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            Volume 8 Nos 4/5, September 2002

Research articles
	Growth of preschool children in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: regional and sociodemographic differences
	Overweight and obesity among Saudi Arabian children and adolescents between 1994 and 2000
	Screening for congenital hypothyroidism in the Islamic Republic of Iran: strategies, obstacles and future perspectives
	Antioxidant micronutrients in children with thalassaemia in Egypt
	Xerophthalmia among hospitalized Iraqi children
	Prevalence of wheeze among preschool children in Basra governonate, southern Iraq
	Neonatal septicaemia in the neonatal care unit, Al-Anbar governorate, Iraq
	Vaginal misoprostol in managing premature rupture of membranes
	Correlates of unintended pregnancy in Beheira governorate, Egypt
	Evaluation of drug use in Jordan using WHO prescribing indicators
	Evaluation of drug use in Jordan using WHO patient care and health facility indicators
	General practitioner prescribing patterns in Babol city, Islamic Republic of Iran
	Evaluation of the utilization management programme at Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain
	Improving diabetic patients’ outcomes in family medicine in the United Arab Emirates
	Frequency and types of skin disorders and associated diabetes mellitus in elderly Jordanians
	Patterns and determinants of treatment compliance among hypertensive patients
	Primary prevention of acute coronary events through the adoption of a Mediterranean-style diet
	Apports alimentaires, paramètres anthropométriques et biologiques chez des sujets adultes tunisiens au cours du jeûne de ramadan
	Mid upper arm and calf circumferences as indicators of nutritional status in women of reproductive age
	Intra-specimen and day-to-day variations of Fasciola egg counts in human stools
	Prevalence of smoking and age of initiation in Alexandria, Egypt
	Management of wound infection after appendectomy: are parenteral antibiotics useful?
Review
	Organization of the Saudi health system
	Overview of the laboratory accreditation programme of the College of American Pathologists
	Status of antituberculosis drug resistance in Saudi Arabia 1979–98
Report
	Audit of paediatric surgical intensive care unit admissions in north Jordan