Journal of Public Health

Editorials:

Norman Vetter

Research publication in developing countries
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 189; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg063 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

G. David Batty, Martin J. Shipley, Michael Marmot, and George Davey Smith

Leisure time physical activity and coronary heart disease mortality in men symptomatic or asymptomatic for ischaemia: evidence from the Whitehall study
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 190-196; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg043 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Crispin Jenkinson, Angela Coulter, Rachel Reeves, Steve Bruster, and Nick Richards

Properties of the Picker Patient Experience questionnaire in a randomized controlled trial of long versus short form survey instruments
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 197-201; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg049 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sue Langham, Ian Basnett, Peter McCartney, Charles Normand, Julie Pickering, Dilwyn Sheers, and Margaret Thorogood

Addressing the inverse care law in cardiac services
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 202-207; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg054 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philip Rees, Dominic Brown, Paul Norman, and Daniel Dorling

Are socioeconomic inequalities in mortality decreasing or increasing within some British regions? An observational study, 1990–1998
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 208-214; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg055 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amanda Sacker, Richard D. Wiggins, Paul Clarke, and Mel Bartley

Making sense of symptom checklists: a latent class approach to the first 9 years of the British Household Panel Survey
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 215-222; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg056 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremy Gray, Matthew Ekins, Amy Scammell, Kevin Carroll, and Azeem Majeed

Workload implications of identifying patients with ischaemic heart disease in primary care: population-based study
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 223-227; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg061 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Aliki Taylor and K. K. Cheng

Social deprivation and breast cancer
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 228-233; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg072 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shelley Lanser and Tanja Pless-Mulloli

Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control: a review of health authorities' experience
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 234-236; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg050 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. A. Cresswell, J. E. S. Scott, S. Pattenden, and M. Vrijheid

Risk of congenital anomalies near the Byker waste combustion plant
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 237-242; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg053 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Reports:

Jayne Parry and Edward Scully

Health impact assessment and the consideration of health inequalities
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 243-245; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg042 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Qin-fang Deng, Cai-cun Zhou, Jian-fong Xu, and Rui-bao Tang

A preliminary study on the relation between thunderstorms and mortality of in-patients
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 246-248; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg062 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael J. Goldacre, Marie E. Duncan, Paula Cook-Mozaffari, and Myfanwy Griffith

Trends in mortality rates comparing underlying-cause and multiple-cause coding in an English population 1979–1998
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 249-253; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg058 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudio Cricelli, Giampiero Mazzaglia, Fabio Samani, Marco Marchi, Andrea Sabatini, Roberto Nardi, Giuseppe Ventriglia, and Achille P. Caputi

Prevalence estimates for chronic diseases in Italy: exploring the differences between self-report and primary care databases
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 254-257; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg060 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deborah Baker, Elizabeth Middleton, and Stephen Campbell

The impact of chronic disease management in primary care on inequality in asthma severity
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 258-260; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg048 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark McCarthy and Poala Primatesta

Reducing inequalities in non-fatal accidents in England
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 261; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg059 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna T. Gavin

Cluster investigation – the importance of counting everyone
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 262; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg057 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Update:

E. Waters, J. Doyle, and N. Jackson

Evidence-based public health: improving the relevance of Cochrane Collaboration systematic reviews to global public health priorities
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 263-266; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg065 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review:

Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review: January to March 2003
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 267-271; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg064 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Denis Pereira Gray

Primary care doctors and population health
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 272; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg044 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Gulliford

Reply
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 272. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Wilkinson

Shining the light – Public Health Observatories in England
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 273; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg051 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Veena C. Rodrigues

Very high cost treatment for a single individual
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 274; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg052 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michiyo Iwami

A CLAS act?
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 274-275; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg066 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeremy Wight

Reply
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 274. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naomi Grayson, Suelen Soo, and Iain J Robbé

Patterns of physical activity
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 275; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg073 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Louise Hayes, Martin White, Nigel Unwin, Raj Bhopal, and Colin Fischbacher

Reply
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 275-276. [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Oliver Morgan

How Much Risk? A Guide to Understanding Environmental Hazards. Inge F. Goldstein and Martin Goldstein. Pp. 315. Oxford University Press 2002
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 277; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg047 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

My Favourite Software:

John Battersby

My favourite software: MobiPassword
J Public Health Med 2003 25: 278; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdg067 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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