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	[Public Health impact of the conflict in Iraq]

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	SOME BY FIRE AND SOME BY THEIR OWN HAND John R Ashton and Carlos Alvarez-Dardet J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 233. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.233 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The JECH gallery

	"No ball games": children’s views of their urban environments V Morrow J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 234. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.234 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Aphorism of the month

	Columbus on the need for strategy J R Ashton J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 235. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.235-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Speaker's corner

	The caterpillar and the butterfly: public health in Spain A Segura J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 235. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.235 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Public health in the new European Union research programme M McCarthy J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 236-237. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.236 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research reports

	Landmine related injuries in children of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1991–2000: comparisons with adults S Kinra and M E Black J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 264-265. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.264 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Educational level as a contextual and proximate determinant of all cause mortality in Danish adults M Osler and E Prescott J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 266-269. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.266 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Residential area deprivation predicts smoking habit independently of individual educational level and occupational social class. A cross sectional study in the Norfolk cohort of the European Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk) S Shohaimi, R Luben, N Wareham, N Day, S Bingham, A Welch, S Oakes, and K-T Khaw J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 270-276. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.270 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	The historical specificity of early life car ownership as an indicator of socioeconomic position A Ellaway, S Macintyre, and L McKay J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 277-278. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.277 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	No association of income inequality with adult mortality within New Zealand: a multi-level study of 1.4 million 25–64 year olds T Blakely, J Atkinson, and D O’Dea J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 279-284. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.279 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Do psychosocial work factors and social relations exert independent effects on sickness absence? A six year prospective study of the GAZEL cohort M Melchior, I Niedhammer, L F Berkman, and M Goldberg J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 285-293. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.285 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Health status of users of hormone replacement therapy by hysterectomy status in Western Australia L J Lambert, J A Y Straton, M W Knuiman, and H C Bartholomew J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 294-300. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.294 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Inequalities in survival from colorectal cancer: a comparison of the impact of deprivation, treatment, and host factors on observed and cause specific survival H Wrigley, P Roderick, S George, J Smith, M Mullee, and J Goddard J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 301-309. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.301 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Retrospective cohort study examining incidence of HIV and hepatitis C infection among injecting drug users in Dublin B P Smyth, J J O’Connor, J Barry, and E Keenan J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 310-311. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.310 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and methods

	Measuring the habitat as an indicator of socioeconomic position: methodology and its association with hypertension B Galobardes and A Morabia J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 248-253. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.248 [Abstract] [Full text] [Web-only Appendices] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Defining equity in health P Braveman and S Gruskin J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 254-258. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.254 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Chinese SF-36 Health Survey: translation, cultural adaptation, validation, and normalisation L Li, H M Wang, and Y Shen J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 259-263. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.259 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Public health policy and practice

	Media coverage as a risk factor in suicide S Stack J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 238-240. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.238 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Who decides when to start preventive treatment? A questionnaire survey to compare the views of different population subgroups D K Lewis and S Barton J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 241-242. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.241 [Extract] [Full text] [Web-only Questionnaire] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Substantial potential for reductions in coronary heart disease mortality in the UK through changes in risk factor levels J A Critchley and S Capewell J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 243-247. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.243 [Abstract] [Full text] [Appendices] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the editor

	Health benefits of green spaces not confirmed J Adams, M White, T Takano, K Nakamura, and M Watanabe J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 312. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.312 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	A superficial glance at child health A G Gordon J Epidemiol Community Health 2003; 57: 312. doi:10.1136/jech.57.4.312-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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