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Call for papers: Applications of big data in occupational and environmental health

BMC Public Health is delighted to announce the launch of a new thematic series focused on highlighting innovative applications of big data and data sharing in occupational and environmental health.

Deadline for submissions: 30 September, 2017

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Raising tobacco taxes to increase cigarette prices could reduce cigarette consumption and smoking-associated deaths in all 28 EU countries.

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Physical activity and overweight/obesity among Malaysian adults: findings from the 2015 National Health and morbidity survey (NHMS)

Ying Ying Chan, Kuang Kuay Lim, Kuang Hock Lim, Chien Huey Teh, Chee Cheong Kee, Siew Man Cheong, Yi Yi Khoo, Azli Baharudin, Miaw Yn Ling, Mohd Azahadi Omar and Noor Ani Ahmad

Published on: 21 September 2017
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The effects of a rise in cigarette price on cigarette consumption, tobacco taxation revenues, and of smoking-related deaths in 28 EU countries-- applying threshold regression modelling

Chun-Yuan Yeh, Christian Schafferer, Jie-Min Lee, Li-Ming Ho and Chi-Jung Hsieh

Published on: 21 September 2017
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Implementation considerations when expanding health worker roles to include safe abortion care: a five-country case study synthesis

Claire Glenton, Annik M. Sorhaindo, Bela Ganatra and Simon Lewin

Published on: 21 September 2017
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Knowledge, attitude, and practices on intestinal schistosomiasis among primary schoolchildren in the Lake Victoria basin, Rorya District, north-western Tanzania

David Z. Munisi, Joram Buza, Emmanuel A. Mpolya, Teckla Angelo and Safari M. Kinung’hi

Published on: 21 September 2017
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Medicine use practices in management of symptoms of acute upper respiratory tract infections in children (≤12 years) in Kampala city, Uganda

Moses Ocan, Mary Aono, Clare Bukirwa, Emmanuel Luyinda, Cathy Ochwo, Elastus Nsambu, Stella Namugonza, Joseph Makoba, Enock Kandaruku, Hannington Muyende and Aida Nakawunde

Published on: 21 September 2017

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Porn video shows, local brew, and transactional sex: HIV risk among youth in Kisumu, Kenya

Carolyne Njue, Helene ACM Voeten and Pieter Remes

Published on: 8 August 2011
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The weight of nations: an estimation of adult human biomass

Sarah Catherine Walpole, David Prieto-Merino, Phil Edwards, John Cleland, Gretchen Stevens and Ian Roberts

Published on: 18 June 2012
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Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models

Kristine Sørensen, Stephan Van den Broucke, James Fullam, Gerardine Doyle, Jürgen Pelikan, Zofia Slonska and Helmut Brand

Published on: 25 January 2012
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Malnutrition among children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): does geographic location matter?

Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Tumwaka P Madungu, Jacques BO Emina, Kikhela PD Nzita and Francesco P Cappuccio

Published on: 25 April 2011
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Effect of an electronic nicotine delivery device (e-Cigarette) on smoking reduction and cessation: a prospective 6-month pilot study

Riccardo Polosa, Pasquale Caponnetto, Jaymin B Morjaria, Gabriella Papale, Davide Campagna and Cristina Russo

Published on: 11 October 2011

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Natalie Pafitis, BioMed Central

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Christopher Barton, Monash University
David Rehkopf, Stanford University School of Medicine
Bianca Brijnath, Curtin University
Amanda Daley, University of Birmingham
Ariadne Kapetanaki, University of Hertfordshire
Youcheng Liu, University of North Texas Health Science Center
Isabelle Niedhammer, INSERM
Mahfuzar Rahman, BRAC
Giovanni Rezza, Istituto Superiore di Sanita
Richard Rosenkranz, Kansas State University
Dianne Stanton Ward, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michelle Turner, University of Ottawa; CREAL
Frances Kay-Lambkin, University of Newcastle
Carol Maher, University of South Australia
Marc Adams, Arizona State University
Janice Thompson, University of Birmingham
Christina Pollard, Curtin University
Timothy Mackey, University of California, San Diego
David Stieb, Population Studies Division, Health Canada

Dianne Stanton Ward, Section Editor

Dianne S. Ward, EdD, is an experienced researcher in the area of child health; specifically, obesity prevention. She has published more than 189 research articles, 10 book chapters, and a book about physical activity interventions for children and adolescents. She joined the editorial board of BMC Public Health in 2015.

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