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In this issue

	In this issue Carlos Alvarez-Dardet and John R Ashton J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 177. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

The JECH gallery

	Better homes, better neighbourhoods Hilary Thomson, Mark Petticrew, and David Morrison J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 214. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.049254 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Aphorism of the month

	Caveat emptor – warning to consultants: the problem presented is not the real problem Lowell Levin and John R Ashton J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 220. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Speaker's corner

	Childhood obesity: every little bit helps Concepción Tomás Aznar and Luis A Moreno J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 231. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Continuing professional education

	A glossary on psychiatric epidemiology Huibert Burger and Jan Neeleman J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 185-189. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.019430 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Oral presentation bias: a retrospective cohort study Evelyne Decullier and François Chapuis J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 190-193. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.048603 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Newspeak for epidemiologists Clarence C Tam J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 178-179. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.055848 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Public health past and present

	Prophylactic oophorectomy: a historical perspective Ornella Moscucci and Aileen Clarke J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 182-184. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.046474 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research agenda

	Aetiological clues from the descriptive epidemiology of childhood acute lymphatic leukaemia and other malignancies Benedetto Terracini and Milena Maria Maule J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 180-181. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.047969 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research reports

	Health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England Glenys Parry, Patrice Van Cleemput, Jean Peters, Stephen Walters, Kate Thomas, and Cindy Cooper J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 198-204. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.045997 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Health-related beliefs and experiences of Gypsies and Travellers: a qualitative study Patrice Van Cleemput, Glenys Parry, Kate Thomas, Jean Peters, and Cindy Cooper J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 205-210. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.046078 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	The health impacts of housing-led regeneration: a prospective controlled study Hilary Thomson, David Morrison, and Mark Petticrew J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 211-214. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.049239 [Abstract] [Full text] [web only table] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Life course body size and lipid levels at 53 years in a British birth cohort Paula M L Skidmore, Rebecca J Hardy, Diana J Kuh, Claudia Langenberg, and Michael E J Wadsworth J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 215-220. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.047571 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Young women under 16 years with experience of sexual intercourse: who becomes pregnant? Katie Buston, Lisa Williamson, and Graham Hart J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 221-225. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.044107 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Elective surgery for aortic abdominal aneurysm: comparison of English outcomes with those elsewhere Miodrag Filipovic, Michael J Goldacre, and Leicester Gill J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 226-231. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.047001 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Individual and community-level effects in the socioeconomic inequalities of AIDS-related mortality in an urban area of southern Europe Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, Patrícia Garcia-Olalla, M Isabel Pasarín, M Teresa Brugal, Joan A Caylà, and Carme Borrell J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 232-240. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.048017 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Childhood IQ in relation to risk factors for premature mortality in middle-aged persons: the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s study G David Batty, Ian J Deary, and Sally Macintyre J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 241-247. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.048215 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Charcoal burning suicides in Hong Kong and urban Taiwan: an illustration of the impact of a novel suicide method on overall regional rates Ka Y Liu, Annette Beautrais, Eric Caine, Kathy Chan, Anne Chao, Yeates Conwell, Chikin Law, Dominic Lee, Pichiang Li, and Paul Yip J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 248-253. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.048553 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a national lay-led self care support programme for patients with long-term conditions: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial Anne Kennedy, David Reeves, Peter Bower, Victoria Lee, Elizabeth Middleton, Gerry Richardson, Caroline Gardner, Claire Gately, and Anne Rogers J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 254-261. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.053538 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and methods

	Synthesising quantitative and qualitative research in evidence-based patient information Megan R Goldsmith, Clare R Bankhead, and Joan Austoker J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 262-270. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.046110 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Evidence based public health policy and practice

	New directions in European public health research: report of a workshop Aileen Clarke, Mark McCarthy, Carlos Álvarez-Dardet, Selma Sogoric, Peter Groenewegen, Wim Groot, and Diana Delnoij J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 194-197. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.048504 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book reviews

	Children of the 21st century. From birth to 9 months Beatriz E Alvarado J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 271. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.045864 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	Mortality, Biochemistry, Diet and Lifestyle in Rural China. Geographical Study of the characteristics of 69 Counties in mainland China and 16 Areas in Taiwan Kun Chen and Mingjuan Jin J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 271. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	CORRECTIONS J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 271. doi:10.1136/jech.2006.047167corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]
	CORRECTIONS J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 271. doi:10.1136/jech.57.3.218corr1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hygieia

	Hygieia Glenys Hughes J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 272. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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