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Edited by Isaac Fung
Collection published in Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
Analytic perspective
The economy of China continues to boom and so have its biomedical research and related publishing activities. Several so-called neglected tropical diseases that are most common in the developing world are stil...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:19
Published on: 30 September 2008
Review
There is a multiplicity of journals originating in Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (SSLAC) in the health sciences of relevance to the fields of epidemiology and publ...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:17
Published on: 30 September 2008
Commentary
In the 20th century, Russian biomedical science experienced a decline from the blossom of the early years to a drastic state. Through the first decades of the USSR, it was transformed to suit the ideological requ...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:15
Published on: 30 September 2008
Analytic perspective
Randomized trials are essential in assessing the effects of healthcare interventions and are a key component in systematic reviews of effectiveness. Searching for reports of randomized trials in databases is p...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:13
Published on: 30 September 2008
Analytic perspective
It is well known that papers written in languages other than English have a great risk of being ignored simply because these languages are not accessible to the international scientific community. The objectiv...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:18
Published on: 30 September 2008
Analytic perspective
Chinese journals in epidemiology, preventive medicine and public health contain much that is of potential international interest. However, few non-Chinese speakers are acquainted with this literature. This art...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:20
Published on: 30 September 2008
Analytic perspective
Epidemiology and public health are usually context-specific. Journals published in different languages and countries play a role both as sources of data and as channels through which evidence is incorporated i...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:16
Published on: 30 September 2008
Commentary
Articles published in English language journals with citations of non-English peer reviewed materials are not very common today. However, as epidemiologists are becoming more aware of data and information bein...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:12
Published on: 30 September 2008
Editorial
The thematic series 'Beyond English: Accessing the global epidemiological literature' in Emerging Themes in Epidemiology highlights the wealth of epidemiological and public health literature in the major language...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:21
Published on: 30 September 2008
Analytic perspective
The study provides the rationale, history and current status of the Index Medicus for the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region. The Index is unique in combining the geographic coverage of pee...
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:14
Published on: 30 September 2008
