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May 2013, Volume 10, Issue 5
- 1-16 A History of Ashes: An 80 Year Comparative Portrait of Smoking Initiation in American Indians and Non-Hispanic Whites—the Strong Heart Study
by Raymond Orr & Darren Calhoun & Carolyn Noonan & Ron Whitener & Jeff Henderson & Jack Goldberg & Patrica Nez Henderson - 1-16 Stress, Depression and Coping among Latino Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers
by Sloane Burke Winkelman & Elizabeth H. Chaney & Jeffrey W. Bethel - 1-16 Valuing Human Leptospirosis Prevention Using the Opportunity Cost of Labor
by Joseph Arbiol & Maridel Borja & Mitsuyasu Yabe & Hisako Nomura & Nina Gloriani & Shin-ichi Yoshida - 1-21 Evaluation of Factors Influencing the Groundwater Chemistry in a Small Tropical Island of Malaysia
by Nura Umar Kura & Mohammad Firuz Ramli & Wan Nur Azmin Sulaiman & Shaharin Ibrahim & Ahmad Zaharin Aris & Adamu Mustapha - 1-21 Linking Traffic Noise, Noise Annoyance and Life Satisfaction: A Case Study
by Jan Urban & Vojtěch Máca - 1-21 Swine Dysentery: Aetiology, Pathogenicity, Determinants of Transmission and the Fight against the Disease
by Avelino Alvarez-Ordóez & Francisco Javier Martínez-Lobo & Héctor Arguello & Ana Carvajal & Pedro Rubio - 1-25 Development and Application of a New Grey Dynamic Hierarchy Analysis System (GDHAS) for Evaluating Urban Ecological Security
by Chaofeng Shao & Xiaogang Tian & Yang Guan & Meiting Ju & Qiang Xie - 1-29 The Hispanic Paradox and Older Adults’ Disabilities: Is There a Healthy Migrant Effect?
by Esme Fuller Thomson & Amani Nuru-Jeter & Dawn Richardson & Ferrah Raza & Meredith Minkler - 1-40 Water-Related Parasitic Diseases in China
by Shan Lv & Li-Guang Tian & Qin Liu & Men-Bao Qian & Qing Fu & Peter Steinmann & Jia-Xu Chen & Guo-Jing Yang & Kun Yang & Xiao-Nong Zhou
April 2013, Volume 10, Issue 4
- 1-10 Stages of Change, Smoking Behaviour and Readiness to Quit in a Large Sample of Indigenous Australians Living in Eight Remote North Queensland Communities
by Sandra Campbell & India Bohanna & Anne Swinbourne & Yvonne Cadet-James & Dallas McKeown & Robyn McDermott - 1-11 Monoclonal Antibody-Based Sandwich ELISA for the Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A
by Hua Kuang & Wenbing Wang & Liguang Xu & Wei Ma & Liqiang Liu & Libing Wang & Chuanlai Xu - 1-12 Exposure to Multiple Low-Level Chemicals in Relation to Reproductive Hormones in Premenopausal Women Involved in Liquid Crystal Display Manufacture
by Ching-Chun Lin & Chia-Ni Huang & Jung-Der Wang & Yaw-Huei Hwang & Ruei-Hao Shie & Yu-Yin Chang & Shao-Ping Weng & Pau-Chung Chen - 1-12 Surveillance and Correlation of Antibiotic Consumption and Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii complex in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northeast China, 2003–2011
by Jiancheng Xu & Zhihui Sun & Yanyan Li & Qi Zhou - 1-12 Bacterial Contamination on Household Toys and Association with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Conditions in Honduras
by Christine E. Stauber & Adam Walters & Anna M. Fabiszewski De Aceituno & Mark D. Sobsey - 1-14 The Contribution of Neighbourhood Material and Social Deprivation to Survival: A 22-Year Follow-up of More than 500,000 Canadians
by Nancy A. Ross & Lisa N. Oliver & Paul J. Villeneuve - 1-14 Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements in Ruditapes philippinarum from China: Public Health Risk Assessment Implications
by Feng Yang & Liqiang Zhao & Xiwu Yan & Yuan Wang - 1-14 Evaluation of the HACCP System in a University Canteen: Microbiological Monitoring and Internal Auditing as Verification Tools
by Andrea Osimani & Lucia Aquilanti & Stefano Tavoletti & Francesca Clementi - 1-15 A First Approach to Differences in Continuity of Care Perceived by Immigrants and Natives in the Catalan Public Healthcare System
by Marta-Beatriz Aller & Josep Maria Colomé & Sina Waibel & Ingrid Vargas & María Luisa Vázquez - 1-15 Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Maternal Characteristics in a Sample of Schoolchildren from a Rural Province of Croatia
by Giorgie Petković & Ingeborg Barišić - 1-16 Sick Building Syndrome by Indoor Air Pollution in Dalian, China
by Peng Guo & Kazuhito Yokoyama & Fengyuan Piao & Kiyoshi Sakai & Md Khalequzzaman & Michihiro Kamijima & Tamie Nakajima & Fumihiko Kitamura - 1-16 Toxic Emissions from a Military Test Site in the Territory of Sardinia, Italy
by Mauro Cristaldi & Cristiano Foschi & Germana Szpunar & Carlo Brini & Fiorenzo Marinelli & Lucio Triolo - 1-20 Arsenic-Induced Genotoxicity and Genetic Susceptibility to Arsenic-Related Pathologies
by Francesca Faita & Liliana Cori & Fabrizio Bianchi & Maria Grazia Andreassi - 1-21 Annoyance and Worry in a Petrochemical Industrial Area—Prevalence, Time Trends and Risk Indicators
by Gösta Axelsson & Leo Stockfelt & Eva Andersson & Anita Gidlof-Gunnarsson & Gerd Sallsten & Lars Barregard - 1-22 Lack of Genomic Instability in Bone Marrow Cells of SCID Mice Exposed Whole-Body to Low-Dose Radiation
by Kanokporn Noy Rithidech & Chatchanok Udomtanakunchai & Louise Honikel & Elbert Whorton - 1-22 Higher Mosquito Production in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Baltimore and Washington, DC: Understanding Ecological Drivers and Mosquito-Borne Disease Risk in Temperate Cities
by Shannon L. LaDeau & Paul T. Leisnham & Dawn Biehler & Danielle Bodner - 1-22 Integrated Environmental Risk Assessment and Whole-Process Management System in Chemical Industry Parks
by Chaofeng Shao & Juan Yang & Xiaogang Tian & Meiting Ju & Lei Huang - 1-23 How Pleasant Sounds Promote and Annoying Sounds Impede Health: A Cognitive Approach
by Tjeerd C. Andringa & J. Jolie L. Lanser
March 2013, Volume 10, Issue 4
- 1-8 Ion Exchange Chromatography and Mass Spectrometric Methods for Analysis of Cadmium-Phytochelatin (II) Complexes
by Miguel Angel Merlos Rodrigo & Natalia Cernei & Marketa Kominkova & Ondrej Zitka & Miroslava Beklova & Josef Zehnalek & Rene Kizek & Vojtech Adam - 1-12 Food Fortification and Decline in the Prevalence of Neural Tube Defects: Does Public Intervention Reduce the Socioeconomic Gap in Prevalence?
by Mohammad M. Agha & Richard H. Glazier & Rahim Moineddin & Aideen M. Moore & Astrid Guttmann - 1-14 A Comparison of Willingness to Pay to Prevent Child Maltreatment Deaths in Ecuador and the United States
by Phaedra S. Corso & Justin B. Ingels & M. Isabel Roldos - 1-16 Depression in Employees in Privately Owned Enterprises in China: Is It Related to Work Environment and Work Ability?
by Jing Sun & Nicholas Buys & Xinchao Wang - 1-16 Modeling the Cumulative Effects of Social Exposures on Health: Moving beyond Disease-Specific Models
by Heather L. White & Patricia O'Campo & Rahim Moineddin & Flora I. Matheson - 1-16 Nature Appropriation and Associations with Population Health in Canada’s Largest Cities
by Daniel Rainham & Rory Cantwell & Timothy Jason - 1-18 Pesticide Flow Analysis to Assess Human Exposure in Greenhouse Flower Production in Colombia
by Camilo Lesmes-Fabian & Claudia R. Binder - 1-18 The Influence of Urban Natural and Built Environments on Physiological and Psychological Measures of Stress— A Pilot Study
by Kurt Beil & Douglas Hanes - 1-18 Welfare State Regimes, Gender, and Depression: A Multilevel Analysis of Middle and High Income Countries
by Haejoo Chung & Edwin Ng & Selahadin Ibrahim & Björn Karlsson & Joan Benach & Albert Espelt & Carles Muntaner - 1-19 Management of Occupational Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles Through a Chance-Constrained Nonlinear Programming Approach
by Zhi Chen & Yuan Yuan & Shu-Shen Zhang & Yu Chen & Feng-Lin Yang - 1-20 Do Quiet Areas Afford Greater Health-Related Quality of Life than Noisy Areas?
by Daniel Shepherd & David Welch & Kim N. Dirks & David McBride - 1-29 Climate Change is Likely to Worsen the Public Health Threat of Diarrheal Disease in Botswana
by Kathleen A. Alexander & Marcos Carzolio & Douglas Goodin & Eric Vance
March 2013, Volume 10, Issue 3
- 1-11 Asellus aquaticus as a Potential Carrier of Escherichia coli and Other Coliform Bacteria into Drinking Water Distribution Systems
by Sarah C. B. Christensen & Erik Arvin & Erling Nissen & Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen - 1-11 Correlates of Unsupervised Bathing of Infants: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Mirjam E. J. Van Beelen & Eduard F. Van Beeck & Paul Den Hertog & Tinneke M. J. Beirens & Hein Raat - 1-11 New York Tobacco Control Program Cessation Assistance: Costs, Benefits, and Effectiveness
by Sean A. Simpson & James M. Nonnemaker - 1-12 Early Childhood Caries and Body Mass Index in Young Children from Low Income Families
by Luciane Rezende Costa & Anelise Daher & Maria Goretti Queiroz - 1-12 Fate and Transport of Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts in Seasonally Snow Covered Watersheds: A Conceptual Framework from a Melting Snowpack to the Canadian Arctic Coasts
by Audrey Simon & Michel Bigras Poulin & Alain N. Rousseau & Nicholas H. Ogden - 1-12 Disseminating Childhood Home Injury Risk Reduction Information in Pakistan: Results from a Community-Based Pilot Study
by Aruna Chandran & Uzma Rahim Khan & Nukhba Zia & Asher Feroze & Sarah Stewart De Ramirez & Cheng-Ming Huang & Junaid A. Razzak & Adnan A. Hyder - 1-13 Water Sources and Their Protection from the Impact of Microbial Contamination in Rural Areas of Beijing, China
by Bixiong Ye & Linsheng Yang & Yonghua Li & Wuyi Wang & Hairong Li - 1-13 A Multi-Site Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Practice of Child-Dog Interactions in Rural China
by Jiabin Shen & Shaohua Li & Huiyun Xiang & Shulan Pang & Guozhang Xu & David C. Schwebel - 1-13 Work-Related Risk Factors by Severity for Acute Pesticide Poisoning Among Male Farmers in South Korea
by Ji-Hyun Kim & Jaeyoung Kim & Eun Shil Cha & Yousun Ko & Doo Hwan Kim & Won Jin Lee - 1-13 Motivators and Barriers to Incorporating Climate Change-Related Health Risks in Environmental Health Impact Assessment
by Lyle R. Turner & Katarzyna Alderman & Des Connell & Shilu Tong - 1-14 Coarse and Fine Culturable Fungal Air Concentrations in Urban and Rural Homes in Egypt
by Abdel Hameed A. Awad & Shawn G. Gibbs & Patrick M. Tarwater & Christopher F. Green - 1-14 Socioeconomic Status is Significantly Associated with Dietary Salt Intakes and Blood Pressure in Japanese Workers (J-HOPE Study)
by Koichi Miyaki & Yixuan Song & Setsuko Taneichi & Akizumi Tsutsumi & Hideki Hashimoto & Norito Kawakami & Masaya Takahashi & Akihito Shimazu & Akiomi Inoue & Sumiko Kurioka & Takuro Shimbo - 1-14 Differences in Urinary Arsenic Metabolites between Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Subjects in Bangladesh
by Saika Nizam & Masashi Kato & Hiroshi Yatsuya & Md. Khalequzzaman & Shoko Ohnuma & Hisao Naito & Tamie Nakajima - 1-14 Observational Studies and a Statistical Early Warning of Surface Ozone Pollution in Tangshan, the Largest Heavy Industry City of North China
by Pei Li & Jinyuan Xin & Xiaoping Bai & Yuesi Wang & Shigong Wang & Shixi Liu & Xiaoxin Feng - 1-14 Health Literacy in Rural Areas of China: Hypertension Knowledge Survey
by Xia Li & Ning Ning & Yanhua Hao & Hong Sun & Lijun Gao & Mingli Jiao & Qunhong Wu & Hude Quan - 1-15 Microbiological Analysis in Three Diverse Natural Geothermal Bathing Pools in Iceland
by Berglind Osk Th. Thorolfsdottir & Viggo Thor Marteinsson - 1-17 Lung Cancer Risk from Occupational and Environmental Radon and Role of Smoking in Two Czech Nested Case-Control Studies
by Ladislav Tomasek - 1-17 Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterococcus spp. Isolated from Environmental Samples in an Area of Intensive Poultry Production
by Vesna Furtula & Charlene R. Jackson & Erin Gwenn Farrell & John B. Barrett & Lari M. Hiott & Patricia A. Chambers - 1-21 Men’s Migration, Women’s Personal Networks, and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Mozambique
by Winfred Avogo & Victor Agadjanian - 1-23 What are the Benefits of Interacting with Nature?
by Lucy E. Keniger & Kevin J. Gaston & Katherine N. Irvine & Richard A. Fuller - 1-23 UVA Photoirradiation of Nitro-Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons—Induction of Reactive Oxygen Species and Formation of Lipid Peroxides †
by Qingsu Xia & Jun-Jie Yin & Yuewei Zhao & Yuh-Sen Wu & Yu-Qui Wang & Liang Ma & Shoujun Chen & Xin Sun & Peter P. Fu & Hongtao Yu
February 2013, Volume 10, Issue 3
- 1-8 Outbreak of Ampicillin/Piperacillin-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): Investigation and Control Measures
by Giuliana Fabbri & Manuela Panico & Laura Dallolio & Roberta Suzzi & Matilde Ciccia & Fabrizio Sandri & Patrizia Farruggia - 1-14 Relationships between Heavy Metal Concentrations in Roadside Topsoil and Distance to Road Edge Based on Field Observations in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
by Xuedong Yan & Dan Gao & Fan Zhang & Chen Zeng & Wang Xiang & Man Zhang - 1-14 Vaccination and Clinical Severity: Is the Effectiveness of Contact Tracing and Case Isolation Hampered by Past Vaccination?
by Kenji Mizumoto & Keisuke Ejima & Taro Yamamoto & Hiroshi Nishiura - 1-15 The Impact of Socio-Economic Status on Self-Rated Health: Study of 29 Countries Using European Social Surveys (2002–2008)
by Javier Alvarez-Galvez & Maria Luisa Rodero-Cosano & Emma Motrico & Jose A. Salinas-Perez & Carlos Garcia-Alonso & Luis Salvador-Carulla - 1-15 Heavy Metal Pollution of Lakes along the Mid-Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River in China: Intensity, Sources and Spatial Patterns
by Haiao Zeng & Jinglu Wu - 1-15 Potential Changes in Rat Spermatogenesis and Sperm Parameters after Inhalation of Boswellia papyrifera and Boswellia carterii Incense
by Mukhtar Ahmed & Nasser Al-Daghri & Majed S. Alokail & Tajamul Hussain - 1-17 Does Farming Have an Effect on Health Status? A Comparison Study in West Greece
by Konstantinos Demos & Eleni Sazakli & Eleni Jelastopulu & Nikolaos Charokopos & John Ellul & Michalis Leotsinidis
February 2013, Volume 10, Issue 2
- 1-3 Child Injury Prevention: An Overlooked Challenge for Child Survival
by David Meddings - 1-5 Comments on: Chari, R.; Burke, T.A.; White, R.H.; Fox, M.A. Integrating Susceptibility into Environmental Policy: An Analysis of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Lead. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9 , 1077-1096
by Deirdre L. Murphy & Molini Patel & Ellen Kirrane & Lisa Vinikoor-Imler - 1-5 Comments on: Chari, R.; Burke, T.A.; White, R.H.; Fox, M.A. Integrating Susceptibility into Environmental Policy: An Analysis of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Lead. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9 , 1077–1096
by Teresa S. Bowers - 1-12 Assessing Organ Doses from Paediatric CT Scans—A Novel Approach for an Epidemiology Study (the EPI-CT Study)
by Isabelle Thierry-Chef & Jérémie Dabin & Eva G. Friberg & Johannes Hermen & Tore S. Istad & Andreas Jahnen & Lucian Krille & Choonsik Lee & Carlo Maccia & Arvid Nordenskjöld & Hilde M. Olerud & Kaddour Rani & Jean-Luc Rehel & Steven L. Simon & Lara Struelens & Ausrele Kesminiene - 1-13 Placental Transfer of Persistent Organic Pollutants: A Preliminary Study on Mother-Newborn Pairs
by Maria Grazia Porpora & Renato Lucchini & Annalisa Abballe & Anna Maria Ingelido & Silvia Valentini & Eliana Fuggetta & Veronica Cardi & Adele Ticino & Valentina Marra & Anna Rita Fulgenzi & Elena De Felip - 1-13 Changes in Tobacco Use, Susceptibility to Future Smoking, and Quit Attempts among Canadian Youth over Time: A Comparison of Off-Reserve Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth
by Tara Elton-Marshall & Scott T. Leatherdale & Robin Burkhalter & K. Stephen Brown - 1-15 “ Hike up yer Skirt, and Quit. ” What Motivates and Supports Smoking Cessation in Builders and Renovators
by Susan J. Bondy & Kim L. Bercovitz - 1-16 High Dosage Folic Acid Supplementation, Oral Cleft Recurrence and Fetal Growth
by George L. Wehby & Têmis Maria Félix & Norman Goco & Antonio Richieri-Costa & Hrishikesh Chakraborty & Josiane Souza & Rui Pereira & Carla Padovani & Danilo Moretti-Ferreira & Jeffrey C. Murray - 1-17 Comparison of Health Status and Health Care Services Utilization between Migrants and Natives of the Same Ethnic Origin—The Case of Hong Kong
by Su Liu & Catherine X. J. Hu & Selene Mak - 1-18 The Long-Term Relationship between Population Growth and Vegetation Cover: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Panel Data of 21 Cities in Guangdong Province, China
by Chao Li & Yaoqiu Kuang & Ningsheng Huang & Chao Zhang - 1-19 Investigating Individual- and Area-Level Socioeconomic Gradients of Pulse Pressure among Normotensive and Hypertensive Participants
by Lisa A. Matricciani & Catherine Paquet & Natasha J. Howard & Robert Adams & Neil T. Coffee & Anne W. Taylor & Mark Daniel - 1-21 Developing an Exploratory Framework Linking Australian Aboriginal Peoples’ Connection to Country and Concepts of Wellbeing
by Jonathan Kingsley & Mardie Townsend & Claire Henderson-Wilson & Bruce Bolam - 1-22 The Influence of Fish Length on Tissue Mercury Dynamics: Implications for Natural Resource Management and Human Health Risk
by Dana K. Sackett & W. Gregory Cope & James A. Rice & D. Derek Aday
January 2013, Volume 10, Issue 2
- 1-9 Urban Public Health: Is There a Pyramid?
by Meirong Su & Bin Chen & Zhifeng Yang & Yanpeng Cai & Jiao Wang - 1-12 Identifying the Relationships between Water Quality and Land Cover Changes in the Tseng-Wen Reservoir Watershed of Taiwan
by Hone-Jay Chu & Chun-Yu Liu & Chi-Kuei Wang - 1-12 Infectious Risk Assessment of Unsafe Handling Practices and Management of Clinical Solid Waste
by Md. Sohrab Hossain & Nik Norulaini Nik Ab Rahman & Venugopal Balakrishnan & Vignesh R. Puvanesuaran & Md. Zaidul Islam Sarker & Mohd Omar Ab Kadir - 1-13 The Influence of Monitoring Interval on Data Measurement: An Analysis of Step Counts of University Students
by Dagmar Sigmundová & Jana Vašíčková & Jiří Stelzer & Emil Řepka - 1-13 Childhood Mortality Due to Unintentional Injuries in Japan, 2000–2009
by Hideaki Sekii & Tadahiro Ohtsu & Takako Shirasawa & Hirotaka Ochiai & Takaya Shimizu & Akatsuki Kokaze - 1-15 Assessment of the Levels of Airborne Bacteria, Gram-Negative Bacteria, and Fungi in Hospital Lobbies
by Dong-Uk Park & Jeong-Kwan Yeom & Won Jae Lee & Kyeong-Min Lee - 1-16 Impact of an Electronic Cigarette on Smoking Reduction and Cessation in Schizophrenic Smokers: A Prospective 12-Month Pilot Study
by Pasquale Caponnetto & Roberta Auditore & Cristina Russo & Giorgio Carlo Cappello & Riccardo Polosa - 1-16 Short-Term Effects of Gaseous Pollutants and Particulate Matter on Daily Hospital Admissions for Cardio-Cerebrovascular Disease in Lanzhou: Evidence from a Heavily Polluted City in China
by Shan Zheng & Minzhen Wang & Shigong Wang & Yan Tao & Kezheng Shang - 1-16 Ecological Niche Modelling of Bank Voles in Western Europe
by Sara Amirpour Haredasht & Miguel Barrios & Jamshid Farifteh & Piet Maes & Jan Clement & Willem W. Verstraeten & Katrien Tersago & Marc Van Ranst & Pol Coppin & Daniel Berckmans & Jean-Marie Aerts
January 2013, Volume 10, Issue 1
- 1-3 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Best Paper Award 2013
by Paul B. Tchounwou & Ophelia Han - 1-9 The Use of Point-of-Decision Prompts to Increase Stair Climbing in Singapore
by Robert Alan Sloan & Benjamin Adam Haaland & Carol Leung & Falk Müller-Riemenschneider - 1-9 Effect of Duration of Exposure to Cement Dust on Respiratory Function of Non-Smoking Cement Mill Workers
by Sultan Ayoub Meo & Abdul Majeed Al-Drees & Abeer A. Al Masri & Fawzia Al Rouq & Muhammad Abdul Azeem - 1-12 Biomarkers of Maternal and Fetal Exposure to Organochlorine Pesticides Measured in Pregnant Hispanic Women from Brownsville, Texas
by Ken Sexton & Jennifer J. Salinas & Thomas J. McDonald & Rose M. Z. Gowen & Rebecca P. Miller & Joseph B. McCormick & Susan P. Fisher-Hoch - 1-14 Health Insurance, Socio-Economic Position and Racial Disparities in Preventive Dental Visits in South Africa
by Imade J. Ayo-Yusuf & Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf & Bukola G. Olutola - 1-14 Cancer Risk in Diagnostic Radiation Workers in Korea from 1996–2002
by Kyung-Hwa Choi & Mina Ha & Won Jin Lee & Seung-Sik Hwang & Meeseon Jeong & Young-Woo Jin & Hyeog Ju Kim & Kwang-Yong Lee & Jung-Eun Lee & Jong-Won Kang & Heon Kim - 1-14 Evaluation of Full-Facepiece Respirator Fit on Fire Fighters in the Municipality of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
by Mansour A. Balkhyour - 1-14 Application of Solid Phase Extraction on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes of Some Heavy Metal Ions to Analysis of Skin Whitening Cosmetics Using ICP-AES
by Ayoub A. ALqadami & Mohammad Abulhassan Abdalla & Zeid A. ALOthman & Kamal Omer - 1-15 Job Stress Across Gender: The Importance of Emotional and Intellectual Demands and Social Support in Women
by Pilar Rivera-Torres & Rafael Angel Araque-Padilla & María José Montero-Simó - 1-17 Transfer of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Between Intermingled Ecological Niches: The Interface Between Humans, Animals and the Environment
by Paulo Martins Da Costa & Luís Loureiro & Augusto J. F. Matos - 1-18 Factors Associated with Parents’ Perceptions of Parental Smoking in the Presence of Children and Its Consequences on Children
by Yu-Ting Chen & Fei-Hsiu Hsiao & Nae-Fang Miao & Ping-Ling Chen - 1-18 Development of Software Sensors for Determining Total Phosphorus and Total Nitrogen in Waters
by Eunhyoung Lee & Sanghoon Han & Hyunook Kim - 1-18 The Effect of Social Trust on Citizens’ Health Risk Perception in the Context of a Petrochemical Industrial Complex
by Miguel Ángel López-Navarro & Jaume Llorens-Monzonís & Vicente Tortosa-Edo - 1-19 Exploring the Role of the Food Environment on Food Shopping Patterns in Philadelphia, PA, USA: A Semiquantitative Comparison of Two Matched Neighborhood Groups
by Jana A. Hirsch & Amy Hillier - 1-19 Ecological Risk Assessment of Land Use Change in the Poyang Lake Eco-economic Zone, China
by Hualin Xie & Peng Wang & Hongsheng Huang - 1-26 Understanding Urban Green Space as a Health Resource: A Qualitative Comparison of Visit Motivation and Derived Effects among Park Users in Sheffield, UK
by Katherine N. Irvine & Sara L. Warber & Patrick Devine-Wright & Kevin J. Gaston - 1-29 Nature, Nurture and Evolution of Intra-Species Variation in Mosquito Arbovirus Transmission Competence
by Walter J. Tabachnick
December 2012, Volume 10, Issue 1
- 1-13 Environmental Contamination by Dog’s Faeces: A Public Health Problem?
by Vittoria Cinquepalmi & Rosa Monno & Luciana Fumarola & Gianpiero Ventrella & Carla Calia & Maria Fiorella Greco & Danila De Vito & Leonardo Soleo - 1-14 Assessing the Influence of Land Use and Land Cover Datasets with Different Points in Time and Levels of Detail on Watershed Modeling in the North River Watershed, China
by Jinliang Huang & Pei Zhou & Zengrong Zhou & Yaling Huang - 1-17 Awareness of and Attitudes towards Heat Waves within the Context of Climate Change among a Cohort of Residents in Adelaide, Australia
by Derick A. Akompab & Peng Bi & Susan Williams & Janet Grant & Iain A. Walker & Martha Augoustinos - 1-20 Assessing the Impact of Socioeconomic Variables on Small Area Variations in Suicide Outcomes in England
by Peter Congdon - 1-22 Visibility and Social Recognition as Psychosocial Work Environment Factors among Cleaners in a Multi-Ethnic Workplace Intervention
by Kirsten Hviid & Louise Hardman Smith & Karen Bo Frydendall & Mari-Ann Flyvholm - 1-25 Effect of Magnetic Nanoparticles on Tobacco BY-2 Cell Suspension Culture
by Olga Krystofova & Jiri Sochor & Ondrej Zitka & Petr Babula & Vit Kudrle & Vojtech Adam & Rene Kizek - 1-29 Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater and Its Treatment Options in Bangladesh
by Jia-Qian Jiang & S. M. Ashekuzzaman & Anlun Jiang & S. M. Sharifuzzaman & Sayedur Rahman Chowdhury - 1-37 Mouse Models for Efficacy Testing of Agents against Radiation Carcinogenesis — A Literature Review
by Leena Rivina & Robert Schiestl
November 2012, Volume 9, Issue 12
- 1-10 The Association between Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Parental Educational Level in Portuguese Children
by Michael J. Duncan & Susana Vale & Maria Paula Santos & José Carlos Ribeiro & Jorge Mota - 1-12 IL-22 mRNA Expression in Blood Samples as a Useful Biomarker for Assessing the Adverse Health Effects of PCBs on Allergic Children
by Mayumi Tsuji & Toshihiro Kawamoto & Chihaya Koriyama & Fumio Matsumura - 1-13 Educational Inequalities in Women’s Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Perceived Neighbourhood Characteristics
by Megan Teychenne & Kylie Ball & Jo Salmon - 1-13 Snowmelt Runoff: A New Focus of Urban Nonpoint Source Pollution
by Hui Zhu & Yingying Xu & Baixing Yan & Jiunian Guan - 1-14 Social Vulnerability and Traumatic Dental Injury among Brazilian Schoolchildren: A Population-Based Study
by Cristiane B. Bendo & Miriam P. Vale & Lícian D. Figueiredo & Isabela A. Pordeus & Saul M. Paiva - 1-19 Focused Study on the Quiet Side Effect in Dwellings Highly Exposed to Road Traffic Noise
by Timothy Van Renterghem & Dick Botteldooren - 1-19 Using the Gravity Model to Estimate the Spatial Spread of Vector-Borne Diseases
by José Miguel Barrios & Willem W. Verstraeten & Piet Maes & Jean-Marie Aerts & Jamshid Farifteh & Pol Coppin - 1-24 Narratives and Images Used by Public Communication Campaigns Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
by Christopher E. Clarke & Jeff Niederdeppe & Helen C. Lundell
December 2012, Volume 9, Issue 12
- 1-6 Hepatitis A Virus Infection and the Waste Handling Industry: A Seroprevalence Study
by George Rachiotis & Dimitrios Papagiannis & Efthimios Thanasias & George Dounias & Christos Hadjichristodoulou - 1-9 The Relationship between Skin Symptoms and Allergic Reactions to Asian Dust
by Shinji Otani & Kazunari Onishi & Haosheng Mu & Yae Yokoyama & Takenobu Hosoda & Mikizo Okamoto & Youichi Kurozawa - 1-11 The Relationship between Outdoor Activity and Health in Older Adults Using GPS
by Jacqueline Kerr & Simon Marshall & Suneeta Godbole & Suvi Neukam & Katie Crist & Kari Wasilenko & Shahrokh Golshan & David Buchner - 1-11 Ecophysiological and Climatological Effects on Distribution of Vector Species and Malaria Incidence in India
by Takumi Kaga & Shunji Ohta - 1-12 Hair Toxic Metal Concentrations and Autism Spectrum Disorder Severity in Young Children
by David A. Geier & Janet K. Kern & Paul G. King & Lisa K. Sykes & Mark R. Geier - 1-12 Association between Childhood Dental Experiences and Dental Fear among Dental, Psychology and Mathematics Undergraduates in Brazil
by Maurício A. Oliveira & Cristiane B. Bendo & Meire C. Ferreira & Saul M. Paiva & Miriam P. Vale & Júnia M. Serra-Negra - 1-12 Protective Effect of Anthocyanins from Lingonberry on Radiation-induced Damages
by Zi-Luan Fan & Zhen-Yu Wang & Li-Li Zuo & Shuang-Qi Tian - 1-13 Pertussis: A Review of Disease Epidemiology Worldwide and in Italy
by Giovanni Gabutti & Maria Cristina Rota - 1-14 Effect of Temperature on Growth of V ibrio paraphemolyticus and V ibrio vulnificus in Flounder, Salmon Sashimi and Oyster Meat
by Yoo Won Kim & Soon Ho Lee & In Gun Hwang & Ki Sun Yoon - 1-15 Association between Hypertension and Chronic Arsenic Exposure in Drinking Water: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh
by Mohammad Rafiqul Islam & Ismail Khan & John Attia & Sheikh Mohammad Nazmul Hassan & Mark McEvoy & Catherine D'Este & Syed Azim & Ayesha Akhter & Shahnaz Akter & Sheikh Mohammad Shahidullah & Abul Hasnat Milton - 1-16 Exposure to Drinking Water Trihalomethanes and Their Association with Low Birth Weight and Small for Gestational Age in Genetically Susceptible Women
by Asta Danileviciute & Regina Grazuleviciene & Jone Vencloviene & Algimantas Paulauskas & Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen - 1-16 The Effects of Radiation and Dose-Fractionation on Cancer and Non-Tumor Disease Development
by William Liu & Benjamin M. Haley & Mary J. Kwasny & Jian-Jian Li & David J. Grdina & Tatjana Paunesku & Gayle E. Woloschak - 1-16 Second Malignant Neoplasms Following Radiotherapy
by Sanath Kumar - 1-17 Risk Assessment and Hierarchical Risk Management of Enterprises in Chemical Industrial Parks Based on Catastrophe Theory
by Yu Chen & Guobao Song & Fenglin Yang & Shushen Zhang & Yun Zhang & Zhenyu Liu - 1-17 The Impact of Relative Poverty on Norwegian Adolescents’ Subjective Health: A Causal Analysis with Propensity Score Matching
by Jon Ivar Elstad & Axel West Pedersen - 1-18 Occupational Health and Safety Experiences among Self-Identified Immigrant Workers Living or Working in Somerville, MA by Ethnicity, Years in the US, and English Proficiency
by Bindu Panikkar & Mark A. Woodin & Doug Brugge & Anne Marie Desmarais & Raymond Hyatt & Rose Goldman & Alex Pirie & Marcy Goldstein-Gelb & Heloisa Galvão & Monica Chianelli & Ismael Vasquez & Melissa McWhinney & Franklin Dalembert & David M. Gute - 1-18 Simulation of Water Environmental Capacity and Pollution Load Reduction Using QUAL2K for Water Environmental Management
by Ruibin Zhang & Xin Qian & Xingcheng Yuan & Rui Ye & Bisheng Xia & Yulei Wang - 1-19 Contribution to Surface Water Contamination Understanding by Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals, at a Watershed Scale
by Stéphanie Piel & Estelle Baurès & Olivier Thomas - 1-21 Uneven Magnitude of Disparities in Cancer Risks from Air Toxics
by Wesley James & Chunrong Jia & Satish Kedia - 1-22 Valuation of Mortality Risk Attributable to Climate Change: Investigating the Effect of Survey Administration Modes on a VSL
by Milan Ščasný & Anna Alberini - 1-23 Air Change Rates and Interzonal Flows in Residences, and the Need for Multi-Zone Models for Exposure and Health Analyses
by Liuliu Du & Stuart Batterman & Christopher Godwin & Jo-Yu Chin & Edith Parker & Michael Breen & Wilma Brakefield & Thomas Robins & Toby Lewis - 1-30 Comparing Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Disability Between Immigrants and the Chilean-Born: Are There Different Stories to Tell?
by Baltica Cabieses & Kate E. Pickett & Helena Tunstall - 1-69 North American Wetlands and Mosquito Control
by Jorge R. Rey & William E. Walton & Roger J. Wolfe & C. Roxanne Connelly & Sheila M. O'Connell & Joe Berg & Gabrielle E. Sakolsky-Hoopes & Aimlee D. Laderman
October 2012, Volume 9, Issue 11
- 1-9 Increased Incidence and Altered Risk Demographics of Childhood Lead Poisoning: Predicting the Impacts of the CDC’s 5 µg/dL Reference Value in Massachusetts (USA)
by Phoebe Handler & Daniel Brabander - 1-11 Forest Dynamics and Their Phenological Response to Climate Warming in the Khingan Mountains, Northeastern China
by Hongyan Cai & Shuwen Zhang & Xiaohuan Yang - 1-11 Perinatal Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Enhances Susceptibility to Viral and Secondary Bacterial Infections
by Jocelyn A. Claude & Amy Grimm & Hannah P. Savage & Kent E. Pinkerton - 1-17 Investigation into the Effect of Molds in Grasses on Their Content of Low Molecular Mass Thiols
by Jiri Skladanka & Vojtech Adam & Ondrej Zitka & Olga Krystofova & Miroslava Beklova & Rene Kizek & Zdenek Havlicek & Petr Slama & Adam Nawrath - 1-17 Assessing Local Communities’ Willingness to Pay for River Network Protection: A Contingent Valuation Study of Shanghai, China
by Zhaoyi Shang & Yue Che & Kai Yang & Yu Jiang - 1-18 Evaluation of the Impact of the Plastic BioSand Filter on Health and Drinking Water Quality in Rural Tamale, Ghana
by Christine E. Stauber & Byron Kominek & Kaida R. Liang & Mumuni K. Osman & Mark D. Sobsey - 1-19 Valuation of Green Walls and Green Roofs as Soundscape Measures: Including Monetised Amenity Values Together with Noise-attenuation Values in a Cost-benefit Analysis of a Green Wall Affecting Courtyards
by Knut Veisten & Yuliya Smyrnova & Ronny Klæboe & Maarten Hornikx & Marjan Mosslemi & Jian Kang - 1-19 Spatial Diffusion of Influenza Outbreak-Related Climate Factors in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
by Supachai Nakapan & Nitin Kumar Tripathi & Taravudh Tipdecho & Marc Souris - 1-23 Examining Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in the Lake Dianchi Watershed of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of Southwest China with Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: 1974–2008
by Yaolong Zhao & Ke Zhang & Yingchun Fu & Hong Zhang - 1-23 Treatment of Diarrhoea in Rural African Communities: An Overview of Measures to Maximise the Medicinal Potentials of Indigenous Plants
by Collise Njume & Nomalungelo I. Goduka - 1-28 Leptospirosis Outbreaks in Nicaragua: Identifying Critical Areas and Exploring Drivers for Evidence-Based Planning
by Maria Cristina Schneider & Patricia Nájera & Sylvain Aldighieri & Jorge Bacallao & Aida Soto & Wilmer Marquiño & Lesbia Altamirano & Carlos Saenz & Jesus Marin & Eduardo Jimenez & Matthew Moynihan & Marcos Espinal
November 2012, Volume 9, Issue 11
- 1-9 Evaluation of Acrylamide in Food from China by a LC/MS/MS Method
by Yong-Hong Chen & En-Qin Xia & Xiang-Rong Xu & Wen-Hua Ling & Sha Li & Shan Wu & Gui-Fang Deng & Zhi-Fei Zou & Jing Zhou & Hua-Bin Li - 1-10 Characteristics and Trends of Hospitalized Pediatric Abuse Head Trauma in Wuhan, China: 2002–2011
by Xin Xia & Joe Xiang & Jianbo Shao & Gary A. Smith & Chuanhua Yu & Huiping Zhu & Huiyun Xiang - 1-11 Evaluation of Benzo[a]pyrene in Food from China by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Fluorescence Detection
by Yong-Hong Chen & En-Qin Xia & Xiang-Rong Xu & Sha Li & Wen-Hua Ling & Shan Wu & Gui-Fang Deng & Zhi-Fei Zou & Jing Zhou & Hua-Bin Li - 1-12 Scale-Up Approach in CATI Surveys for Estimating the Number of Foreign Body Injuries in the Aero-Digestive Tract in Children
by Silvia Snidero & Nicola Soriani & Ileana Baldi & Federica Zobec & Paola Berchialla & Dario Gregori - 1-13 Carbonic Anhydrase as Pollution Biomarker: An Ancient Enzyme with a New Use
by Maria Giulia Lionetto & Roberto Caricato & Maria Elena Giordano & Elisa Erroi & Trifone Schettino - 1-13 Suicidal Expression among School-Attending Adolescents in a Middle-Income Sub-Saharan Country
by Michael L. Wilson & Andrea C. Dunlavy & Bharathi Viswanathan & Pascal Bovet - 1-13 HIV/AIDS and Associated Conditions among HIV-Infected Refugees in Minnesota, 2000–2007
by Sara A. Lowther & Glenise Johnson & Brett Hendel-Paterson & Kailey Nelson & Blain Mamo & Kristina Krohn & Luisa Pessoa-Brandão & Ann O'Fallon & William Stauffer - 1-13 Premenstrual Symptoms in Dysmenorrheic College Students: Prevalence and Relation to Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels
by Bayan A. Obeidat & Haifa A. Alchalabi & Khalid K. Abdul-Razzak & Mudhaffar I. Al-Farras - 1-15 Drunk and Disorganised: Relationships between Bar Characteristics and Customer Intoxication in European Drinking Environments
by Karen Hughes & Zara Quigg & Mark A. Bellis & Amador Calafat & Ninette van Hasselt & Matej Kosir & Lotte Voorham & Ferry X. Goossens & Mariangels Duch & Montse Juan - 1-15 Cross-sectional Study on the Effects of Socioeconomic Factors on Lead Exposure in Children by Gender in Serpong, Indonesia
by Dewi U. Iriani & Takehisa Matsukawa & Muhammad K. Tadjudin & Hiroaki Itoh & Kazuhito Yokoyama - 1-16 Quantitative RT-PCR Detection of Hepatitis A Virus, Rotaviruses and Enteroviruses in the Buffalo River and Source Water Dams in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
by Vincent Nnamdigadi Chigor & Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh - 1-17 A Statistical Assessment of the Impact of Agricultural Land Use Intensity on Regional Surface Water Quality at Multiple Scales
by Weiwei Zhang & Hong Li & Danfeng Sun & Liandi Zhou - 1-18 Integral Dose and Radiation-Induced Secondary Malignancies: Comparison between Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy
by Marco D'Arienzo & Stefano G. Masciullo & Vitaliana De Sanctis & Mattia F. Osti & Laura Chiacchiararelli & Riccardo M. Enrici - 1-19 Insights into the Government’s Role in Food System Policy Making: Improving Access to Healthy, Local Food Alongside Other Priorities
by Jessica Wegener & Kim D. Raine & Rhona M. Hanning - 1-20 Adaptation of Land-Use Demands to the Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrological Processes of an Urbanized Watershed
by Yu-Pin Lin & Nien-Ming Hong & Li-Chi Chiang & Yen-Lan Liu & Hone-Jay Chu - 1-23 Use of a Deuterated Internal Standard with Pyrolysis-GC/MS Dimeric Marker Analysis to Quantify Tire Tread Particles in the Environment
by Kenneth M. Unice & Marisa L. Kreider & Julie M. Panko - 1-39 Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Respiratory, Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Mortality in Cape Town, South Africa: 2001–2006
by Janine Wichmann & Kuku Voyi
October 2012, Volume 9, Issue 10
- 1-1 Correction: Lwanga, F., et al . Intestinal Helminth Infections and Nutritional Status of Children Attending Primary Schools in Wakiso District, Central Uganda. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012 , 9, 2910-2921
by Francis Lwanga & Barbara Eva Kirunda & Christopher Garimoi Orach - 1-10 Extrinsic Tooth Enamel Color Changes and Their Relationship with the Quality of Water Consumed
by Kathleen Rebelo de Sousa & Marília Jesus Batista & Juliana Rocha Gonçalves & Maria Da Luz Rosário de Sousa - 1-11 Self-Medication Practices with Antibiotics among Tertiary Level Students in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Eric S. Donkor & Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo & Patrick Nartey & Isaac O. Agyeman - 1-11 Addressing Social Determinants of Health by Integrating Assessment of Caregiver-Child Attachment into Community Based Primary Health Care in Urban Kenya
by John H. Bryant & Nancy H. Bryant & Susanna Williams & Racheal Nduku Ndambuki & Paul Campbell Erwin - 1-13 Prevalence and Risk Factors for Poor Nutritional Status among Children in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania
by Amina Abubakar & Jacqueline Uriyo & Sia E. Msuya & Mark Swai & Babill Stray-Pedersen - 1-13 Fruits and Vegetables Consumption and Associated Factors among In-School Adolescents in Five Southeast Asian Countries
by Karl Peltzer & Supa Pengpid - 1-13 Highly Efficient Arsenic Removal Using a Composite of Ultrafine Magnetite Nanoparticles Interlinked by Silane Coupling Agents
by Shu-Chi Chang & Yu-Han Yu & Cheng-Hao Li & Chin-Ching Wu & Hao-Yun Lei - 1-14 Experiences of French Speaking Immigrants and Non-immigrants Accessing Health Care Services in a Large Canadian City
by Emmanuel Ngwakongnwi & Brenda R. Hemmelgarn & Richard Musto & Hude Quan & Kathryn M. King-Shier - 1-15 A Study of the Health-Related Quality of Life and Work-Related Stress of White-Collar Migrant Workers
by Su-Ying Tsai - 1-16 An Integrated Risk Management Model for Source Water Protection Areas
by Pei-Te Chiueh & Wei-Ting Shang & Shang-Lien Lo - 1-19 Socio-Environmental Factors Associated with Self-Rated Oral Health in South Africa: A Multilevel Effects Model
by Bukola G. Olutola & Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf - 1-22 Quantitative Variations of Intracellular Microcystin-LR, -RR and -YR in Samples Collected from Four Locations in Hartbeespoort Dam in North West Province (South Africa) During the 2010/2011 Summer Season
by Elbert A. Mbukwa & Titus A.M. Msagati & Bhekie B. Mamba - 1-25 Response of Fish Communities to Various Environmental Variables across Multiple Spatial Scales
by Yong-Su Kwon & Fengqing Li & Namil Chung & Mi-Jung Bae & Soon-Jin Hwang & Myeong-Seop Byoen & Sang-Jung Park & Young-Seuk Park - 1-26 Modelling Mass Casualty Decontamination Systems Informed by Field Exercise Data
by Joseph R. Egan & Richard Amlôt - 1-30 A Multimetric Benthic Macroinvertebrate Index for the Assessment of Stream Biotic Integrity in Korea
by Yung-Chul Jun & Doo-Hee Won & Soo-Hyung Lee & Dong-Soo Kong & Soon-Jin Hwang - 1-31 Implementation of BMP Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change and Land Use Change in a Pasture-Dominated Watershed
by Li-Chi Chiang & Indrajeet Chaubey & Nien-Ming Hong & Yu-Pin Lin & Tao Huang - 1-35 A Systematic Review of Socioeconomic Indicators and Dental Caries in Adults
by Simone M. Costa & Carolina C. Martins & Maria de Lourdes C. Bonfim & Lívia G. Zina & Saul M. Paiva & Isabela A. Pordeus & Mauro H. N. G. Abreu
September 2012, Volume 9, Issue 10
- 1-11 Oral Care during Pregnancy: Attitudes of Brazilian Public Health Professionals
by Renata Toledo Alves & Rosangela Almeida Ribeiro & Luciane Rezende Costa & Claudio Rodrigues Leles & Maria do Carmo Matias Freire & Saul Martins Paiva - 1-14 Prediction of Unmet Primary Care Needs for the Medically Vulnerable Post-Disaster: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis of Health System Responses
by Jennifer D. Runkle & Hongmei Zhang & Wilfried Karmaus & Amy B. Martin & Erik R. Svendsen - 1-16 Social, Psychological, and Environmental-Structural Factors Associated with Tobacco Experimentation among Adolescents in Shanghai, China
by Yong Cai & Lin Lu & Na Li & Jingfen Zhu & Yaping He & Pamela Redmon & Abhinav Goyal & Cheng Huang & Yun Qiao & Jin Ma - 1-17 A Coupling Kinetics Model for Pollutant Release and Transport in the Process of Landfill Settlement
by Ying Zhao & Qiang Xue & Lei Liu - 1-23 Prenatal Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Infant Birth Weight in China
by Nora L. Lee & Jonathan M. Samet & Gonghuan Yang & Maigeng Zhou & Jie Yang & Adolfo Correa & Peter S. J. Lees
August 2012, Volume 9, Issue 9
- 1-14 Current Status of Antibiograms of Listeria ivanovii and Enterobacter cloacae Isolated from Ready-To-Eat Foods in Alice, South Africa
by Mirriam E. Nyenje & Nicoline F. Tanih & Ezekiel Green & Roland N. Ndip - 1-15 Risky Play and Children’s Safety: Balancing Priorities for Optimal Child Development
by Mariana Brussoni & Lise L. Olsen & Ian Pike & David A. Sleet