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Research articles 

Trialling diagnosis-related groups classification in the Iranian health system: a case study examining the feasibility of introducing casemix  

Benefit–incidence analysis of government spending on Ministry of Health outpatient services in Jordan   

Surveillance of adverse events following immunization: 10 years’ experience in Oman   

Evaluation of HIV voluntary counselling and testing services in Egypt. Part 1: client satisfaction  

Evaluation of HIV voluntary counselling and testing services in Egypt. Part 2: service providers’ satisfaction   

Early experiences of abuse and current depressive disorders in Iranian women  

Attention deficit–hyperactivity symptoms among Palestinian children  

Analysis of drug prescriptions in primary health care centres in Bahrain  

Antibiotic use and knowledge in the community in Kalamoon, Syrian Arab Republic: a cross-sectional study  

Knowledge, attitudes and practice of general practitioners towards complementary and alternative medicine in Doha, Qatar  

Monitoring and enforcement of the salt iodization programme in Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran: a successful experience  

Spina bifida and birth outcome before and after fortification of flour with iron and folic acid in Oman  

Les infections à virus respiratoire syncytial au Nord du Liban — Prévalence au cours de l’hiver 2008  

Nosocomial diarrhoea in relation to sanitation state: a study in Tikrit, Iraq  

Estimation of birth weight by measurement of fundal height and abdominal girth in parturients at term  

Relationship between trait anxiety, dental anxiety and DMFT indexes of Turkish patients attending a dental school clinic  

Role of periodontitis in hospital-acquired pneumonia 

Report  

Mental and Social Health Atlas I in Saudi Arabia: 2007–08 

Case report  

Necrotizing fasciitis complicating female genital mutilation: case report 

Letter to the Editor