Editorial Board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Johan P. Mackenbach
European Journal of Public Health
Erasmus University Medical Centre
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
EDITORS:
Peter Allebeck
Stockholm County Council and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Martin McKee
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Walter Ricciardi
Catholic University, Rome, Italy
MANAGING EDITORS
Karin Guldbrandsson, Sara Sjölund, Emilie Agardh and Edison Manrique
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
R Battista
Canada
L Berkman
USA
H Brand
Germany
A Clarke
United Kingdom
E Lahelma
Finland
T Lang
France
R Leidl
Germany
C Mathers
Switzerland
M McCarthy
UK
M McMichael
Australia
N Muscat
Malta
T Novotny
USA
F Paccaud
Switzerland
M Petticrew
UK
P Puska
Finland
S A Reijneveld
The Netherlands
V V Vlassov
Russia
W Zatonski
Poland
CONSULTING EDITOR FOR STATISTICS:
Lennart Bodin
Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
EDITORIAL OFFICE
Address correspondence and queries to:
Karin Guldbrandsson
European Journal of Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Norrbacka floor 5, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
EUROPEAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION
President: Constantino Sakellarides
National School of Public Health, Av Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal
The European Journal of Public Health was founded by Per-Gunnar Svensson, with the support of Värmland County Council. The support of Karlstad University for hosting the editorial office from 1998-2005 is gratefully acknowledged. Past editors-in-chief: Per-Gunnar Svensson (1991-1998), Martin McKee (1998-2003).
Ombudsman: Professor Lennart Köhler, Nordic School of Public Health, PO box 12133, 402 42 Göteborg, Sweden, tel. +46 31 69 3976, fax +46 31 1777, email: lennart@nhv.se
Responsible under Swedish Press Law: Peter Allebeck, Stockholm, Sweden

