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Call for Papers: Epidemiologic Reviews Theme Issue - 2009

Epidemiologic Approaches to Health Disparities

Epidemiologic Reviews: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/epirev/callforpapers.html

Epidemiologic Reviews, a sister publication of the American Journal of Epidemiology,
is devoted to publishing comprehensive and critical reviews on specific themes once a year.
The 2009 issue, to be published in the summer of 2009, will address the topic of health disparities.

Submission of manuscripts is now solicited on topics such as:

• Racial/ethnic factors
• Socioeconomic factors
• Geographic factors
• International variations
• Differences in access to medical services
• Differences in insurance coverage
• Differences in the rates of medical procedures
• Differences in the quality of medical care
• Intervention approaches to eliminating disparities

Please note that papers on other aspects of health disparities are welcome.

Manuscripts can be up to 6,000 words exclusive of the abstract, tables, figures, and references.
Give explicit details of the method of literature search and use systematic reviews or meta-analysis when appropriate.

Submit a complete, unified document as an email attachment to Harriett Telljohann (htelljoh@jhsph.edu )
during the week of September 15, 2008.

Michel A. Ibrahim, MD, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, Epidemiologic Reviews