Volume 7, issue 1, December 2007
359 articles in this issue
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Morbidity at elementary school entry differs by sex and level of residence urbanization: a comparative cross-sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Rea-Jeng Yang
- Jiunn-Jye Sheu
- Hsiu-Li Huang
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 December 2007
- Article: 358
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The global distribution of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: Systematic review
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- David Gunnell
- Michael Eddleston
- Flemming Konradsen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2007
- Article: 357
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PCR colorimetric dot-blot assay and clinical pretest probability for diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Smear-Negative patients
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Luciene Cardoso Scherer
- Rosa Dea Sperhacke
- Afrânio L Kritski
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2007
- Article: 356
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A randomized physiotherapy trial in patients with fecal incontinence: design of the PhysioFIT-study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Esther MJ Bols
- Bary CM Berghmans
- Cor GMI Baeten
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2007
- Article: 355
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The Internet as a source of reproductive health information among adolescent girls in an urban city in Nigeria
Authors
- Williams E Nwagwu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2007
- Article: 354
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Analysis of agreement among definitions of metabolic syndrome in nondiabetic Turkish adults: a methodological study
Authors
- Ahmet Selcuk Can
- Thomas P Bersot
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2007
- Article: 353
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The reach and impact of social marketing and reproductive health communication campaigns in Zambia
Authors
- Ronan Van Rossem
- Dominique Meekers
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2007
- Article: 352
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Risk factors for ischaemic heart disease in a Cretan rural population: a twelve year follow-up study
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ioannis K Karalis
- Athanasios K Alegakis
- Christos D Lionis
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2007
- Article: 351
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The training needs of Turkish emergency department personnel regarding intimate partner violence
Authors
- H Asli Davas Aksan
- Feride Aksu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2007
- Article: 350
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Promotion of couples' voluntary counselling and testing for HIV through influential networks in two African capital cities
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
- Susan Allen
- Etienne Karita
- Alan Haworth
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2007
- Article: 349
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Peripheral Arterial Disease Study (PERART): Prevalence and predictive values of asymptomatic peripheral arterial occlusive disease related to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- MarÃa Teresa Alzamora
- José Miguel Baena-DÃez
- the PERART study
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2007
- Article: 348
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The role of anxiety symptoms in school performance in a community sample of children and adolescents
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Luigi Mazzone
- Francesca Ducci
- Benedetto Vitiello
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2007
- Article: 347
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How can developing countries harness biotechnology to improve health?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Abdallah S Daar
- Kathryn Berndtson
- Peter A Singer
- Content type: Correspondence
- Open Access
- Published: 03 December 2007
- Article: 346
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Prevalence of anemia and deficiency of iron, folic acid, and zinc in children younger than 2 years of age who use the health services provided by the Mexican Social Security Institute
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Ximena Duque
- Sergio Flores-Hernández
- Homero MartÃnez
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2007
- Article: 345
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Treatment outcome of new pulmonary tuberculosis in Guangzhou, China 1993–2002: a register-based cohort study
Authors
- Qing-Song Bao
- Yu-Hua Du
- Ci-Yong Lu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 November 2007
- Article: 344
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Identifying the determinants of premature mortality in Russia: overcoming a methodological challenge
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Susannah Tomkins
- Vladimir Shkolnikov
- Lyudmila Saburova
- Content type: Correspondence
- Open Access
- Published: 28 November 2007
- Article: 343
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Health inequities: lower socio-economic conditions and higher incidences of intestinal parasites
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- İpek Östan
- Ali A KilimcioÄŸlu
- Ãœlgen Z Ok
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 November 2007
- Article: 342
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Determinants of sexual activity and its relation to cervical cancer risk among South African Women
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Diane Cooper
- Margaret Hoffman
- Samuel Shapiro
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 November 2007
- Article: 341
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The physical and mental health of a large military cohort: baseline functional health status of the Millennium Cohort
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Tyler C Smith
- Mark Zamorski
- the Millennium Cohort Study Team
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 November 2007
- Article: 340
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Personality, psychological stress, and self-reported influenza symptomatology
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Kim GE Smolderen
- Ad JJM Vingerhoets
- Johan Denollet
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2007
- Article: 339
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C viral co-infections among children infected with human immunodeficiency virus attending the paediatric HIV care and treatment center at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Authors
- Safila P Telatela
- Mecky I Matee
- Emmanuel K Munubhi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 November 2007
- Article: 338
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Sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic and opioid medicament use and its co-occurrence with tobacco smoking and alcohol risk drinking in a community sample
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ulrich John
- Sebastian E Baumeister
- Dietrich Alte
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 November 2007
- Article: 337
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Rates, risk factors & methods of self harm among minority ethnic groups in the UK: a systematic review
Authors
- Kamaldeep Bhui
- Kwame McKenzie
- Farhat Rasul
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 November 2007
- Article: 336
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Living alone is a risk factor for mortality in men but not women from the general population: a prospective cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Ulla Kandler
- Christa Meisinger
- the KORA Study Group
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 November 2007
- Article: 335
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Meta-analysis of the relation between European and American smokeless tobacco and oral cancer
Authors
- Rolf Weitkunat
- Edward Sanders
- Peter N Lee
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 334
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Internet treatment of sexually transmitted infections – a public health hazard?
Authors
- Roberto Vivancos
- Silke Schelenz
- Yoon K Loke
- Content type: Correspondence
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 333
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Efficacy of confrontational counselling for smoking cessation in smokers with previously undiagnosed mild to moderate airflow limitation: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Daniel Kotz
- Geertjan Wesseling
- Onno CP van Schayck
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 332
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Disparities in appendicitis rupture rate among mentally ill patients
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Jen-Huoy Tsay
- Cheng-Hua Lee
- Nicole Huang
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 331
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Avian influenza outbreak in Turkey through health personnel's views: a qualitative study
Authors
- Ozlem Sarikaya
- Tugrul Erbaydar
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 330
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The development of an intervention programme to reduce whole-body vibration exposure at work induced by a change in behaviour: a study protocol
Authors
- Ivo JH Tiemessen
- Carel TJ Hulshof
- Monique HW Frings-Dresen
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2007
- Article: 329
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Population attributable risk for diabetes associated with excess weight in Tehranian adults: a population-based cohort study
Authors
- Farhad Hosseinpanah
- Mehdi Rambod
- Fereidoun Azizi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2007
- Article: 328
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Do inattention and hyperactivity symptoms equal scholastic impairment? evidence from three European cohorts
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Alina Rodriguez
- Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
- Jørn Olsen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2007
- Article: 327
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A cross-sectional study of vascular risk factors in a rural South African population: data from the Southern African Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI)
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Margaret Thorogood
- Myles Connor
- Jennifer Marsh
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 13 November 2007
- Article: 326
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Short GSM mobile phone exposure does not alter human auditory brainstem response
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Gábor Stefanics
- Lóránd Kellényi
- István Hernádi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2007
- Article: 325
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Design and evaluation protocol of "FATaintPHAT", a computer-tailored intervention to prevent excessive weight gain in adolescents
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Nicole PM Ezendam
- Anke Oenema
- Johannes Brug
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2007
- Article: 324
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Changes in health risk behaviors of elementary school students in northern Taiwan from 2001 to 2003: results from the child and adolescent behaviors in long-term evolution study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Wen-Chi Wu
- Hsing-Yi Chang
- Tony Szu-Hsien Lee
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2007
- Article: 323
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Substance abuse in pregnant women. Experiences from a special child welfare clinic in Norway
Authors
- Bjørg Hjerkinn
- Morten Lindbæk
- Elin Olaug Rosvold
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 November 2007
- Article: 322
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Media suicide-reports, Internet use and the occurrence of suicides between 1987 and 2005 in Japan
Authors
- Akihito Hagihara
- Kimio Tarumi
- Takeru Abe
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 November 2007
- Article: 321
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Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of re-presentation to an Australian inner-city emergency department: implications for service delivery
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Gaye Moore
- Marie Gerdtz
- Andrew Dent
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2007
- Article: 320
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Does a short-term intervention promote mental and general health among young adults? – An evaluation of counselling
Authors
- Regina Winzer
- Agneta Bergsten Brucefors
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2007
- Article: 319
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Ethnicity and the ethics of data linkage
Authors
- Kenneth M Boyd
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2007
- Article: 318
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The UK Burden of Injury Study – a protocol. [National Research Register number: M0044160889]
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Ronan A Lyons
- Elizabeth E Towner
- Frank Coffey
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2007
- Article: 317
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The goitre rate, its association with reproductive failure, and the knowledge of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) among women in Ethiopia: Cross-section community based study
Authors
- Cherinet Abuye
- Yemane Berhane
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2007
- Article: 316
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Health-seeking behaviour of human brucellosis cases in rural Tanzania
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- John Kunda
- Julie Fitzpatrick
- Sarah Cleaveland
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2007
- Article: 315
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Adverse health effects of low levels of perceived control in Swedish and Russian community samples
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Johanna Lundberg
- Martin Bobak
- Hynek Pikhart
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 November 2007
- Article: 314
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Cigarette smoking and tooth loss experience among young adults: a national record linkage study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Miki Ojima
- Takashi Hanioka
- Hitoshi Aoyama
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 November 2007
- Article: 313
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Correlates of cigarette smoking among male college students in Karachi, Pakistan
Authors
- Shafquat Rozi
- Zahid A Butt
- Saeed Akhtar
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2007
- Article: 312
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Exposure of bakery and pastry apprentices to airborne flour dust using PM2.5 and PM10personal samplers
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Estelle Mounier-Geyssant
- Jean-François Barthélemy
- Denis Zmirou-Navier
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 November 2007
- Article: 311
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Medical care of asylum seekers: a descriptive study of the appropriateness of nurse practitioners' care compared to traditional physician-based care in a gatekeeping system
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Patrick Bodenmann
- Fabrice Althaus
- Blaise Genton
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 31 October 2007
- Article: 310