Volume 6, issue 1, December 2006
314 articles in this issue
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Public health preparedness in Alberta: a systems-level study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Douglas Moore
- Alan Shiell
- Gerald Predy
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 28 December 2006
- Article: 313
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Preschool children's health and its association with parental education and individual living conditions in East and West Germany
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Xianming du Prel
- Ursula Krämer
- Ulrich Ranft
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 December 2006
- Article: 312
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Influenza pandemic and professional duty: family or patients first? A survey of hospital employees
Authors
- Boris P Ehrenstein
- Frank Hanses
- Bernd Salzberger
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 December 2006
- Article: 311
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Sexual behavior and experience of sexual coercion among secondary school students in three states in North Eastern Nigeria
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ademola J Ajuwon
- Adeniyi Olaleye
- Oladapo Ladipo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2006
- Article: 310
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Community hospitals – the place of local service provision in a modernising NHS: an integrative thematic literature review
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- David Heaney
- Corri Black
- Edwin van Teijlingen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2006
- Article: 309
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Is the HIV burden in India being overestimated?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Lalit Dandona
- Vemu Lakshmi
- Rakhi Dandona
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 December 2006
- Article: 308
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Population distribution and burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in British Columbia, Canada
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- M Kate Thomas
- Shannon E Majowicz
- Andria Q Jones
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 December 2006
- Article: 307
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Management of environmental health issues for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games: is enhanced integrated environmental health surveillance needed in every day routine operation?
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Christos Hadjichristodoulou
- Varvara Mouchtouri
- Jenny Kremastinou
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2006
- Article: 306
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Psychosocial environment for the integrated education opportunities of the disabled in Lithuania
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Laimute Samsoniene
- Algirdas Juozulynas
- Aloyza Lukšiene
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2006
- Article: 305
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Design of the Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (NRG-DOiT): systematic development, implementation and evaluation of a school-based intervention aimed at the prevention of excessive weight gain in adolescents
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Amika S Singh
- Marijke JM Chin A Paw
- Willem van Mechelen
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2006
- Article: 304
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Tear secretion dysfunction among women workers engaged in light-on tests in the TFT-LCD industry
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Shih-Bin Su
- Chih-Wei Lu
- How-Ran Guo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2006
- Article: 303
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Municipal mortality due to thyroid cancer in Spain
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Virginia Lope
- Marina Pollán
- Gonzalo López-Abente
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2006
- Article: 302
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A bibliometric analysis in the fields of preventive medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, epidemiology, and public health
Authors
- Elpidoforos S Soteriades
- Matthew E Falagas
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2006
- Article: 301
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Effectiveness of smoking cessation therapies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ping Wu
- Kumanan Wilson
- Edward J Mills
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2006
- Article: 300
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Aiming to increase birth weight: a randomised trial of pre-pregnancy information, advice and counselling in inner-urban Melbourne
Authors
- Judith Lumley
- Lisa Donohue
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2006
- Article: 299
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Cardiovascular risk factors among Chamorros
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Binh Chiem
- Victoria Nguyen
- Georgia Robins Sadler
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 December 2006
- Article: 298
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Public health professionals' perceptions toward provision of health protection in England: a survey of expectations of Primary Care Trusts and Health Protection Units in the delivery of health protection
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Paul A Cosford
- Mary O'Mahony
- Martin D Tobin
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2006
- Article: 297
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The effect of leisure-time physical activity on the risk of acute myocardial infarction depending on Body Mass Index: a population-based case-control study
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Eleonor Fransson
- Ulf de Faire
- Lars Alfredsson
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2006
- Article: 296
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Irregular breakfast eating and health status among adolescents in Taiwan
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Rea-Jeng Yang
- Edward K Wang
- Mei-Yen Chen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2006
- Article: 295
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Determinants of daily smoking in Turkish young adults in the Netherlands
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Floor VA van Oort
- Jan van der Ende
- Inez MA Joung
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 December 2006
- Article: 294
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Study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of a tailored energy balance programme for recent retirees
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Andrea Werkman
- Albertine J Schuit
- Evert G Schouten
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 06 December 2006
- Article: 293
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Prevalence and determinants of asthma in adult male leather tannery workers in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross sectional study
Authors
- Khurram Shahzad
- Saeed Akhtar
- Sadia Mahmud
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2006
- Article: 292
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Levels and trends of demographic indices in southern rural Mozambique: evidence from demographic surveillance in Manhiça district
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ariel Q Nhacolo
- Delino A Nhalungo
- Pedro Alonso
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2006
- Article: 291
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Work factors and psychological distress in nurses' aides: a prospective cohort study
Authors
- Willy Eriksen
- Kristian Tambs
- Stein Knardahl
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 November 2006
- Article: 290
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The relationship between parental socio-economic status and episodes of drunkenness among adolescents: findings from a cross-national survey
Authors
- Matthias Richter
- Anja Leppin
- Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 November 2006
- Article: 289
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The demand control model and circadian saliva cortisol variations in a Swedish population based sample (The PART study)
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Magnus Alderling
- Töres Theorell
- Ingvar Lundberg
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 November 2006
- Article: 288
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Family time, parental behaviour model and the initiation of smoking and alcohol use by ten-year-old children: an epidemiological study in Kaunas, Lithuania
Authors
- Asta GarmienÄ—
- Nida Žemaitienė
- Apolinaras Zaborskis
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2006
- Article: 287
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Space-time clustering of childhood malaria at the household level: a dynamic cohort in a Mali village
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Jean Gaudart
- Belco Poudiougou
- Ogobara K Doumbo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 November 2006
- Article: 286
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Business and public health collaboration for emergency preparedness in Georgia: a case study
Authors
- James W Buehler
- Ellen A Whitney
- Ruth L Berkelman
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 November 2006
- Article: 285
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Intimate partner violence against women in eastern Uganda: implications for HIV prevention
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Charles AS Karamagi
- James K Tumwine
- Kristian Heggenhougen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 November 2006
- Article: 284
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Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: Evidence from Vietnam
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Nguyen Thi Bich Thuan
- Curt Lofgren
- Lars Lindholm
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 November 2006
- Article: 283
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Association between the metabolic syndrome and its components and gait speed among U.S. adults aged 50 years and older: a cross-sectional analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Catherine A Okoro
- Yuna Zhong
- Ali H Mokdad
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 November 2006
- Article: 282
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Ethnicity coding in a regional cancer registry and in Hospital Episode Statistics
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Ruth H Jack
- Karen M Linklater
- Henrik Møller
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2006
- Article: 281
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Smoking trends among adolescents from 1990 to 2002 in ten European countries and Canada
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Anne Hublet
- Dirk De Bacquer
- Lea Maes
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2006
- Article: 280
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Steep HIV prevalence declines among young people in selected Zambian communities: population-based observations (1995–2003)
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Charles Michelo
- Ingvild F Sandøy
- Knut Fylkesnes
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2006
- Article: 279
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Human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in eleven countries: diagnostic pattern across time, 1993–2002
Authors (first, second and last of 21)
- Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta
- Markus Glatzel
- Eva Mitrova
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 November 2006
- Article: 278
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General practitioners' beliefs about effectiveness and intentions to prescribe smoking cessation medications: qualitative and quantitative studies
Authors
- Florian Vogt
- Sue Hall
- Theresa M Marteau
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2006
- Article: 277
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Child – parent agreement on reports of disease, injury and pain
Authors
- Gunilla M Brun Sundblad
- Tönu Saartok
- Lars-Magnus T Engström
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 08 November 2006
- Article: 276
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Determinants of a healthy lifestyle and use of preventive screening in Canada
Authors
- Vikky Qi
- Susan P Phillips
- Wilma M Hopman
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2006
- Article: 275
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Postpartum practices of puerperal women and their influencing factors in three regions of Hubei, China
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Nian Liu
- Limei Mao
- Qiang Ding
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2006
- Article: 274
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Assessment of data quality in a multi-centre cross-sectional study of participation and quality of life of children with cerebral palsy
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Heather Dickinson
- Kathryn Parkinson
- Allan Colver
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 November 2006
- Article: 273
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Factors associated with intentions to adhere to colorectal cancer screening follow-up exams
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Ying-Fang Zheng
- Tami Saito
- Ichiro Kai
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 November 2006
- Article: 272
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Predictors of betel quid chewing behavior and cessation patterns in Taiwan aborigines
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Chin-Feng Lin
- Jung-Der Wang
- Ying-Chin Ko
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2006
- Article: 271
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Socioeconomic differentials in premature mortality in Rome: changes from 1990 to 2001
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Giulia Cesaroni
- Nera Agabiti
- Carlo A Perucci
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 November 2006
- Article: 270
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Percutaneous injuries among dental professionals in Washington State
Authors
- Syed M Shah
- Anwar T Merchant
- James A Dosman
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 October 2006
- Article: 269
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Health-related quality of life in diabetic patients and controls without diabetes in refugee camps in the Gaza strip: a cross-sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Ashraf Eljedi
- Rafael T Mikolajczyk
- Ulrich Laaser
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 October 2006
- Article: 268
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Consultations in primary care for symptoms attributed to electromagnetic fields – a survey among general practitioners
Authors
- Anke Huss
- Martin Röösli
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 October 2006
- Article: 267
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Air pollution in Boston bars before and after a smoking ban
Authors
- James L Repace
- James N Hyde
- Doug Brugge
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 October 2006
- Article: 266
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Prevalence and predictors of home and automobile smoking bans and child environmental tobacco smoke exposure: a cross-sectional study of U.S.- and Mexico-born Hispanic women with young children
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Melissa Gonzales
- Lorraine Halinka Malcoe
- Judith Espinoza
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 October 2006
- Article: 265