International Journal of Epidemiology

Original Articles:

David M Mannino, Earl Ford, Gary A Giovino, and Michael Thun

Lung cancer deaths in the United States from 1979 to 1992: an analysis using multiple-cause mortality data
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 159-166; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.159 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Seow, SW Duffy, TP Ng, MA McGee, and HP Lee

Lung cancer among Chinese females in Singapore 1968–1992: time trends, dialect group differences and implications or aetiology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 167-172; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.167 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel J Galanis, Laurence N Kolonel, James Lee, and Abraham Nomura

Intakes of selected foods and beverages and the incidence of gastric cancer among the Japanese residents of Hawaii: a prospective study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 173-180; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.173 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JCN Mbanya, EM Minkoulou, JN Salah, and B Balkau

The prevalence of hypertension in rural and urban Cameroon
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 181-185; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.181 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DW Heerstrass, MC Ocké, HB Bueno-de-Mesquita, PHM Peeters, and JC Seidall

Underreporting of energy, protein and potassium intake in relation to body mass index
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 186-193; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.186 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Holger Theobald, Lars Olov Bygren, John Carstensen, Mårten Hauffman, and Peter Engfeldt

Effects of an assessment of needs for medical and social services on long-term mortality: a randomized controlled study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 194-198; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.194 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mirjam Mulder, Adelita V Ranchor, Robbert Sanderman, Jelte Bouma, and Wim JA van den Heuvel

The stability of lifestyle behaviour
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 199-207; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.199 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristiina Manderbacka, Eero Lahelma, and Pekka Martikainen

Examining the continuity of self-rated health
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 208-213; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.208 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EG Krug, KE Powell, and LL Dahlberg

Firearm-related deaths in the United States and 35 other high- and upper-middle- income countries
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 214-221; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.214 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AEJM Cavelaars, AE Kunst, JJM Geurts, U Helmert, O Lundberg, A Mielck, J Matheson, Ar. Mizrahi, A Mizrahi, N Rasmussen, T Spuhler, and JP Mackenbach

Morbidity differences by occupational class among men in seven European countries: an application of the Erikson-Goldthorpe social class scheme
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 222-230; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.222 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Parul Christian, Keith P West, Jr, Subarna K Khatry, Joanne Katz, Sharda Ram Shrestha, Elizabeth K Pradhan, Steven C LeClerq, and Ram P Pokhrel

Night blindness of pregnancy in rural Nepal—nutritional and health risks
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 231-237; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.231 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RWI Cooke

Smoking, intra-uterine growth retardation and sudden infant death syndrome
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 238-241; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.238 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Saul S Morris, Cesar G Victoria, Fernando C Barros, Ricardo Halpern, Ana MB Menezes, Juraci A César, Bernardo L Horta, and Elaine Tomasi

Length and ponderal index at birth: associations with mortality, hospitalizations, development and post-natal growth in Brazilian infants
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 242-247; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.242 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Winkvist, Ingrid Mogren, and Ulf Högberg

Familial patterns in birth characteristics: impact on individual and population risks
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 248-254; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.248 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wafaie W Fawzi, M Guillermo Herrera, Penelope Nestel, Alawia El Amin, and Kamal A Mohamed

A longitudinal study of prolonged breastfeeding in relation to child undernutrition
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 255-260; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.255 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rowan H Harwood, Martin Prince, Anthony Mann, and Shah Ebrahim

Associations between diagnoses, impairments, disability and handicap in a population of elderly people
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 261-268; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.261 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Benjamin A Rybicki, Edward L Peterson, Christine C Johnson, Gene X Kortsha, William M Cleary, and Jay M Gorell

Intra- and inter-rater agreement in the assessment of occupational exposure to metals
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 269-273; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.269 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Douglas E Schaubel, Howard I Morrison, Marie Desmeules, Daria Parsons, and Stanley SA Fenton

End-stage renal disease projections for Canada to 2005 using Poisson and Markov models
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 274-281; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.274 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cristina Fernández-Pérez, Juan Tejada, and Miguel Carrasco

Multivariate time series analysis in nosocomial infection surveillance: a case study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 282-288; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.282 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Goya Wannamethee, Sunee Sirivichayakul, Andrew N Phillips, Sasiwimol Ubolyam, Kiat Ruxrungtham, Mattana Hanvanich, and Praphan Phanuphak

Clinical and immunological features of human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients from Bangkok, Thailand
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 289-295; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.289 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Chandramohan and BM Greenwood

Is there an interaction between human immunodeficiency virus and Plasmodium falciparum?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 296-301; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.296 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robin J MacGowan, Claire E Sterk, Anna Long, Rose Cheney, John E Anderson, and Matt Seeman

New needle and syringe use, and use of needle exchange programmes by street recruited injection drug users in 1993
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 302-308; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.302 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ilse A van Asperen, Gertjan Medema, Martien W Borgdorff, Macr JW Sprenger, and Arie H Havelaar

Risk of gastroenteritis among triathletes in relation to faecal pollution of fresh waters
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 309-315; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.309 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Moo-Song Lee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Heon Kim, Hyo-Suk Lee, Chung-Yong Kim, Tae-Soo Park, Keun-Young Yoo, Byung-Joo Park, and Yoon-Ok Ahn

Hepatitis B vaccination and reduced risk of primary liver cancer among male adults: a cohort study in Korea
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 316-319; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.316 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jianping Geng, Dezhong Xu, Jianren Gong, and Wenchao Li

Assessing hepatitis A virus epidemic stochastic process in eight cities in China in 1990
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 320-322; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.320 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg, James N Newell, Robert W Snow, Victor Mung'ala, Kevin Marsh, Peter G Smith, and Richard J Hayes

An analysis of the geographical distribution of severe malaria in children in Kilifi District, Kenya
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 323-329; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.323 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marta-Louise Ackers, Robert E Quick, Christopher J Drasbek, Lori Hutwagner, and Robert V Tauxe

Are there national risk factors for epidemic cholera? The correlation between socioeconomic and demographic indices and cholera incidence in Latin America
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 330-334; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.330 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

DAVID BATTY

Measurement of physical activity exposure
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 335; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.335 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NINA HAAPANEN, SEPPO MIILUNPALO, ILKKA VUORI, PEKKA OJA, and MATTI PASANEN

Authors' Response
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 335-336; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.335-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

PAUL PHAROAH

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 337; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.337 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

NEIL SQUIRES

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 337; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.337-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Y W TONG

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 338; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.338 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MARY JANE PLATT

Software Review
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 338; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.338-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book News:

Book News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 339; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.339 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 340-341; doi:10.1093/ije/27.2.340 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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