Vol. 6 No. 4 (2009)

Published: 2009-12-31

Editorial

Rare Diseases in Public Health

Domenica Taruscio
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Theme Papers

The Italian approach to rare diseases and the action of the Italian National Centre for Rare Diseases

Domenica Taruscio, Luciano Vittozzi
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The European Union action in the field of rare diseases

Antoni Montserrat Moliner
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Collaborative research efforts and related activities of the Office of Rare Diseases Research at the USA National Institutes of Health

Stephen C. Groft
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Rare diseases and orphan drugs in Eastern European Countries

Rumen Stefanov, Domenica Taruscio
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Free Papers

Health and nutritional status of three adult male populations of Eastern India: an anthropometric appraisa

Sudip Datta Banik
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Meta-analysis of non-randomized studies in interventional cardiology: a critical appraisal

Eliano Pio Navarese, Alessandro Lupi, Antonino Buffon, Mara Sansa, Elena Franchi, Andrea Aurelio, Angelo Sante Bongo
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Can savings induced by off-patent drugs balance the increase of pharmaceutical expense associated with the high ageing rate of the Italian population?

Pierluigi Russo, Alessandro Capone, Vasco Pieri, Giampiero Favato
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Evaluation of radon levels in indoor gymnasia of Palermo (Sicily) and Sassari (Sardinia)

Alberto Firenze, Giuseppe Calamusa, Emanuele Amodio, Mariagrazia Morici, Maria Di Paquale, Walter Mazzucco, Antonio Azara, Elena Muresu, Marco Dettori, Giorgio Maida, Viviana Gelsomino, Francesco Vitale
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A healthy lesson, Italian-style?

Walter Ricciardi, Carlo Favaretti, Rocco Bellantone
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The Mantel-Haenszel procedure. 50 years of the statistical method for confounders control

Alice Mannocci
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Appropriateness of admission and stay in obstetrics wards: a new tool assessing unnecessary days of hospital care

Giuseppina Poppa, Giuseppe La Torre, Alice Mannocci, Maria Lucia Specchia, Grace Rabacchi, Claudia Vaschetto, Claudio Bontempi, Walter Ricciardi, Antonio Boccia
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PRISMA: an attempt to improve standards for reporting systematic review and meta-analysis

Stefania Boccia
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The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration

Alessandro Liberati, Douglas G. Altman, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Cynthia Mulrow, Peter C. Gøtzsche, John P. A. Ioannidis, Mike Clarke, P. J. Devereaux, Jos Kleijnen, David Moher
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History Corner

The Agro Pontino, climate change and malaria

Angelo Giuseppe Solimini, Roberto Bucci, Antonio Boccia
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