Int. J. Epidemiol. -- Table of Contents (20 [4])

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Contents: Volume 20, Number 4: December 1991   [Index by Author]      Other Issues:

       Review Article

       Original Articles

       Articles

       Letters to the Editor

       Book Reviews

       Book News and WHO Publications

       Bulletin Board

       Information for Contributors

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Review Article:

JONATHAN ELFORD, PETER WHINCUP, and A G SHAPER: Early Life Experience and Adult Cardiovascular Disease: Longitudinal and Case-Control Studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 833-844; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.833 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original Articles:

SALVATORE BARRA, ANNA E BARÓN, SILVIA FRANCESCHI, RENATO TALAMINI, and CARLO LA VECCHIA: Cancer and Non-Cancer Controls in Studies on the Effect of Tobacco and Alcohol Consumption
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 845-851; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.845 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EUGENIO PACI and STEPHEN W DUFFY: Modelling the Analysis of Breast Cancer Screening Programmes: Sensitivity, Lead Time and Predictive Value in the Florence District Programme (1975–1986)
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 852-858; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.852 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MONICA FERRARONI, ADRIANO DECARLI, WALTER C WILLETT, and ETTORE MARUBINI: Alcohol and Breast Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study from Northern Italy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 859-864; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.859 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DEBORAH L LASSISE, DAVID A SAVITZ, RICHARD F HAMMAN, ANNA E BARÓN, LOUISE A BRINTON, and ROBERT S LEVINES: Invasive Cervical Cancer and Intrauterine Device Use
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 865-870; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.865 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

FABIO PARAZZINI, CARLO RESTELLI, CARLO LA VECCHIA, EVA NEGRI, STEFANIA CHIARI, RENATO MAGGI, and COSTANTINO MANGIONI: Risk Factors for Epithelial Ovarian Tumours of Borderline Malignancy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 871-877; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.871 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SOO YONG CHOI and HIROAKI KAHYO: Effect of Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Consumption in the Aetiology of Cancer of the Oral Cavity, Pharynx and Larynx
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 878-885; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.878 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ALBERTO ASCHERIO, MEIR J STAMPFER, GRAHAM A COLDITZ, WALTER C WILLETT, and JOHN MCKINLAY: Nutrient Intakes and Blood Pressure in Normotensive Males
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 886-891; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.886 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M GIROUD, C MILAN, P BEURIAT, P GRAS, E ESSAYAGH, P ARVEUX, and R DUMAS: Incidence and Survival Rates during a Two-Year Period of Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Haemorrhages, Cortical Infarcts, Lacunes and Transient Ischaemic Attacks. The Stroke Registry of Dijon: 1985–1989
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 892-899; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.892 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KIM OVERVAD, ANNE T JØNNELAND, JÓHANNA HARALDSDÓTTIR, MARIANNE EWERTZ, and OLE MØLLER JENSEN: Development of a Semiquantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Food, Energy and Nutrient Intake in Denmark
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 900-905; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.900 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ANNE T JØNNELAND, KIM OVERVAD, JÓHANNA HARALDSDÓTTIR, SVEND BANG, MARIANNE EWERTZ, and OLE MØLLER JENSEN: Validation of a Semiquantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire Developed in Denmark
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 906-912; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.906 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I LECK, J M THOMSON, J A BOCAZ, P BARJA, J BONNAR, L DALY, A CARROL, E COUTINHO, M GONCALVES, M TSAKOK, S KOH, L POLLER, S HOLCK, O AYENI, and A PINOL: A Multicentre Study of Coagulation and Haemostatic Variables during Oral Contraception: Variations with Geographical Location and Ethnicity
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 913-920; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.913 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KIYOKO M PARRISH, SUSUMU HIGUCHI, TARO MURAMATSU, FREDERICK S STINSON, and THOMAS C HARFORD: A Method for Estimating Alcohol-Related Liver Cirrhosis Mortality in Japan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 921-926; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.921 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MAURIZIO BONATI, GUIDO FELLIN, and ICGDUP (ITALIAN COLLABORATIVE GROUP ON DRUG USE IN PREGNANCY): Changes in Smoking and Drinking Behaviour before and during Pregnancy in Italian Mothers: Implications for Public Health Intervention
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 927-932; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.927 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WARREN R STANTON and PHIL A SILVA: Children's Exposure to Smoking
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 933-937; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.933 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

B M MARGETTS, M G M ROWLAND, F A FOORD, A M CRUDDAS, T J COLE, and D J P BARKER: The Relation of Maternal Weight to the Blood Pressures of Gambian Children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 938-943; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.938 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

IGOR A KELMANSON: Epidemiological Aspects of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Leningrad: Anthropometric Findings in Victims
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 944-949; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.944 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MELISSA M ADAMS, CYNTHIA J BERG, PHILIP H RHODES, and BRIAN J MCCARTHY: Another Look at the Black-White Gap in Gestation-Specific Perinatal Mortality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 950-957; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.950 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JUN ZHANG, WENWEI CAI, and HUA CHEN: Perinatal Mortality in Shanghai: 1986–1987
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 958-963; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.958 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MARY L MCBRIDE, NANCY VAN DEN STEEN, CHARLES W LAMB, and RICHARD P GALLAGHER: Maternal and Gestational Factors in Cryptorchidism
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 964-970; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.964 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A E KUNST, C W N LOOMAN, and J P MACKENBACH: The Decline in Winter Excess Mortality in The Netherlands
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 971-977; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.971 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DAVID MICHAELS, STEPHEN R ZOLOTH, and FRANK B STERN: Does Low-Level Lead Exposure Increase Risk of Death? A Mortality Study of Newspaper Printers
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 978-983; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.978 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R R WEST: Specificity of Association in Analysis of Mortality and Inference on Causality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 984-988; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.984 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Z JOHNSON, S JENNINGS, J FOGARTY, H JOHNSON, R LYONS, P DOORLEY, and M HYNES: Behavioural Risk Factors among Young Adults in Small Areas with High Mortality versus those in Low-Mortality Areas
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 989-996; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.989 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MARTIN FRISCHER, MICHAEL BLOOR, ANDREW FINLAY, DAVID GOLDBERG, STEPHEN GREEN, SALLY HAW, NEIL MCKEGANEY, and STEPHEN PLATT: A New Method of Estimating Prevalence of Injecting Drug Use in an Urban Population: Results from a Scottish City
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 997-1000; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.997 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D L KUH, C POWER, and B RODGERS: Secular Trends in Social Class and Sex Differences in Adult Height
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1001-1009; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1001 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JAAKKO TUOMILEHTO, HEIKKI J KORHONEN, LEENA KARTOVAARA, VEIKKO SALOMAA, JARI H STENGÅRD, MATTI PITKÄNEN, ANTTI ARO, KAIJA JAVELA, MATTI UUSITUPA, and JANNE PITKÄNIEMI: Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Tolerance in the Middle-Aged Population of Three Areas in Finland
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1010-1017; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1010 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

RUDMAR NILSSON, OWE LÖFMAN, KENNETH BERGLUND, LASSE LARSSON, and GÖRAN TOSS: Increased Hip-Fracture Incidence in the County of Östergötland, Sweden, 1940–1986, with Forecasts up to the Year 2000: An Epidemiological Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1018-1024; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1018 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EVA VINGÅRD, LARS ALFREDSSON, IAN GOLDIE, and CHRISTER HOGSTEDT: Occupation and Osteoarthrosis of the Hip and Knee: A Register-Based Cohort Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1025-1031; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1025 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

YUTAKA MOTOHASHI and SABURO NISHI: Prediction of End-Stage Renal Disease Patient Population in Japan by System Dynamics Model
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1032-1036; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1032 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

GIOVANNI CORRAO, SARINO ARICO, ROBERTO RUSSO, FLAVIA CARLE, GIOVANNI GALATOLA, PIER FEDERICO TORCHIO, ANGELA RUGGENINI MOIRAGHI, FERDINANDO DI ORIO, and MARCO DE LA PIERRE: Alcohol Consumption and Non-Cirrhotic Chronic Hepatitis: A Case-Control Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1037-1042; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1037 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BORIS VUCELJC, BOJANA KORAC, MIRNA SENTIC, DAVOR MILLLIClC, NIJAZ HADZIC, VESNA JURESA, JADRANKA BOZIKOV, IVO ROTKVIC, MLADEN BULJEVAC, IGOR KOVACEVIC, MIRJANA TICAK, and NIKOLA MAKEK: Ulcerative Colitis in Zagreb, Yugoslavia: Incidence and Prevalence 1980–1989
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1043-1047; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1043 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DONALD R HARRIS, STANLEY LEMESHOW, STEVEN K LWANGA, JAMES CHIN, and ROGER DUCHESNEAU: Evaluation of a Standardized Survey Design Proposed for Use in Epidemiological Research on AIDS
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1048-1056; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1048 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ABDULLAH H BAQUI, ROBERT E BLACK, MD YUNUS, A R AZIMUL HOQUE, H R CHOWDHURY, and R BRADLEY SACK: Methodological Issues in Diarrhoeal Diseases Epidemiology: Definition of Diarrhoeal Episodes
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1057-1063; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1057 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DILIP MAHALANABIS, AHMED NURUL ALAM, NURUR RAHMAN, and ABUL HASNAT: Prognostic Indicators and Risk Factors for Increased Duration of Acute Diarrhoea and for Persistent Diarrhoea in Children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1064-1072; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1064 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J TIES BOERMA, R E BLACK, A ELISABETH SOMMERFELT, SHEA O RUTSTEIN, and GEORGE T BICEGO: Accuracy and Completeness of Mothers' Recall of Diarrhoea Occurrence in Pre-School Children in Demographic and Health Surveys
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1073-1080; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1073 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E SIMCHEN, S JEERAPHAT, S SHIHAB, and B FATTAL: An Epidemic of Waterborne Shigella Gastroenteritis in Kibbutzim of Western Galilee in Israel
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1081-1087; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1081 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SHEILA K WEST, BEATRIZ MUNOZ, VIRGINIA M TURNER, B B O MMBAGA, and HUGH R TAYLOR: The Epidemiology of Trachoma in Central Tanzania
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1088-1092; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1088 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JOHN HAYMAN: Postulated Epidemiology of Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1093-1098; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1093 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F T CUTTS, S DIALLO, E R ZELL, and P RHODES: Determinants of Vaccination in an Urban Population in Conakry, Guinea
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1099-1106; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1099 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A R MCLEAN, D J NOKES, and R M ANDERSON: Model-Based Comparisons of Measles Immunization Strategies Using High Dose Edmonston-Zagreb Type Vaccines
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1107-1117; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1107 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MARC J W SPRENGER, PAUL G H MULDER, WALTER E P BEYER, and NIC MASUREL: Influenza: Relation of Mortality to Morbidity Parameters-Netherlands, 1970—1989
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1118-1124; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1118 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BRIAN O'TOOLE, BRIAN DRIVER, HELENA BRITT, and CHARLES BRIDGES-WEBB: Using General Practitioners to Measure Community Morbidity
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1125-1132; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1125 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TERENCE J O'NEILL: Positive Bias of the Combined Effect of Risk Factors Estimated by Marginal Aetiological Fractions
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1137-1139; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1137 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Articles:

VIRASAKDI CHONGSUVIVATWONG and PERMSIRI NITIMANOP: Voices from the Grassroots
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1133-1136; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1133 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

O GEFELLER and J WINDELER: Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer: Comments on Attributable Risk Calculations and the Evaluation of Screening in Case-Control Studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1140-1141; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1140 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

FABIO PARAZZINI, ALLAN HILDESHEIM, MONICA FERRARONI, CARLO LA VECCHIA, and LOUISE BRINTON: Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer: Comments on Attributable Risk Calculations and the Evaluation of Screening in Case-Control Studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1142-1143; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1142 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ANNIE J SASCO: Validity of Case-Control Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials of Screening
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1143-1144; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1143 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

IAN T RUSELL and ALLEN J WILCOX: A Criterion for Low Birthweight
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1145; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1145 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HAROUTUNE K ARMENIAN: Sunlight and Breast Cancer Incidence in the USSR
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1145-1146; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1145-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews:

A G SHAPER: Book reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1147; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1147 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KEVIN SNEE: Book reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1147; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1147-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H. GOODMAN: Book reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1148-1149; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1148 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J L HUTTON: Book reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1149; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1149 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JANE L HUTTON: Book reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1149-1150; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1149-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book News and WHO Publications:

: Book News and WHO Publications
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1151; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1151 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

: Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1152; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1152 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Information for Contributors:

: Information for Contributors
Int. J. Epidemiol. 20: 1153; doi:10.1093/ije/20.4.1153 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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