1. The urban health “advantage”

   • D. Vlahov
   • S. Galea
   • N. Freudenberg

   Editorials and Commentaries Pages: 1 - 4

2. Assaults on transport workers

   • David Sharp

   BriefCommunication Pages: 5 - 6

3. Public transportation: Advantages and challenges

   • Robyn R. M. Gershon

   BriefCommunication Pages: 7 - 9

4. Health and safety hazards associated with subways: A review

   • R. R. M. Gershon
   • K. A. Qureshi
   • F. Goldsmith

   Special Feature: Mass Transit Pages: 10 - 20

5. Mass transit infrastructure and urban health

   • Rae Zimmerman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 32

6. Steel dust in the New York City subway system as a source of manganese, chromium, and iron exposures for transit workers

   • Steven N. Chillrud
   • David Grass
   • Paul Brandt-Rauf

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 42

7. Alcohol, stress-related factors, and short-term absenteeism among urban transit operators

   • Carol B. Cunradi
   • Birgit A. Greiner
   • June Fisher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 57

8. Smoking practices in New York City: The use of a population-based survey to guide policy-making and programming

   • Farzad Mostashari
   • Bonnie D. Kerker
   • Thomas R. Frieden

   Original Articles: Various Topic Pages: 58 - 70

9. Use of medical counseling for the prevention and control of smoking in the municipality of old Havana

   • Patricia Varona
   • Mariano Bonet
   • Andreas Wielgosz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 75

10. Asthma in medicaid managed care enrollees residing in New York City: Results from a post-world trade center disaster survey

    • Victoria L. Wagner
    • Marleen S. Radigan
    • Foster C. Gesten

    OriginalPaper Pages: 76 - 89

11. Where does walkability matter the most? An environmental justice interpretation of New Jersey data

    • Michael R. Greenberg
    • John Renne

    OriginalPaper Pages: 90 - 100

12. Metropolitan income inequality and working-age mortality: A cross-sectional analysis using comparable data from five countries

    • Nancy A. Ross
    • Danny Dorling
    • Gunilla Ringbäck Weitoft

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 110

13. Urban women’s use of rural-based health care services: The case of Igbo women in Aba city, Nigeria

    • C. Otutubikey Izugbara
    • A. Isong Afangideh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 121

14. Age differences in health effects of stressors and perceived control among urban African American women

    • A. B. Becker
    • B. A. Israel
    • L. Klem

    OriginalPaper Pages: 122 - 141

15. Cash benefits are associated with lower risk behavior among the homeless and marginally housed in San Francisco

    • Elise D. Riley
    • Andrew R. Moss
    • David R. Bangsberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 142 - 150

16. Adherence to hepatitis B virus vaccination at syringe exchange sites

    • Frederick L. Altice
    • Robert D. Bruce
    • Marta I. Buitrago

    OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 161

17. The concentration of substance use, criminal justice involvement, and HIV/AIDS in the families of drug offenders

    • Ricardo E. Barreras
    • Ernest M. Drucker
    • David Rosenthal

    OriginalPaper Pages: 162 - 170