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Research Article

• The British Journal of Social Medicine: what was in a name? (1 February, 1997) Free

  S Murphy, G D Smith
• Proof in observational medicine. (1 February, 1997) Free

  P Vineis
• Can confounding by sociodemographic and behavioural factors explain the association between size at birth and blood pressure at age 50 in Sweden? (1 February, 1997) Free

  I Koupilová, D A Leon, D Vågerö
• Factors associated with birth weight in Sweden: the study of men born in 1913. (1 February, 1997) Free

  M Eriksson, S Cnattingius, K Svärdsudd, G Tibblin
• Socioeconomic status and lung cancer incidence in men in The Netherlands: is there a role for occupational exposure? (1 February, 1997) Free

  A J van Loon, R A Goldbohm, I J Kant, G M Swaen, A M Kremer, P A van den Brandt
• Social class and cancer survival in Turin, Italy. (1 February, 1997) Free

  S Rosso, F Faggiano, R Zanetti, G Costa
• Self reported poor health and low educational level predictors for mortality: a population based follow up study of 39,156 people in Sweden. (1 February, 1997) Free

  J Sundquist, S E Johansson
• Unemployment and health: the quality of social support among residents in the Trent region of England. (1 February, 1997) Free

  H Roberts, J C Pearson, R J Madeley, S Hanford, R Magowan
• Lifestyle surveys--the complete answer? (1 February, 1997) Free

  R Dengler, H Roberts, L Rushton
• Evaluation of specialists' outreach clinics in general practice in England: process and acceptability to patients, specialists, and general practitioners. (1 February, 1997) Free

  A Bowling, K Stramer, E Dickinson, J Windsor, M Bond
• Predictors of returning for second round screening at a population based mammographic screening programme in Melbourne, Australia. (1 February, 1997) Free

  J Cockburn, P Schofield, V White, D Hill, I Russell
• Socioeconomic variations in hysterectomy: evidence from a linkage study of the Finnish hospital discharge register and population census. (1 February, 1997) Free

  R Luoto, I Keskimäki, A Reunanen
• Inequality in health and health service use for mothers of young children in south west England. Survey Team of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood Team. (1 February, 1997) Free

  D Baker, H Taylor
• How good is Sullivan's method for monitoring changes in population health expectancies? (1 February, 1997) Free

  C D Mathers, J M Robine
• Methodology for assessing the prevalence of angina in primary care using practice based information in northern England. (1 February, 1997) Free

  A Bottomley
• Are clinical criteria just proxies for socioeconomic status? A study of low birth weight in Jamaica. (1 February, 1997) Free

  J W Peabody, P J Gertler
• Systematic identification of twins by computerised searches of NHS patient registers in the UK. (1 February, 1997) Free

  D P Strachan, A C Burnett
• There is still seasonality in sudden infant death syndrome in England and Wales. (1 February, 1997) Free

  S A Julious
• Does child abuse influence subsequent sexual behaviour and risk of AIDS? (1 February, 1997) Free

  G Meledandri, M S Cattaruzza, E Zantedeschi, C Signorelli, J F Osborn
• Decline in sex ratios at birth, England and Wales, 1973-90. (1 February, 1997) Free

  H O Dickinson, L Parker