| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveAnalytic Perspectives Simpson's Paradox, Lord's Paradox, and Suppression Effects are the same phenomenon – the reversal paradox Yu-Kang Tu, David Gunnell, and Mark S Gilthorpe Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 2. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-2.PMCID: PMC2254615 Issues in the construction of wealth indices for the measurement of socio-economic position in low-income countries Laura D Howe, James R Hargreaves, and Sharon RA Huttly Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 3. Published online 2008 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-3.PMCID: PMC2248177 Cars, corporations, and commodities: Consequences for the social determinants of health James Woodcock and Rachel Aldred Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 4. Published online 2008 February 21. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-4.PMCID: PMC2289830 Old and new cluster designs in emergency field surveys: in search of a one-fits-all solution Oleg O Bilukha Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 7. Published online 2008 July 8. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-7.PMCID: PMC2474831 Persisting with prevention: The importance of adherence for HIV prevention Helen A Weiss, Judith N Wasserheit, Ruanne V Barnabas, Richard J Hayes, and Laith J Abu-Raddad Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 8. Published online 2008 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-8.PMCID: PMC2507711 (Errors in statistical tests)3 Carl V Phillips, Richard F MacLehose, and Jay S Kaufman Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 9. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-9.PMCID: PMC2500015 Enhancing access to reports of randomized trials published world-wide – the contribution of EMBASE records to the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) in The Cochrane Library Carol Lefebvre, Anne Eisinga, Steve McDonald, and Nina Paul Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 13. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-13.PMCID: PMC2586626 Index medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean region Najeeb Al-Shorbaji Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 14. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-14.PMCID: PMC2565659 Does language matter? A case study of epidemiological and public health journals, databases and professional education in French, German and Italian Iacopo Baussano, Patrick Brzoska, Ugo Fedeli, Claudia Larouche, Oliver Razum, and Isaac C-H Fung Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 16. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-16.PMCID: PMC2570667 Public health and epidemiology journals published in Brazil and other Portuguese speaking countries Mauricio L Barreto and Rita Barradas Barata Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 18. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-18.PMCID: PMC2572600 Harnessing the wealth of Chinese scientific literature: schistosomiasis research and control in China Qin Liu, Li-Guang Tian, Shu-Hua Xiao, Zhen Qi, Peter Steinmann, Tippi K Mak, Jürg Utzinger, and Xiao-Nong Zhou Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 19. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-19.PMCID: PMC2576166 Questions on causality and responsibility arising from an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Norway Bjørn G Iversen, Bjørn Hofmann, and Preben Aavitsland Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 22. Published online 2008 October 23. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-22.PMCID: PMC2585074 Development of a quality assessment tool for systematic reviews of observational studies (QATSO) of HIV prevalence in men having sex with men and associated risk behaviours William CW Wong, Catherine SK Cheung, and Graham J Hart Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 23. Published online 2008 November 17. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-23.PMCID: PMC2603000 Commentaries The role of causal reasoning in understanding Simpson's paradox, Lord's paradox, and the suppression effect: covariate selection in the analysis of observational studies Onyebuchi A Arah Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 5. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-5.PMCID: PMC2266743 Citation of non-English peer review publications – some Chinese examples Isaac CH Fung Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 12. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-12.PMCID: PMC2570362 Biomedical journals and databases in Russia and Russian language in the former Soviet Union and beyond Vasiliy V Vlassov and Kirill D Danishevskiy Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 15. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-15.PMCID: PMC2584036 Debate Widespread rape does not directly appear to increase the overall HIV prevalence in conflict-affected countries: so now what? Aranka Anema, Michel R Joffres, Edward Mills, and Paul B Spiegel Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 11. Published online 2008 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-11.PMCID: PMC2527307 Editorials Open access for the non-English-speaking world: overcoming the language barrier Isaac CH Fung Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 1. Published online 2008 January 4. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-1.PMCID: PMC2268932 Seek, and ye shall find: Accessing the global epidemiological literature in different languages Isaac CH Fung Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 21. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-21.PMCID: PMC2570666 Methodology Precision, time, and cost: a comparison of three sampling designs in an emergency setting Megan Deitchler, Hedwig Deconinck, and Gilles Bergeron Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 6. Published online 2008 May 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-6.PMCID: PMC2412846 Review Hispanic Latin America, Spain and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean: A rich source of reference material for public health, epidemiology and tropical medicine John R Williams, Annick Bórquez, and María-Gloria Basáñez Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2008; 5: 17. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-17.PMCID: PMC2584035 |