Int. J. Epidemiol. -- Table of Contents (17 [2])

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Contents: Volume 17, Number 2: June 1988   [Index by Author]      Other Issues:

       Leading Article

       Review Articles

       Original Articles

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Leading Article:

J MARTIN BLAND and DOUGLAS G ALTMAN: Misleading Statistics: Errors in Textbooks, Software and Manuals
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 245-247; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.245 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review Articles:

F G R FOWKES: The Measurement of Atherosclerotic Peripheral Arterial Disease in Epidemiological Surveys
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 248-254; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.248 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MARILYN A WINKLEBY, DAVID R RAGLAND, JUNE M FISHER, and S LEONARD SYME: Excess Risk of Sickness and Disease in Bus Drivers: A Review and Synthesis of Epidemiological Studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 255-262; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.255 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original Articles:

THE WHO COLLABORATIVE STUDY OF NEOPLASIA AND STEROID CONTRACEPTIVES: Endometrial Cancer and Combined Oral Contraceptives
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 263-269; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.263 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

YOLANDA VAN DER GRAAF, GERHARD A ZIELHUIS, and G PETER VOOIJS: Cervical Cancer Mortality in the Netherlands
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 270-276; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.270 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

YU-TANG GAO, WILLIAM J BLOT, WEI ZHENG, JOSEPH F FRAUMENI, and CHENG-WEN HSU: Lung Cancer and Smoking in Shanghai
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 277-280; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.277 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PAUL KNEKT: Serum Vitamin E Level and Risk of Female Cancers
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 281-286; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.281 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

FRANK-PETER SCHELP and PRANEET PONGPAEW: Protection against Cancer through Nutritionally-Induced Increase of Endogenous Proteinase Inhibitors—A Hypothesis
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 287-292; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.287 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PAUL C YANG and SCOTT DAVIS: Epidemiological Characteristics of Adenocarcinoma of the Gastric Cardia and Distal Stomach in the United States, 1973–1982
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 293-297; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.293 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ALLAN H SMITH, NEIL E PEARCE, and PETER W CALLAS: Cancer Case-Control Studies with Other Cancers as Controls
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 298-306; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.298 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

GOYA WANNAMETHEE and A G SHAPER: Men Who Do Not Drink: A Report from the British Regional Heart Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 307-316; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.307 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R M SEMENCIW, H I MORRISON, Y MAO, H JOHANSEN, J W DAVIES, and D T WIGLE: Major Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Adults: Results from the Nutrition Canada Survey Cohort
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 317-324; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.317 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ROGER J. MARSHALL, ROBERT SCRAGG, and PAUL BOURKE: An Analysis of the Seasonal Variation of Coronary Heart Disease and Respiratory Disease Mortality in New Zealand
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 325-331; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.325 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BIRGITTA FLODERUS, RUNE CEDERLÖF, and LARS FRIBERG: Smoking and Mortality: A 21-Year Follow-Up Based on the Swedish Twin Registry
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 332-340; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.332 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHRISTINA M CLAY, ALAN R DYER, KIANG LIU, JEREMIAH STAMLER, RICHARD B. SHEKELLE, DAVID M. BERKSON, OGLESBY PAUL, JAMES A. SCHOENBERGER, MARK LEPPER, HOWARD A. UNDBERG, JOHN MARQUARDT, ROSE STAMLER, PAT COLLETTE, and DAN GARSIDE: Education, Smoking and Non-Cardiovascular Mortality: Findings in Three Chicago Epidemiological Studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 341-347; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.341 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

YUE CHEN, WANXIAN LI, SHUNZHANG YU, and WANHUA QIAN: Chang-Ning Epidemiological Study of Children's Health: I: Passive Smoking and Children's Respiratory Diseases
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 348-355; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.348 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MAX A. WOODBURY, KENNETH G. MANTON, and DAN BLAZER: Trends in US Suicide Mortality Rates 1968 to 1982: Race and Sex Differences in Age, Period and Cohort Components
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 356-362; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.356 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

GÖSTA AXELSSON and INGA MOLIN: Outcome of Pregnancy among Women Living near Petrochemical Industries in Sweden
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 363-369; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.363 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ILANA SHOHAM-YAKUBOVICH and VITA BAREL: Maternal Education as a Modifier of the Association between Low Birthweight and Infant Mortality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 370-377; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.370 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J DE MOUZON, A SPIRA, and D SCHWARTZ: A Prospective Study of the Relation Between Smoking and Fertility
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 378-384; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.378 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

GARY S GRUBB, JUDITH A FORTNEY, SANEYA SALEH, SAAD GADALLA, AHMAD EL-BAZ, PAUL FELDBLUM, and SUSAN M ROGERS: A Comparison of Two Cause-of-Death Classification Systems for Deaths among Women of Reproductive Age in Menoufia, Egypt
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 385-391; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.385 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R R WEST: Perinatal and Infant Mortality in Wales: Inter-District Variations and Associations with Socio-Environmental Characteristics
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 392-396; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.392 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MICHAL KRZYZANOWSKI and FRANCINE KAUFFMANN: The Relation of Respiratory Symptoms and Ventilatory Function to Moderate Occupational Exposure in a General Population: Results from the French PAARC study of 16000 adults
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 397-406; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.397 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JAMES P HUGHES, LINCOLN POLISSAR, and GERALD VAN BELLE: Evaluation and Synthesis of Health Effects Studies of Communities Surrounding Arsenic Producing Industries
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 407-413; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.407 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ZONG-KAI QIAO, MABEL L HALLIDAY, RANDALL A COATES, and JAMES G RANKIN: Relationship between Liver Cirrhosis Death Rate and Nutritional Factors in 38 Countries
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 414-418; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.414 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L PAPOZ, F BEN KHALIFA, E ESCHWEGE, and H BEN AYED: Diabetes Mellitus in Tunisia: Description in Urban and Rural Populations
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 419-422; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.419 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J GOUJARD, M ENTAT, F MAILLARD, E MUGNIER, R RAPPAPORT, and J C JOB: Human Pituitary Growth Hormone (hGH) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Results of an Epidemiological Survey in France, 1986
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 423-427; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.423 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

L D EDUNGBOLA, S J WATTS, and O O KALE: The Distribution of Dracunculiasis in Nigeria: a Preliminary Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 428-433; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.428 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PEGGY L HENDERSON, ROBERT E FONTAINE, and GRACE KYEYUNE: Guinea Worm Disease in Northern Uganda: A Major Public Health Problem Controllable Through an Effective Water Programme
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 434-440; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.434 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JOHN BRISCOE, JANE BALTAZAR, and BEVERLY YOUNG: Case-Control Studies of the Effect of Environmental Sanitation on Diarrhoea Morbidity: Methodological Implications of Field Studies in Africa and Asia
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 441-447; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.441 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ANDRE NDIKUYEZE, ALVARO MUNOZ, JOHN STEWART, JOHN MODLIN, DAVID HEYMANN, KENNETH L HERRMANN, and B FRANK POLK: Immunogenicity and Safety of Measles Vaccine in III African Children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 448-455; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.448 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SANDER GREENLAND and RALPH R FRERICHS: On Measures and Models for the Effectiveness of Vaccines and Vaccination Programmes
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 456-463; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.456 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

GEOFFREY R HOWE and ANNA M CHIARELLI: Methodological Issues in Cohort Studies II: Power Calculations
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 464-468; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.464 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short Articles:

ALLEN J WILCOX, DALE P SANDLER, and RICHARD B EVERSON: Using Father's Age to Explore the Role of Germ Cell Mutation as a Cause of Human Cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 469-471; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.469 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News of New Studies:

P A VAN DEN BRANDT, R A GOLDBOHM, P VAN T VEER, R J J HERMUS, and F STURMANS: Dietary Habits and the Aetiology of Cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 472; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.472 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

letter:

ROMANO PAGANO and CARLO LA VECCHIA: Changes in diagnostic procedure utilization in Italy, 1980–83
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 473-474; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.473 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JAN VAN REEK and HANS ADRIAANSE: Cigarette smoking cessation rates by level of education in five western countries
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 474-475; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.474 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M T RUIZ and J M LOPEZ: Mass Hysteria in a Secondary School
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 475-476; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.475 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews:

J V JOOSSENS: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 477; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.477 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KUNIO AOKI: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 477-478; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.477-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R FRENTZEL-BEYME: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 478; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.478 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KAZUHO MAEDA: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 478-479; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.478-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A CLARE: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 479-480; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.479 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A. AXIOMAMITIS: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 480-481; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.480 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MANNING FEINLEIB: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 481-482; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.481 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DAVID J HUNTER: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 482-483; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.482 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D F ROBERTS: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 483-484; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.483 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D H LAWSON: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 484; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.484 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H R ANDERSON: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 484-485; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.484-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

AZZA SHALTOUT: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 485; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.485 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SUSAN CHINN: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 485-486; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.485-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C DU V FLOREY and S A OGSTON: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 486-487; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.486 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

other:

: Book News and WHO Publications
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 488; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.488 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: From the Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 489; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.489 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: Information for Contributors
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 490; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.490 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 17: 490; doi:10.1093/ije/17.2.490-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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