International Journal of Epidemiology

Leading Article:

Douglas L Weed and Robert E Mckeown

Epidemiology and virtue ethics
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 343-348; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.343 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tim Cullinan

Reviewer's comments: ‘Epidemiology and virtue ethics’
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 348; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.348 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Robert E McKeown and Douglas L Weed

Authors' response to comment on ‘Epidemiology and virtue ethics’
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 348-349; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.348-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review Article:

Mónica Alonso González, Fernando Rodríguez Artalejo, and Juan del Rey Calero

Relationship between socioeconomic status and ischaemic heart disease in cohort and case-control studies: 1960–1993
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 350-358; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.350 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original Articles:

Taik-Koo yun and Soo-Yong Choi

Non-organ specific cancer prevention of ginseng: a prospective study in Korea
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 359-364; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.359 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sun Ha Jee, Soon Kim, II, Suh, II, Dongchun Shin, and Lawrence J Appe

Projected mortality from lung cancer in South Korea, 1980–2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 365-369; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.365 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mauricio Hem´ndez-Avila, Eduardo César Lazcano-Ponce, Patricia Alonso de Ruíz, and Isabelle Romieu

Evaluation of the cervical cancer screening programme in Mexico: a population-based case-control study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 370-376; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.370 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fré AF Kreuger, Henk Beerman, Huub GT Nijs, and Marjolein van Ballegooijen

Positive diagnostic values and histological detection ratios from the Rotterdam cervical cancer screening programme
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 377-381; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.377 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martha L Slattery, Sandra L Edwards, and Wade Samowitz

Stage of colon cancer at diagnosis: implications for risk factor associations?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 382-387; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.382 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Maureen O Brown, Anne P Lanier, and Thomas M Becker

Colorectal cancer incidence and survival among Alaska Natives, 1969–1993
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 388-396; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.388 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Giovanni Corrao, Antonella Tragnone, Renzo Caprilli, Giacomo Trallori, Claudio Papi, Arnaldo Andreoi, Mariacarla Di Paolo, Gabriele Riegler, Gian-Piero Rigo, Oscar Ferraù, Carlo Mansi, Marcello Ingrosso, Daniela valpiani, and Cooperative Investigators of the Italian Group for the Study of the Colon and the Rectum (GISC)

Risk of inflammatory bowel disease attributable to smoking, oral contraception and breastfeeding in Italy: a nationwide case-control study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 397-404; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.397 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pyatat Tatsanavivat, Virat Klungboonkrong, Aroon Chirawatkul, Kiertijai Bhuripanyo, Anon Manmontri, Hatai Chitanondh, and Tada Yipintsoi

Prevalence of coronary heart disease and major cardiovascular risk factors in Thailand
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 405-409; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.405 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Johan Hallqvist, Michael Lundberg, Finn Diderichsen, and Anders Ahlbomb

Socioeconomic differences in risk of myocardial infarction 1971–1994 in Sweden: time trends, relative risks and population attributable risks
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 410-415; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.410 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Boyd A Swinburn, Lisa Walter, Heather Ricketts, Gary Whitlock, Bonnie Law, Robyn Norton, Rod Jackson, Stephen MacMahon, and (for the Fletcher Challenge-University of Auckland Heart and Health Study Management Committee)

The determinants of fat intake in a multi-ethnic New Zealand population
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 416-421; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.416 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TS Han, FCH Bijnen, MEJ Lean, and JC Seidell

Separate associations of waist and hip circumference with lifestyle factors
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 422-430; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.422 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H van de Mheen, K Stronks, CWN Looman, and JP Mackenbach

Does childhood socioeconomic status influence adult health through behavioural factors?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 431-437; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.431 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Keitaro Tanaka, Shoji Tokunaga, Suminori Kono, Shinkan Tokudome, Takashi Akamatsu, Takeshi Moriyama, and Hidemoto Zakouji

Coffee consumpation and decreased serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and aminotransferase activities among male alcohol drinkers
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 438-443; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.438 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michael E Jones, Anthony J Swerdlow, Leicester E Gill, and Michael J Goldacre

Pre-natal and early life risk factors for childhood onset diabetes mellitus: a record linkage study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 444-449; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.444 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anthony J McMichael, H Ross Anderson, Bert Brunekree, and Aaron J Cohen

Inappropriate use of daily mortality analyses to estimate longer-term mortality effects of air pollution
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 450-453; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.450 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nigel Bruce, Lynnette Neufeld, Erick BOY, and Chris West

Indoor biofuel air pollution and respiratory health: the role of confounding factors among women in highland Guatemala
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 454-458; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.454 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Coritme Peek-Asa, Jess F Kraus, Linda B Bourque, Dushyanthi Vimalachandra, Jenny Yu, and Jackie Abrams

Fatal and hospitalized injuries resulting from the 1994 Northridge earthquake
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 459-465; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.459 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Neeleman

Regional suicide rates in the Netherlands: does religion still play a role?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 466-472; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.466 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hamid Ghodse, Adenekan Oyefeso, and Bridget Kilpatrick

Mortality of drug addicts in the United Kingdom 1967–1993
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 473-478; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.473 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SA Earnshaw, N Keating, DJ Hosking, CED Chilvers, P Ravn, M McClung, RD Wasnich, and for the EPIC study group

Tooth counts do not predict bone mineral density in early postmenopausal Caucasian women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 479-483; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.479 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Adeiheid Onyango, Kristine G Koski, and Katherine L Tucker

Food diversity versus breastfeeding choice in determining anthropometric status in rural Kenyan toddlers
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 484-489; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.484 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kirsten B Simondon and François Simondon

Mothers prolong breastfeeding of undernourished children in rural Senegal
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 490-494; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.490 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JK Morris, E Alberman, and D Mutton

Is there evidence of clustering in Down syndrome?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 495-498; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.495 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ingrid GB Winbo, Fredrik H Serenius, Gisela G Dahlquist, and Bengt AJ Källén

NICE, a new cause of death classification for stillbirths and neonatal deaths
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 499-504; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.499 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Noreen Goldman, Barbara Vaughan, and Anne R Pebley

The use of calendars to measure child illness in health interview surveys
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 505-512; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.505 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pierre Chopard, Thomas V Perneger, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Christian Lovis, Didier Gousset, Catherine Rouillard, François P Sarasin, Pierre-François Unger, Francis A Waidvogela, and Alain F Junod

Predictors of inappropriate hospital days in a department of internal medicine
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 513-519; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.513 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

F Anne Peterson, Leslie Roberts, Michael J Toole, and Dan E Peterson

The effect of soap distribution on diarrhoea: Nyamithuthu Refugee Camp
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 520-524; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.520 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Young Sik Kim, Hyun Sook Chi, Yoon-Ok Akn, Hyo-Suk Lee, and Michael J Kiag

Lack of familial clustering of hepatitis C virus infection
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 525-529; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.525 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Albonjco, RJ Stoltzfus, L Savioli, JM Tielsch, HM Chwaya, E Ercole, and G Cancrini

Epidemiological evidence for a differential effect of hookworm species, Ancylostoma duodenale or Necator americanus, on iron status of children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 530-537; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.530 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

news:

WILLIAM H JAMES

Letter to the Editor: Dizygotic twinning rates and the possibility that the decline in sperm counts is a cohort phenomenon
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 538; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.538 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 541; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.541 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

book-review:

ALEX G STEWART

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 539; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.539 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

POD PHAROAH

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 539-540; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.539-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

VERA CARSTAIRS

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 540; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.540 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ANDY NESS

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 540; doi:10.1093/ije/27.3.540-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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