Volume 5, Number 11, November 2013 (Special Issue on )

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Discogenic pain: Who cares?

José Pedro Lavrador, Nuno Simas, Edson Oliveira, Joaquim Cruz Teixeira, Diogo Simão, Sérgio Livraghi

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511261  3,502 Downloads  4,962 Views   Citations

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Evaluation of oxidative and nitrosative stress in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

Štefan Lukáč, Terézia Kalnovičová, Jana Muchová

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Importance of neutralizing antibody positivity in Tur-kish multiple sclerosis patients

Derya Kaya, Serap Tufan, Serkan Özakbaş, Hakki Bahar, Emel Ada, Egemen İdiman

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511259  2,532 Downloads  3,492 Views   Citations

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Magnitude and associated factors of health professionals’ attrition from public health sectors in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia

Kiros Atnafu, Gebeyaw Tiruneh, Tadese Ejigu

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511258  2,994 Downloads  4,340 Views   Citations

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Comparing the methods of oral hygiene, over hanged removal and restoration—Changing on periodontal health and alveolar bone height of rest orated mandibular molars with proximal over hanged amalgam

Masood Bamadi, Mohammad Salarpour

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The associations between socioeconomic status and obesity in Korean children from 1998 to 2009

So-Young Nam, Soo-Kyung Lee

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511256  3,018 Downloads  4,294 Views   Citations

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Client satisfaction with integrated community case management program in Wakiso District, Uganda, October 2012: A cross sectional survey

Nathan Tumuhamye, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Doris Kwesiga, James Bagonza, Aggrey Mukose

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511255  3,300 Downloads  4,718 Views   Citations

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Validation of general linear modeling for identifying factors associated with Quality of Life: A comparison with structural equation modeling

Naoko Kumagai, Motonori Hatta, Yashiyasu Okuhara, Hideki Origasa

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The relationship between sleep condition and autonomic nervous function in women in their 70s with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Miki Sato, Yuko Yasuhara, Tetsuya Tanioka, Yukie Iwasa, Masafumi Miyake, Haruo Kobayashi, Rozzano C. Locsin, Seizo Kinoshita, Masatoshi Masuda, Hiroshi Shimizu

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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: The case of residual sleepiness

Kathy Sexton-Radek

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Electromyographic study of shoulder and acromioclavicular joint muscles in women who underwent unilateral breast surgery of the types mastectomy and quadrantectomy

Antonia Dalla Pria Bankoff, Sonia Regina Jurado

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511251  4,707 Downloads  5,788 Views   Citations

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Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors in university students in the city of Leon, Mexico

Maciste H. Macías-Cervantes, Victoriano Pérez-Vázquez, Antonio E. Rivera-Cisneros, Andrés Martínez-Rivera, Joel Ramírez-Emiliano, Carlos Kornhauser

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Knowledge of child nutrition when breastfeeding—A study of mothers living outside Hanoi

Thi Thu Huong Nguyen, Ulrika Lindmark, Ann Bengtson

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511249  4,529 Downloads  6,566 Views   Citations

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Suppressed response to hormonal contraceptives in women of Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan

Yasmeen Faiz Kazi, Sobia Saleem, Nasreen Kazi

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511248  3,851 Downloads  5,140 Views   Citations

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Investigating a comorbid pattern of ill-health among late adolescents in relation to transdiagnostic processes: A prospective community study

Katja Boersma, Maria Tillfors

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511247  3,313 Downloads  4,324 Views   Citations

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Description of socioeconomic and demographic profile of young women vulnerable to infection by human papillomavirus and risk behavior in a school in Rio de Janeiro

M.C. de Melo Pessanha Carvalho, Ana Beatriz Azevedo Queiroz, Maria Aparecida Vasconcelos Moura

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Impact of a physical activity program on plasma concentrations of adiponectin, leptin and ghrelin in overweight and obese schoolchildren: A randomized controlled trial

André Everton de Freitas, Joel Alves Lamounier, Danusa Dias Soares, Thiago Henrique de Oliveira, Débora Romualdo Lacerda, Joyce Batista Andrade, Flávia Komatsuzaki, Leida Maria Botion, Adaliene Versiani Matos Ferreira, Camilo Adalto Mariano da Silva, Dilermando Fazito Rezende

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The potential biological mechanisms of obesity effects on depression: A systematic review of the literature and knowledge mining

Yanhong Gong, Dafang Wang, Xiulan Zhang, Zhiyong Qu, Pozi Liu, Hong Zou

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Review Paper

A review on periodontitis versus endodontics

Mohammad Salarpour, Mahsa Bamadi, Elaheh Salarpour, Masood Bamadi

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511243  3,122 Downloads  4,364 Views   Citations

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Blood glucose response to aerobic exercise training programme among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu South-East, Nigeria

Charles Ikechukwu Ezema, Amarachi Akuegbu Onwunali, Sikiru Lamina, Uche Anthonia Ezugwu, Augustine Amaeze Amaeze, Maduabuchukwu Joseph Nwankwo, Florence Ngozi Amaeze

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511242  3,884 Downloads  5,456 Views   Citations

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Three-year follow up of primary health care workers trained in identification of blind and visual impaired children in Malawi

Khumbo Kalua, Misheck Nyirenda, Susan Lewallen, Paul Courtright

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Preferences for behavioral therapies for chronic insomnia

Sarah Ibrahim, Souraya Sidani

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Reliability and validity of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Greek adolescents and their parents

George Giannakopoulos, Christine Dimitrakaki, Kalliroi Papadopoulou, Chara Tzavara, Gerasimos Kolaitis, Ulricke Ravens-Sieberer, Yannis Tountas

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Current state of active trachoma among elementary school students in the context of ambitious national growth plan: The case of Ethiopia

Molla Gedefaw, Ali Shiferaw, Zelalem Alamrew, Amsalu Feleke, Tsegaw Fentie, Kiros Atnafu

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511238  4,042 Downloads  5,881 Views   Citations

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Toilet habits in kindergarten children in a kindergarten in Hanoi

Thi Kim Anh Nguyen, Susan J. Vernon, Ann Bengtson, Anna-Lena Hellström

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511237  5,742 Downloads  7,808 Views   Citations

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Patients’ perceptions, health and psychological changes with obesity treatment: Success and failure in a triangulation study

Susana Sofia Pereira da Silva, Ângela da Costa Maia

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Determinants of infant mortality in rural India: A three-level model

Sada Nand Dwivedi, Shahina Begum, Alok Kumar Dwivedi, Arvind Pandey

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.511235  4,899 Downloads  7,009 Views   Citations

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Validation of the clinical tuberculosis screening algorithm used in Nigerian national tuberculosis control programme for screening people living with HIV

Emmanuel N. Aguwa, Chika N. Onwasigwe, Joseph N. Chukwu, Daniel C. Oshi, Charles C. Nwafor, Babatunde I. Omotowo, Anne C. Ndu, Anthony O. Meka, Osa-Eloka C. Ekwueme, Nwachukwu C. Ugwunna, Moses C. Anyim

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