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• Abstracts have been consolidated alphabetically by author within topic areas. For example, you will find all studies dealing with reproductive health, whether from a clinical economics, health social science or clinical epidemiology perspective, grouped together. Studies in biostatistics are grouped separately.

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Environmental and Occupational Health
Rangel-Frausto, M.	High Frequency of PPD Conversion in Health-Care Workers (HCW) in a Hospital in Mexico City
Were, Willy	Sanitation in Primary Schools in Mpigi District, Uganda
Pharmacoepidemiology
Ahuja, Ramesh	A RCT to Estimate Cost Effectiveness of Initial Combination vs. Mono Therapy for Management of Mild Hypertension
Chapuis, Francois	Isaac 6 Study: Antibiotics Use Evaluation and Hospital Prescriptions
Hernández, Dulce	Adverse Drug Reactions in Obstetrical Medical Care
Huayanay, Leandro	Outbreak of Acute Dystonia That Was Caused By Uncommon Adverse Drug Reaction
Leon, Gladys	Ribavirine vs. Acyclovir to Treat Acute Zooster and Prevent Postherpetic Neuralgia
Public Health
Al-Mazroa, Mohammed	The Deadly Drain: Probable Hydrogen Sulfide Poisoning in a Bathroom Stall
Eiman-Gross, Mirtha	Excess Mortality in Areas with Uniform Socioeconomic Levels: Spain, 1991– 1995
Fantone, Jessie	May 1998 Vitamin A and Iodized Salt Coverage Survey, Philippines
Gopalakrishnan, P.	A Study on the Prevalence of Dental Fluorosis and Associated Factors in Alappuzha District in Kerala
Hassan, Fatma	Tobacco Smoking Among High School Students in Ismailia, Egypt
Kulkarni, Hemant	Investigation of a Multiple Source, Water-Borne Epidemic Using An Affiliation Network: A New Approach
Nair, Mohanan	‘Multipurpose' Role of Multipurpose Health Workers and Subcenter Utilisation in Primary Health Care in Kerala State, India
Rahman, Mujibur	Vitamin A Administration with Immunization Enhances Antibody Response to Diphtheria Vaccine
Remadevi, S.	Environmental Factors Influencing the Persistence of Malaria in a Coastal Area of Trivandrum City
Tangkanakul, Waraluk	Food Poisoning Outbreak From An Illegal Fishball Factory
Ting, Douglas	Cholera Outbreak in Manila, Philippines
Wahaibi, Salim	Foodborne Salmonellosis in the Institute of Health Sciences Hostel, Muscat, Oman
Wang, Jiyao	Triple Therapy of Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori Infection: Losec Plus Clarithromicin Plus Amoxicillin Compared with Zantac Plus Tinidazole Plus Amoxicillin
Biostatistics
Jeyaseelan, L.	Methodological Issues of Weighting and Cluster Adjustment in the Study of STD Prevalence in Tamil Nadu
Pandey, Ravindra	Classification and Regression Tree (CART) as a Supplement to Multivariate Logistic Regression (LR) for Case-Control Data
Perez, Adriana	Tamaño De La Muestra: A Computer Program to Estimate the Required Sample Size and Power in Clinical Research
Ughade, S. N.	Effect of Unequal Treatment Allocation on Sample Sizes That Account for Early Stopping in Clinical Trials: A Group Sequential Approach
Wang, Qian	Development and Validation of a Severity Score of Acute Leukemia
Health Care Policy
Abraira, Luisa	Microbiologic Information System and Respiratory Infections: 1990-1997
El-Sayed, Hesham	Seroconversion and Persistence of Protective Antibody Response in Egyptian Infants Vaccinated with Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine
Najjemba, Robinah	Management of Common Childhood Illnesses at Primary Level Health Units: Implications for Training in Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
Perez-Cuevas, Ricardo	Evaluation of An Educational Intervention Directed at Family Physicians Using a Clinical Teaching Center Strategy
Sitthi-amorn, Chitr	Quantitative Assessments of Disease Ranking in Thailand: Does Daly Make a Difference?