The European Journal of Public Health

Editorial

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

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

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

Get checked abstract 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

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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]  

Get checked abstract 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

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

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

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

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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