International Journal of Epidemiology

Original Articles:

ØYSTEIN KRAVDAL

Relationship between Childbearing and Cancer Incidence due to Biology or Lifestyle? Examples of the Importance of Using Data on Men
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 477-484; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.477 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KAREN STEINDORF, JAY LUBIN, HEINZ-ERICH WICHMANN, and HEIKO BECHER

Lung Cancer Deaths Attributable to Indoor Radon Exposure in West Germany
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 485-492; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.485 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WITAYA SWADDIWUDHIPONG, CHAVEEWAN CHAOVAKIRATIPONG, PATCHREE NGUNTRA, PRANEE MAHASAKPAN, PLOENJAI LERDLUKANAVONGE, and SUPAWAN KOONCHOTE

Effect of a Mobile Unit on Changes in Knowledge and Use of Cervical Cancer Screening among Rural Thai Women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 493-498; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.493 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KARIN A ROSENBLATT, DAVID B THOMAS, and THE WHO COLLABORATIVE STUDY OF NEOPLASIA AND STEROID CONTRACEPTIVES

Prolonged Lactation and Endometrial Cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 499-503; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.499 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JACK SIEMIATYCKI, DANIEL KREWSKI, EDUARDO FRANCO, and MURRAY KAISERMAN

Associations between Cigarette Smoking and Each of 21 Types of Cancer: A Multi-Site Case-Control Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 504-514; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.504 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ALESSANDRO MENOTTI, FULVIA SECCARECCIA, HENRY BLACKBURN, and ANCEL KEYS

Coronary Mortality and its Prediction in Samples of US and Italian Railroad Employees in 25 Years within the Seven Countries Study of Cardiovascular Diseases
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 515-521; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.515 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DONNA L ARMSTRONG, STEVEN B WING, and HERMAN A TYROLER

United States Mortality from Ill-Defined Causes, 1968–1988: Potential Effects on Heart Disease Mortality Trends
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 522-527; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.522 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BEIFAN ZHOU, XUXU RAO, BARBARA H DENNIS, YING LI, QILING ZHUO, AARON R FOLSOM, JUN YANG, YIHE LI, JEREMIAH STAMLER, TIANXIU CAO, CHENGYE GUO, RATNA P THOMAS, LINCHENG ZHAO, XIAOGING LIU, XIUZHEN TIAN, RUNPING ZHENG, and FOR THE PRC-USA CARDIOVASCULAR AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESEARCH GROUP

The Relationship between Dietary Factors and Serum Lipids in chinese Urban and Rural Populations of Beijing and Guangzhou
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 528-534; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.528 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

RUTH BONITA, JOANNA B BROAD, NEIL E ANDERSON, and ROBERT BEAGLEHOLE

Approaches to the Problems of Measuring the Incidence of Stroke: The Auckland Stroke Study, 1991–1992
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 535-542; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.535 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JOSEPH ISTVAN, ROBERT MURRAY, HELEN VOELKER, and FOR THE LUNG HEALTH STUDY RESEARCH GROUP

The Relationship Between Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and Body Weight
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 543-546; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.543 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

IAN R H ROCKETT and JOHN H POLLARD

Life Table Analaysis of the United States' Year 2000 Mortality Objectives
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 547-551; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.547 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

RAGNAR WESTERLING

Small-Area Variation in Multiple Causes of Death in Sweden—A Comparison with Underlying Causes of Death
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 552-558; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.552 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K STRONKS, H VAN DE MHEEN, J VAN DEN BOS, and J P MACKENBACH

Smaller Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health among Women: The Role of Employment Status
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 559-568; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.559 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I M A JOUNG, J B W VAN DER MEER, and J P MACKENBACH

Marital Status and Health Care Utilization
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 569-575; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.569 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MARC SAEZ, JORDI SUNYER, JORDI CASTELLSAGUÉ, CARLES MURILLO, and JOSEP M ANTÓ

Relationship between Weather Temperature and Mortality: A Time Series Analysis Approach in Barcelona
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 576-582; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.576 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SAMUEL SEPKOWITZ

International Rankings of Infant Mortality and the United States' Vital Statistics Natality Data Collecting System—Failure and Success
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 583-588; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.583 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KIRSTEN OHM KYVIK, ANDERS GREEN, and HENNING BECK-NIELSEN

The New Danish Twin Register: Establishment and Analysis of Twinning Rates
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 589-596; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.589 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ROBYN SHAW, KATE WOODMAN, MARK AYSON, SUE DIBDIN, REGINA WINKELMANN, JULIAN CRANE, RICHARD BEASLEY, and NEIL PEARCE

Measuring the Prevalence of Bronchial Hyper-Responsiveness in Children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 597-602; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.597 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SUSAN CHINN, ELISABETTA ZANOLIN, ERIC LAI, DEBORAH JARVIS, CHRISTINA M LUCZYNSKA, and PETER G J BURNEY

Adjustment of Reported Prevalence of Respiratory Symptoms for Non-Response in a Multi-Centre Health Survey
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 603-611; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.603 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MICHAEL BJØRN RUSSELL, BIRTHE KROGH RASMUSSEN, PER THORVALDSEN, and JES OLESEN

Prevalence and Sex-Ratio of the Subtypes of Migraine
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 612-618; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.612 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JESÚS CASTILLA and ELENA GARCÍA-PUENTE

The AIDS Epidemic among Spanish Women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 619-624; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.619 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BO BURSTROM, PETER ABBY, and DOMINIC M MUTIE

Validity of Measles Mortality Data Using Hospital Registers and Community Surveys
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 625-629; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.625 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

VICENTE MARTÍN SÁNCHEZ, FERNANDO ALVAREZ-GUISASOLA, JOAN A CAYLÁ, and JOSE L ALVAREZ

Predictive Factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Prisoners
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 630-636; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.630 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MAARTEN R A VAN CLEEFF and H J CHUM

The Proportion of Tuberculosis Cases in Tanzania Attributable to Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 637-642; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.637 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JOHN BENNETT, NAILA AZHAR, FARHANA RAHIM, SARDAR KAMIL, HECTOR TRAVERSO, GEORGE KILLGORE, and JOHN BORING

Further Observations on Ghee as a Risk Factor for Neonatal Tetanus
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 643-647; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.643 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letter to the Editor:

VICTOR M CARDENAS and HELEN LUCY THOMAS

Letter to the Editor
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 648; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.648 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews:

R C CONNOLLY

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 649; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.649 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CLARK W HEATH

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 649-650; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.649-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NEIL SQUIRES

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 650-651; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.650 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T WALLEY

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 651; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.651 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PAUL SILCOCKS

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 651-652; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.651-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book News and WHO Publications:

Book News and WHO Publications
Int. J. Epidemiol. 24: 653; doi:10.1093/ije/24.3.653 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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