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Contents: Volume 19, Number 1, January 2009   [Index by Author] 

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Editorial Back

Johan P. Mackenbach
Bacalhao under the Ponte 25 de Abril: impressions from Lisbon
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 1; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn138 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Viewpoint Back

Pascal Diethelm and Martin McKee
Denialism: what is it and how should scientists respond?
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 2-4; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn139 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Commentary Back

Harry J. de Koning
Testing at home—the screening of the future?
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on January 6, 2009
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 5-6; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn120 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic Reviews Back

Sari Sinikka Vaapio, Marika Johanna Salminen, Ansa Ojanlatva, and Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä
Quality of life as an outcome of fall prevention interventions among the aged: a systematic review
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 29, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 7-15; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn099 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs Back

Trini A. Mathew, Sergey A. Yanov, Rais Mazitov, Sergey P. Mishustin, Aivar K. Strelis, Galina V. Yanova, Vera T. Golubchikova, Dmitry V. Taran, Alex Golubkov, Alan L. Shields, Shelly F. Greenfield, Sonya S. Shin, and on behalf of the Tomsk Tuberculosis Alcohol Working Group
Integration of alcohol use disorders identification and management in the tuberculosis programme in Tomsk Oblast, Russia
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 26, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 16-18; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edvard Johansson, Petri Böckerman, and Antti Uutela
Alcohol consumption and sickness absence: evidence from microdata
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 19-22; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jie-Min Lee, Sheng-Hung Chen, Hsin-Fan Chen, and Huei-Yann Joann Jeng
Price sensitivity and smoking smuggled cigarettes
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 27, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 23-27; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perihan Torun, Richard F. Heller, and Arpana Verma
Potential population impact of changes in heroin treatment and smoking prevalence rates: using Population Impact Measures
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 28-31; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Laure Vaissade and Stéphane Legleye
Capture–recapture estimates of the local prevalence of problem drug use in six French cities
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 26, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 32-37; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn126 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Social inequalities Back

Elina Laaksonen, Pekka Martikainen, Jenny Head, Ossi Rahkonen, Michael G. Marmot, and Eero Lahelma
Associations of multiple socio-economic circumstances with physical functioning among Finnish and British employees
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 6, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 38-45; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tonje Holte Stea, Margareta Wandel, Mohammad Azam Mansoor, Solveig Uglem, and Wenche Frølich
BMI, lipid profile, physical fitness and smoking habits of young male adults and the association with parental education
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 6, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 46-51; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriele Bolte, Hermann Fromme, and for the GME Study Group
Socioeconomic determinants of children's environmental tobacco smoke exposure and family's home smoking policy
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 52-58; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn114 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Bischoff, Martin Schneider, Kris Denhaerynck, and Edouard Battegay
Health and ill health of asylum seekers in Switzerland: an epidemiological study
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 59-64; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn113 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infant, Child and Adolescent Health Back

Zubair Kabir, Gregory N. Connolly, Luke Clancy, Bruce B. Cohen, and Howard K. Koh
Declining maternal smoking prevalence did not change low birthweight prevalence in Massachusetts from 1989 to 2004
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 5, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 65-68; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Borràs, A. Domínguez, M. Oviedo, J. Batalla, and L. Salleras
The influence of public or private paediatric health care on vaccination coverages in children in Catalonia (Spain)
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 27, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 69-72; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans-Johan Breidablik, Eivind Meland, and Stian Lydersen
Self-rated health during adolescence: stability and predictors of change (Young-HUNT study, Norway)
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 20, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 73-78; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn111 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Signe L. B. Rayce, Bjørn E. Holstein, and Svend Kreiner
Aspects of alienation and symptom load among adolescents
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 79-84; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous Back

Jong-Hyock Park, Jin-Seok Lee, Jin-Yong Lee, Jin Gwack, Jae-Hyun Park, Yong-Ik Kim, and Yoon Kim
Disparities between persons with and without disabilities in their participation rates in mass screening
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 85-90; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ali Iseri and Nurullah Arslan
Obesity in adults in Turkey: age and regional effects
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 91-94; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Päivi E. Korhonen, Pekka T. Jaatinen, Pertti T. Aarnio, Ilkka M. Kantola, and Tarja Saaresranta
Waist circumference home measurement—a device to find out patients in cardiovascular risk
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on October 16, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 95-99; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pia M. Johansson, Antonio Ponce de Leon, Siv Sadigh, Per E. Tillgren, and Clas Rehnberg
Statistical modelling needed to find the effects from a community-based elderly safety promotion program
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 7, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 100-105; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xavier Castellsagué, Catherine Cohet, Luis M Puig-Tintoré, Luis Olmos Acebes, Jesus Salinas, Maria San Martin, Lusine Breitscheidel, and Vanessa Rémy
Epidemiology and cost of treatment of genital warts in Spain
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 26, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 106-110; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn127 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Rikke Lund, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Ditte Hjorth Hansen, Margit Kriegbaum, Drude Molbo, Pernille Due, and Ulla Christensen
Exposure to bullying at school and depression in adulthood: A study of Danish men born in 1953
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 12, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 111-116; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Stickley, Mall Leinsalu, and Yury E. Razvodovsky
Homicide in post-Soviet Belarus: urban–rural trends
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 12, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 117-120; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn124 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews Back

Ulf Högberg
Ian Dowbiggin, The sterilization movement and global fertility in the twentieth century.
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 121; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn112 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nils Rosdahl
Coker R, Atun R, McKee M (editors). Health Systems and the Challenge of Communicable Diseases; Experiences from Europe and Latin America.
The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access published on December 6, 2008
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 122; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn119 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

European Public Health Association Back

Constantino Sakellarides, Dineke Zeegers Paget, and Matt Muijen
EUPHA president column: The Lisbon 2008 Conference and EUPHA's Presidency EUPHA office news—our collaboration with the Open Society Institute The second joint European Conference on Public Health 26–28 November 2009, Lodz, Poland Mental health care in Europe: diversity and progress, and need for further action
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 123-125; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn125 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum Back

Erratum in the 2008 Abstract Supplement: In the 2008 abstract supplement of the EUPHA conference on innovation and health in Lisbon, 5-8 November 2008, we unfortunately failed to publish one abstract. Please find the abstract below.
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 125; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn148 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thank you Back

Johan Mackenbach, Peter Allebeck, Martin McKee, and Walter Ricciardi
Thank you
Eur J Public Health 2009 19: 126-128; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckn140 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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