1. Trends in mortality from major diseases in Europe, 1980–1993

   • Carla La Vecchia
   • Fabio Levi
   • Eva Negri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 8

2. A review on ethnic differences in plasma triglycerides and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol: Is the lipid pattern the key factor for the low coronary heart disease rate in people of African origin?

   • Raffaele Zoratti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 21

3. A mathematical model for the determination of the optimum value of the treatment threshold for a continuous risk factor

   • Michel Cucherat
   • Jean-Pierre Boissel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 29

4. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in a Spanish population

   • Angel Puras
   • Carlos Sanchis
   • Juan A. Divison

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 36

5. Occurrence of serologically verified Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Poland in 1970–1995

   • Waldemar Rastawicki
   • Stanisław Kałużewski
   • Marek Jagielski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 40

6. Frequency and determinants of use of antiretroviral and prophylactic therapies against Pneumocystic carinii Pneumonia (PCP) before AIDS diagnosis in Italy

   • Pier Angela Napoli
   • Maria Dorrucci
   • Giovanni Rezza

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 47

7. Crohns disease in Slovakia: Prevalence, socioeconomic and psychological analysis

   • Marianna Príkazska
   • Mária Letkovičová
   • Viera Matejíčkova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 53

8. Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina

   • M.I. Gamboa
   • J.A. Basualdo
   • H.B. Lahitte

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 61

9. Methodological aspects of physical activity assessment in epidemiological studies

   • Margreet A. Pols
   • Petra H.M. Peeters
   • Diederick E. Grobbee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 70

10. Asymmetry correction equations for hand volume, grip and pinch strengths in healthy working people

    • N. Chau
    • E. Remy
    • J.M. André

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 77

11. Socioeconomic variation in back and joint pain in Finland

    • P. Leino-Arjas
    • K. Hänninen
    • P. Puska

    OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 87

12. Familial pattern of infection with hepatitis B virus among immigrating Ethiopian Jews in Israel

    • Naiel Bisharat
    • Mazen Elias
    • Edith Flatau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 91

13. Agreement between reported fish consumption obtained by two interviews and its impact on the results in a reproduction study

    • Lars Rylander
    • Ulf Strömberg
    • Lars Hagmar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 97

14. An outbreak of Salmonella hadar associated with food consumption at a building site canteen

    • Annunziata Faustini
    • Massimo Sangalli
    • Domenico Spera

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 106