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	1. 1132 Accesses	Review Ethical issues in epidemiologic research and public health practice Steven S Coughlin Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006, 3:16 (3 October 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	2. 572 Accesses	Analytic perspective Non-differential measurement error does not always bias diagnostic likelihood ratios towards the null GT Fosgate Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006, 3:7 (17 July 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	3. 571 Accesses	Analytic perspective The Bradford Hill considerations on causality: a counterfactual perspective Michael Höfler Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2005, 2:11 (3 November 2005) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	4. 504 Accesses	Review Dengue fever: new paradigms for a changing epidemiology Debarati Guha-Sapir, Barbara Schimmer Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2005, 2:1 (2 March 2005) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	5. 419 Accesses	Review The basic principles of migration health: Population mobility and gaps in disease prevalence Brian D Gushulak, Douglas W MacPherson Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006, 3:3 (4 May 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	6. 365 Accesses	Analytic perspective Chinese journals: a guide for epidemiologists Isaac CH Fung Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:20 (30 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	7. 363 Accesses	Analytic perspective Trends in parameterization, economics and host behaviour in influenza pandemic modelling: a review and reporting protocol Luis R Carrasco, Mark Jit, Mark I Chen, Vernon J Lee, George J Milne, Alex R Cook Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2013, 10:3 (7 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
	8. 349 Accesses	Methodology The validation of a three-stage screening methodology for detecting active convulsive epilepsy in population-based studies in health and demographic surveillance systems Anthony K Ngugi, Christian Bottomley, Eddie Chengo, Martha Z Kombe, Michael Kazungu, Evasius Bauni, Caroline K Mbuba, Immo Kleinschmidt, Charles R Newton Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2012, 9:8 (21 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	9. 326 Accesses	Methodology The effect of improved rural sanitation on diarrhoea and helminth infection: design of a cluster-randomized trial in Orissa, India Thomas Clasen, Sophie Boisson, Parimita Routray, Oliver Cumming, Marion Jenkins, Jeroen H J Ensink, Melissa Bell, Matthew C Freeman, Soosai Peppin, Wolf-Peter Schmidt Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2012, 9:7 (13 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	10. 319 Accesses	Analytic perspective Improving epidemiologic data analyses through multivariate regression modelling Fraser Lewis, Michael Ward Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2013, 10:4 (17 May 2013) Abstract \| Provisional PDF \| PubMed
	11. 312 Accesses	Analytic perspective Seven mistakes and potential solutions in epidemiology, including a call for a World Council of Epidemiology and Causality Raj Bhopal Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2009, 6:6 (9 December 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 2 comments
	12. 311 Accesses	Analytic perspective Causal diagrams in systems epidemiology Michael Joffe, Manoj Gambhir, Marc Chadeau-Hyam, Paolo Vineis Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2012, 9:1 (19 March 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	13. 263 Accesses	Analytic perspective Issues in the construction of wealth indices for the measurement of socio-economic position in low-income countries Laura D Howe, James R Hargreaves, Sharon RA Huttly Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:3 (30 January 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	14. 259 Accesses	Analytic perspective Early efforts in modeling the incubation period of infectious diseases with an acute course of illness Hiroshi Nishiura Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2007, 4:2 (11 May 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	15. 248 Accesses	Analytic perspective Simpson's Paradox, Lord's Paradox, and Suppression Effects are the same phenomenon – the reversal paradox Yu-Kang Tu, David Gunnell, Mark S Gilthorpe Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:2 (22 January 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	16. 239 Accesses	Analytic perspective A tutorial in estimating the prevalence of disease in humans and animals in the absence of a gold standard diagnostic Fraser I Lewis, Paul R Torgerson Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2012, 9:9 (28 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	17. 234 Accesses	Analytic perspective Cars, corporations, and commodities: Consequences for the social determinants of health James Woodcock, Rachel Aldred Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:4 (21 February 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	18. 233 Accesses	Analytic perspective Conflict and HIV: A framework for risk assessment to prevent HIV in conflict-affected settings in Africa Nancy B Mock, Sambe Duale, Lisanne F Brown, Ellen Mathys, Heather C O'Maonaigh, Nina KL Abul-Husn, Sterling Elliott Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2004, 1:6 (29 October 2004) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	19. 227 Accesses	Analytic perspective Harnessing the wealth of Chinese scientific literature: schistosomiasis research and control in China Qin Liu, Li-Guang Tian, Shu-Hua Xiao, Zhen Qi, Peter Steinmann, Tippi K Mak, Jürg Utzinger, Xiao-Nong Zhou Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:19 (30 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	20. 210 Accesses	Methodology Why is greater medication adherence associated with better outcomes Arthur Hartz, Tao He Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2013, 10:1 (2 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	21. 209 Accesses	Analytic perspective Assessing the impact of humanitarian assistance in the health sector Les Roberts, Charles-Antoine Hofmann Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2004, 1:3 (7 October 2004) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	22. 209 Accesses	Methodology Relative survival: a useful tool to assess generalisability in longitudinal studies of health in older persons Richard Hockey, Leigh Tooth, Annette Dobson Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2011, 8:3 (6 February 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| 1 comment
	23. 207 Accesses	Analytic perspective Development of a quality assessment tool for systematic reviews of observational studies (QATSO) of HIV prevalence in men having sex with men and associated risk behaviours William CW Wong, Catherine SK Cheung, Graham J Hart Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:23 (17 November 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	24. 203 Accesses	Review Hispanic Latin America, Spain and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean: A rich source of reference material for public health, epidemiology and tropical medicine John R Williams, Annick Bórquez, María-Gloria Basáñez Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:17 (30 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	25. 203 Accesses	Analytic perspective Conceptualising population health: from mechanistic thinking to complexity science Saroj Jayasinghe Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2011, 8:2 (20 January 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	26. 197 Accesses	Analytic perspective Comparison of two approaches for measuring household wealth via an asset-based index in rural and peri-urban settings of Hunan province, China Julie Balen, Donald P McManus, Yue-Sheng Li, Zheng-Yuan Zhao, Li-Ping Yuan, Jürg Utzinger, Gail M Williams, Ying Li, Mao-Yuan Ren, Zong-Chuan Liu, Jie Zhou, Giovanna Raso Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2010, 7:7 (3 September 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	27. 186 Accesses	Analytic perspective Effect of an armed conflict on relative socioeconomic position of rural households: case study from western Côte d'Ivoire Thomas Fürst, Andres B Tschannen, Giovanna Raso, Cinthia A Acka, Don de Savigny, Olivier Girardin, Eliézer K N'Goran, Jürg Utzinger Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2010, 7:6 (31 August 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	28. 176 Accesses	Analytic perspective Event-based internet biosurveillance: relation to epidemiological observation Noele P Nelson, Li Yang, Aimee R Reilly, Jessica E Hardin, David M Hartley Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2012, 9:4 (18 June 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	29. 168 Accesses	Commentary Individual freedoms versus collective responsibility: immunization decision-making in the face of occasionally competing values Daniel A Salmon, Saad B Omer Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006, 3:13 (27 September 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	30. 168 Accesses	Methodology The use of personal digital assistants for data entry at the point of collection in a large household survey in southern Tanzania Kizito Shirima, Oscar Mukasa, Joanna Schellenberg, Fatuma Manzi, Davis John, Adiel Mushi, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Marcel Tanner, Hassan Mshinda, David Schellenberg Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2007, 4:5 (1 June 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	31. 162 Accesses	Commentary Citation of non-English peer review publications – some Chinese examples Isaac CH Fung Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:12 (30 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	32. 154 Accesses	Analytic perspective The role of the applied epidemiologist in armed conflict Sharon M McDonnell, Paul Bolton, Nadine Sunderland, Ben Bellows, Mark White, Eric Noji Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2004, 1:4 (7 October 2004) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	33. 152 Accesses	Debate AIDS, conflict and the media in Africa: risks in reporting bad data badly Massimo Lowicki-Zucca, Paul Spiegel, Filippo Ciantia Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2005, 2:12 (13 December 2005) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	34. 146 Accesses	Analytic perspective Causal criteria and counterfactuals; nothing more (or less) than scientific common sense Carl V Phillips, Karen J Goodman Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006, 3:5 (26 May 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	35. 147 Accesses	Analytic perspective Does language matter? A case study of epidemiological and public health journals, databases and professional education in French, German and Italian Iacopo Baussano, Patrick Brzoska, Ugo Fedeli, Claudia Larouche, Oliver Razum, Isaac Fung Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:16 (30 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	36. 144 Accesses	Analytic perspective Questions on causality and responsibility arising from an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Norway Bjørn G Iversen, Bjørn Hofmann, Preben Aavitsland Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:22 (23 October 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	37. 144 Accesses	Methodology Revised estimates of influenza-associated excess mortality, United States, 1995 through 2005 Ivo M Foppa, Md Monir Hossain Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:26 (30 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	38. 143 Accesses	Methodology Choosing a survey sample when data on the population are limited: a method using Global Positioning Systems and aerial and satellite photographs Harry S Shannon, Royce Hutson, Athena Kolbe, Bernadette Stringer, Ted Haines Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2012, 9:5 (11 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	39. 142 Accesses	Analytic perspective Estimating HIV prevalence from surveys with low individual consent rates: annealing individual and pooled samples Lauren Hund, Marcello Pagano Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2013, 10:2 (27 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
	40. 139 Accesses	Commentary Interpreting results of cluster surveys in emergency settings: is the LQAS test the best option? Oleg O Bilukha, Curtis Blanton Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:25 (9 December 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	41. 134 Accesses	Methodology Assessing causal relationships in genomics: From Bradford-Hill criteria to complex gene-environment interactions and directed acyclic graphs Sara Geneletti, Valentina Gallo, Miquel Porta, Muin J Khoury, Paolo Vineis Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2011, 8:5 (9 June 2011) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
	42. 134 Accesses	Analytic perspective Don't spin the pen: two alternative methods for second-stage sampling in urban cluster surveys Rebecca F Grais, Angela MC Rose, Jean-Paul Guthmann Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2007, 4:8 (1 June 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	43. 134 Accesses	Analytic perspective Enhancing access to reports of randomized trials published world-wide – the contribution of EMBASE records to the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) in The Cochrane Library Carol Lefebvre, Anne Eisinga, Steve McDonald, Nina Paul Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:13 (30 September 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	44. 131 Accesses	Editorial Methods for health surveys in difficult settings: charting progress, moving forward Kristof Bostoen, Oleg O Bilukha, Bridget Fenn, Oliver W Morgan, Clarence C Tam, Annemarie ter Veen, Francesco Checchi Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2007, 4:13 (1 June 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF
	45. 128 Accesses	Methodology Assessing household wealth in health studies in developing countries: a comparison of participatory wealth ranking and survey techniques from rural South Africa James R Hargreaves, Linda A Morison, John SS Gear, Julia C Kim, Mzamani B Makhubele, John DH Porter, Charlotte Watts, Paul M Pronyk Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2007, 4:4 (1 June 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	46. 128 Accesses	Analytic perspective Optimisation of the T-square sampling method to estimate population sizes Kristof Bostoen, Zaid Chalabi, Rebecca F Grais Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2007, 4:7 (1 June 2007) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	47. 127 Accesses	Debate Widespread rape does not directly appear to increase the overall HIV prevalence in conflict-affected countries: so now what? Aranka Anema, Michel R Joffres, Edward Mills, Paul B Spiegel Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:11 (29 July 2008) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	48. 125 Accesses	Methodology Sib-recruitment for studying migration and its impact on obesity and diabetes Tanica Lyngdoh, Sanjay Kinra, Yoav Shlomo, Srinath Reddy, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, George Smith, Shah Ebrahim, the Indian migration study group Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006, 3:2 (13 March 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	49. 122 Accesses	Methodology Influenza associated excess mortality in Germany, 1985 – 2001 Phillip Zucs, Udo Buchholz, Walter Haas, Helmut Uphoff Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2005, 2:6 (21 June 2005) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
	50. 122 Accesses	Analytic perspective Two Surgeon General's reports on smoking and cancer: a historical investigation of the practice of causal inference Mark Parascandola, Douglas L Weed, Abhijit Dasgupta Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006, 3:1 (10 January 2006) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed