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  2. Urban-rural comparisons are of limited relevance in examining the effects of urban migration in developing countries where urbanisation is due to growth of existing urban populations, expansion of urban bounda...

    Authors: Tanica Lyngdoh, Sanjay Kinra, Yoav Ben Shlomo, Srinath Reddy, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, George Davey Smith and Shah Ebrahim

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006 3:2

    Content type: Methodology

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  3. The epidemiologic literature is replete with conceptual discussions about causal inference, but little is known about how the causal criteria are applied in public health practice. The criteria for causal infe...

    Authors: Mark Parascandola, Douglas L Weed and Abhijit Dasgupta

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006 3:1

    Content type: Analytic perspective

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  6. A new scientific discipline arose in the late 20th century known as biodemography. When applied to aging, biodemography is the scientific study of common age patterns and causes of death observed among humans and...

    Authors: S Jay Olshansky, Mark Grant, Jacob Brody and Bruce A Carnes

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2005 2:10

    Content type: Review

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  7. This review summarises theoretical studies attempting to assess the population impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART) use on mortality and HIV incidence. We describe the key parameters that determine the impac...

    Authors: Rebecca F Baggaley, Neil M Ferguson and Geoff P Garnett

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2005 2:9

    Content type: Analytic perspective

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  8. Previous studies have assessed the validity of the observational study design by comparing results of studies using this design to results from randomized controlled trials. The present study examined design f...

    Authors: Arthur Hartz, Suzanne Bentler, Mary Charlton, Douglas Lanska, Yogita Butani, G Mustafa Soomro and Kjell Benson

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2005 2:8

    Content type: Analytic perspective

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  10. Influenza-associated excess mortality is widely used to assess the severity of influenza epidemics. In Germany, however, it is not yet established as a routine component of influenza surveillance. We therefore...

    Authors: Phillip Zucs, Udo Buchholz, Walter Haas and Helmut Uphoff

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2005 2:6

    Content type: Methodology

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  15. Dengue is the most important arthropod-borne viral disease of public health significance. Compared with nine reporting countries in the 1950s, today the geographic distribution includes more than 100 countries...

    Authors: Debarati Guha-Sapir and Barbara Schimmer

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2005 2:1

    Content type: Review

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  16. In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV/AIDS and violent conflict interact to shape population health and development in dramatic ways. HIV/AIDS can create conditions conducive to conflict. Conflict can affect the epidemio...

    Authors: Nancy B Mock, Sambe Duale, Lisanne F Brown, Ellen Mathys, Heather C O'Maonaigh, Nina KL Abul-Husn and Sterling Elliott

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2004 1:6

    Content type: Analytic perspective

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  17. In this first special theme issue, Emerging Themes in Epidemiology publishes a collection of articles on the theme of Epidemiology in conflict. Violent conflict is an issue of great sensitivity within public heal...

    Authors: Clarence C Tam, Ben A Lopman, Olga Bornemisza and Egbert Sondorp

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2004 1:5

    Content type: Editorial

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  18. Applied epidemiologists are increasingly working in areas of insecurity and active conflict to define the health risks, suggest feasible means to reduce these risks and, monitor the capacity and reconstruction...

    Authors: Sharon M McDonnell, Paul Bolton, Nadine Sunderland, Ben Bellows, Mark White and Eric Noji

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2004 1:4

    Content type: Analytic perspective

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  19. There have been significant improvements in the design and management of humanitarian aid responses in the last decade. In particular, a significant body of knowledge has been accumulated about public health i...

    Authors: Les Roberts and Charles-Antoine Hofmann

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2004 1:3

    Content type: Analytic perspective

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  20. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology is a new, online Open Access journal. This editorial – which coincides with the Journal's launch – describes its unique review and publication model. The editorial board and review...

    Authors: Ben A Lopman

    Citation: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2004 1:2

    Content type: Editorial

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Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

ISSN: 1742-7622