Volume 5, Number 12, December 2013 (Special Issue on )

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Sexual knowledge, attitudes and values among Chinese migrant adolescents in Hong Kong

Man-Yee Emmy Wong, Tak-Ming Lawrence Lam

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512300  7,409 Downloads  15,079 Views   Citations

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Test anxiety in objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) compared with traditional assessment methods in undergraduate midwifery students

Mahbobeh Faramarzi, Hajar Pasha, Afsaneh Bakhtiari, Hajar Salmalian, Mouloud Agajani Delavar, Fatemeh Nasiri Amiri, Maryam Nikpour

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512299  3,915 Downloads  5,819 Views   Citations

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“Breast is best”—Infant-feeding, infant mortality and infant welfare in Germany during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Jörg Vögele, Luisa Rittershaus, Thorsten Halling

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512298  4,070 Downloads  6,292 Views   Citations

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Can public report cards affect consumer’s private learning of quality? An evaluation of the impact of Florida hospital report cards on acute myocardial infarction patient admission patterns

Vivian Y. Wu, Pai Liu

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512297  3,369 Downloads  4,448 Views   Citations

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Influencing factors on time of breastfeeding initiation among a national representative sample of women in India

Maria Sandor, Koustuv Dalal

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512296  4,424 Downloads  6,354 Views   Citations

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Acceptability of self-taken vaginal for early detection of HPV DNA in women with limited access to health services: An alternative to increase the coverage in a state of the Mexican Republic

Terán-Figueroa Yolanda, Muñiz-Carreón Patricia, Gallegos-Arévalo Yolanda Graciela, Gaytán-Hernández Darío, Gutiérrez-Enríquez Sandra Olimpia

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512295  3,818 Downloads  5,201 Views   Citations

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Impact of media violence on aggressive attitude for adolescents

Qian Zhang, Dingyong Xiong, Jingjin Tian

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512294  3,634 Downloads  6,282 Views   Citations

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Case-control analysis of the ERAP1 polymorphism rs30187 in Italian type 1 diabetes mellitus patients

Elena Gianchecchi, Antonino Crinò, Alessia Palma, Rosa Luciano, Valentina Perri, Doriana Fruci, Marco Cappa, Alessandra Fierabracci

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512293  3,114 Downloads  4,370 Views   Citations

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Manganese toxicity in the central nervous system: Decreeing of catecholamine in rat’s brains

Vahid Yousefi Babadi, Leyla Sadeghi, Esmaiel Amraie, Mohammad Rezaei, Ali Akbar Malekirad, Meghdad Abarghouei Nejad

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512292  3,737 Downloads  5,284 Views   Citations

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Mothers’ and health workers’ perceptions of participation in a child-friendly health initiative in rural South Africa

Ntombizodumo Mkwanazi, Tamsen Rochat, Bronwyne Coetzee, Ruth Bland

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512291  2,681 Downloads  3,808 Views   Citations

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Economics of adult obesity and diabetes in Appalachia

Janaranjana Herath, Cheryl Brown, David Hill

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512290  4,025 Downloads  5,425 Views   Citations

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The effect of self-employment on health, access to care, and health behavior

Jangho Yoon, Stephanie L. Bernell

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512289  4,757 Downloads  6,643 Views   Citations

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Evaluating the average access to care and continuity of care patients in Tehran teaching hospitals

Fereshteh Farzianpour, Searajadein Gray, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mohammad Arab, Shadi Hosseini

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512288  3,467 Downloads  5,191 Views   Citations

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Spatial patterns of health clinic in Malaysia

H. Hazrin, Y. Fadhli, A. Tahir, J. Safurah, M. N. Kamaliah, M. Y. Noraini

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512287  4,726 Downloads  6,257 Views   Citations

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Center of gravity transfer velocity during sit-to-stand is closely related to physical functions regarding fall experience of the elderly living in community dwelling

Takayoshi Yamada, Shinichi Demura, Kenji Takahashi

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512286  3,476 Downloads  5,176 Views   Citations

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Sleep breathing disorders in female population of Dubai, UAE

Bassam Mahboub, Basil Safarainni, Hassan Alhariri, Mayank Vats

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512285  3,280 Downloads  4,391 Views   Citations

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Protective factors and college student drinking patterns in pre and post Katrina New Orleans

David Florkowski, Gayle Walter, John Kowalczyk, Peter B. Anderson

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512284  3,762 Downloads  5,011 Views   Citations

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How palliative care can reduce healthcare costs & improve quality of care

Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512283  3,215 Downloads  4,600 Views   Citations

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Ochratoxin A in dried figs, raisings, apricots, dates on Iranian retail market

Ebrahim Rahimi, Amir Shakerian

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512282  4,733 Downloads  6,322 Views   Citations

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The influences of meteorological factors on the health and functional state of human

Reza Sharafi, Volodymyr B. Bogdanov, Dmytro S. Gorlov, Yuriy P. Gorgo

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512281  3,262 Downloads  4,897 Views   Citations

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A specially designed pillow may be used as treatment for young infants with developmental plagiocephaly

Anna Öhman

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512280  4,469 Downloads  6,584 Views   Citations

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Unit cost of CT scan and MRI at a large tertiary care teaching hospital in North India

Khurshid Rehana, Syed Amin Tabish, Tariq Gojwari, Reyaz Ahmad, Hakim Abdul

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512279  4,845 Downloads  7,111 Views   Citations

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Factors influencing self-efficacy in breastfeeding support among public health nurses in Japan

Noriko Toyama, Kayoko Kurihara, Mineko Muranaka, Kiyoko Kamibeppu

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512278  2,952 Downloads  4,322 Views   Citations

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An in vitro study on cleaning efficiency of Mtwo and BioRaCe rotary nickel-titanium instruments

Saeid Zamiran, Maryam Zare Jahromi, Mohammadhossein Fathi, Ghazaleh Moghaddam

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512277  3,458 Downloads  5,090 Views   Citations

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Green remediation of tetracyclines in soil-water systems

Om Prakash Bansal

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512276  3,467 Downloads  4,609 Views   Citations

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Potential risk factors of food allergy in children: EuroPrevall project results in Vilnius, Lithuania

Andrius Kavaliūnas, Genė Šurkienė, Rūta Dubakienė, Kęstutis Žagminas, Rimantas Stukas

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512275  3,080 Downloads  4,418 Views   Citations

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Pregnancy decisions of married women living with HIV during wide access to antiretroviral therapy in southern Malawi

Belinda Thandizo Gombachika, Johanne Sundby

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512274  2,634 Downloads  3,939 Views   Citations

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Two-water-assisted racemization of the succinimide intermediate formed in proteins. A computational model study

Ohgi Takahashi

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512273  3,223 Downloads  4,522 Views   Citations

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Review Paper

Exercise and menstrual function: A review study

Sikiru Lamina, Charles Ikechukwu Ezema, Uche A. Ezugwu, Augustine A. Amaeze, Maduabuchukwu Joseph Nwankwo, Amaeze Florence Ngozi

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512272  4,174 Downloads  5,828 Views   Citations

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Maternal and infant vitamin D status during lactation: Is latitude important?

Carol L. Wagner, Cynthia R. Howard, Thomas C. Hulsey, Ruth A. Lawrence, Myla Ebeling, Judy Shary, Pamela G. Smith, Kristen Morella, Sarah N. Taylor, Bruce W. Hollis

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512271  4,507 Downloads  5,811 Views   Citations

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Low serum vitamin D among community-dwelling healthy women in Sri Lanka

Mahinda Rodrigo, Manjula Hettiarachchi, Chandrani Liyanage, Sarath Lekamwasam

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512270  3,329 Downloads  4,606 Views   Citations

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Oxygen uptake, heart rate, and work rate at ventilatory threshold for treadmill walking against a horizontal impeding force

Akihiro Azuma

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512269  3,314 Downloads  4,863 Views   Citations

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Association between obesity and self-reported diseases: Population-based study among adults in southern Brazil

Frederico Manoel Marques, Marco Aurélio Peres, Giana Zarbato Longo, Patricia Alves de Souza

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512268  2,852 Downloads  3,960 Views   Citations

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Relationship between body mass index and course of pregnancy in women

Shizuka Takamagi, Hideaki Yamabe

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512267  4,331 Downloads  8,062 Views   Citations

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High rate of injuries among students in Southern Nigeria: An urgent call to action

Jephtha C. Nmor, Kehi H. Nwaka, Kensuke Goto, Junko Toyosawa, Daisuke Fujita

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512266  2,887 Downloads  4,441 Views   Citations

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Healthcare access and the patterns of maternal health care utilization among poor and non-poor women living in urban areas in Portugal

Isabel Craveiro, Paulo Ferrinho, Bruno de Sousa, Luzia Gonçalves

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512265  4,649 Downloads  6,156 Views   Citations

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Intense exercise increases HDL level in children regardless of body weight

Daniel Romero-Gamboa, Victoriano Pérez-Vázquez, Katya Vargas-Ortiz, Francisco J. Díaz-Cisneros, Claudia Martínez-Cordero, Maciste H. Macías-Cervantes

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512264  3,074 Downloads  4,374 Views   Citations

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Analysis of environmental factors about cerebral stroke

Wenbin Liu

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512263  3,249 Downloads  4,607 Views   Citations

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Optimal needle insertion length for intramuscular injection of risperidone long-acting injectable (RLAI)

Tetsuya Tanioka, Sakiko Sakamaki, Yuko Yasuhara, Masahito Tomotake, Kensaku Takase, Chie Watari, Kouichi Makiguchi, Rozzano Locsin, Kazushi Motoki, Tatsuya Inui

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DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.512262  4,379 Downloads  6,592 Views   Citations

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