Volume 2, Number 1, February 2012 (Special Issue on )

Cover Page, Table of Contents and Others: PDF (size: 3917KB)

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Fruit intake associated with urinary estrogen metabolites in healthy premenopausal women

Kerryn W. Reding, Charlotte Atkinson, Kim C. Westerlind, Frank Stanczyk, Erin J. Aiello Bowles, Mellissa Yong, Katherine M. Newton, Johanna W. Lampe

Abstract | References PDF (162KB), PP. 1-8, Pub. Date: February 23, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21001, Downloads: 646 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Cervix and breast cancers in Oujda city in Eastern Morocco: Determinants and risk factors

Abdellatif Maamri, Mohamed El Hfid, Abdelhafid Chafi, Abdesslam Boutayeb

Abstract | References PDF (1014KB), PP. 9-15, Pub. Date: February 23, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21002, Downloads: 702 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Effects of a shift from a mixed diet to a lacto-vegetarian diet on some coronary heart disease risk markers

Gunnar Johansson, Börje Källgård, Per-Arne Öckerman

Abstract | References PDF (64KB), PP. 16-22, Pub. Date: February 23, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21003, Downloads: 843 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Magnesium intervention and blood pressure—A study on risk groups

Ragnar Rylander, Tommi Tallheden, Jürgen Vormann

Abstract | References PDF (114KB), PP. 23-26, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21004, Downloads: 529 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Osteoporosis knowledge, beliefs, and calcium intake of college students: Utilization of the health belief model

Ellen Edmonds, Lori W. Turner, Stuart L. Usdan

Abstract | References PDF (100KB), PP. 27-34, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21005, Downloads: 1050 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Male partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: Successes, challenges and way forward

Fatch W. Kalembo, Du Yukai, Maggie Zgambo, Qiu Jun

Abstract | References PDF (73KB), PP. 35-42, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21006, Downloads: 1339 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Temporal variability of problem drinking on Twitter

Joshua Heber West, Parley Cougar Hall, Carl Lee Hanson, Kyle Prier, Christophe Giraud-Carrier, E. Shannon Neeley, Michael Dean Barnes

Abstract | References PDF (289KB), PP. 43-48, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21007, Downloads: 808 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Persistence in health behaviors among Medicare beneficiaries

Bruce Stuart, Amy Davidoff, Francoise Pradel, Ruth Lopert, Thomas Shaffer, Eberechukwu Onukwugha, Franklin Hendrick, Jennifer Lloyd

Abstract | References PDF (137KB), PP. 49-58, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21008, Downloads: 539 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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The body mass index (BMI) as a public health tool to predict metabolic syndrome

Miguel Murguía-Romero, Rafael Jiménez-Flores, Rafael Villalobos-Molina, María Isabel Mendoza-Ramos, Julia Reyes-Reali, Santiago C. Sigrist-Flores, Adolfo René Méndez-Cruz

Abstract | References PDF (334KB), PP. 59-66, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21009, Downloads: 899 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Inhibition of calcium oxalate nephrotoxicity with Zamzam water

Saeed S. Al-Ghamdi

Abstract | References PDF (1017KB), PP. 67-71, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21010, Downloads: 1171 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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What is the role of adolescent body mass index and physical activity on adult health risk behaviors?

Jennifer A. Pintar, Kristi L. Storti, Vincent C. Arena, Robert J. Robertson, Elizabeth F. Nagle, Andrea M. Kriska

Abstract | References PDF (159KB), PP. 72-78, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21011, Downloads: 546 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Infant male circumcision: An evidence-based policy statement

Brian J. Morris, Alex D. Wodak, Adrian Mindel, Leslie Schrieber, Karen A. Duggan, Anthony Dilley, Robin J. Willcourt, Michael Lowy, David A. Cooper, Eugenie R. Lumbers, C. Terry Russell, Stephen R. Leeder

Abstract | References PDF (125KB), PP. 79-92, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21012, Downloads: 7737 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Chair-rising and 3-min walk: A simple screening test for functional mobility

Tae-Woong Oh, Izumi Tabata, Jin-Hwan Kim, Tae-Hyun Lee, Tatsuki Naka

Abstract | References PDF (168KB), PP. 93-97, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21013, Downloads: 527 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Pattern of mental health service use and risk of injury: A longitudinal study

Wenbin Liang, Tanya Chikritzhs

Abstract | References PDF (52KB), PP. 98-104, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21014, Downloads: 454 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Physical activity, screen time and pediatric health-related quality of life in the Mississippi Delta

Tamara T. Perry, Page C. Moore, Karen M. Redwine, James M. Robbins, Judith L. Weber

Abstract | References PDF (135KB), PP. 105-111, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21015, Downloads: 552 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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The relation between ambulance transports due to heat stroke and air temperature using daily data in Okayama prefecture, Japan

Nobuyuki Miyatake, Noriko Sakano, Shoko Murakami

Abstract | References PDF (113KB), PP. 112-115, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21016, Downloads: 491 Google Scholar Open Access Library

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Novel variants in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-1-alpha gene in MODY and early onset NIDDM: Evidence for a mutational hotspot in exon 5

Chaitry Ghosal, Aditi Sen, Shuvodip Chowdhury, Kaushik Pandit, Surajita Banerjee, Suman Kalyan Paine, Subhankar Chowdhury, Basudev Bhattacharya

Abstract | References PDF (748KB), PP. 116-122, Pub. Date: February 24, 2012

DOI: 10.4236/ojpm.2012.21017, Downloads: 581 Google Scholar Open Access Library