Journal of Public Health

Editorials:

Norman Vetter

Some immaculate misconceptions
J Public Health 2004 26: 119-120; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh137 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

History:

Christopher Cook

Oral history – Walter Holland
J Public Health 2004 26: 121-129; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh143 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

Jane J. Kim, Gabriel M. Leung, Pauline P. S. Woo, and Sue J. Goldie

Cost-effectiveness of organized versus opportunistic cervical cytology screening in Hong Kong
J Public Health 2004 26: 130-137; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh138 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sudip Nandy, Suzanne Parsons, Colin Cryer, Martin Underwood, Elaine Rashbrook, Yvonne Carter, Sandra Eldridge, Jacqueline Close, Dawn Skelton, Stephanie Taylor, and Gene Feder

Development and preliminary examination of the predictive validity of the Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) for use in primary care
J Public Health 2004 26: 138-143; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh132 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K. Chen and Y. Zou

Iodine nutritional status of adults during a period of salt iodization
J Public Health 2004 26: 144-146; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh129 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nikki Jeal and Chris Salisbury

A health needs assessment of street-based prostitutes: cross-sectional survey
J Public Health 2004 26: 147-151; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh124 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kate Thomas and Pat Coleman

Use of complementary or alternative medicine in a general population in Great Britain. Results from the National Omnibus survey
J Public Health 2004 26: 152-157; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh139 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Data issues:

Duncan Cooper and Frances Chinemana

NHS Direct derived data: an exciting new opportunity or an epidemiological headache?
J Public Health 2004 26: 158-160; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh133 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul B. S. Silcocks and David Robinson

Completeness of ascertainment by cancer registries: putting bounds on the number of missing cases
J Public Health 2004 26: 161-167; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh140 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Srdjan Denic, Hussein Saadi, and Falah Khatib

Quality of age data in patients from developing countries
J Public Health 2004 26: 168-171; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh131 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health services:

Amy Downing, Richard C. Wilson, and Matthew W. Cooke

Which patients spend more than 4 hours in the Accident and Emergency department?
J Public Health 2004 26: 172-176; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh141 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. A. Denvir, A. J. Lee, J. Rysdale, R. J. Prescott, H. Eteiba, A. Walker, I. R. Starkey, and J. P. Pell

Comparing performance between coronary intervention centres requires detailed case-mix adjusted analysis
J Public Health 2004 26: 177-184; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh142 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julie Evans, Sally Turner, and Hugh Bethell

Results and cost of meeting the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease requirement for 12 month follow-up after acute coronary events
J Public Health 2004 26: 185-186; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh130 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Vallance-Owen, Sally Cubbin, Virginia Warren, and Brian Matthews

Outcome monitoring to facilitate clinical governance; experience from a national programme in the independent sector
J Public Health 2004 26: 187-192; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh127 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health protection:

Y. G. Doyle, P. Graves, C. Rayner, C. Gerada, and D. Wakefield

Factors contributing to the cause of a community outbreak of tuberculosis
J Public Health 2004 26: 193-196; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh125 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ksenia Eroshina, Kirill Danishevski, Paul Wilkinson, and Martin McKee

Environmental and social factors as determinants of respiratory dysfunction in junior schoolchildren in Moscow
J Public Health 2004 26: 197-204; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh144 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quarterly Communicable Disease Review:

Communicable Disease and Health Protection Quarterly Review: October to December 2003
J Public Health 2004 26: 205-213; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh145 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Phil Edwards

Mailed questionnaires: length matters
J Public Health 2004 26: 214; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh135 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Crispin Jenkinson and Nick Richard

Mailed questionnaires: quality matters
J Public Health 2004 26: 214-215; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh134 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

John Kemm

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity. T Babor et al. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-263261-2 (paperback) (£29.50).
J Public Health 2004 26: 216; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh136 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

List of Referees:

List of Referees
J Public Health 2004 26: 217; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh172 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Hiroshi Aino, Shinichiro Yanagisawa, and Iaso Kamae

Erratum
J Public Health 2004 26: 218; doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh171 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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