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	RESEARCH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE John R Ashton and Carlos Alvarez-Dardet J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 161. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.161 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The JECH gallery

	Culturally appropriate birth services within health facilities J Jaime Miranda J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 161. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.161-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Speaker's corner

	From North Sea to Black Sea: progress towards common public health practice Teri Knight, Christopher Birt, Lesley Armitage, and Ioan Bocsan J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 162. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.162 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Validation of self reported smoking M Rebagliato J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 163-164. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.163 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Income inequality and economic residential segregation I Kawachi J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 165-166. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.165 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research reports

	On the World Health Organisation's measurement of health inequalities C Landmann Szwarcwald J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 177-182. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.177 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Inequality, residential segregation by income, and mortality in US cities P Lobmayer and R G Wilkinson J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 183-187. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.183 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Class differences in the social consequences of illness? C Lindholm, B Burström, and F Diderichsen J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 188-192. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.188 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Neighbourhood level versus individual level correlates of women's body dissatisfaction: toward a multilevel understanding of the role of affluence L McLaren and L Gauvin J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 193-199. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.193 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Socioeconomic differences in children's use of physician services in the Nordic countries M Halldórsson, A E Kunst, L Köhler, and J P Mackenbach J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 200-204. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.200 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Long term mortality trends behind low life expectancy of Danish women R Jacobsen, N Keiding, and E Lynge J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 205-208. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.205 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Does a higher number of siblings protect against the development of allergy and asthma? A review W Karmaus and C Botezan J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 209-217. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.209 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Height, body mass index, and survival in men with coronary disease: follow up of the diet and reinfarction trial (DART) A R Ness, D Gunnell, J Hughes, P C Elwood, G Davey Smith, and M L Burr J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 218-219. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.218 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and methods

	Validation of self reported smoking by serum cotinine measurement in a community-based study E Vartiainen, T Seppälä, P Lillsunde, and P Puska J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 167-170. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.167 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Is the link between alcohol and cardiovascular death among young Russian men attributable to misclassification of acute alcohol intoxication? Evidence from the city of Izhevsk V M Shkolnikov, M McKee, V V Chervyakov, and N A Kyrianov J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 171-174. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.171 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Collecting information on marital status: a methodological note G Barrett and K Wellings J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 175-176. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.175 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Public health policy and practice

	Balkans briefing number 7. Pristina Hospital: under new management B Kirkup and R Hoyle J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 220-222. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.220 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Provision of services to asylum seekers. Are there lessons from the experience with Kosovan refugees? S Ghebrehewet, M Regan, L Benons, and J Knowles J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 223-226. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.223 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Smoking in young adolescents: an approach with multilevel discrete choice models J Pinilla, B González, P Barber, and Y Santana J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 227-232. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.227 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Differential effect of socioeconomic status on rates of invasive coronary procedures across the public and private sectors in Queensland, Australia M Coory, I A Scott, and P Baade J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 233-234. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.233 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Re-emerging syphilis in gay men: a case-control study of behavioural risk factors and HIV status M A Bellis, P Cook, P Clark, Q Syed, and A Hoskins J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 235-236. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.235 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

	Suicide in doctors T J P Verberne J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 237. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.237 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Abortion and breast cancer J Brind, V M Chinchilli, M Goldacre, L Kurina, V Seagroatt, and D Yeates J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 237-238. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.237-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Description of a fitness to travel health assessment evaluation tool for displaced Albanian Kosovars in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia D W MacPherson, J Weekers, B D Gushulak, T M D O'Rourke, C Stiles, and B D Gushulak J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 238-239. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.238 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

	Needs assessment in public health. A practical guide for students and professionals: D J Peterson, G R Alexander. (Pp 139; $37.50). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2001. ISBN 0-306-46530-2. S McCord J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 239. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.239 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Decision-making in environmental health: Edited by C Corvalan, D Briggs, G Zielhuis G. (Pp 278; price not stated). E & FN Spon, 2000. ISBN 0-419-25940-6. D Coggon J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 239-240. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.239-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	El control de las enfermedades transmisibles, 17th edn.: Edited by J Chin. (Pp 748; price not stated). Informe Oficial de la Asociación Americana de Salud Pública (American Public Health Association). Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Publicación Científica y Técnica no 581, 2001. ISBN 9-27-531581-7 M Delgado-Rodríguez J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 240. doi:10.1136/jech.56.3.240 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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