Int. J. Epidemiol. -- Table of Contents (27 [5])

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Contents: Volume 27, Number 5: October 1998   [Index by Author]      Other Issues:

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       Original Articles

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Review Article:

Sam Shapiro, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, Mireille Broeders, Mary Codd, Harry de Koning, Jacques Fracheboud, Sue Moss, Eugenio paci, Sylvie Stachenko, Rachel Ballard-Barbash, International Breast Cancer Saeeriing Network (IBSN), and European Network of Pilot Projects for Breast Cancer Screening: Breast cancer screening programmes in 22 countries: current policies, administration and guidelines
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 735-742; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.735 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original Articles:

Chittukadu K Gajalakshmi, Viswanathan Shanta, and Matti Hakama: Risk factors for contralateral breast cancer in Chennai (Madras), India
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 743-750; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.743 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Maureen A Smith, Judith A Fine, Raymond L Barnhill, and Marianne Berwick: Hormonal and reproductive influences and risk of melanoma in women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 751-757; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.751 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ya-Ting Chen, Robert Dubrow, Tongzhang Zheng, Raymond L Barnhill, Judith Fine, and Marianne Berwick: Sunlamp use and the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: a population-based case-control study in Connecticut, USA
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 758-765; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.758 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lisa Hum, Nancy Kreiger, and Murray M Finkelstein: The relationship between parental occupation and bone cancer risk in offspring
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 766-771; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.766 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bernard Rachet, Annie J Sasco, Michal Abrahamowicz, and Daniel Benyaminea: Prognostic factors for mortality in nasopharyngeal cancer: accounting for time-dependence of relative risks
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 772-780; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.772 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gary G Schwartz, Hakyon G Skinner, and Robert Duncan: Solid waste and pancreatic cancer: an ecologic study in Florida, USA
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 781-787; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.781 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pamela M Marcus and Polly A Newcomb: The association of calcium and vitamin D, and colon and rectal cancer in Wisconsin women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 788-793; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.788 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Katsuhisa Yamada, Shunichi Araki, Masaki Tamura, Izumi Sakai, Yukiko Takahashi, Hidetoshi Kashihara, and Summon Kono: Relation of serum total cholesterol, serum triglycerides and fasting plasma glucose to colorectal carcinoma in situ
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 794-798; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.794 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jukka Marniemi, Jorma Järvisalo, Tuula Toikka, Ismo Räihä, Markku Ahotupa, and Leif Sourander: Blood vitamins, mineral elements and inflammation markers as risk factors of vascular and non-vascular disease mortality in an elderly population
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 799-807; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.799 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anne Fagot-Campagna, Beverley Balkau, Dominique Simon, Jean-Michel Warnet, Jean-Roger Claude, Pierre Ducimetlèred, and Eveline Eschwègea: High free fatty acid concentration: an independent risk factor for hypertension in the Paris Prospective Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 808-813; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.808 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stan Becker and Shigui Weng: Seasonal patterns of deaths in Matlab, Bangladesh
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 814-823; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.814 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jian-Min Yuan, Ronald K. Ross, Yu-Tang Gao, and Mimi c Yu: Body weight and mortality: a prospective evaluation in a cohort of middle-aged men in Shanghai, China
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 824-832; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.824 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chizuru Misago, Walter Fonseca, Luciano correia, Lucilia M Fernandes, and Oona Campbell: Determinants of abortion among women admitted to hospitals in Fortaleza, North Eastern Brazil
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 833-839; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.833 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jan Van den Broeck, Roger Eeckels, and Anita Hokken-Koelega: Fatness and muscularity as risk indicators of child mortality in rural Congo
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 840-844; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.840 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Parviz Ghadirian, Meera Jain, Slobodan Ducic, Bryna Shatenstein, and Richard Morisset: Nutritional factors in the aetiology of multiple sclerosis: a case-control study in Montreal, Canada
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 845-852; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.845 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pat Phillip, David Wilson, Justin Beilby, Anne Taylor, Ellie Rosenfeld, Wendy Hill, and Jacqueline parsons: Diabetes complications and risk factors in an Australian population. How well are they managed?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 853-859; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.853 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anjum Memon, Wieslaw M pospula, Assem Y Tantawy, Sami Abdul-Ghafar, Ajitha Suresha, and Ahmad Al-Rowaih: Incidence of hip fracture in Kuwait
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 860-865; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.860 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Junaid A Razzak and Stephen P Luby: Estimating deaths and injuries due to road traffic accidents in Karachi, Pakistan, through the capture-recapture method
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 866-870; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.866 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debendra N Guha Mazumder, Reina Haque, Nilima Ghosh, Binay K De, Amal Santra, Dipankar Chakraborty, and Allan H Smith: Arsenic levels in drinking water and the prevalence of skin lesions in West Bengal, India
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 871-877; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.871 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ivo Müller, Tom Smith, Steve Mellor, Lawrence Rare, and Blaise Genton: The effect of distance from home on attendance at a small rural health centre in Papua New Guinea
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 878-884; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.878 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John L Haybittle: The use of the Gompertz function to relate changes in life expectancy to the standardized mortality ratio
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 885-889; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.885 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Emmanuel Lagarde, Gilles Pison, and Catherine Enel: Risk behaviours and AIDS knowledge in a rural community of Senegal: relationship with sources of AIDS information
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 890-896; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.890 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N Carré, F Boufassa, JB Hubert, M Chavance, C Rouzioux, C Goujard, Y Laurian, L Meyer, and the SEROCO & HEMOCO Study Group: Predictive value of viral load and other markers for progression to clinical AIDS after CD4+ cell count falls below 200/µL
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 897-903; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.897 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Umesh D Parashar, John V Bennett, John R Boring, and W Gary Hlady: Topical antimicrobials applied to the umbilical cord stump: a new intervention against neonatal tetanus
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 904-908; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.904 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Åke Svensson, Margareta Böttiger, and Olle Gustavsson: Immunity in the Swedish population: diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 909-915; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.909 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Margareta Böttiger, Olle Gustavsson, and Åke Svensson: Immunity to tetanus, diphtheria and poliomyelitis in the adult population of Sweden in 1991
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 916-925; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.916 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

ALFRED KÖRBLEIN: Letters to the Editor: Stillbirth rates around the nuclear installation at Sellafield, UK
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 926; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.926 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

YUE CHEN, DONNA C RENNIE, LORI A LOCKINGER, and JAMES A DOSMAN: Excessive weight concerns in ex-smoking women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 927; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.927 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

XAVIER ANGLARET, FATOUMATA SYLLA-KOKO, SERGE DIAGBOUGA, PATRICE COMBE, PHILIPPE VAN DE PERRE, and FRANCOIS DABIS: CD4 count and CD4% in African HIV-infected people
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 928; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.928 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HELINÄ HAKKO, PIRKKO RÄSÄNEN, MARJO-RIITFA JÄRVELIN, and JARI TLLHONIEN: Parental age gap and child sex ratio—Fact or fiction?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 929-930; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.929 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Authors' Reply:

HO DICKINSON, L PARKER, and TJB DUMMER: Authors' Reply
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 926; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.926-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

book-review:

PAUL R HUNTER: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 931; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.931 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JULIAN VERBOV: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 931; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.931-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CM REGAN: Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 932; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.932 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: Book News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 932; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.932-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

other:

: Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 933; doi:10.1093/ije/27.5.933 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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