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Volume 5(12);  December 2008
Editorial
Homelessness Is Not Just a Housing Problem
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000003. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000003.
PMCID: PMC2605901
Perspectives
Mental Disorders among Homeless People in Western Countries
Helen Herrman
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e237. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050237.
PMCID: PMC2592354
The Disconnect between China's Public Health and Public Security Responses to Injection Drug Use, and the Consequences for Human Rights
Stephen Koester
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e240. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050240.
PMCID: PMC2596855
Poverty and Cataract—A Deeper Look at a Complex Issue
Susan Lewallen
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e245. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050245.
PMCID: PMC2602717
The Dirty War Index: Statistical Issues, Feasibility, and Interpretation
Nathan Taback
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e248. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050248.
PMCID: PMC2602718
A New Tool for Measuring the Brutality of War
Egbert Sondorp
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e249. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050249.
PMCID: PMC2602719
Accessing Maternal Health Services in Eastern Burma
Macaya Douoguih
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e250. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050250.
PMCID: PMC2605898
Health in Action
African AIDS Vaccine Programme for a Coordinated and Collaborative Vaccine Development Effort on the Continent
Pontiano Kaleebu, Alash'le Abimiku, Shenaaz El-Halabi, Sinata Koulla-Shiro, Nicole Mamotte, Souleymane Mboup, Roy Mugerwa, John Nkengasong, Coumba Toure-Kane, Tim Tucker, Douglas Wassenaar, Carolyn Williamson, and Dawit Wolday
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e236. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050236.
PMCID: PMC2592353
Policy Forum
What Is the Future for Global Case Management Guidelines for Common Childhood Diseases?
Mike English and J. Anthony G Scott
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e241. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050241.
PMCID: PMC2596856
The Dirty War Index: A Public Health and Human Rights Tool for Examining and Monitoring Armed Conflict Outcomes
Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks and Michael Spagat
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e243. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050243.
PMCID: PMC2602715
Research Articles
The Prevalence of Mental Disorders among the Homeless in Western Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis
Seena Fazel, Vivek Khosla, Helen Doll, and John Geddes
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e225. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050225.
PMCID: PMC2592351
Ovarian Carcinoma Subtypes Are Different Diseases: Implications for Biomarker Studies
Martin Köbel, Steve E Kalloger, Niki Boyd, Steven McKinney, Erika Mehl, Chana Palmer, Samuel Leung, Nathan J Bowen, Diana N Ionescu, Ashish Rajput, Leah M Prentice, Dianne Miller, Jennifer Santos, Kenneth Swenerton, C. Blake Gilks, and David Huntsman
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e232. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050232.
PMCID: PMC2592352
Health and Human Rights Concerns of Drug Users in Detention in Guangxi Province, China
J. Elizabeth Cohen and Joseph J Amon
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e234. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050234.
PMCID: PMC2596857
“A Good Personal Scientific Relationship”: Philip Morris Scientists and the Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok
Ross MacKenzie and Jeff Collin
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e238. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050238.
PMCID: PMC2605886
Analysis of Germline GLI1 Variation Implicates Hedgehog Signalling in the Regulation of Intestinal Inflammatory Pathways
Charlie W Lees, William J Zacharias, Mark Tremelling, Colin L Noble, Elaine R Nimmo, Albert Tenesa, Jennine Cornelius, Leif Torkvist, John Kao, Susan Farrington, Hazel E Drummond, Gwo-Tzer Ho, Ian D. R Arnott, Henry D Appelman, Lauri Diehl, Harry Campbell, Malcolm G Dunlop, Miles Parkes, Sarah E. M Howie, Deborah L Gumucio, and Jack Satsangi
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e239. Published online 2008 December 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050239.
PMCID: PMC2596854
Access To Essential Maternal Health Interventions and Human Rights Violations among Vulnerable Communities in Eastern Burma
Luke C Mullany, Catherine I Lee, Lin Yone, Palae Paw, Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, Cynthia Maung, Thomas J Lee, and Chris Beyrer
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e242. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050242.
PMCID: PMC2605890
A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh
Hannah Kuper, Sarah Polack, Cristina Eusebio, Wanjiku Mathenge, Zakia Wadud, and Allen Foster
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e244. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050244.
PMCID: PMC2602716
“Efforts to Reprioritise the Agenda” in China: British American Tobacco's Efforts to Influence Public Policy on Secondhand Smoke in China
Monique E Muggli, Kelley Lee, Quan Gan, Jon O Ebbert, and Richard D Hurt
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e251. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050251.
PMCID: PMC2605899
A Randomised Controlled Trial of Artemether-Lumefantrine Versus Artesunate for Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Treatment in Pregnancy
Rose McGready, Saw Oo Tan, Elizabeth A Ashley, Mupawjay Pimanpanarak, Jacher Viladpai-nguen, Lucy Phaiphun, Katja Wüstefeld, Marion Barends, Natthapon Laochan, Lily Keereecharoen, Niklas Lindegardh, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas J White, and François Nosten
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e253. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050253.
PMCID: PMC2605900
Corrections
Correction: A Prevalent Variant in PPP1R3A Impairs Glycogen Synthesis and Reduces Muscle Glycogen Content in Humans and Mice
David B Savage, Lanmin Zhai, Balasubramanian Ravikumar, Cheol Soo Choi, Johanna E Snaar, Amanda C McGuire, Sung-Eun Wou, Gemma Medina-Gomez, Sheene Kim, Cheryl B Bock, Dyann M Segvich, Bhavana Solanky, Dinesh Deelchand, Antonio Vidal-Puig, Nicholas J Wareham, Gerald I Shulman, Fredrik Karpe, Roy Taylor, Bartholomew A Pederson, Peter J Roach, Stephen O'Rahilly, and Anna A DePaoli-Roach
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e246. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050246.
PMCID: PMC2605894
Corrects: David B Savage, et al. A Prevalent Variant in PPP1R3A Impairs Glycogen Synthesis and Reduces Muscle Glycogen Content in Humans and Mice. PLoS Med. 2008 January; 5(1): e27.
Correction: Vitamin K Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women with Osteopenia (ECKO Trial): A Randomized Controlled Trial
Angela M Cheung, Lianne Tile, Yuna Lee, George Tomlinson, Gillian Hawker, Judy Scher, Hanxian Hu, Reinhold Vieth, Lilian Thompson, Sophie Jamal, and Robert Josse
PLoS Med. 2008 December; 5(12): e247. Published online 2008 December 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050247.
PMCID: PMC2605895
Corrects: Angela M Cheung, et al. Vitamin K Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women with Osteopenia (ECKO Trial): A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS Med. 2008 October; 5(10): 1–12.
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