1. Editorial

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 1 - 1

2. A note of thanks

   Note Pages: 3 - 5

3. Lipoprotein profiles, not anthropometric measures, correlate with serum lipoprotein(a) values in children: the Taipei children heart study

   • Nain-Feng Chu
   • Liza Makowski
   • Shyh-Ming Shieh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 12

4. Relationship between hyperuricemia and other cardiovascular disease risk factors among adult males in Taiwan

   • Nain-Feng Chu
   • Dan-Jiang Wang
   • Shyh-Ming Shieh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 17

5. Sociodemographic factors related to self-medication in Spain

   • Adolfo Figueiras
   • Francisco Caamano
   • Juan Jesús Gestal-Otero

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 26

6. Changes in the alcohol consumption pattern among schoolchildren in Barcelona

   • R. Vives
   • M. Nebot
   • JR. Villalbi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 32

7. Associations of family environment and individual factors with tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use in adolescents

   • Bruno Challier
   • Nearkasèn Chau
   • Bernard Legras

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 42

8. Prevalence of hypothyroidism and diabetes mellitus in elderly kibbutz members

   • Edith Flatau
   • Philip Trougouboff
   • Rafael Luboshitzky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 46

9. Hospitalizations due to falls in Jewish and Arab children in northern Israel

   • Shavit Ittai
   • Bar-Joseph Gad
   • Revach Moshe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 52

10. Physical abuse – physicians knowledge and reporting attitude in Israel

    • Shlomit Offer-Shechter
    • Emanuel Tirosh
    • Ayala Cohen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 58

11. Comparison between research data and routinely collected register data for studying childhood health

    • Mika Gissler
    • Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
    • Elina Hemminki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 66

12. Confidential enquiry into avoidable vehicle accident deaths in the province of Modena, Italy

    • P. Lauriola
    • F. Tosatti
    • P. Morosini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 74

13. Gastrointestinal infection due to Anisakis simplex in southern Italy

    • Paolo Maggi
    • Onofrio Caputi-Iambrenghi
    • Gioacchino Angarano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 78

14. Epidemiological trend of human leptospirosis in Italy between 1994 and 1996

    • Lorenzo Ciceroni
    • Erminia Stepan
    • Marina Cinco

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 86

15. Hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus infection in pregnant women in North-East Italy: A seroepidemiological study

    • Vincenzo Baldo
    • Annarosa Floreani
    • Renzo Trivello

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 91