International Journal of Epidemiology

Leading Article:

Douglas L Weed

Interpreting epidemiological evidence: how meta-analysis and causal inference methods are related
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 387-390; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.387 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original Articles:

EG Knox

Childhood cancers, birthplaces, incinerators and landfill sites
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 391-397; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.391 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hui-qing Li, Shi-quan Jin, Hai-xiu Xu, and David B Thomas

The decline in the mortality rates of cervical cancer and a plausible explanation in Shandong, China
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 398-404; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.398 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Wei-Cheng You, Jun-Ling Ma, Wei-dong Liu, Mitchell H Gail, Yun-Sheng Chang, Lian Zhang, Yuan-Reng Hu, Joseph F Fraumeni, Jr, and Guang-Wei Xu

Blood type and family cancer history in relation to precancerous gastric lesions
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 405-407; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.405 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Laurent Briollais, Agnès Chompret, Michel Guilloud-Bataille, Brigitte Bressac-de Paillerets, Marie-Françoise Avril, and Florence Demenais

Patterns of familial aggregation of three melanoma risk factors: great number of naevi, light phototype and high degree of sun exposure
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 408-415; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.408 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jean-Luc Bulliard and Brian Cox

Cutaneous malignant melanoma in New Zealand: trends by anatomical site, 1969–1993
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 416-423; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.416 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Baruch Modan, Lital Keinan, Tzvia Blumstein, and Siegal Sadetzki

Cancer following cardiac catheterization in childhood
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 424-428; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.424 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hannia Campos and Xinia Siles

Siesta and the risk of coronary heart disease: results from a population-based, case-control study in Costa Rica
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 429-437; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.429 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin Lindström, Bertil S Hanson, Eric Brunner, Elisabet Wirfält, Sölve Elmståhl, Irene Mattisson, and Per-Olof Östergren

Socioeconomic differences in fat intake in a middle-aged population: report from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 438-448; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.438 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Keiko Ogawa, Ichiro Tsuji, Keishi Shiono, and Shigeru Hisamichi

Increased acute myocardial infarction mortality following the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake in Japan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 449-455; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.449 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

D Gunnell, L Berney, P Holland, M Maynard, D Blane, S Frankel, and G Davey Smith

How accurately are height, weight and leg length reported by the elderly, and how closely are they related to measurements recorded in childhood?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 456-464; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.456 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David Eugene Lilienfeld

Decreasing mortality from pulmonary embolism in the United States, 1979–1996
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 465-469; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.465 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jan Sundquist and Marilyn Winkleby

Country of birth, acculturation status and abdominal obesity in a national sample of Mexican–American women and men
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 470-477; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.470 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shah Ebrahim, S Goya Wannamethee, Peter Whincup, Mary Walker, and A Gerald Shaper

Locomotor disability in a cohort of British men: the impact of lifestyle and disease
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 478-486; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.478 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hilde H Holte, Kristian Tambs, and Tor Bjerkedal

Manual work as predictor for disability pensioning with osteoarthritis among the employed in Norway 1971–1990
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 487-494; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.487 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lars Age Johansson and Ragnar Westerling

Comparing Swedish hospital discharge records with death certificates: implications for mortality statistics
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 495-502; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.495 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Eduard F van Beeck, Gerard JJ Borsboom, and Johan P Mackenbach

Economic development and traffic accident mortality in the industrialized world, 1962–1990
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 503-509; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.503 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard Garfield and Cheng-Shuin Leu

A multivariate method for estimating mortality rates among children under 5 years from health and social indicators in Iraq
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 510-515; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.510 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jari Parkkari, Pekka Kannus, Seppo Niemi, Seppo Koskinen, Mika Palvanen, Ilkka Vuori, and Markku Järvinen

Childhood deaths and injuries in Finland in 1971–1995
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 516-523; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.516 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Domenico Fedele, Angela Bortolotti, Carlo Coscelli, Fausto Santeusanio, Liliane Chatenoud, Enrico Colli, Maurizio Lavezzari, Marina Landoni, Fabio Parazzini, and Gruppo Italiano Studio Deficit Erettile nei Diabetici

Erectile dysfunction in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics in Italy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 524-531; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.524 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Graziella Bruno, Gianfranco Pagano, Fabrizio Faggiano, Alberto De Salvia, and Franco Merletti

Effect of Sardinian heritage on risk and age at onset of type 1 diabetes: a demographic case-control study of Sardinian migrants
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 532-535; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.532 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

AA Ismail, NJ Beeching, GV Gill, and MA Bellis

How many data sources are needed to determine diabetes prevalence by capture-recapture?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 536-541; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.536 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

T Andersson, U Högberg, and S Bergström

Community-based prevention of perinatal deaths: lessons from nineteenth-century Sweden
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 542-548; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.542 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bin B Jalaludin, Tien Chey, Brian I O'Toole, Wayne T Smith, Anthony G Capon, and Stephen R Leeder

Acute effects of low levels of ambient ozone on peak expiratory flow rate in a cohort of Australian children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 549-557; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.549 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Christopher Dye, Zhao Fengzeng, Suzanne Scheele, and Brian Williams

Evaluating the impact of tuberculosis control: number of deaths prevented by short-course chemotherapy in China
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 558-564; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.558 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jan CM Hendriks, Kevin JP Craib, Paul J Veugelers, Hans AM van Druten, Roel A Coutinho, Martin T Schechter, and Godfried JP van Griensven

Secular trends in the survival of HIV-infected homosexual men in Amsterdam and Vancouver estimated from a death-included CD4-staged Markov model
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 565-572; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.565 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children Writing Committee:, L Galli, M de Martino, P-A Tovo, C Gabiano, and M Zappa

Predictive value of the HIV paediatric classification system for the long-term course of perinatally infected children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 573-578; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.573 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HA Stirnadel, F Al-Yaman, B Genton, MP Alpers, and TA Smith

Assessment of different sources of variation in the antibody responses to specific malaria antigens in children in Papua New Guinea
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 579-586; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.579 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pia Mustakangas, Seppo Sarna, Pirkko Ämmälä, Marketta Muttilainen, Pentti Koskela, and Marjaleena Koskiniemi

Human cytomegalovirus seroprevalence in three socioeconomically different urban areas during the first trimester: a population-based cohort study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 587-591; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.587 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michael Gdalevich, Dani Cohen, Isaac Ashkenazi, Daniel Mimouni, Ofer Shpilberg, and Jeremy D Kark

Helicobacter pylori infection and subsequent peptic duodenal disease among young adults
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 592-595; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.592 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Maria Blettner, Hagen Scherb, Eveline Weigelt, Irene Brüske-Hohlfeld, and Alfred Körblein

European stillbirth proportion and Chernobyl
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 596-599; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.596 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sérgio De A Nishioka, John Bennett, Catherine Breen, Jennifer Macia, and John Boring

Topical Antibiotic use and Circumcision-Associated Neonatal Tetanus: Protective Factor or Indicator of Good Wound Care?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 600-601; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.600 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review:

Margot Gosney

Validation of exceptional longevity. Odense Monograph on Population Ageing.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 602; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.602 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book News:

Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950–94.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 602; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.602-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 603-605; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.603 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 606; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.606 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 607-608; doi:10.1093/ije/29.3.607 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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