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1991, volume 33, articles 12

Anthropology of smoking: Introduction pp. 1315-1316

Dennis G. Willms and Kenyon R. Stebbins

Tobacco, politics and economics: Implications for global health pp. 1317-1326

Kenyon Rainier Stebbins

The second fatal impact: Cigarette smoking, chronic disease, and the epidemiological transition in Oceania pp. 1327-1342

Mac Marshall

To smoke or not to smoke: A decision theory perspective pp. 1343-1347

Michael C. Robbins and Annette Kline

Starting to smoke in the navy: When, where and why pp. 1349-1353

Terry A. Cronan, Terry L. Conway and Suzanne L. Kaszas

Sociocultural factors associated with smoking behavior by Puerto Rican adolescents in Boston pp. 1355-1364

Sarah A. McGraw, Kevin W. Smith, Jean J. Schensul and J. Emilio Carrillo

A new stage, a new life: Individual success in quitting smoking pp. 1365-1371

Dennis G. Willms

A model for quality of life after laryngectomy pp. 1373-1377

Arne Maas

Predictions of epidemiology and the evaluation of cancer control measures and the setting of policy priorities pp. 1379-1383

Timo Hakulinen and Matti Hakama

The application of Operational Research (OR) procedures to maternal mortality from puerperal sepsis in a rural community pp. 1385-1390

O. O. Adetoro, K. S. Adeyemi, B. Parakoyi, A. Oni, T. Akure and O. Ogunbode

Onset and duration of breast feeding among Israeli mothers: Relationships with smoking and type of delivery pp. 1391-1397

Ivonne Kleinfeld Mansbach, Charles W. Greenbaum and Jaqueline Sulkes

Predictors of health in new mothers pp. 1399-1407

Dwenda K. Gjerdingen and Froberg Debra

1991, volume 33, articles 11

The reaction of private physicians to price deregulation in France pp. 1221-1228

Marie-Odile Carrere

Self-reported symptom distress in cancer patients: Reflections of disease, illness or sickness? pp. 1229-1240

Carol Tishelman, Adam Taube and Lisbeth Sachs

Exempting the poor: The experience of Thailand pp. 1241-1252

Anne Mills

The impact of family presence on the physician-cancer patient interaction pp. 1253-1261

Mark S. Labrecque, Christina G. Blanchard, John C. Ruckdeschel and Edward B. Blanchard

Prescription intentions in relation to therapeutic information: A study of 117 French general practitioners pp. 1263-1274

Ph. Cialdella, G. Figon, M. C. Haugh and J. -P. Boissel

Intellectual, social and nutritional status of children in an Ethiopian orphanage pp. 1275-1280

Frances Aboud, Mesfin Samuel, Alem Hadera and Abdulaziz Addus

Employment and low birth weight in black women pp. 1281-1286

Anja Poerksen and Diana B. Petitti

Knowledge and perceptions about aids among married women in Bangkok pp. 1287-1293

Iqbal Shah, Varachai Thongthai, Boonlert Leoprapai, Axel I. Mundigo, Pramote Prasartkul and Aphichat Chamratrithirong

Parental responses to consanguinity and genetic disease in Saudi Arabia pp. 1295-1302

Catherine Panter-Brick

Reliability of questionnaire responses as compared with interview in the elderly: Views of the outcome of transurethral resection of the prostate pp. 1303-1308

Helen Doll, Klim McPherson, Jane Davies, Ann Flood, Joe Smith, Grant Williams, Maria Ginzler, Mark Petticrew and Nick Black

Cigarette smoking and employment status pp. 1309-1312

Amanda J. Lee, Iain K. Crombie, William C. S. Smith and Hugh D. Tunstall-Pedoe

1991, volume 33, articles 10

The household production of nutrition: Introduction pp. 1101-1102

Margaret E. Bentley and Gretel H. Pelto

Development of a nutritionally adequate and culturally appropriate weaning food in Kwara State, Nigeria: An interdisciplinary approach pp. 1103-1111

Margaret E. Bentley, Katherine L. Dickin, Saba Mebrahtu, Bode Kayode, Gbolahan A. Oni, Cecilia C. Verzosa, Kenneth H. Brown and Joseph R. Idowu

Migration, cash cropping and subsistence agriculture: Relationships to household food expenditures in rural Mexico pp. 1113-1126

Lucia L. Kaiser and Kathryn G. Dewey

Household-level strategies for protecting children from seasonal food scarcity pp. 1127-1133

William R. Leonard

Household size, food intake and anthropometric status of school-age children in a highland Mexican area pp. 1135-1140

Gretel H. Pelto, Jocelyn Urgello, Lindsay H. Allen, Adolfo Chavez, Homero Martinez, Luzmaria Meneses, Constance Capacchione and Jeffrey Backstrand

Opening the box: Intrahousehold food allocation in rural Nepal pp. 1141-1154

Joel Gittelsohn

Social disintegration and the spread of AIDS: Thresholds for propagation along 'sociogeographic' networks pp. 1155-1162

Rodrick Wallace

International standards in medical education or national standards/primary health care--which direction? pp. 1163-1170

Peter J. Blizard

Hostility and its association with behaviorally induced and somatic coronary risk indicators in finnish adolescents and young adults pp. 1171-1178

Katri Räikkönen and Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

Occupational stress and job satisfaction among physicians: Sex differences pp. 1179-1187

Astrid M. Richardsen and Ronald J. Burke

Social networks and longevity. A 14 year follow-up study among elderly in Denmark pp. 1189-1195

Rolf Bang Olsen, Jørn Olsen, Finn Gunner-Svensson and Bodil Waldstrøm

Roles, work, health perceptions and health resources of women: A study in an Egyptian delta hamlet pp. 1197-1208

Sandra D. Lane and Afaf I. Meleis

Sociodemographic and clinical factors affecting recognition of childhood diarrhea by mothers in Kwara State, Nigeria pp. 1209-1216

Mary E. Cogswell, Gbolahan A. Oni, Rebecca Y. Stallings and Kenneth H. Brown

1991, volume 33, articles 9

The prevention of HIV infection from injecting drug use--A review of health promotion approaches pp. 977-983

Don Nutbeam, Virginia Blakey and Richard Pates

From development to sustained crisis: Structural adjustment, equity and health pp. 985-993

Najmi Kanji, Nazneen Kanji and Firoze Manji

Contradictions in the development of new hospices: A case study pp. 995-1004

David Clark

Four years of essential drugs' list in Nigeria pp. 1005-1010

Michael U. Adikwu and Benjamin O. Osondu

Self care: Japan and the U.S. compared pp. 1011-1022

Marie R. Haug, Hiroko Akiyama, Georgeanna Tryban, Kyoichi Sonoda and May Wykle

Core-periphery differences in children's health and use of general practitioner services in Finland from 1964 to 1987 pp. 1023-1028

Heikki S. Vuorinen, Matti Mäkelä, Hannu Tuomikoski and Peter Floman

Daily hassles and chronic strains: A hierarchy of stressors? pp. 1029-1036

Stephen J. Lepore, M.N. Palsane and Gary W. Evans

A model of willingness to become a potential organ donor pp. 1037-1051

Raymond L. Horton and Patricia J. Horton

Doctors' willingness to intervene in patients' drug and alcohol problems pp. 1053-1061

Ann M. Roche and Glenn P. Richard

The effect of widowhood on health: A prospective analysis from the Massachusetts women's health study pp. 1063-1070

Nancy E. Avis, Donald J. Brambilla, Kerstin Vass and John B. McKinlay

Psychological sequelae of infertility treatment: The role of gender and sex-role identification pp. 1071-1080

Barbara J. Berg, John F. Wilson and Paul J. Weingartner

Professional home care for the elderly: An application of the Andersen-Newman model in The Netherlands pp. 1081-1089

G.I.J.M. Kempen and Th.P.B.M. Suurmeijer

Letter to the editor pp. 1091-1091

B. McDonald, Chooi N. Lee, V. Jayanthi, C.S.J. Probert and J.F. Mayberry

1991, volume 33, articles 8

Anthropology rediscovers sex: Introduction pp. 865-866

Shirley Lindenbaum

Sex, culture and the anthropologist pp. 867-874

Donald Tuzin

Anthropology rediscovers sexuality: A theoretical comment pp. 875-884

Carole S. Vance

Sex and respectability in an age of fertility decline: A Sicilian case study pp. 885-895

Jane Schneider and Peter Schneider

Sexual ideology and experience in a Papua New Guinea society pp. 897-907

Stephen C. Leavitt

Social psychology of the immune system: A conceptual framework and review of the literature pp. 909-923

Howard B. Kaplan

The European health and behaviour survey: Rationale, methods and initial results from the United Kingdom pp. 925-936

Jane Wardle and Andrew Steptoe

Relationship between water quality and human health: A case study of the Linggi River Basin in Malaysia pp. 937-946

Stephen Lonergan and Tracey Vansickle

Finding meaning after the fall: Injury narratives from elderly hip fracture patients pp. 947-957

Jeffrey M. Borkan, Mark Quirk and Michael Sullivan

Jidda: The traditional midwife of Yemen? pp. 959-962

Lidwien M. Scheepers

Do prostitutes need more health education regarding sexually transmitted diseases and the HIV infection? Experience in a Belgian city pp. 963-966

Rudolf P. Mak and Jean R. Plum

The Amelia Stern syndrome: A diagnosis of a condition among female physicians? pp. 967-971

Robley Elizabeth Geis, Paul Jesilow and Gilbert Geis

1991, volume 33, articles 7

Ethical, methodological and political issues of aids research in Central Africa pp. 749-763

Brooke Grundfest Schoepf

Geographical and socio-ecological variations of traffic accidents among children pp. 765-769

Marie-France Joly, Peter M. Foggin and I. Barry Pless

Epidemiologists, social scientists, and the structure of medical research on aids in Africa pp. 771-783

Randall M. Packard and Paul Epstein

Comments pp. 783-785

Douglas A. Feldman

Comments pp. 785-786

Carl Kendall

Comments pp. 786-790

Stephen F. Minkin

Comments pp. 790-791

Priscilla Reining

Comments pp. 791-793

Brooke Grundfest Schoepf

Rejoinder pp. 793-794

Randall M. Packard and Paul Epstein

Effect of employment and its correlates on spontaneous abortion risk pp. 795-800

Heather E. Bryant and Edgar J. Love

Factors influencing the decision to rehabilitate: An initial comparison of rehabilitation candidates pp. 801-806

Ron L. Evans, Jodie K. Haselkorn, Duane S. Bishop and Robert D. Hendricks

Social support as a double-edged sword: The relation of positive and problematic support to depression among rheumatoid arthritis patients pp. 807-813

Tracey A. Revenson, Kathleen M. Schiaffino, S. Deborah Majerovitz and Allan Gibofsky

Emerging issues in health planning in Saudi Arabia: The effects of organization and development on the health care system pp. 815-824

Girmay Berhie

Birth places: A geographical perspective on planned home birth in New Zealand pp. 825-834

Sally Abel and Robin A. Kearns

A comparison of selected health-related data from surveys of a general population and a sporting population pp. 835-839

K. L. Lamb, D. A. Brodie, J. H. Minten and K. Roberts

Epidemology and determinants of induced abortion in the U.S.S.R pp. 841-848

Larissa I. Remennick

Components of stably high fertility in three areas of West Africa pp. 849-857

Babatunde A. Ahonsi

The role of day care givers in the identification and prevention of infections pp. 859-862

Ra'eda Al-Qutob, Tarek Na'was and Salah Mawajdeh

1991, volume 33, articles 6

The Islamic movement, development, and health education: Recent changes in the health of rural women in Central Sudan pp. 637-645

Ellen Gruenbaum

Ethical decision making by family doctors in Canada, Britain and the United States pp. 647-653

C. Barry Hoffmaster, Moira A. Stewart and Ronald J. Christie

Out of sight, out of mind--1. Emergent patterns of self-harm among aborigines of remote Australia pp. 655-659

Ernest Hunter

Out of sight, out of mind--2. Social and historical contexts of self-harmful behaviour among aborigines of remote Australia pp. 661-671

Ernest Hunter

From post-traumatic stress disorder to cultural bereavement: Diagnosis of Southeast Asian refugees pp. 673-680

Maurice Eisenbruch

Charging for health care: Evidence on the utilisation of NHS prescribed drugs pp. 681-687

Mandy Ryan and Stephen Birch

Use of services in old age: Data from three surveys of elderly people pp. 689-700

Ann Bowling, Morag Farquhar and Peter Browne

Mastitis among lactating women: Occurrence and risk factors pp. 701-705

Rachel Kaufmann and Betsy Foxman

Convergence and divergence: Assessing criteria of consumer satisfaction across general practice, dental and hospital care settings pp. 707-716

Simon J. Williams and Michael Calnan

Personal health practices and attitudes toward nonsmokers' legal rights in Japan pp. 717-721

Akihito Hagihara and Kanehisa Morimoto

How should resources be reallocated between physicians and nurses in Africa and Latin America? pp. 723-727

Veronica Vargas

Coordinating community and public-institutional mental health services: Some unintended consequences pp. 729-739

Deena White and Céline Mercier

Beyond the anglophone world: Medical anthropology in the Netherlands pp. 741-742

Maria De Bruyn

Censorship or bias: The conditions for critical medical sociology pp. 743-744

Ebba Holme Hansen

1991, volume 33, articles 5

Efficiency in pathology laboratories: A survey of operations management in NHS bacteriology pp. 531-543

A.K. Szczepura

On the measurement of inequalities in health pp. 545-557

Adam Wagstaff, Pierella Paci and Eddy Van Doorslaer

Caveat emptor or blissful ignorance? Patients and the consumerist ethos pp. 559-568

Deborah Lupton, Cam Donaldson and Peter Lloyd

Accrual to cancer clinical trials: Directions from the research literature pp. 569-577

Carolyn Cook Gotay

Work disability and the experience of pain and depression in rheumatoid arthritis pp. 579-585

Judith Fifield, Susan T. Reisine and Kathleen Grady

Adverse effects of Benzodiazepines pp. 587-596

C. Gudex

Occupational health and the environment in an urban slum in India pp. 597-603

Abhay Shukla, Satish Kumar and F.G. Öry

Social support, disability and depression: A longitudinal study of rheumatoid arthritis pp. 605-611

Ray Fitzpatrick, Stanton Newman, Rosemarie Archer and Michael Shipley

Infant, neonatal, postneonatal and perinatal mortality in Spain, 1975-1984. Interregional and interannual differences pp. 613-620

Pablo Lardelli, Josefa Masa, Angel Maderuelo, Miguel Delgado and Ramón Gálvez

Modifications of health behaviour in response to air pollution notifications in Copenhagen pp. 621-626

Torsten Skov, Torben Cordtz, Lilli Kirkeskov Jensen, Peter Saugman, Kirsten Schmidt and Peter Theilade

Comparison of influences on breastfeeding initiation of firstborn children, 1960-69 vs 1970-79 pp. 627-634

Ellen H. Starbird

1991, volume 33, articles 4

Foreword pp. vii-vii

Robert Earickson

Introduction pp. ix-x

Graham Bentham, Robin Haynes and Andrew Lovett

Explanation in medical geography: Evidence and epistemology pp. 339-346

David Bennett

'Scurvy' Lind's medical geography pp. 347-353

Frank A. Barrett

Health discrepancies in rural areas in Québec pp. 355-360

Robert Pampalon

Inequalities in health and health service use: Evidence from the general household survey pp. 361-368

Robin Haynes

Another day in paradise? Life on the margins in urban New Zealand pp. 369-379

Robin A. Kearns, Christopher J. Smith and Max W. Abbott

Depopulation of the Northern Plains Natives pp. 381-393

Jody F. Decker

Problems and potential of researching epidemiological transition: Examples from Southeast Asia pp. 395-404

David R. Phillips

The socio-cultural context of the transmission of HIV in Thailand pp. 405-414

Nicholas Ford and Suporn Koetsawang

Geographical variations of motor-vehicle injuries in Quebec, 1983-1988 pp. 415-421

Jean-Pierre Thouez, Marie-France Joly, André Rannou, Yves Bussière and Robert Bourbeau

Risk factor changes and mortality changes: A regional perspective on ischaemic heart disease in Norway 1966-1985 pp. 423-428

Øystein Krüger

Chernobyl fallout and perinatal mortality in England and Wales pp. 429-434

Graham Bentham

Childhood leukaemia mortality and population change in England and Wales 1969-1973 pp. 435-440

Ian Langford

Psychosocial impacts in populations exposed to solid waste facilities pp. 441-447

S.Martin Taylor, Susan Elliott, John Eyles, John Frank, Murray Haight, David Streiner, Stephen Walter, Norman White and Dennis Willms

Sterilization versus segregation: Control of the 'Feebleminded', 1900-1938 pp. 449-458

John P. Radford

Geographical implications of restricting foreign medical immigration: A New Zealand case study, 1976-1987 pp. 459-470

J.Ross Barnett

Substitution of primary care and specialist care: A regional analysis in Denmark pp. 471-476

Peter P. Groenewegen

Trends in the spatial dimensions of the long term care delivery system. The case of New York State pp. 477-487

Marlene Evans and Charles Welge

A needs-based methodology for allocating health care resources in Ontario, Canada: Development and an application pp. 489-500

J. Eyles, S. Birch, S. Chambers, J. Hurley and B. Hutchison

Ecological and individual effects in childhood immunisation uptake: A multi-level approach pp. 501-508

Kelvyn Jones, Graham Moon and Andrew Clegg

"I don't believe in needles": Qualitative aspects of a study into the uptake of infant immunisation in two english health authorities pp. 509-518

Suzanne J. New and Martyn L. Senior

The place of health in the health of place: The case of the Hokianga special medical area pp. 519-530

Robin A. Kearns

1991, volume 33, articles 3

The production of health and the demand for health care in Finland pp. 225-237

Unto Häkkinen

Concern about aids among hospital physicians, nurses and social workers pp. 239-248

Joan Dworkin, Gary Albrecht and Judith Cooksey

Perceptions of problematic events and quality of care among patients and parents after successful therapy of the child's malignant disease pp. 249-256

S.Béatrice M. Kvist, Jukka Rajantie, Mårten Kvist and Martti A. Siimes

Social network, social support and acute chest complaints among young and middle-aged patients in an emergency department--A case-control study pp. 257-267

P.-O. Östergren, B.S. Hanson, S.-O. Isacsson and L. Tejler

Psychoactive drug use among medical doctors is higher than in the general population pp. 269-274

Gianfranco Domenighetti, Michele Tomamichel, Felix Gutzwiller, Silvio Berthoud and Antoine Casabianca

The effects of cimetidine on the cost of ulcer disease in Sweden pp. 275-282

Bengt Jönsson and Per Carlsson

Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in Johannesburg--I. Methodological issues in a developing country context pp. 283-287

Digby S.O. Brown and Victor Nell

Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in Johannesburg--II. Morbidity, mortality and etiology pp. 289-296

Victor Nell and Digby S.O. Brown

Lay self-care in health: The views and perspectives of Israeli laypeople pp. 297-308

Diana Shye, Rachel Javetz and Judith T. Shuval

Using routine surveys to measure mortality: A tool for programme managers pp. 309-319

Patricia H. David, Leila Bisharat and Sana Kawar

Qualitative methods in operations research on contraceptive distribution systems: A case study from Nigeria pp. 321-326

Glenn Webb, O.A. Ladipo and Regina McNamara

Infant mortality among ethnic immigrant groups pp. 327-334

John R. Weeks and Rubén G. Rumbaut

1991, volume 33, articles 2

Women's perspectives on chronic illness: Ethnicity, ideology and restructuring of life pp. 101-113

Joan M. Anderson, Connie Blue and Annie Lau

Coping with an ileostomy pp. 115-125

Michael P. Kelly

Employee and job attributes as predictors of absenteeism in a national sample of workers: The importance of health and dangerous working conditions pp. 127-137

J. Paul Leigh

Discrepant legacies: Premature mortality in two industrial towns pp. 139-152

Peter R. Phillimore and David Morris

Ayurveda, malaria and the indigenous herbal tradition in Sri Lanka pp. 153-160

Kalinga Tudor Silva

General practitioners' subjective experience of surgery workload pp. 161-166

Paul Norman, Mike Fitter and Toby Wall

Tswana medicine in interaction with biomedicine pp. 167-175

Liv Haram

Effects of social relationships on survival for women with breast cancer: A prospective study pp. 177-183

Nancy Waxler-Morrison, T. Gregory Hislop, Bronwen Mears and Lisa Kan

Maternal tetanus immunization in Aceh Province, Sumatra: The cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies pp. 185-192

Peter Berman, John Quinley, Burhannuddin Yusuf, Syaifuddin Anwar, Udin Mustaini, A. Azof and Iskandar

Promoting traditional medicine in Ethiopia: A brief historical review of government policy pp. 193-200

Makonnen Bishaw

Dental care of institutionalized elderly in Singapore pp. 201-205

George Soh

Age at first experience of intercourse among Norwegian adolescents: A lifestyle perspective pp. 207-213

P. Kraft

AD HOC Research Committee on brain death and organ transplantation pp. 215-215

S. Yonemoto

Social medicine in China pp. 217-217

J. Cai

1991, volume 33, articles 1

Introduction pp. iii-iii

Michele Goldzieher Shedlin

What should behavioral scientists be doing about AIDS? pp. 1-3

Robert A. Hahn

Sex, drugs and HIV: an ethnographic approach pp. 5-9

J. Raúl Magaña

AIDS risk and prevention among adolescents pp. 11-23

Cherrie B. Boyer and Susan M. Kegeles

Sexual risk reduction behaviors among young heterosexual adults pp. 25-36

Susan D. Cochran and Letitia Anne Peplau

Examining ethnicity versus race in AIDS related sex research pp. 37-45

Gail Elizabeth Wyatt

AIDS survey methodology with black Americans pp. 47-54

Vickie M. Mays and James S. Jackson

The risk approach: Unassailable logic? pp. 55-61

Michael V. Hayes

Comment pp. 64-66

A. Michael Davies, E. Maurice Backett and Angele Petros-Barvazian

Comment pp. 66-67

Jack Dowie

Comment pp. 67-69

Robyn M. Dawes

Rejoinder pp. 69-70

Michael V. Hayes

Comment pp. 69-69

Kenneth S. Warren

Change in knowledge in a coronary heart disease risk factor intervention study in three communities pp. 71-76

Marietjie L. Langenhoven, Jacques E. Rossouw, Pieter L. Jooste, Derek O. Chalton, Anne S. P. Swanepoel, Lesley J. Rossouw, Peet C. J. Jordaan and Mariana Steyn

Adolescents' attitudes to abortion in samples from Italy and Sweden pp. 77-82

M. Bengtsson Agostino and V. Wahlberg

Misinformation about medications in rural Ghana pp. 83-89

Carolyn S. Wolf-Gould, Naomi Taylor, Sarah McCue Horwitz and Michele Barry

What's important for quality of life to Indians--In relation to cancer pp. 91-94

Santosh K. Chaturvedi

The role of physical attractiveness in the assessment of elderly patients pp. 95-96

Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Holly Tuokko and Beverly Lynn Beattie