International Journal of Epidemiology

LEADING ARTICLE:

Jørn Olsen and IEA European Questionnaire Group

Epidemiology deserves better questionnaires
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 935; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.935 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Articles:

Javier Pintos, Eduardo L Franco, Luiz P Kowalski, Benedito V Oliveira, and Maria P Curado

Use of wood stoves and risk of cancers of the upper aero-digestive tract: a case-control study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 936-940; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.936 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wei-cheng You, Lian Zhang, Mitchell H Gail, Jun-ling Ma, Yun-sheng Chang, William J Blot, Ji-you Li, Cai-lin Zhao, Wei-dong Liu, Hui-qing Li, Yuan-reng Hu, Juan Carlos Bravo, Pelayo Correa, Guang-wei Xu, and Joseph F Fraumeni, Jr

Helicobacter pylori infection, garlic intake and precancerous lesions in a Chinese population at low risk of gastric cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 941-944; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.941 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wei-cheng You, Lian Zhang, Mitchell H Gail, Ji-you Li, Yun-sheng Chang, William J Blot, Cai-lin Zhao, Wei-dong Liu, Hui-qing Li, Jun-ling Ma, Yuan-reng Hu, Juan Carlos Bravo, Pelayo Correa, Guang-wei Xu, and Joseph F Fraumeni, Jr

Precancerous lesions in two counties of China with contrasting gastric cancer risk
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 945-948; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.945 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hilary C Watt, Malcolm R Law, Nicholas J Wald, Wendy Y Craig, Thomas B Ledue, and James E Haddow

Serum triglyceride: a possible risk factor for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 949-952; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.949 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrzej Pajak, Grazyna Broda, Teri A Manolio, Ewa Kawalec, Stefan Rywik, CE Davis, Jarostaw Pikon, Aleksandra Pytlak, and Ratna P Thomas

Constitutional, biochemical and lifestyle correlates of fibrinogen and factor VII activity in Polish urban and rural populations
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 953-961; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.953 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Rosengren and L Wilhelmsen

Respiratory symptoms and long-term risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer and other causes in Swedish men
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 962-969; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.962 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donna R Parker, Kate L Lapane, Thomas M Lasater, and Richard A Carleton

Short stature and cardiovascular disease among men and women from two southeastern New England communities
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 970-975; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.970 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TJ Orchard, LK Stevens, KY-Z Forrest, and JH Fuller

Cardiovascular disease in insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: similar rates but different risk factors in the US compared with Europe
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 976-983; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.976 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tetsuya Mizoue, Ryoji Ueda, Noritaka Tokui, Yoshiyuki Hino, and Takesumi Yoshimuia

Body mass decrease after initial gain following smoking cessation
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 984-988; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.984 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rickard E Juttmann, John Hess, Casper WN Looman, Gerrit J van Oortmarssen, and Paul J van der Maas

Screening for congenital heart malformation in child health centres
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 989-994; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.989 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Per Magnus, Per Nafstad, Leif Øie, Karin Cecilie Lødrup Carlsen, Georg Becher, Johny Kongerud, Kai-Håkon Carlsen, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Grete Botten, and Leiv S Bakketeig

Exposure to nitrogen dioxide and the occurrence of bronchial obstruction in children below 2 years
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 995-999; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.995 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SP Proctor, T Heeren, RF White, J Wolfe, MS Borgos, JD Davis, L Pepper, R Clapp, PB Sutker, JJ Vasterling, and D Oznoff

Health status of Persian Gulf War veterans: self-reported symptoms, environmental exposures and the effect of stress
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1000-1010; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1000 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carola TM Schrijvers, H Dike van de Mheen, Karien Stronks, and Johan P Mackenbach

Socioeconomic inequalities in health in the working population: the contribution of working conditions
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1011-1018; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1011 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nils-Ove Månsson, Lennart Råstam, Karl-Fredrik Eriksson, and Bo Israelsson

Socioeconomic inequalities and disability pension in middle-aged men
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1019-1025; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1019 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Etienne Gubéran and Massimo Usel

Permanent work incapacity, mortality and survival without work incapacity among occupations and social classes: a cohort study of ageing men in Geneva
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1026-1032; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1026 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Staffan E Norell, Göran Boethius, and Ingemar Persson

Oral contraceptive use: interview data versus pharmacy records
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1033-1037; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1033 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philippe Lunetta, Antti Pentilä, and Seppo Sarna

Water traffic accidents, drowning and alcohol in Finland, 1969–1995
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1038-1043; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1038 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luiz F Marcopito and Jesse A Berlin

A method for calculating age-weighted death proportions for comparison purposes
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1044-1052; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1044 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wen-Chung Lee

The meaning and use of the cumulative rate of potential life lost
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1053-1056; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1053 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ignacio Abaitua Borda, Rossanne M Philen, Manuel Posada de la Paz, Agustín Gömez de la Cámara, Mercedes Diez Ruiz-Navarro, Olga Giménez Ribota, Jorge Alvargonzález Soldevilla, Benedetto Terracini, Serapio Severiano Peña, Carmen Fuentes Leal, and Edwin M Kilbourne

Toxic oil syndrome mortality: the first 13 years
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1057-1063; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1057 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David T Dunn

A review of statistical methods for estimating the risk of vertical human immunodeficiency virus transmission
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1064-1067; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1064 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sara Madge, Andrew N Phillips, Anja Griffioen, Adeola Olaitan, Margaret A Johnson, and MRC Collaborative Study of women with HIV

Demographic, clinical and social factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection and other sexually transmitted diseases in a cohort of women from the United Kingdom and Ireland
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1068-1071; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1068 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joël Ladner, Katia Castetbon, Valériane Leroy, Marie Nyiraziraje, Michel Chauliac, Etienne Karita, André De clercq, Philippe Van de perre, François Dabis, and Pregnancy and HIV Study Group (EGE)

Pregnancy, body weight and human immunodeficiency virus infection in African women: a prospective cohort study in Kigali (Rwanda), 1992–1994
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1072-1077; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1072 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michel Dupon, Catherine Marimoutou, Céline Cazorla, Christine Binquet, Geneviève Chêne, Jean-Luc Pellegrin, Hervé Dutronc, Caroline Nouts, François Dabis, and Groupe d'Epidémiologie Clinique du SIDA en Aquitaine (GECSA)

Incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related Kaposi's sarcoma in the Aquitaine Cohort, France, 1988–1996
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1078-1082; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1078 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mary R Reichler, Ahmed Darwish, George Stroh, John Stevenson, Mahmoud Abu Al Nasr, Said Ali Oun, and MH Wahdan

Cluster survey evaluation of coverage and risk factors for failure to be immunized during the 1995 National Immunization Days in Egypt
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1083-1089; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1083 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna C Gorter, Peter Sandiford, Johanna Pauw, Patricia Morales, Rosa Maria Pérez, and Henk Alberts

Hygiene behaviour in rural Nicaragua in relation to diarrhoea
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1090-1100; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1090 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iwan Venetz, Kurt Schopfer, Kathrin Mühlemann, and Swiss Pneumococcal Study Group

Paediatric, invasive pneumococcal disease in Switzerland, 1985–1994
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1101-1104; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1101 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

letter:

R MONINA KLEVENS, PATRICIA L FLEMING, C GREG GAINES, and SUSAN TROXLER

Letter to the Editor: Completeness of HIV Reporting in Louisiana, USA
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1105; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1105 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

book-review:

PATTY SOLOMON

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1106-1107; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1106 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

QUTUB SYED

Book Reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1107; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1107 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1108; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1108 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1108; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1108-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Index to Volume 27:

Index to Volume 27, 1998
Int. J. Epidemiol. 27: 1109-1129; doi:10.1093/ije/27.6.1109 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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