Table of contents

Research reports

• Urban residential environments and senior citizens’ longevity in megacity areas: the importance of walkable green spaces (1 December, 2002)

  T Takano, K Nakamura, M Watanabe
• Inequalities in mortality in shrinking and growing areas (1 December, 2002)

  E Regidor, M E Calle, V Domínguez, P Navarro
• Change in health inequalities among British civil servants: the Whitehall II study (1 December, 2002)

  J E Ferrie, M J Shipley, G Davey Smith, S A Stansfeld, M G Marmot
• Trends in socioeconomic health inequalities in the Netherlands, 1981–1999 (1 December, 2002)

  J A A Dalstra, A E Kunst, J J M Geurts, F J M Frenken, J P Mackenbach
• Neighbourhood socioeconomic context and self reported health and smoking: a secondary analysis of data on seven cities (1 December, 2002)

  S A Reijneveld
• Socioeconomic variations in the course of stroke: unequal health outcomes, equal care? (1 December, 2002)

  G A M van den Bos, J P J M Smits, G P Westert, A van Straten
• Air pollution and general practice consultations for respiratory illnesses (1 December, 2002)

  T W Wong, Y T Wun, T S Yu, W Tam, C M Wong, A H S Wong