International Journal of Epidemiology

Leading Article:

ALBERT HOFMAN on behalf of COMAC-Epidemiology

Epidemiology and the European Community
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 481-482; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.481 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

MARTIN C MAHONEY, DANIELLE S LABRIE, PHILIP C NASCA, PATRICIA E WOLFGANG, and WILLIAM S BURNETT

Population Density and Cancer Mortality Differentials in New York State, 1978–1982
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 483-490; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.483 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BENEDETTO TERRACINI, JACK SIEMIATYCKI, and LESLEY RICHARDSON

Cancer Incidence and Risk Factors among Montreal Residents of Italian Origin
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 491-497; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.491 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

KNUD LINDVIG, HENRIK MŘLLER, JOHANNES MOSBECH, and OLE MŘLLER JENSEN

The Pattern of Cancer in a Large Cohort of Stroke Patients
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 498-504; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.498 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

KARL MERK, BRITTA MATTSSON, ANDERS MATTSSON, GÖRAN HOLM, BENGT GULLBRING, and MAGNUS BJÖRKHOLM

The Incidence of Cancer among Blood Donors
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 505-509; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.505 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T M KNIGHT, D FORMAN, R PIRASTU, P COMBA, R IANNARILLI, P L COCCO, G ANGOTZI, E NINU, and S SCHIERANO

Nitrate and Nitrite Exposure in Italian Populations with Different Gastric Cancer Rates
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 510-515; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.510 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DWIGHT T JANERICH, SUSAN TAYLOR MAYNE, W DOUGLAS THOMPSON, ALICE D STARK, EDWARD F FITZGERALD, and HERBERT I JACOBSON

Familial Clustering of Neural Tube Defects and Gastric Cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 516-521; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.516 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ROBERTO ZANETTI, SILVIA FRANCESCHI, STEFANO ROSSO, ETTORE BIDOLI, and STEFANO COLONNA

Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma in Females: The Role of Hormonal and Reproductive Factors
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 522-526; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.522 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EILIV LUND

Childbearing in Marriage and Mortality from Breast Cancer in Norway
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 527-531; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.527 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PHILIP C NASCA, MARK S BAPTISTE, NANCY A FIELD, BARBARA B METZGER, MAURICE BLACK, C STEPHAN KWON, and HERBERT JACOBSON

An Epidemiological Case-Control Study of Breast Cancer and Alcohol Consumption
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 532-538; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.532 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FABIO PARAZZINI, ALLAN HILDESHEIM, MONICA FERRARONI, CARLO LA VECCHIA, and LOUISE A BRINTON

Relative and Attributable Risk for Cervical Cancer: A Comparative Study in the United States and Italy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 539-545; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.539 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MAUREEN HATCH and MERVYN SUSSER

Background Gamma Radiation and Childhood Cancers within Ten Miles of a US Nuclear Plant
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 546-552; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.546 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PIET A VAN DEN BRANDT, LEO J SCHOUTEN, R ALEXANDRA GOLDBOHM, ELISABETH DORANT, and PERRY M H HUNEN

Development of a Record Linkage Protocol for Use in the Dutch Cancer Registry for Epidemiological Research
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 553-558; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.553 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ROBERT SCRAGG, RODNEY JACKSON, IAN M HOLDAWAY, THOMAS LIM, and ROBERT BEAGLEHOLE

Myocardial Infarction is Inversely Associated with Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Levels: A Community-Based Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 559-563; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.559 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PAUL A H VAN NOORD, JACOB C SEIDELL, ISOLDE DEN TONKELAAR, ELSE A BAANDERS-VAN HALEWIJN, and INGRID J OUWEHAND

The Relationship between Fat Distribution and Some Chronic Diseases in 11 825 Women Participating in the DOM-Project
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 564-570; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.564 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARIE-FRANÇOISE ROLLAND-CACHERA, FRANCE BELLISLE, JEAN TICHET, ANNE-MARIE CHANTREL, MICHEL GUILLOUD-BATAILLE, SYLVIANE VOL, and GEORGES PEQUIGNOT

Relationship between Adiposity and Food Intake: An Example of Pseudo-Contradictory Results Obtained in Case-Control versus Between-Populations Studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 571-577; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.571 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LLOYD CHAMBLESS, ANGELA DÖRING, BIRGIT FILIPIAK, and ULRICH KEIL

Determinants of HDL-Cholesterol and the HDL-Cholesterol/Total Cholesterol Ratio. Results of the Lübeck Blood Pressure Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 578-585; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.578 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PIRJO PIETINEN, ANTTI ARO, JAAKKO TUOMILEHTO, ULLA UUSITALO, and HEIKKI KORHONEN

Consumption of Boiled Coffee is Correlated with Serum Cholesterol in Finland
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 586-590; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.586 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EUGENE SCHWARTZ, VINCENT Y KOFIE, MARC RIVO, and REED V TUCKSON

Black/White Comparisons of Deaths Preventable by Medical Intervention: United States and the District of Columbia 1980–1986
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 591-598; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.591 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GODFREY J A WALKER, AFFETTE MCCAW-BINNS, DEANNA E C ASHLEY, and G WESLEY BERNARD

Identifying Maternal Deaths in Developing Countries: Experience in Jamaica
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 599-605; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.599 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

VINCENT FAUVEAU, BOGDAN WOJTYNIAK, G MOSTAFA, A M SARDER, and J CHAKRABORTY

Perinatal Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: A Community-Based Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 606-612; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.606 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SULTANA S ZAMAN, NAILA Z KHAN, SHAHEEN ISLAM, SULTANA BANU, SHANTA DIXIT, PATRICK SHROUT, and MAUREEN DURKIN

Validity of the ‘Ten Questions’ for Screening Serious Childhood Disability: Results from Urban Bangladesh
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 613-620; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.613 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J COOREMAN, S REDON, M LEVALLOIS, R LIARD, and S PERDRIZET

Respiratory History during Infancy and Childhood, and Respiratory Conditions in Adulthood
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 621-627; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.621 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RUTH L BERKELMAN and JAMES W BUEHLER

Public Health Surveillance of Non-Infectious Chronic Diseases: The Potential to Detect Rapid Changes in Disease Burden
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 628-635; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.628 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DAVID A ROSS, NIGEL TAYLOR, RICHARD HAYES, and MALCOLM MCLEAN

Measuring Malnutrition in Famines: Are Weight-for-Height and Arm Circumference Interchangeable?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 636-645; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.636 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J L MAHU, C LECLERCQ, and J P SUQUET

Usefulness of Red Cell Distribution Width in Association with Biological Parameters in an Epidemiological Parameters in an Epidemiological Survey of Iron Deficiency in Children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 646-654; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.646 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M P VESSEY, L VILLARD-MACKINTOSH, and D YEATES

Epidemiology of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Women of Childbearing Age. Findings in a Large Cohort Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 655-659; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.655 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CAREL THIJS and PAUL KNIPSCHILD

Legume Intake and Gallstone Risk: Results from a Case-Control Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 660-663; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.660 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

REDDA TEKLE HAIMANOT, YEMANE KIDANE, ELIZABETH WUHIB, ANGELINA KALISSA, TADESSE ALEMU, ZEIN AHMED ZEIN, and PETER S SPENCER

Lathyrism in Rural Northwestern Ethiopia: A Highly Prevalent Neurotoxic Disorder
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 664-672; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.664 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PHILIPPE J DUCLOS and LEE M SANDERSON

An Epidemiological Description of Lightning-Related Deaths in the United States
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 673-679; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.673 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BERNARD L COHEN

Ecological versus Case-Control Studies for Testing a Linear-No Threshold Dose-Response Relationship
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 680-684; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.680 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LOUISE KUHN and MERRICK ZWARENSTEIN

Evaluation of a Village Health Worker Programme: The Use of Village Health Worker Retained Records
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 685-692; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.685 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

STEPHEN MOSES, JANET E BRADLEY, NICO J D NAGELKERKE, ALLAN R RONALD, J O NDINYA-ACHOLA, and FRANCIS A PLUMMER

Geographical Patterns of Male Circumcision Practices in Africa: Association with HIV Seroprevalence
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 693-697; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.693 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CELIA D CHRISTIE, JENNIFER LEE-HIRSH, BENJAMIN ROGALL, SAMUEL MERRILL, ANGELA A RAMLAL, VICTORIA KARIAN, and FRANCIS L BLACK

Durability of Passive Measles Antibody in Jamaican Children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 698-702; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.698 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D J NOKES, A R MCLEAN, R M ANDERSON, and M GRABOWSKY

Measles Immunization Strategies for Countries with High Transmission Rates: Interim Guidelines Predicted Using a Mathematical Model
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 703-710; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.703 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

VINOHAR BALRAJ, JACOB T JOHN, MAYA THOMAS, and SATISH MUKUNDAN

Efficacy of Oral Poliovirus Vaccine in Rural Communities of North Arcot District, India
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 711-714; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.711 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SRIKUMAR MENON, MATHURAM SANTOSHAM, RAYMOND REID, JEANNE ALMEIDO-HILL, R BRADLEY SACK, and GEORGE W COMSTOCK

Rotavirus Diarrhoea in Apache Children: A Case-Control Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 715-721; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.715 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SAMIR R DUTTA, SAMEER A KHALFAN, BADER H BAIG, LAYLA PHILIPOSE, and RASHID FULAYFIL

Epidemiology of Rotavirus Diarrhoea in Children under Five Years in Bahrain
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 722-727; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.722 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JOHN B SCHORLING, JAY F MCAULIFFE, MARIA AUXILIADORA DE SOUZA, and RICHARD L GUERRANT

Malnutrition is Associated with Increased Diarrhoea Incidence and Duration among Children in an Urban Brazilian Slum
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 728-735; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.728 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CESAR G VICTORA, BETTY R KIRKWOOD, SANDRA C FUCHS, CINTIA LOMBARDI, and FERNANDO C BARROS

Is it Possible to Predict which Diarrhoea Episodes Will Lead to Life-Threatening Dehydration?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 736-742; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.736 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ANDREW CORWIN, ALAN RYAN, WILLIAM BLOYS, RICHARD THOMAS, BENJAMIN DENIEGA, and DOUGLAS WATTS

A Waterborne Outbreak of Leptospirosis among United States Military Personnel in Okinawa, Japan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 743-748; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.743 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HELMUT KLOOS, GENE I HIGASHI, VERNON D SCHINSKI, NOSHY S MANSOUR, K DARWIN MURRELL, and F DEWOLFE MILLER

Water Contact and Schistosoma Haematobium Infection: A Case Study from an Upper Egyptian Village
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 749-758; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.749 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News of New Studies:

JAN VAN REEK, RONALD KNIBBE, and FRANS THEUNISSEN

Mechanisms of Influences on Smoking and Drinking Behaviour among Secondary Schoolchildren
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 759; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.759 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

COLIN L SOSKOLNE, MARK S FRANKEL, and JANET L STORCH

Letters to the Editor: Draft Guidelines on Ethics for Epidemiologists
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 760-761; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.760 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J R BANEGAS, F RODRÍGUEZ ARTALEJO, P RODRÍGUEZ PÉREZ, J M MARTÍN MORENO, and F VILLAR

Recent Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Trends in Spain
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 761-762; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.761 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J W J VAN DER GULDEN, A L M VERBEEK, and J J KOLK

Feasibility of Ascertaining Occupational Histories from Men over Age 70 through Self-Administered Questionnaires
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 762-763; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.762 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

FABIO PARAZZINI and GABRIELA CECCHETTI

The frequency of imperforate hymen in Northern Italy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 763-764; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.763 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SYLVIA RICHARDSON and DENIS HÉMON

Ecological bias and confounding
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 764-766; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.764 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SANDER GREENLAND and HAL MORGENSTERN

Ecological bias and confounding
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 766-767; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.766 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JOHN A DALY

Special Supplement on Rapid Epidemiological Assessment (REA)
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 767-768; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.767 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B J SELWYN and R R FRERICHS

Special Supplement on Rapid Epidemiological Assessment (REA)
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 768-769; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.768 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

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Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 770-771; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.770 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K VUYLSTEEK

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 771; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.771 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MICHEL THURIAUX

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 771-772; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.771-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

WHO Publications and Book News:

WHO Publications and Book News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 773-774; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.773 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 775; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.775 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Erratum
Int. J. Epidemiol. 19: 776; doi:10.1093/ije/19.3.776 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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