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Research reports

• Smoking and the compression of morbidity (1 August, 2000)

  W J Nusselder, C W N Looman, P J Marang-van de Mheen, H van de Mheen, J P Mackenbach
• Self rating of health is associated with stressful life events, social support and residency in East and West Berlin shortly after the fall of the wall (1 August, 2000)

  Thomas Hillen, Rainer Schaub, Angelika Hiestermann, Wolf Kirschner, Bernt-Peter Robra
• The epidemiology and experience of atopic eczema during childhood: a discussion paper on the implications of current knowledge for health care, public health policy and research (1 August, 2000)

  Mairéad Fennessy, Sue Coupland, Jennie Popay, Karen Naysmith
• Mortality after acute myocardial infarction is lower in metropolitan regions than in non-metropolitan regions (1 August, 2000)

  Huy Dinh Vu, Richard F Heller, Lynette L-Y Lim, Catherine D'Este, Rachel L O'Connell
• Relation of weight gain and weight loss on subsequent diabetes risk in overweight adults (1 August, 2000)

  Helaine E Resnick, Paola Valsania, Jeffrey B Halter, Xihong Lin