Volume 17, issue 5

Research articles 

Letter from the Editor

Normative data and psychometric properties of short form 36 health survey (SF-36, version 1.0) in the population of north Jordan

Burden of fall injuries in Pakistan – analysis of the National Injury Survey of Pakistan

Anthropometric characteristics and obesity among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates

Oral hygiene status of Kuwaiti schoolchildren  Public knowledge, beliefs and practices in Greece about cancer etiology and prevention

Association of myocardial infarction with stressful life events and psychiatric symptoms: a population-based survey

Thalassaemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in sickle-cell disorder patients in Taiz, Yemen

Self-medication practice among patients in a public health care system Analysis of surgical emergencies in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Analysis of surgical emergencies in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Susceptibility of Candida species isolated from immunocompromised patients to antifungal agents

La morbidité respiratoire en médecine générale dans la région de Sousse (Tunisie)

Ecology of malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies in a malarious area of Sistan va Baluchestan province, south-east Islamic Republic of Iran

Review

How successful are women’s groups in health promotion and disease prevention? A synthesis of the literature and recommendations for developing countries

Report

Implementation of integrated vector management for disease vector control in the Eastern Mediterranean: where are we and where are we going?

Short communication

Patients’ report of statins use and side-effects in a sample of hospitalized cardiac patients in the Islamic Republic of Iran