Journal of Public Health

BOOK REVIEW

Book Review

Margaret Somerville
Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn035
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Book Review

David Evans
The Politics of Vaccination: Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, 1800–1874
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn032
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Book Review

Christopher Potter
Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm since Hippocrates
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 18, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn027
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Book Review

Andrew Larner and Christian Gericke
The Seven Deadly Sins of Obesity: How the Modern World Is Making Us Fat. Jane Dixon and Dorothy Broom. Sydney: UNSW Press, 2007, 240 pp., Price: AUD 39.95 (GBP 16.95, EUR 25.15). ISBN 0868409553
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 18, 2007.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm066
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Abstract Original Article

Else-Karin Grøholt, Hein Stigum, and Rannveig Nordhagen
Overweight and obesity among adolescents in Norway: cultural and socio-economic differences
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on May 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn037
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Abstract Original Article

Ru-Nie Gao, C. Ineke Neutel, and Elaine Wai
Gender differences in colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, hospitalizations and surgical procedures in Canada
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn019
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Abstract Original Article Jin-Feng Wang, George Christakos, Wei-Guo Han, and Bin Meng Data-driven exploration of ‘spatial pattern-time process-driving forces’ associations of SARS epidemic in Beijing, China Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 26, 2008. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]     OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Abstract Original Article

Catriona Matheson, Geraldine B. Anthony, Christine Bond, and Maria K. Rossi
Assessing and prioritizing the preferences of injecting drug users in needle and syringe exchange service development
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn030
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Abstract Original Article

Henry Jefferson, Bruce Dupuy, Hervé Chaudet, Gaetan Texier, Andrew Green, Guy Barnish, Jean-Paul Boutin, and Jean-Baptiste Meynard
Evaluation of a syndromic surveillance for the early detection of outbreaks among military personnel in a tropical country
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn026
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Abstract Original Article

Zeynep Simsek, Dilek Ak, Abdurrrahman Altindag, and Mehmet Günes
Prevalence and predictors of mental disorders among women in Sanliurfa, Southeastern Turkey
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn025
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Abstract Original Article

H. Dodhia and K. Phillips
Measuring burden of disease in two inner London boroughs using Disability Adjusted Life Years
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn015
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Abstract Original Article

Enayatollah Bakhshi, Mohammad Reza Eshraghian, Kazem Mohammad, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Hojat Zeraati, Akbar Fotouhi, Fraidon Siassi, and Behjat Seifi
Sociodemographic and Smoking Associated with Obesity in Adult Women in Iran: Results from the National Health Survey
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn024
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Abstract Original Article

Daniel Werb, Thomas Kerr, Will Small, Kathy Li, Julio Montaner, and Evan Wood
HIV risks associated with incarceration among injection drug users: implications for prison-based public health strategies
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn021
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Abstract Original Article

Amy E. Mark and Ian Janssen
Relationship between screen time and metabolic syndrome in adolescents
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn022
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Abstract Original Article

R. L. Bennett, R. G. Blanks, and S. M. Moss
Coverage in the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme, 1996–2005: correcting for the first invitation of women between 50 and 52 years
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 13, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn017
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Abstract Original Article

Ravikumar Balakrishnan, Premila Webster, and Don Sinclair
Trends in overweight and obesity among 5–7-year-old White and South Asian children born between 1991 and 1999
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on March 3, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn013
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David Austin, Keith G. Oldroyd, Alex McConnachie, Rachel Slack, Hany Eteiba, Andrew D. Flapan, Kevin P. Jennings, Robin J. Northcote, Alistair C. H. Pell, Ian R. Starkey, and Jill P. Pell
Hospital and operator variations in drug-eluting stent use: a multi-level analysis of 5967 consecutive patients in Scotland
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn016
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H. Brunt, N. Lester, G. Davies, and R. Williams
Childhood overweight and obesity: is the gap closing the wrong way?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn010
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Anneli Uusküla, Mart Kals, Kristiina Rajaleid, Katri Abel, Ave Talu, Kristi Rüütel, Lucy Platt, Tim Rhodes, Jack DeHovitz, and Don Des Jarlais
High-prevalence and high-estimated incidence of HIV infection among new injecting drug users in Estonia: need for large scale prevention programs
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn014
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Abstract Original Article

Bette Liu, Angela Balkwill, Elizabeth Spencer, Valerie Beral, and on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators
Relationship between body mass index and length of hospital stay for gallbladder disease
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 27, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn011
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Joanne Clare, Diane Edwards, Helen Bagnall, Philippa Pearmain, and Gill Lawrence
The use of cervical screening history data to interpret cervical cancer incidence trends
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 21, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn008
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Mike Joffe, Shantini Paranjothy, Hilary Fielder, Ronan Lyons, and Stephen Palmer
Use of time to pregnancy in environmental epidemiology and surveillance
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 13, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn005
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Abstract Original Article

D. L. Cooper, N. Q. Verlander, A. J. Elliot, C. A. Joseph, and G. E. Smith
Can syndromic thresholds provide early warning of national influenza outbreaks?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 20, 2007.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm068
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Satu A. Helakorpi, Tuija P. Martelin, Jorma O. Torppa, Kristiina M. Patja, Urpo A. Kiiskinen, Erkki A. Vartiainen, and Antti K. Uutela
Did the Tobacco Control Act Amendment in 1995 affect daily smoking in Finland? Effects of a restrictive workplace smoking policy
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 14, 2007.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm051
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Yang Gao, Sian Griffiths, and Emily Y. Y. Chan
Community-based interventions to reduce overweight and obesity in China: a systematic review of the Chinese and English literature
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 6, 2007.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm057
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COCHRANE UPDATE

Cochrane Update

Jodie Doyle, Rebecca Armstrong, and Elizabeth Waters
Issues raised in systematic reviews of complex multisectoral and community based interventions
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn029
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CORRESPONDENCE

Correspondence

J. Ian Blenkharn
Needlestick injuries in primary care
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on April 18, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn028
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Correspondence

Beth Annear, Kate Sinclair, and Iain J. Robbé
Response to ‘Returned medicines: waste or a wasted opportunity?’
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn006
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Correspondence

Adam Mackridge and John Marriott
Reply to: Returned medicines: waste or wasted opportunity?
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn007
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SHORT REPORTS

Abstract Short Reports

Larisa J. Bomlitz and Mayer Brezis
Misrepresentation of health risks by mass media
Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on February 15, 2008.
doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdn009
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