They include communicable diseases of public health significance, mental illnesses associated with violent behavior, and drug addiction.

He said: "There is no health significance to this slight increase."

Some have public health significance being associated with sewage filter beds and septic tanks.

The health significance of the new finding is at present uncertain and the subject of an urgent new study.

These findings hold important public health significance.

The finding, if verified, would probably have more scientific than public health significance, the experts said.

But Dr. Cousens said it was hard to gauge the public health significance of the new statistics.

Its purpose was to screen out immigrants with "a communicable disease of public health significance."

The potential health related significance of gamma-tocopherol is being increasingly recognized [ 17 ] .

Other areas of public health significance include physical activity, behavioral journalism, healthy living, diet and lifestyles activities.