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Trends in scientific activity addressing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: a bibliometric study covering the period 1973–2002

Elías Sanz-Casado, Margarita Ramírez-de Santa Pau, Carlos A Suárez-Balseiro, Isabel Iribarren-Maestro, Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta BMC Public Health 2006, 6:245 (6 October 2006)

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Explanations of socioeconomic differences in changes in physical function in older adults: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

Annemarie Koster, Hans Bosma, Marjolein I Broese van Groenou, Gertrudis IJM Kempen, Brenda WJH Penninx, Jacques van Eijk, Dorly JH Deeg BMC Public Health 2006, 6:244 (5 October 2006)

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Smoking in film in New Zealand: measuring risk exposure

Jesse Gale, Bridget Fry, Tara Smith, Ken Okawa, Anannya Chakrabarti, Damien Ah-Yen, Jesse Yi, Simon Townsend, Rebecca Carroll, Alannah Stockwell, Andrea Sievwright, Kevin Dew, George Thomson BMC Public Health 2006, 6:243 (4 October 2006)

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Internet-based monitoring of influenza-like illness (ILI) in the general population of the Netherlands during the 2003–2004 influenza season

Richard L Marquet, Aad IM Bartelds, Sander P van Noort, Carl E Koppeschaar, John Paget, François G Schellevis, Jouke van der Zee BMC Public Health 2006, 6:242 (4 October 2006)

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Internet-based monitoring of influenza-like illnesses is effective and is as reliable in gathering information as that obtained by GPs.

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Gay/Lesbian sexual orientation increases risk for cigarette smoking and heavy drinking among members of a large Northern California health plan

Elisabeth P Gruskin, Nancy Gordon BMC Public Health 2006, 6:241 (3 October 2006)

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Lesbians and gay men are more likely to be heavy smokers than similarly aged heterosexuals, and there is also an increased risk for heavy drinking among lesbians, suggesting the need for appropriate interventions targeting these communities.


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