International Journal of Epidemiology

Original Articles:

Ray M Merrill, Riccardo Capocaccia, Eric J Feuer, and Angela Mariotto

Cancer prevalence estimates based on tumour registry data in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 197-207; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.197 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Christopher I Li, Janet L Stanford, and Janet R Daling

Anthropometric variables in relation to risk of breast cancer in middle-aged women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 208-213; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.208 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

N Andrieu, T Prevost, TE Rohan, E Luporsi, MG Lê, M Gerber, DG Zaridze, Y Lifanova, R Renaud, HP Lee, and SW Duffy

Variation in the interaction between familial and reproductive factors on the risk of breast cancer according to age, menopausal status, and degree of familiality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 214-223; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.214 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chien-Hung Lee, Ying-Chin Ko, William Goggins, Jhi-Jhu Huang, Ming-Shyan Huang, Eing-Long Kao, and Hwei-Zu Wang

Lifetime environmental exposure to tobacco smoke and primary lung cancer of non-smoking Taiwanese women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 224-231; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.224 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tetsuya Mizoue, Noritaka Tokui, Kazuko Nishisaka, Shin-ichi Nishisaka, Itsuro Ogimoto, Masato Ikeda, and Takesumi Yoshimura

Prospective study on the relation of cigarette smoking with cancer of the liver and stomach in an endemic region
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 232-237; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.232 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Beate Pesch, Johannes Haerting, Ulrich Ranft, Andreas Klimpel, Burkhard Oelschlägel, Walter Schill, and the MURC Study Group

Occupational risk factors for urothelial carcinoma: agent-specific results from a case-control study in Germany
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 238-247; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.238 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tianhua Niu, Changzhong Chen, Jiatong Ni, Binyan Wang, Zhian Fang, Hong Shao, and Xiping Xu

Nicotine dependence and its familial aggregation in Chinese
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 248-252; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.248 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susanne Høidrup, Eva Prescott, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Adam Gottschau, Jes Bruun Lauritzen, Marianne Schroll, and Morten Grønbæk

Tobacco smoking and risk of hip fracture in men and women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 253-259; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.253 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Daan Kromhout, Bennie Bloemberg, Edith Feskens, Alessandro Menotti, Aulikki Nissinen, and the Seven Countries Study Group

Saturated fat, vitamin C and smoking predict long-term population all-cause mortality rates in the Seven Countries Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 260-265; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.260 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mahbubur Rahman, Abdus Samad Chowdhury, Tsuguya Fukui, Kenji Hira, and Takuro Shimbo

Association of thromboangiitis obliterans with cigarette and bidi smoking in Bangladesh: a case-control study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 266-270; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.266 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MJ Campbell and Aurelio Tobías

Causality and temporality in the study of short-term effects of air pollution on health
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 271-273; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.271 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Islay Gemmell, Philip McLoone, FA Boddy, Gordon J Dickinson, and GCM Watt

Seasonal variation in mortality in Scotland
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 274-279; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.274 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Graham D Mills, Jennifer A Lindeman, J Paul Fawcett, G Peter Herbison, and Malcolm R Sears

Chlamydia pneumoniae serological status is not associated with asthma in children or young adults
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 280-284; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.280 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ulla Larsen

Primary and secondary infertility in sub-Saharan Africa
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 285-291; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.285 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jian-meng Liu, Zhu Li, Qing Lin, Ping Zhao, Feng-lin Zhao, Shi-xin Hong, and Song Li

Cerebral palsy and multiple births in China
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 292-299; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.292 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SN Dwivedi and KR Sundaram

Epidemiological models and related simulation results for understanding of contraceptive adoption in India
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 300-307; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.300 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bahman Y Farahmand, Per-Gunnar Persson, Karl Michaëlsson, John A Baron, Akke Alberts, Tahere Moradi, Sverker Ljunghall, and the Swedish Hip Fracture Study Group

Physical activity and hip fracture: a population-based case-control study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 308-314; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.308 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leonard Evans

Risks older drivers face themselves and threats they pose to other road users
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 315-322; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.315 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Beate Ritz and Fei Yu

Parkinson's disease mortality and pesticide exposure in California 1984–1994
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 323-329; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.323 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Caroline Debrock, Pierre-Marie Preux, Dismand Houinato, Michel Druet-Cabanac, Ferdinand Kassa, Constant Adjien, Gilbert Avode, François Denis, Fernand Boutros-Toni, and Michel Dumas

Estimation of the prevalence of epilepsy in the Benin region of Zinvié using the capture-recapture method
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 330-335; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.330 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tsung-Hsueh Lu, Meng-Chih Lee, and Ming-Chih Chou

Accuracy of cause-of-death coding in Taiwan: types of miscoding and effects on mortality statistics
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 336-343; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.336 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Ohshige, S Morio, S Mizushima, K Kitamura, K Tajima, A Suyama, S Usuku, P Tia, LB Hor, S Heng, V Saphonn, O Tochikubo, and K Soda

Behavioural and serological human immunodeficiency virus risk factors among female commercial sex workers in Cambodia
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 344-354; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.344 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I Kleinschmidt, M Bagayoko, GPY Clarke, M Craig, and D Le Sueur

A spatial statistical approach to malaria mapping
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 355-361; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.355 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kate Osborne, Nigel Gay, Louise Hesketh, Peter Morgan-Capner, and Elizabeth Miller

Ten years of serological surveillance in England and Wales: methods, results, implications and action
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 362-368; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.362 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ma. de Lourdes García-García, Jose Luis Valdespino-Gómez, Cecilia García-Sancho, Ma. Eugenia Mayar-Maya, Manuel Palacios-Martínez, Susana Balandrano-Campos, Alejandro Escobar-Gutiérrez, Armando Peruga, Mercedes Weissenbacher, and Elaine Daniels

Underestimation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected subjects using reactivity to tuberculin and anergy panel
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 369-375; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.369 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Floyd J Frost, Tim Muller, Gunther F Craun, David Fraser, Donna Thompson, Robert Notenboom, and Rebecca L Calderon

Serological analysis of a cryptosporidiosis epidemic
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 376-379; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.376 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Irene Figá-Talamanca and Grazia Petrelli

Reduction in male births among workers exposed to metal fumes
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 381; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.381 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Pemberton

Fifteenth International Scientific Meeting of the IEA
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 382-383; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.382 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews:

Paul Pharoah

Familial Cancer and Prevention: Molecular Epidemiology, a New Strategy Toward Cancer Control.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 384; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.384 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Margaret Hammond

The Forces of Mortality at Ages 80 to 120.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 384; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.384-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book News:

Book News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 384; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.384-b [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 385-386; doi:10.1093/ije/29.2.385 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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