Journal of Public Health

Articles:

EG Jessop

Editorial. Public meetings deserve proper science
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 365-366; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.365 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Lewis, S Gillam, T Gosden, and R Sheaff

Commentary. Who contracts for primary care?
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 367-371; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.367 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Jenkinson

Comparison of UK and US methods for weighting and scoring the SF-36 summary measures
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 372-376; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.372 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MA Stott

Tanning and sunburn: knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of people in Great Britain
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 377-384; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.377 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Kavanagh, M Knapp, and A Patel

Costs and disability among stroke patients
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 385-394; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.385 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Majeed, J Ferguson, and J Field

Prescribing of beta-2 agonists and inhaled steroids in England: trends between 1992 and 1998, and association with material deprivation, chronic illness and asthma mortality rates
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 395-400; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.395 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Cummins, H Winter, K-K Cheng, R Maric, P Silcocks, and C Varghese

An assessment of the Nam Pehchan computer program for the identification of names of south Asian ethnic origin
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 401-406; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.401 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IR White, A Britton, K Nanchahal, and K McPherson

Mortality attributable to drinking, drinking too much, or drinking to little: a comparison of methods
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 407-411; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.407 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Astbury, S Horsley, and N Gent

Evaluation of a scheme for the pre-distribution of stable iodine (potassium iodate) to the civilian population residing within the immediate countermeasures zone of a nuclear submarine construction facility
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 412-414; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.412 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Hancock, M Calnan, and G Manley

Private or NHS general dental service care in the United Kingdom? A study of public perceptions and experiences
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 415-420; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.415 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Hemingway, AM Crook, J Rex Dawson, J Edelman, S Edmondson, G Feder, P Kopelman, E Leatham, P Magee, L Parsons, AD Timmis, and A Wood

Rating the appropriateness of coronary angiography, coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass grafting: the ACRE study
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 421-429; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.421 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JAG Paris and KM McKeown

Clinical governance for public health professionals
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 430-434; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.430 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Eizaguirre-García, C Rodríguez-Andrés, GC Watt, and D Hole

A study of leukaemia in Glasgow in connection with chromium-contaminated land
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 435-438; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.435 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NS Crowcroft, CE Roth, BJ Cohen, and E Miller

Guidance for control of parvovirus B19 infection in healthcare settings and the community
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 439-446; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.439 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Garvican, R Mayon-White, and P Littlejohn

Public health physicians who contribute to on-call communicable disease control duties: national comparative clinical audit by questionnaire survey
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 447-452; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.447 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M McKee, J Coles, and P James

'Failure to rescue' as a measure of quality of hospital care: the limitations of secondary diagnosis coding in English hospital data
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 453-458; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.453 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DK Whynes, J Falk-Whynes, and M Pringle

Trends in acute admissions: a study of one English district general hospital
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 459-463; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.459 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Panel

Royal college of physicians of Edinburgh, consensus conference on lipid lowering to prevent vascular event, 17 and 18 March 1999
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 464-467; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.464 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre

Quarterly communicable disease review, April to June 1999
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 468-475; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.468 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Chappel, C Fischbacher, R Edwards, SE Oliver, and F Adshead

Letter. Academic training in public health medicine in the UK: findings from an electronic mail census
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 476-479; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.476 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Johnstone

Correspondence. Should we be doing more to prevent group C meningococcal infection in school age children? How can we decide?
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 480; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.480 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RJ Roberts and M Petrovic

Correspondence. Comparative cost effectiveness supports the use of meningococcal vaccine in schools after a single case
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 480-481; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.480-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Round

Reply
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 481. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RG Newcombe

Correspondence. Know your limitations: not just for clinicians. Estimation of confidence intervals is not straightforward
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 481-482; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.481-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CA O'Donnell, A McConnachie, KJ Moffat, N Drummond, P Wilson, and S Ross

Correspondence. Out-of-hours care in the UK - generalizability of research findings
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 482-483; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.482 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Twigg

Reply
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 482; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.482-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Lee

Correspondence. Health-promoting schools: new challenges to school teachers
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 483-484; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.483 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 485-486; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.485 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editors' note
J Public Health Med 1999 21: 487-488; doi:10.1093/pubmed/21.4.487 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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