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  1. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
  2. EMHJ volume 15, 2009

Volume 15, issue 4

Research articles

Hepatitis B and C viral infections in chronic liver disease: a populationbased study in Qatar

Combination therapy with interferon and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C infection in beta-thalassaemia major

Does sputum culture affect the management and/or outcome of community-acquired pneumonia?

Pattern of varicella and associated complications in children in United Arab Emirates: 5-year descriptive study

T-cell cytokine production and endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetic patients with nephropathy

Colorectal cancer: case–control study of sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric parameters in Riyadh

Risk factors for hypertension among the adult Moroccan population

Antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation activity in evaluating hepatocellular damage in children

High frequency of low serum levels of vitamin B12 among patients attending Jordan University Hospital

Hymen care for unmarried Muslim females: role of the forensic consultant in gynaecology interventions

Caesarean delivery rates, determinants and indications in Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem 1993 and 2002

Prevalence estimate of intimate partner violence in Jordan

Implications of the use of the new WHO growth charts on the interpretation of malnutrition and obesity in infants and young children in Oman

Waist circumference: a better index of fat location than WHR for predicting lipid profile in overweight/ obese Iranian women

Osteoporosis knowledge among female school students in Jordan

Beliefs, perceptions and practices about asthma among Iranian asthma patients

Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices in Lebanon concerning HIV/AIDS, 1996–2004

Relationship of pharmacist interaction with patient knowledge of dispensed drugs and patient satisfaction

Effects of a continuous care model on perceived quality of life of spouses of haemodialysis patients

Food sanitation practices in restaurants of Ramallah and Al-Bireh district of Palestine

Factors determining choice of health care provider in Jordan

Tobacco education in medical schools: survey among primary care physicians in Bahrain

Do smokers benefit from dental hygiene oral prophylaxis? A Nigerian pilot study

Correlates of ever-smoking habit among adolescents in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

National survey of the oral health of 12- and 15-year-old schoolchildren in the United Arab Emirates

Pattern of acute poisoning in Al- Qassim region: a surveillance report from Saudi Arabia, 1999–2003

Review

Growing burden of noncommunicable diseases: the contributory role of oral diseases, Eastern Mediterranean Region perspective

Report

Community-based diabetes programme: the micro-clinic project

Short communication

Paediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy: experience in a Sudanese university hospital

Prevalence of cigarette smoking in the Rafsanjan urban population

Rafsanjan AIDS clinic 1996–2005: problems faced and solutions found

Case report

Brucella meningitis: first reported case in Egypt

Volume 15, issue 5

Research articles

An educational programme on dengue fever prevention and control for females in Jeddah high schools

Diagnosis of human brucellosis in Egypt by polymerase chain reaction

Efficacy of Olyset long-lasting bednets to control transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran

داء الليشمانيات الجلدي في دمشق

Frequency of intestinal parasites among food-handlers in Khartoum, Sudan

Risk factors for scabies among male soldiers in Pakistan: case–control study

Prevalence and etiology of nosocomial diarrhoea in children < 5 years in Tikrit teaching hospital

Quality of management for acute respiratory tract infections and diarrhoeal diseases in rural Yemen

Appropriateness of hospital admissions in general hospitals in Egypt

Enhancing nurses’ knowledge and awareness about risk management: system design

Prevalence and preventability of adverse drug events in a teaching hospital: a cross-sectional study

Job satisfaction among community health workers in Zahedan District, Islamic Republic of Iran

A new role for Women Health Volunteers in urban Islamic Republic of Iran

Prevalence, patterns and knowledge of effects on health of smoking among medical students in Pakistan

Perceived effectiveness of counselling patients about smoking among medical students in Amman, Jordan

Prevalence and risk factors of ecstasy use among college students in Astara, Islamic Republic of Iran

Health and behaviours of Tunisian school youth in an era of rapid epidemiological transition

Application of the health promotion model to predict stages of exercise behaviour in Iranian adolescents

Clinical and biochemical profile of alcohol users in Basra

Psychiatric and socioenvironmental characteristics of Bahraini suicide cases

Wife abuse: a hidden problem. A study among Saudi women attending PHC centres

Self-efficacy: does it predict the effectiveness of contraceptive use in Iranian women?

Incidence of anti-zona pellucida and anti-sperm antibodies among infertile Jordanian women and its relation to mycoplasmas

Uterine rupture in Dohuk, Iraq

Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Hebron district, Palestine

Serum folate and vitamin B12 status in healthy Iranian adults

Prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among high-school girls in Sistan va Baluchistan

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Saudi Arabia: clinical presentation and diagnostic delay

Prevalence of variations of the cystic artery in the Sudanese

Pattern and possible contributing factors to dialysis-associated arrhythmia in young patients

Accuracy of dipstick urinalysis as a screening method for detection of glucose, protein, nitrites and blood

Case report

Carcinosarcome laryngé

Letter to the Editor

Volume 15, issue 6

Research articles

Comparison of the effectiveness of 2 treatment regimens in patients with isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis

Adverse drug reactions in an Iranian department of adult infectious diseases

Epidemiology of meningitis in Oman, 2000–2005

Faecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing bacteria in the community

Salivary anti-Helicobacter pylori positivity among endoscopy patients with chronic liver disease

Medicalization of female genital cutting in Egypt

Caesarean section in the Islamic Republic of Iran: prevalence and some sociodemographic correlates

Current maternal–infant micronutrient status and the effects on birth weight in the United Arab Emirates

Chlamydia trachomatis and rubella antibodies in women with full-term deliveries and women with abortion in Baghdad

Anthropometric measurements of term neonates from a state hospital in Turkey

Osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women: prevalence in a Saudi Arabian sample

Epidemiology of breast cancer in the Islamic Republic of Iran: first results from a population-based cancer registry

Plasma homocysteine levels in cardiovascular disease, malaria and protein–energy malnutrition in Sudan

Injection prescribing patterns in public health care facilities in Egypt

Blood pressure of primary-school children of Eghbalieh city, Islamic Republic of Iran

Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes mellitus in an Iranian population: the IHHP study

MetS and cardiovascular risk factors among Palestinians of East Jerusalem

Association of breast artery calcification with coronary artery disease and carotid intima-media thickness in premenopausal women

Prevalence of factor V Leiden mutation in patients with thrombosis in Tunisia

Community survey of knowledge about oral cancer in Babol: effect of an education intervention

House-to-house survey of disabilities in rural communities in the north of the West Bank

Child abuse and neglect services in the occupied Palestinian territory

Female youth health promotion model in primary health care: a community-based study in rural Upper Egypt

Health habits and behaviour of adolescent schoolchildren, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Assessment of orthodontic treatment needs of Iraqi Kurdish teenagers using the Dental Aesthetic Index

جودة المياه والوصول إليها في الأرض الفلسطيننية المحتلة

La satisfaction des pharmaciens au Liban et la perspective de la pharmacie clinique

Review

Application of geographical sciences and technologies to investigate health problems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Multiple myeloma of the central nervous system: a clinicopathological review

Criteria for a good referral system for psychiatric patients: the view from Saudi Arabia

Report

Mental health care in Lebanon: policy, plans and programmes

Case reports

Transluminal Nd:YAG laser embolysis in a case of hemiretinal arterial occlusion

Tuberculosis of pancreas and peripancreatic lymph nodes: a case report

When the patient says “no”

Letter to the Editor

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