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BMC Public Health is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.
BMC Public Health (ISSN 1471-2458) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :21
Self-perceived ability and intention to exercise are the main factors influencing the amount of physical activity people carry out, suggesting that future interventions to increase exercise should target these psychological factors
BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :388
Over two thirds of British children meet the national recommendation of at least sixty minutes of exercise a day, suggesting that future interventions should aim to prevent a reduction of exercise levels rather than promote an increase.
BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :386
Measles vaccination programs in Mozambique have changed the serological profile of the disease in 9-month-old children, which requires a re-evaluation of the vaccination strategy in light of this epidemiological shift.
BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :379
Patterns of alcohol-related attendance at an inner city emergency department have shifted into the early morning hours following the UK alcohol Licensing Act, with implications for the delivery of night service and NHS staff requirements.
BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :363
Although female homicide by strangulation is declining in urban South Africa, rates remain high in Cape Town, particularly during the weekends and in relation to high blood alcohol levels in the victims.
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Individual, Social Environmental, and Physical Environmental Correlates with Physical Activity among Canadians: a Cross-sectional Study Sai Yi Pan, Christine Cameron, Marie DesMeules, Howard Morrison, Cora LYNN Craig, Xiaohong Jiang BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :21 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Post abortion family planning counseling as a tool to increase contraception use
Ali Ceylan, Meliksah Ertem, Gunay Saka, Nurten Akdeniz BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :20 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Excess cardiovascular mortality associated with cold spells in the Czech Republic Jan Kysely, Lucie Pokorna, Jan Kyncl, Bohumir Kriz BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :19 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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A case-control study of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Switzerland: analysis of potential risk factors with regard to an increased CJD incidence in the years 2001-2004 Jessica Ruegger, Katharina Stoeck, Lorenz Amsler, Thomas Blaettler, Marcel Zwahlen, Adriano Aguzzi, Markus Glatzel, Klaus Hess, Tobias Eckert BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :18 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Using Surveillance Data to Monitor Entry into Care of Newly Diagnosed HIV-Infected Persons: San Francisco 2006-2007 Nicola M Zetola, Kyle Bernstein, Katherine Ahrens, Julia Marcus, Susan Philip, Giuliano Nieri, Diane Jones, Bradley Hare, Ling Hsu, Susan Scheer, Jeffrey D Klausner BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :17 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluating real-time internet therapy and online self-help for problematic alcohol consumers: a three-arm RCT protocol Matthijs Blankers, Maarten Koeter, Gerard M Schippers BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :16 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Psychological and behavioural factors associated with sexual risk behaviour among Slovak students Ondrej Kalina, Andrea M Geckova, Pavol Jarcuska, Olga Orosova, Jitse P van Dijk, Sijmen A Reijneveld BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :15 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Depression and Body Mass Index, a U-shaped association. Leonore M de Wit, Annemieke van Straten, Marieke van Herten, Brenda WJH Penninx, Pim Cuijpers BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :14 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Anger expression, violent behavior, and symptoms of depression among male college students Dale J Terasaki, Bizu S Gelaye, Yemane Berhane, Michelle A Williams BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :13 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Access to interpreting services in England: secondary analysis of national data Paramjit Gill, Aparna Shankar, Terry Quirke, Nick Freemantle BMC Public Health 2009, 9 :12 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The impact of iron supplementation efficiency in female blood donors with a decreased ferritin level and no anaemia. Rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial: a study protocol. Baptiste Pedrazzini, Sophie Waldvogel, Paul Vaucher, Raphael Bize, Jacques Cornuz, Jean-Daniel Tissot, Alain Pecoud, Bernard Favrat Trials 2009, 10 :4 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The SAIL databank: linking multiple health and social care datasets
Ronan A Lyons, Kerina H Jones, Gareth John, Caroline J Brooks, Jean-Philippe Verplancke, David V Ford, Ginevra Brown, Ken Leake BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2009, 9 :3 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Costs of early detection systems for epidemic malaria in highland areas of Kenya and Uganda Dirk H Mueller, Tarekegn A Abeku, Michael Okia, Beth Rapuoda, Jonathan Cox Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :17 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Sickle cell trait (HbAS) and stunting in children below two years of age in an area of high malaria transmission Benno Kreuels, Stephan Ehrhardt, Christina Kreuzberg, Samuel Adjei, Robin Kobbe, Gerd D Burchard, Christa Ehmen, Matilda Ayim, Ohene Adjei, Jurgen May Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :16 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Relating increasing hantavirus incidences to the changing climate: the mast connection Jan Clement, Jurgen Vercauteren, Willem W Verstraeten, Genevieve Ducoffre, Jose M Barrios, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Piet Maes, Marc Van Ranst International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8 :1 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The promotion of oral health within the Healthy School context in England: a qualitative research study Emma Stokes, Cynthia M Pine, Rebecca V Harris BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :3 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
Hepatic hydatid disease: four case reports Attef M Elshazly, Manar S Azab, Samar N Elbeshbishi, Hany M Elsheikha Cases Journal 2009, 2 :58 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Commentary
Effective scale-up: avoiding the same old traps Pape A. Gaye, David Nelson Human Resources for Health 2009, 7 :2 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Stakeholders' opinions about a tobacco policy in Lao PDR
Tanja Tomson, Kongsap Akkhavong, Hans Gilljam Tobacco Induced Diseases 2009, 5 :2 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Initial evidence of reduction of malaria cases and deaths in Rwanda and Ethiopia due to rapid scale-up of malaria prevention and treatment Mac Otten, Maru Aregawi, Wilson Were, Corin Karema, Ambachew Medin, Daddi Jima, Worku Kebede, Khoti Gausi, Ryuichi Komatsu, Eline Korenromp, Daniel Low-Beer, Mark Grabowsky Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :14 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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