International Journal of Epidemiology

Original Articles:

PETRA H M PEETERS, A L M VERBEEK, H STRAATMAN, R HOLLAND, J H C L HENDRIKS, M MRAVUNAC, C ROTHENGATTER, A VAN DIJK-MILATZ, and J M WERRE

Evaluation of Overdiagnosis of Breast Cancer in Screening with Mammography: Results of the Nijmegen Programme
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 295-299; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.295 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HOLLY L HOWE, RUBY T SENIE, HELEN BZDUCH, and PETER HERZFELD

Early Abortion and Breast Cancer Risk among Women under Age 40
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 300-304; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.300 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JOSEPH L LYON, LINDA M ROBISON, and ROYCE MOSER, JR

Uncertainty in the Diagnosis of Histologically Confirmed Pancreatic Cancer Cases
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 305-308; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.305 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Combined Oral Contraceptives and Gallbladder Cancer: THE WHO COLLABORATIVE STUDY OF NEOPLASIA AND STEROID CONTRACEPTIVES
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 309-314; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.309 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CHARLES K CHAN, BRUCE R JOSEPHY, CAROLYN K WELLS, and ALVAN R FEINSTEIN

An Analysis of Gastric and Oesophageal Cancers Found with ‘Epidemiological Necropsy’ during 1953–1982
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 315-319; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.315 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A B ZWI, G REID, S P LANDAU, D KIELKOWSKI, F SITAS, and M R BECKLAKE

Mesothelioma in South Africa, 1976–84: Incidence and Case Characteristics
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 320-329; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.320 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P M CARLI, F BAILLY, C TAVERNIER, C MILAN, D HEUDES, and J F LAVAULT

Multiple Myeloma: Epidemiological Features in a Well-Defined Population in Burgundy, France
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 330-333; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.330 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FRANCINE KAUFFMANN, DOUGLAS W DOCKERY, FRANK E SPEIZER, and BENJAMIN G FERRIS, JR

Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Relation to Passive Smoking: A Comparative Study of American and French Women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 334-344; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.334 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IKUKO KATO, SUKETAMI TOMINAGA, and TSUGUYOSHI SUZUKI

Characteristics of Past Smokers
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 345-354; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.345 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

KENNETH G GREEN, AUSTIN HEADY, and MICHAEL F OLIVER

Blood Pressure, Cigarette Smoking and Heart Attack in the WHO Co-operative Trial of Clofibrate
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 355-360; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.355 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AARON R FOLSOM, RONALD J PRINEAS, SUSAN A KAYE, and JOHN T SOLER

Body Fat Distribution and Self-Reported Prevalence of Hypertension, Heart Attack, and Other Heart Disease in Older Women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 361-367; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.361 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EDITH J M FESKENS and DAAN KROMHOUT

Effects of Body Fat and its Development over a Ten-Year period on Glucose Tolerance in Euglycaemic Men: The Zutphen Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 368-373; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.368 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HIROYASU ISO, SHINICHI SATO, AARON R FOLSOM, TAKASHI SHIMAMOTO, ATSUSHI TERAO, RONALD G MUNGER, AKIHIKO KITAMURA, MASAMITSU KONISHI, MINORU IIDA, and YOSHIO KOMACHI

Serum Fatty Acids and Fish Intake in Rural Japanese, Urban Japanese, Japanese American and Caucasian American Men
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 374-381; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.374 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DICK HEEDERIK, HENNIE POUWELS, HANS KROMHOUT, and DAAN KROMHOUT

Chronic Non-Specific Lung Disease and Occupational Exposures Estimated by Means of a Job Exposure Matrix: The Zutphen Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 382-389; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.382 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H R HOSEIN, P COREY, and J Mc D ROBERTSON

The Effect of Domestic Factors on Respiratory Symptoms and FEV₁
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 390-396; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.390 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GILLES PARADIS, GILLES THERIAULT, and CLAUDE TREMBLAY

Mortality in a Historical Cohort of Bus Drivers
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 397-402; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.397 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARTIN C MAHONEY, MICHAEL A ELLROTT, and ARTHUR M MICHALEK

A Mortality Analysis of Native Americans in New York State, 1980–86
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 403-412; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.403 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LARS RASMUSSEN, ANDERS GREEN, and LARS PETER HANSEN

The Epidemiology of Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in a Danish Population, 1950–84
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 413-417; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.413 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J HETTIARACHCHI and G C S KODITHUWAKKU

Pattern of Poisoning in Rural Sri Lanka
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 418-422; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.418 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J MATEJKA, R SINWEL, P CLEATON-JONES, S WILLIAMS, J A HARGREAVES, L P FATTI, and M DOCRAT

Dental Caries at Five and Twelve Years in a South African Indian Community: A Longitudinal Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 423-426; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.423 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F T CUTTS, L C RODRIGUES, S COLOMBO, and S BENNETT

Evaluation of Factors Influencing Vaccine Uptake in Mozambique
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 427-433; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.427 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RICHARD M GARFIELD, ERICK PRADO, JEFFREY R GATES, and STEN H VERMUND

Malaria in Nicaragua: Community-Based Control Efforts and the Impact of War
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 434-439; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.434 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JOHN D CLEMENS, BONITA F STANTON, JEFFREY R HARRIS, J CHAKRABORTY, DAVID A SACK, MALLA R RAO, FARUQUE AHMED, M ANSARUZZAMAN, MD YUNUS, ANN-MARI SVENNERHOLM, and JAN HOLMGREN

Exclusion of Clinically Atypical or Microbiologically Mixed Diarrhoeal Episodes from Outcome Events in a Field Trial of Oral Cholera Vaccines
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 440-445; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.440 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P J DUCLOS, M-C BENTEJAC, A SERRE, and S BASCOUL

Skin Test Reactions to a Phenol-Soluble Antigen of Brucella Abortus among Veterinary Students, Lyon, France, 1984
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 446-450; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.446 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

STANLEY COREN and A RALPH HAKSTIAN

Validation of a Self-Report Inventory for the Measurement of Visual Acuity
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 451-456; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.451 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M J SHIPLEY, P G SMITH, and M DRAMAIX

Calculation of Power for Matched Pair Studies when Randomization is by Group
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 457-461; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.457 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

FIONA WILLIAMS

Diethylstilboestrol Exposure and Testicular Cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 462; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.462 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SUSAN T GERSHMAN and PAUL D STOLLEY

Diethylstilboestrol Exposure and Testicular Cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 463; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.463 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ROBERT WEST

Seasonal Variation in CHD Mortality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 463-464; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.463-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R J MARSHALL and ROBERT SCRAGG

Seasonal Variation in CHD Mortality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 464-465; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.464 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REBECCA C GANTT and JETSON E LINCOLN

Smoking Behaviour in Nepal
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 465; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.465 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FABIO PARAZZINI, EVA NEGRI, GUERRINO MEZZANOTTE, and CARLO LA VECCHIA

Maternal Mortality in Various Italian Regions
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 466-467; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.466 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PATRICK GOUBAU

Immunogenicity and Safety of Measles Vaccine in African Children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 467; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.467 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

J CHAMBERLAIN

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 468; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.468 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

VICTOR M HAWTHORNE

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 468-469; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.468-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JANE MELIA

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 469; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.469 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P HOWIE

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 469-470; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.469-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C BALLINGER

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 470-471; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.470 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JENNIFER L KELSEY

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 471; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.471 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FRANCISCO BOLUMAR

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 471-472; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.471-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CHRISTINE MASON

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 472-473; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.472 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M C THURIAUX

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 473; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.473 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C DU V FLOREY

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 474; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.474 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N R WAUGH

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 474; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.474-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IAIN CROMBIE

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 474-475; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.474-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D L MILLER

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 475-476; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.475 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ENRIQUE NÁJERA

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 475-476; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.475-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Erratum to December 1988 issue
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 476; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.476 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book News:

Book News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 477; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.477 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 478; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.478 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Association News:

Association News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 479; doi:10.1093/ije/18.2.479 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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