International Journal of Epidemiology

Leading Article:

DANA LOOMIS and STEVE WING

Is Molecular Epidemiology a Germ Theory for the End of the Twentieth Century?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 1-3; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.1 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

LOUISE A BRINTON, WILLIAM C REEVES, MARIA M BRENES, ROLANDO HERRERO, ROSA C DE BRITTON, EDUARDO GAITAN, FRANCISCO TENORIO, MARIANA GARCIA, and WILLIAM E RAWLS

Oral Contraceptive Use and Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 4-11; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.4 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PIETER VANT VEER, FRANS J KOK, HENNY A M BRANTS, THEO OCKHUIZEN, FRED STURMANS, and RUDOLPH J J HERMUS

Dietary Fat and the Risk of Breast Cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 12-18; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.12 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JAN M M MEIJERS, GERARD M H SWAEN, ALEX VOLOVICS, JOS J M SLANGEN, and KEES VAN VLIET

Silica Exposure and Lung Cancer in Ceramic Workers: A Case-Control Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 19-25; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.19 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G REZA NAJEM, DUNCAN E HUTCHEON, and MARTIN FEUERMAN

Changing Patterns of Ischaemic Heart Disease Mortality in New Jersey 1968–1982, and the Relationship with Urbanization
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 26-31; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.26 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I-CHENG CHI, UNG RING KO, LYNNE R WILKENS, HAN K CHANG, and JUNG J NAM

Vasectomy and Non-Fatal Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study in Seoul, Korea
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 32-41; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.32 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLAIRE BONITHON-KOPP, PIERRE-YVES SCARABIN, BERNADETTE DARNE, ALAIN MALMEJAC, and LOUIS GUIZE

Menopause-Related Changes in Lipoproteins and Some Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 42-48; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.42 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E A ZEIGHAMI, A P WATSON, and G F CRAUN

Chlorination, Water Hardness and Serum Cholesterol in Forty-six Wisconsin Communities
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 49-58; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.49 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PAUL D SORLIE and MARIO R GARCIA-PALMIERI

Educational Status and Coronary Heart Disease in Puerto Rico: The Puerto Rico Heart Health Program
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 59-65; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.59 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NORMA LYNN FOX, MARY SEXTON, and J RICHARD HEBEL

Prenatal Exposure to Tobacco: I. Effects on Physical Growth at Age Three
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 66-71; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.66 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARY SEXTON, NORMA LYNN FOX, and J RICHARD HEBEL

Prenatal Exposure to Tobacco: II Effects on Cognitive Functioning at Age Three
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 72-77; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.72 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JONATHAN B LEVIN, ALISON MACFARLANE, and STEVE BENNETT

The Comparison of Trends in Perinatal Mortality in Small Areas
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 78-89; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.78 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GUNNAR AHLBORG, JR, LENNART BODIN, and CHRISTER HOGSTEDT

Heavy Lifting during Pregnancy—A Hazard to the Fetus? A Prospective Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 90-97; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.90 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NANCY DOLE, KARIN GLEITER, DAVID A SAVITZ, THOMAS H K CHIMBIRA, and MICHAEL T MBIZVO

Birthweight Patterns in Harare, Zimbabwe
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 98-100; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.98 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ELENICE M FERRAZ, RONALD H GRAY, and TEREZINHA M CUNHA

Determinants of Preterm Delivery and Intrauterine Growth Retardation in North-East Brazil
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 101-108; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.101 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PAULA RANTAKALLIO and ANTERO MYHRMAN

Changes in Fertility and the Acceptability of Pregnancies in Northern Finland during the Last 20 Years
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 109-114; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.109 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHRIKANT I BANGDIWALA, ELIAS ANZOLA-PEREZ, CLAUDE C ROMER, BENJAMIN SCHMIDT, FRANCISCO VALDEZ-LAZO, JORGE TORO, and CARLOS D'SUZE

The Incidence of Injuries in Young People: I Methodology and Results of a Collaborative Study in Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Venezuela
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 115-124; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.115 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SHRIKANT I BANGDIWALA and ELIAS ANZOLA-PÉREZ

The Incidence of Injuries in Young People: II Log-Linear Multivariable Models for Risk Factors in a Collaborative Study in Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Venezuela
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 125-132; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.125 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LAURENCE TIRET, ELIZABETH HAUSHERR, MICHEL THICOIPE, BERTRAND GARROS, PIERRE MAURETTE, JEAN-PIERRE CASTEL, and FRANCOISE HATTON

The Epidemiology of Head Trauma in Aquitaine (France), 1986: A Community-Based Study of Hospital Admissions and Deaths
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 133-140; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.133 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L NYSTRÖM, G DAHLQUIST, M REWERS, and S WALL

The Swedish Childhood Diabetes Study. An Analysis of the Temporal Variation in Diabetes Incidence 1978–1987
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 141-146; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.141 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JOHN BRISCOE, JOHN AKIN, and DAVID GUILKEY

People are not Passive Acceptors of Threats to Health: Endogeneity and its Consequences
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 147-153; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.147 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S L KOONG, M D MALISON, and A K NAKASHIMA

A Prevalence Survey of Behavioural Risk Factors in Taipei City, Taiwan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 154-159; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.154 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A SIMHON, Y ABED, B SCHOUB, E E LASCH, and A MORAG

Rotavirus Infection and Rotavirus Serum Antibody in a Cohort of Children from Gaza Observed from Birth to the Age of One Year
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 160-163; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.160 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A SIMHON, A LIFSHITZ, Y ABED, E E LASCH, B SCHOUB, and A MORAG

How to Predict the Immune Status of Poliovirus Vaccinees? A Comparison of Virus Neutralization at a Very Low Serum Dilution versus ELISA in a Cohort of Infants
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 164-168; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.164 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B L VERMA and R N SRIVASTAVA

Measurement of the Personal Cost of Illness due to Some Major Water-Related Diseases in an Indian Rural Population
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 169-176; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.169 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C SULEKHA, SUSAN SUJAMOL, N S SUGUNA BAI, THOMAS CHERIAN, and T JACOB JOHN

An Epidemic of Poliomyelitis in Southern Kerala
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 177-181; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.177 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FABIO ZICKER, JOAQUIM CAETANO DE ALMEIDA NETTO, ELAINE MARIA SERONNI ZICKER, RENATO M OLIVEIRA, and PETER G SMITH

Trypanosoma Cruzi Infection and Electrocardiographic Findings among Active Manual Workers. A Population-Based Study in Central Brazil
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 182-186; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.182 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CLAUDIO J STRUCHINER, MARY ELIZABETH HALLORAN, JAMES M ROBINS, and ANDREW SPIELMAN

The Behaviour of Common Measures of Association Used to Assess a Vaccination Programme under Complex Disease Transmission Patterns—A Computer Simulation Study of Malaria Vaccines
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 187-196; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.187 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ULRICH HELFENSTEIN and CHRISTOPH MINDER

The Use of Measures of Influence in Epidemiology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 197-204; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.197 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LAURA RODRIGUES and BETTY R KIRKWOOD

Case-Control Designs in the Study of Common Diseases: Updates on the Demise of the Rare Disease Assumption and the Choice of Sampling Scheme for Controls
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 205-213; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.205 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Short Articles:

MARIA ELENA LEON, MARY SERDULA, DAVID F WILLIAMSON, PHILIP NIEBURG, KEVIN SULLVAN, and JOHN R BORING

Identifying the Malnourished within Peru: Regional Variation in the Performance of a Nutrition Indicator
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 214-216; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.214 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DAVID G ADDISS, ROBERT V TAUXE, and KENNETH W BERNARD

Chronic Diarrhoeal Illness in US Peace Corps Volunteers
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 217-218; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

JOHN CLEMENTS and RALPH H HENDERSON

Expanded Programme on Immunization
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 219; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.219 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LI TIANDE

Expanded Programme on Immunization
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 219-220; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.219-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DAN B TECULESCU and QUANG T PHAM

Ventilatory function impairment during upper respiratory tract infections in children: The muscular factor
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 220-221; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.220 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CARLO LA VECCHIA, EVA NEGRI, and ROMANO PAGANO

Recent decline of smoking in younger Italian women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 221; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.221 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

FINN RASMUSSEN

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 222; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.222 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JOHN CATER

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 222-223; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.222-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GILLIAN M MCILWAINE

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 223; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.223 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DAVID PHILLIPS

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 223-224; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.223-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P CULLINAM

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 224; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.224 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G MELVYN HOWE

BOOK REVIEWS
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 224-225; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.224-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Errata
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 225; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.225 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Association News:

JOHN M LAST

Guidelines on Ethics for Epidemiologists
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 226-229; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.226 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 229; doi:10.1093/ije/19.1.229 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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