International Journal of Epidemiology

Special Paper:

P D EN'KO

On the Course of Epidemics of Some Infectious Diseases
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 749-755; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.749 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original Articles:

CHRISTINE COLE JOHNSON and MARGARET R SPITZ

Childhood Nervous System Tumours: An Assessment of Risk Associated with Paternal Occupations Involving Use, Repair or Manufacture of Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 756-762; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.756 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MATI RAHU

Graphical Representation of Cancer Incidence Data: Chernoff Faces
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 763-767; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.763 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JOHN REIF, NEIL PEARCE, and JAMES FRASER

Cancer Risks in New Zealand Farmers
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 768-774; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.768 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Population Screening for Cervical Cancer in The Netherlands: A REPORT BY THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 775-781; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.775 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M KOCH, H GAEDKE, and H JENKINS

Family History of Ovarian Cancer Patients: A Case-Control Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 782-785; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.782 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

LINDA A WEBSTER, NOEL S WEISS, and CANCER STEROID HORMONE STUDY GROUP

Alcoholic Beverage Consumption and the Risk of Endometrial Cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 786-791; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.786 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MARTHA L SLATTERY, THOMAS K FRENCH, MARLENE J EGGER, and JOSEPH L LYON

Diet and Survival of Patients with Colon Cancer in Utah: Is there an Association ?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 792-797; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.792 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ALFRED I NEUGUT, DANIEL J FINK, and DAVID RADIN

Serum Cholesterol and Primary Brain Tumours: A Case-Control Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 798-801; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.798 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C R HEATHCOTE, C KEOGH, and T J O'NEILL

The Changing Pattern of Coronary Heart Disease in Australia
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 802-807; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.802 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G J MILLER, G L A BECKLES, G H MAUDE, D C CARSON, S D ALEXIS, S G L PRICE, and N T A BYAM

Ethnicity and Other Characteristics Predictive of Coronary Heart Disease in a Developing Community: Principal Results of the St James Survey, Trinidad
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 808-817; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.808 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ABDUL-RAHMAN AL-MUHAILAN, JASEM RAMADAN, ARNE N GJORGOV, and MOHAMMAD MOUSSA

Exercise Time Relationship to Coronary Risk Factors in Kuwaiti Adult Males 1985–1986
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 818-823; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.818 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CARLOS BROTONS, PRADEEP SINGH, TOSHIKAZU NISHIO, and DARWIN R LABARTHE

Blood Pressure by Age in Childhood and Adolescence: A Review of 129 Surveys Worldwide
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 824-829; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.824 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ALBERT HOFMAN and HEATHER J WALTER

The Association between Physical Fitness and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Children in a Five-Year Follow-up Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 830-835; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.830 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E B V MACHADO, SHERINE E GABRIEL, C MARY BEARD, CLEMENT J MICHET, W MICHAEL O'FALLON, and DAVID J BALLARD

A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Temporal Arteritis: Evidence for an Association between Temporal Arteritis and Degenerative Vascular Disease?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 836-841; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.836 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ANDERS ROMELSJÖ

The Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and Social Status in Stockholm. Has the Social Pattern of Alcohol Consumption Changed?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 842-851; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.842 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PIET A VAN DEN BRANDT, WALTER C WILLETT, and STEVEN R TANNENBAUM

Assessment of Dietary Nitrate Intake by a Self-Administered Questionnaire and by Overnight Urinary Measurement
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 852-857; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.852 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SIMONETTA SALVINI, DAVID J HUNTER, LAURA SAMPSON, MEIR J STAMPFER, GRAHAM A COLDITZ, BERNARD ROSNER, and WALTER C WILLETT

Food-Based Validation of a Dietary Questionnaire: The Effects of Week-to-Week Variation in Food Consumption
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 858-867; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.858 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B M MARGETTS, J E CADE, and C OSMOND

Comparison of a Food Frequency Questionnaire with a Diet Record
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 868-873; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.868 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THOMAS D MATTE, J PETER FIGUEROA, STEPHANIE OSTROWSKI, GREGORY BURR, LINNETTE JACKSON-HUNT, RICHARD A KEENLYSIDE, and EDWARD L BAKER

Lead Poisoning among Household Members Exposed to Lead-Acid Battery Repair Shops in Kingston, Jamaica
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 874-881; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.874 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PETER LANGE, STEFFEN GROTH, JØRGEN NYBOE, JANN MORTENSEN, MERETE APPLEYARD, PETER SCHNOHR, and GORM JENSEN

Determinants of Chronic Mucus Hypersecretion in a General Population with Special Reference to the Type of Tobacco Smoked
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 882-887; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.882 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EDWIN A MITCHELL, ALISTAIR W STEWART, PHILIP K PATTEMORE, M INNES ASHER, ADRIAN C HARRISON, and HAROLD H REA

Socioeconomic Status in Childhood Asthma
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 888-890; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.888 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ANDREW F OLSHAN and ELAINE M FAUSTMAN

Nitrosatable Drug Exposure during Pregnancy and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 891-899; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.891 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MAHESH PATEL, FELIX GUTZWILLER, FRED PACCAUD, and ALFIO MARAZZI

A Meta-Analysis of Acupuncture for Chronic Pain
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 900-906; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.900 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DAVID I W PHILLIPS and CLIVE OSMOND

Iodine Supplementation with Oral or Intramuscular Iodized Oil. A Two-Year Follow-up of a Comparative Trial
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 907-910; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.907 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A C DAVIS

The Prevalence of Hearing Impairment and Reported Hearing Disability among Adults in Great Britain
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 911-917; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.911 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CESAR G VICTORA, PETER G SMITH, FERNANDO C BARROS, J PATRICK VAUGHAN, and SANDRA C FUCHS

Risk Factors for Deaths due to Respiratory Infections among Brazilian Infants
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 918-925; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.918 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ERNEST DRUCKER, MAYRIS P WEBBER, PAMELA McMASTER, and STEN H VERMUND

Increasing Rate of Pneumonia Hospitalizations in the Bronx: A Sentinel Indicator for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 926-933; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.926 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

FRANK RICHARDS and DONALD HOPKINS

Surveillance: The Foundation for Control and Elimination of Dracunculiasis in Africa
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 934-943; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.934 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R BAILEY, C OSMOND, D C W MABEY, H C WHITTLE, and M E WARD

Analysis of the Household Distribution of Trachoma in a Gambian Village Using a Monte Carlo Simulation Procedure
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 944-951; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.944 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JAI P NARAIN, SHASHI KHARE, S R S RANA, and K B BANERJEE

Epidemic Measles in an Isolated Unvaccinated Population, India
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 952-958; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.952 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I KRANTZ, J TARANGER, and B TROLLFORS

Estimating Incidence of Whooping Cough over Time: A Cross-Sectional Recall Study of Four Swedish Birth Cohorts
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 959-963; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.959 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S R A HUTTLY, B A HOQUE, K M A AZIZ, K Z HASAN, M Y PATWARY, M M RAHAMAN, and R G FEACHEM

Persistent Diarrhoea in a Rural Area of Bangladesh: A Community-Based Longitudinal Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 964-969; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.964 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JAN M M MEIJERS, GERARD M H SWAEN, ALEX VOLOVICS, LORRAINE J LUCAS, and KEES VAN VLIET

Occupational Cohort Studies: The Influence of Design Characteristics on the Healthy Worker Effect
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 970-975; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.970 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NEIL PEARCE

Analytical Implications of Epidemiological Concepts of Interaction
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 976-980; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.976 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NEIL PEARCE

Incidence Density Matching with a Simple SAS Computer Program
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 981-984; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.981 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ALISA M GOLDSTEIN, SUSAN E HODGE, and ROBERT W C HAILE

Selection Bias in Case-Control Studies Using Relatives as the Controls
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 985-989; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.985 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Short Articles:

PER SPRØGEL and HANS H STORM

Thyroid Cancer: Incidence, Mortality and Histological Pattern in Denmark
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 990-992; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.990 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MÅNS ROSÉN

On Randomized Controlled Trials and Lifestyle Interventions
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 993-994; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.993 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

MICHAEL D MALISON, MANUEL M. DAYRIT, and KHANCHIT LIMPAKARNJANARAT

The Field Epidemiology Training Programmes
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 995-996; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.995 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K S JOSEPH

Cost-effective validation of screening tests
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 996-998; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.996 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carlo La Vecchia, Monica Fasoli, Eva Negri, and Gianni Tognoni

Fall and Rise in Asthma Mortality in Italy, 1968–84
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 998-999; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.998 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

LUIGI NALDI, FABIO PARAZZINI, PAOLO SENA, AUSILIA MANGANONI, BRUNO PANSERA, and TULLIO CAINELLI

Frequency of HIV Infection in Patients Attending Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics in Italy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 999-1000; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.999 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews:

F GERRARD

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1001; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1001 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R ELLMAN

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1001-1002; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1001-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H TUNSTALL-PEDOE

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1002; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1002 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

W C S SMITH

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1002-1003; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1002-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1003; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1003 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PETER WEST

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1003; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1003-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T CULLINAN

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1003-1004; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1003-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J BEATTIE

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1004-1005; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1004 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

W E WATERS

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1005; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1005 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MICHAEL FAED

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1005-1006; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1005-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S NYSTROM

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1006; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1006 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S A OGSTON

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1006-1007; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1006-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J PEUTHERER

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1007-1008; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1007 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G E D URQUHART

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1008; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1008 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book News and WHO Publications:

Book News and WHO Publications
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1009-1011; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1009 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON THE EARLY DETECTION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: BIOLOGICAL MARKERS AND LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1011-1012; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1011 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Erratum:

Erratum
Int. J. Epidemiol. 18: 1012; doi:10.1093/ije/18.4.1012 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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